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OPERA THEATRE COMPANY IRELAND PRESENT VERDI’S RIGOLETTO FRIDAY 15 MAY
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Wexford, Ireland
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The National Opera House is Ireland’s first purpose-built opera house and an award-winning
building situated in the historic heart of Wexford. The opera house boasts two state-of-the-art
auditoriums featuring world-class acoustics courtesy of Arup Acoustics (the company responsible
for acoustics in many leading international venues including Glyndebourne, the London Colisseum
and the Royal Opera House, London). Horseshoe-shaped balconies enhance the performance
experience for guests and performers alike.
Whichever event you decide to attend, whether it is theatre, opera, music, classical, family, dance
or comedy, it is sure to make for an unforgettable experience.
> 8pm Thursday 19 February
LIVE LOVE
LAUGH
Tickets: €18/€20 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Saturday 21 February
ULTIMATE
EAGLES
Tickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm 25 & 26 February
PYGMALION
Presented by Bridge Drama
Tickets: €15
Jerome Hynes Theatre
Best known as Winnie McGoogan in Mrs
Browns Boys, Eilish O’Carroll comes into
her own with this reflective look on an
eventful life. If this doesn’t sound your cup
of tea you couldn’t be more wrong. There
is absolutely nothing downbeat about this
show. ‘Laugh out loud funny’ - Edinburgh
Evening News
Ultimate Eagles are more than just a tribute,
they are definitive devotees performing
songs from every album and every era,
delivering forty years of brilliance with both
accuracy and reverence. They don’t wear
funny wigs and costumes but concentrate
on delivering The Eagles’ music with
pin point accuracy.
When Henry Higgins, a phonetics professor,
meets Liza Doolittle, a cockney flower seller,
he embarks on a bet to take “a human
being and change her into a quite different
human being”. However the outcome of
the bet has far reaching, and unexpected,
consequences for all involved.
> 8pm Saturday 28 February
FINBAR
FUREY
Tickets: €25/€27.50/€30
O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Friday 20 March
LITTLE GEM
Tickets: €18/€20
Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 6.30pm Sunday 22 March
3RD WEXFORD
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
FESTIVAL
Tickets: €14/€10 - O’ Reilly Theatre
Finbar Furey tours extensively, bringing
his rare talents to a world-wide stage and
treats audiences to evenings of pure Irish
magic, great music, good humour, and
the charm and sparkling wit associated
with one of Ireland’s great raconteurs.
Three generations of women tell us their
story of one extraordinary year. Little
Gem, by Elaine Murphy, swept the boards
during its sell out run as part of the
2008 Dublin Fringe Festival and was also
the surprise hit of the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival that year.
After a very successful inaugural festival
in 2011 and their 2nd festival in 2013,
more than 250 young musicians from all
over the county will perform with their
own orchestra groups as well as joining
on stage together for a very special
collaborative performance with one of
Ireland’s leading conductors, Brian Irvine.
> 8pm Saturday 28 March
Icarus Theatre Collective presents
THE TRIALS OF
GALILEO
Tickets: €16/€18
Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 8pm Saturday 11 April
WE BANJO 3
Tickets: €20/€25 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Friday 1/Saturday 2 May
TOM CREAN:
Antarctic Explorer
Tickets: €18/€20
Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 8pm Friday 8 May
THE APRIL
VERCH BAND
Tickets: €14/€16
Jerome Hynes Theatre
> 8pm Friday 15 May
Opera Theatre Company
presents
RIGOLETTO
After a successful tour of the US and
a sold-out run at the Brighton Fringe
Festival, RSC veteran Tim Hardy follows
a highly successful transfer to the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival and multiple
four-star reviews, by bringing The Trials
of Galileo on tour as part of an Icarus
Theatre Collective.
Award-winning quartet We Banjo 3 from
Galway, combine Irish Music with Old-Time
American and Bluegrass influences to reveal
the banjo’s rich legacy and roots. When this
band of brothers take flight in a wave of
virtuosity, verve and joie-de-vivre, feet tap
and pulses race.
Tom Crean, the intrepid Antarctic explorer
and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes,
is brought to life in this dramatic and
humorous solo performance by Aidan
Dooley. Winner of countless awards at
festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe Festival
and Adelaide Fringe Festival.
THE LEGENDS OF
AMERICAN COUNTRY
TRIBUTE SHOW
Tickets: €20 - O’ Reilly Theatre
LIGHTS CAMERA
MAGIC
Tickets: €17/€14 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Wednesday 11 November
JOHNNY CASH
ROADSHOW
Tickets: €23/€20 - O’ Reilly Theatre
The band’s fondness for a killer dance
tune leads it on a joyful journey through
North American roots music, from
bluegrass and old-time to western swing,
and honours its myriad of influences
including French, Irish and Scottish
traditional musics.
Full of passion, revenge and betrayal.
This classic tale is reimagined by
acclaimed director Selina Cartmell,
in a new translation by Marian Carr,
with Fergus Sheil conducting the
Opera Theatre Company ensemble.
The Legends of American Country Show
is set to become Ireland’s No.1 Country
Music Tribute in 2015 featuring the
music of 8 of the biggest names on the
American scene including Garth Brooks,
Randy Travis, Dolly Parton, Tammy
Wynette, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson,
Buck Owens and Johnny Cash.
The Sheila Grace Dance Company will take
the audience on a journey from Stage to
Screen. With much loved musicals like
Annie, Chicago, Oliver, Elf, Les Miserables
and Joseph to name a few and Disney
favourites like Frozen, Maleficent, Tangled
and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and
Friends, Sheila Grace will dance you into a
magical world. The perfect family event!
The company who brought you The
King is Back brings you the UK’s No1
celebration of Johnny Cash, fronted
by award winning singer/songwriter
Clive John. The show re-creates with
astounding accuracy and truly captures
the essence of what it was like to be at
a real Cash show!
64th Wexford Festival Opera
21 October to 1 November 2015
> 8pm 21, 24, 27, 30 October
Tickets: €27/€30 - O’ Reilly Theatre
> 8pm Thursday 18 June
> 8pm Saturday 4 July
KOANGA
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Tickets: €25 - €145
> 8pm 22, 25, 28, 31 October
GUGLIELMO
RATCLIFF
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Tickets: €25 - €145
> 8pm 23, 26, 29 October
& 1 November
LE PRÉ AUX
CLERCS
Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833)
Tickets: €25 - €145
Inspired by the African American songs
Delius heard as a young man working
on an orange plantation, Koanga is a
powerfully atmospheric opera about a
proud African prince, sold into slavery in
Louisiana, who falls in love with a mixedrace maid, with tragic consequences.
Jealousy is the green-eyed monster that
wreaks havoc in Mascagni’s blood-soaked
opera in which a young Scot, spurned by the
object of his affections, challenges anyone
who woos her to a duel. Enriched by the
kind of orchestral writing and full-blooded
melodies that made Cavalleria Rusticana
such a popular success, Guglielmo Ratcliff
is the work of a master in full flow.
Based on a novel by Prosper Mérimée,
Hérold’s opera comique was a runaway
success in the wake of its triumphant
premiere. Set during the French Wars of
Religion, Le Pré aux clercs is a touching
romance in which a young countess rebels
against the suitor chosen for her by the King
of France and hatches a daring plot to escape
with her lover to Navarre.
Priority Booking 28 February. General Booking 28 March Callsave: 1850 4 OPERA boxoffice@wexfordopera.com
Wexfordopera.com
CORPORATE AND
PERFORMANCE
EVENTS
VIP Rooms
VIP rooms are available for hire during any National Opera House performance for private hospitality events.
Enjoy your own private interval reception in the National Opera House ‘Founders’ Room, with full bar facilities.
Open bar facilities can be arranged with settlement post performance for any group of 10 +.
Conference Facilities:
· Unique conference facilities for up to 855 delegates theatre style.
· Mid-size space for up to 172 theatre style.
· Dedicated ultra fast 150MB fibre optic broadband connection,
available throughout National Opera House via our Cisco wireless solution.
Performances at the National Opera House
The O’Reilly Theatre or also known as the main auditorium, has a seating capacity of 855 seats
theatre style (full capacity – no forestages) and 771 (full capacity – two forestages).
The auditorium layout is a stall and two tiers arrangement and the highlight of the auditorium,
visually, is the American Black Walnut lining. It is acoustically designed to require no amplification.
Opera, as well as classical music, theatre and lectures have been performed on the National Opera
House stage without amplification.
For a more intimate space, The Jerome Hynes Theatre is a black box theatre that offers great
versatility. The total seating capacity of this theatre is 172, and the seats are retractable (excluding
a small number in the balcony).
Bars
Relax in one of the National Opera House bars, serving a range of wines, spirits, champagnes and minerals,
as well as tea, coffee and refreshments. Pre-order your drinks/refreshments at any of our bars to save time and
enjoy your refreshments without rushing.
· All breakout rooms have plasma screens, network access points and wireless connectivity
· Numerous meeting rooms and smaller areas in the building suitable for breakout meetings and sessions.
· Two large bars, two smaller bars and ample foyer space.
· Café/restaurant and catering facilities on site.
· Fully functioning stages with full production, lighting and sound facilities.
· Private backstage tours available for delegates.
Some Previous Corporate Events at the National Opera House
Theatre Forum
We hosted the annual Theatre Forum Conference, the national representative organization for theatre and
opera companies and venues , in 2009 and again in 2010 with approximately 350-400 delegates attending.
Teagasc
The Environment Research Centre of Teagasc based in Johnstown Castle, hosted the 17th International
Nitrogen Workshop in the National Opera House in 2012, with approximately 300 in attendance.
Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
The Sinn Fein Ard Fheis was held in February 2014 and welcomed approximately 1,200 delegates over the
period of the two day conference, making full use of the main auditorium, black box theatre, and all other
side-bar meeting rooms. The conference key-note speech was broadcast live by both RTE and BBC.
Techovate
The international event Techovate took place in 2012 and hosted global digital brands including Facebook
and Google. And featured full wi-fi and online connectivity. We welcomed approximately 400 delegates.
Salesforce.com
In 2012 we hosted Salesforce.com in the Jerome Hynes Theatre with key members of their international team
with over 140 delegates.
For more information
to book contact
Aisling@nationaloperahouse.ie
or call 053 916 3526
Opera Europa
The National Opera House hosted the annual conference of Opera Europa in 2013, the international
representative organization for all opera companies and opera houses throughout Europe and beyond. The
300 plus international opera professionals came from across Europe, the US and further afield to the annual
conference that had never been held before in Ireland.
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STABLE DIET CAFÉ
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NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE
Stable Diet on the third floor is open for breakfast,
lunch and dinner. The chef’s French Toast with Crispy
Bacon and Maple Syrup is a big favourite for breakfast,
while lunchtime offers the opportunity to sample our
crusty breads with home-made soup, crisp salads,
roasted vegetables, meats, fish , sharing boards,
and freshly made quiches and tartines.
For evening dining you can book a delicious pre-show
sharing board and a half bottle of prosecco from only
€14.50 per person, please book in advance as this offer
is only available on performance evenings. There is
also a full wine licence and a good choice of wines
and prosecco on offer.
Book a table now on 053 914 2598
on the third floor
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The National Opera House
High Street, Wexford, Ireland
Tel: +353 53 912 2400
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