Doreen McBride has many irons in the fire. If she ever retires she can claim 5 pensions; Author, Folklorist, Storyteller, Broadcaster and National treasure. Proof, if proof be needed, that mulity tasking is alive and kicking in CoDown.
She describes herself as a biology teacher who has gone wrong! And goes on to say...
'I enjoyed teaching but suddenly went bananas! I felt as if it wasn’t me responding to pupils, but some stranger pulling strings.
I told a very dear friend who said,’You’re suffering from burnout. That happens to teachers. You give and give and give for years and find there’s nothing left. Other countries have sabbaticals and that fixes the problem. There’s no such thing here so I suggest you try something different.’
So I did. I’ve always written as a sideline so I decided to take it seriously. And here I am. The author of many books on folklore, folktales, local history, busy recording things I feel it would be a shame to lose. Our past is our heritage. We should treasure it.'
We are delighted to welcome Doreen as our guest artist of the month to Abbey Lane Theatre's Open Mic night, friday 27th January.
Have you song, story, tune or act you would like to try out? Well this is your chance. £5 entry gets you 5min on stage, under lights with an appreciative audience. Abbey Lane Theatre Armagh .BT617DW
A momentous year for Armagh Theatre Group as you will see in this review of the year by Aisling Kelly.
We started with rehearsals of MyBrilliant Divorce directed by Kevin McEneaney which was performed in Abbey Lane Theatre,
MarketPlace Theatre, Craic Theatre, Southbank Playhouse Belfast and Garage Theatre Monaghan. Well done to Bridie, Margery and David for excellent performances throughout. Also a big thank you for Lorcan McEneaney (transport) Allan and John (technical) and all who helped to make this such a success.
March saw the first live staged production in two years when our adopted daughter Cathy Carson brought her 'Becoming Marvellous' one woman show to Abbey Lane . Packing our theatre for both nights Cathy has went on to perform this show throughout these islands to universal praise. And shes has made time to attend a couple of OMN's in this busiest of years for her.
Open Mic Night's returned in February and the influx of new writers, musicians and singers along with our loyal contributors coming back in numbers made our monthly gathering buzz with talent.
2022 saw the return of 'Impact' our Armagh Rail disaster play which performed to full houses in Tthe Studio Theatre Market Place in November. Directed by Margery Quinn ( yes the same Margery as in MBD) with a cast of almost 50 she weaved her magic to produce another blockbuster memorable production. (Keep a note for Impact's return in November 2023 MPT)
The cast also included all the nembers of our new Armagh Youth Theatre Group which began this year under the tutlage of Aisling Kelly and Adam Trotter and all things considered probably the most important development for the 'Group' in years.
A re vamped lighting dock to accommodate the increasing techy equipment and give breathing space to our wonderful tech team was finished in November with extra mic spots and wiring to improve our audience's experience.
So all in all a busy year for all the members of Armagh Theatre Group and looking forward to further progress in 2023. Thank you for all your vital and continuing support and best wishes for the New Year.
https://fb.watch/hCGSHgS4I7/ link to celebration video.
All sparkles and glitter at our annual, once ever 2 years, Christmas bash. With world class entertainers, finger licking food
and the heat on early just think what you missed due to 'other engagements' 'fear of frost bite' or 'too tight to pay £5'
Well just look at these happy faces and wish you had braved it cause we par- teyed till the wee small hours!!!!!
Happy Christmas and a peaceful, heathly and exciting 2023 to all our followers.
Please enter the city centre via Dobbin Street then turn right into Linenhall St and to the car park from there..
Open Mic starts 8pm tonight.
Tel 047-39777
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Bookings can be made as follows
In Person:
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By Phone
Box Office: 047-39777
Phone payments can be made by Maestro, Master card and Visa cards.
Payments can also be made by cheque, payable to: CMETB
Seats can only be guaranteed when full payment is received.
Prepaid tickets will be held at the box office for collection.
Box office opening Hours
Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 2.00pm.
After our mid-term break we are excited to return this Saturday 12th November
In other exciting news, we are happy to announce we have 4 additional spots available for this term!!!
If you are interested in a space please do get in contact for more info
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