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Created: 18 October 2023

Abbey Lane Open Mic are delighted to announce our guest artist for October is Co Armagh poet Glen Wilson.

A native of Portadown, Glen is widely recognized by many as a leading light of the poetry scene, a poet

at the cutting edge of his craft. 

Do not miss the chance to hear Glen at Abbey Lane Theatre, Armagh City on 27th October. Doors open 7.45pm.

BYOB, £5 at door; limited seating; slots of 5mins available. All artists welcome. 

Glen Wilson is a multi-award winning and widely published Poet from Portadown. He won the Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing  in 2017, the Jonathan Swift Creative Writing Award in 2018 and The Trim Poetry competition in 2019.

He was commissioned by the Irish football Association to write poems for the Northern Ireland Football team, these have appeared on Sky sports. He has recently won the Padraic Fallon Poetry competition and Slipstream Open Poetry competition in 2021 and The Fosseway Writers Open Competiton and These 3 Streams Poetry competition in 2022. His poetry collection An Experience on the Tongue is out now with Doire Press. He is currently working towards his second collection.

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Created: 29 September 2023

Director Margery Quinn has been working hard over the last month with the large cast of thespians, young and not so,

in preparation of our performances of 'IMPACT' in Market Place Theatre Armagh  on 17th and 18th November.

Tickets are on sale now from the Market Place Theatre box office ,prices  £15  ( concessions £13student/child/senior citizen )

marketplacearmagh.ticketsolver.com 

After a successful run in The Studio last year we have enhanced the script, added brass band, children's dance troupe and all the members of Armagh Youth Theatre Group for this epic production.

Do not miss this moving historical depiction of the most devastating rail crash in Ireland which happened at Armagh City in 1889.

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Created: 24 September 2023

Special guest Conchur White will be performing several songs from his forthcoming album at our 

monthly Open Mic in Abbey Lane Theatre this Friday night 29th. This highly talented local singer/songwriter

has just returned from a successful tour of Britain to great acclaim.  So don't miss your chance to see him up close and personal in Armagh before he shoots for the stars!

All usual Open Mic Night experiences - Music, poetry, songs, stories and yarns. Local entertainment at its best for £5, BYOB doors open 7.45pm.

5 minute slots on stage under lights to a lovely friendly audience. Still the best Open Mic in Co Armagh!

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Created: 31 August 2023

Conchúr has toured with the likes of Villagers, John Grant, Billie Marten and supported legendary artists such as John Cale (Velvet Underground) and Echo and The Bunnymen. 

Conchur first graced the Open Mic stage in July's John Hewitt Summer School taking a slot near the close of the evening and made an instant hit with the packed audience. So excited to have him back as Guest Artist and on this month's longer slot. Dont miss this guy on his way to stardom. 

 

 

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Created: 19 August 2023

With an eclectic mix of poets, musicians, singers, storytellers, writers and yarners. The stage is open to you for 5 mins slots, under lights with a chance to entertain and enthral a very welcoming and appreciative audience. Doors open 7.45pm £5 at door, BYOB start about 8.15 to late. Non offensive respectful material an Abbey Lane Theatre rule.