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 The Source Theatre & Arts Centre The Source Theatre & Arts Centre here in Thurles Co. Tipperary are pleased to announce their new website, which has now been fully launched.
The previous layout has been completely redesigned with simplicity and ease of use with customers in mind, as well as the option for all clients, for the first time, to choose their own seat On-line. When customers activate the ‘Buy Tickets,’ icon they are directed into an interactive seating plan.
Customers can now browse all upcoming events by clicking ‘What’s On.’ & by clicking through on the scrolling images or checking out the highlights on the home page.
Events and offers can also be found on the notice board twitter stream and there is now an option to Like or Share events on Facebook, thus increasing networking information.
Couple of pieces of understandable good business ‘housekeeping,’ information, worth noting on this ‘The Source Website.’ :-
- All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges are allowed.
- The maximum amount of tickets that can be purchased per transaction on-line is 10, so for larger group bookings, please do phone (0504) 90204.
- Wheelchair users, do please phone The Source Box Office on (0504) 90204 to reserve your tickets, in the interests of public safety.
- Concessions will apply to Students, Recipients of Unemployment Benefit, Assistance or Disability Allowance, Lone Parents and Pensioners. (Valid ID understandably will need to be produced in all such cases.)
One very tiny criticism – Why not display a digital drawing of this fine theatre’s numbered seating arrangements, to enabling those less daring & less IT literate, booking by phone, to choose their preferred seat, – just a thought.
 Actor David Kelly Irish actor, David Kelly, dear to the hearts of so many Irish people worldwide, has passed away today, after a short illness.
Born in July 1929, David was in his 83rd year and began his acting career in 1951, playing everything from Samuel Beckett to William Shakespeare.
At home in comedy or serious character roles, David was a familiar face on our television screens during the 1970’s with a role as the one armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in Robin’s Nest, the builder Mr. O’Reilly in Fawlty Towers, as well as Emmerdale Farm in the 1980’s, Glenroe in the 1990’s, and the part of grandfather Reilly, in the 1992 Jim Sheridan film “Into The West.”
More recent work included “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Jigsaw Man,” and “Stardust.” However his older fans will possibly remember him best for his marvelous portrayal of the character “Rashers Tierney,” in the highly acclaimed 1980’s RTE TV mini series, James Plunkett’s Strumpet City, which also starred screen greats Peter O’Toole, Cyril Cusack and Peter Ustinov.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
It’s hard to describe the magic of candlelight, particularly in church at Christmas time, however we would like you to share with us and experience it for yourself.
To this end “Vocalize,” will perform their new original show “Christmas By Candlelight,” at St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Thurles, on Saturday 17th December next. The performing group “Vocalize,” are no strangers to Thurles theatre lovers and consist of some of the towns most harmonious and talented voices.
“Vocalize,” Videographer and Sound Technician, Garry Butler has been to rehearsals and sends us just a small clip of what music lovers can expect on the night.
Do come listen to the golden voices of Katie & Claire Lawless, Maria Griffin, Stacey Taylor, Peter Donnelly and Damian Sweeney, together with David McElgunn, and others under the wonderful musical direction of Geraldine Delaney. All will be performing by candlelight and you’ll feel like you’ve just taken a step back in time, when you join them for this most enchanting and emotional of local event.
Expect Christmas songs with a difference and of a new world, songs like; ‘I Need A Silent Night,’ ‘Hope Is Born Again,’ ‘A baby changes everything,’ and my own favourite ‘Christmas is.’
Of course one of the earliest stagings of Christmas music by candlelight began in the 19th century, when Cornish Miners in Moonta, South Australia (As this sites Irish /Australian able ambassador Katie O’Connell Nott will attest. “Happy Christmas from all in Tipperary & Thurles to all of you Katie.”) would gather on Christmas Eve to sing carols lit with candles, stuck to the brims of their safety hats. Today the tradition has spread around the world and is happening here in Thurles this year for the first time in St. Mary’s Church.
Tickets for this event will cost you €10 and are available from Bookworm, in Liberty Square, Thurles, with total proceeds going to a most worthy cause, the Suir Haven, Thurles Cancer support centre.
So come along to St. Mary’s and for a while, enjoy an 18th-century style Christmas by candlelit, and why not take a look around the famine museum while you chat and enjoy a cup of tea after the show.
A word to the wise: Tickets are very limited so do book early, to ensure your space.
 Join Sharon Sexton as ‘Liza Minnelli ‘ for a most remarkable show, in the Source Arts Theatre, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary on next Saturday, June 4th.
Sharon will performs pieces from Liza’s fabulous musical catalogue, pieces that include the hits “Mein Herr“, “Some People,” “Cabaret,” “Stepping Out,” “New York, New York” and much more.
The life story of Liza May Minnelli, is amazing, born March 12th 1946, she has truly earned her reputation as a gifted actress and singer.
Daughter of famous singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli, Liza began performing professionally at age 17, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical “Best Foot Forward,” for which she received the Theatre World Award. The following year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium. She turned to Broadway at aged just 19, and in 1965 she became the youngest woman ever to win a leading actress Tony Award for “Flora the Red Menace.”
But we will allow Sharon Sexton to tell the story in her remarkable tribute.
Sharon portrays the truly captivating character of Miss Minnelli, with wonderful skill, stepping into the shoes of one of the toughest, most fascinating and remarkable ladies in the world of show business!
Be part of this magic as Sharon shares the secrets, stories and memories that make up a mesmerising career, including the memories of what was undoubtedly the most demanding role she ever played, that of “Judy Garland’s Daughter.”
Incidentally, Sharon Sexton’s has an uncanny and striking resemblance to the young Liza Minnelli.
Date: Saturday Night, June 4th Next.
Tickets: €18/€16
 "Redemption Song" On Fri May 6th, a new play entitled ‘Redemption Song‘ comes to Kilcooley Church, near Gortnahoe, here in Co Tipperary.
The play comes courtesy of the Mend and Makedo Theatre Co, written and performed by John MacKenna, and is part of a short tour this May. The play is expected to tour nationwide sometime next Autumn.
The storyline follows one Joseph, a small time builder, whose son has been executed for his leadership of a group of social and political activists. Inspecting a building for renovation work, Joseph tells his side of the story – a story of love; emigration; success; his loss of a son and the hope that he might see him one more time, for there are unconfirmed rumours that the young man may still be living. As Joseph declares and many of us know from experience: ” If a man has hope, he has something.”
Through this play we find theatre at its most intimate, self examining and definitely challenging – a tale of hope against all odds; a new and inventive take on the Passion, and coming from a company whose most recent play, “Breathless,” played to full houses right across the Ireland last Autumn.
Hosting this event is Slieveardagh Rural Development group, a community charity based group working from the Heritage Center on River Street in Killenaule, its purpose to promotes the culture and heritage potential of the Slieveardagh region of CountyTipperary.
This fund raising event have been organised in Kilcooley Church near Gortnahoe, to assist in fundraising for community projects which involve this active local community group.
Tickets are available at the Heritage Centre in Killenaule – Telephone number 052 9156165 and tickets cost just €10 – contact for more details -Doors open 8.30 – Performance 9.00 pm sharp.
Mark your calender folks, this play is one not to be missed.
Date and Venue: – Fri May 6th, Kilcooley Church, Grange, Gortnahoe, Thurles, Admission €10.
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