https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/colm-gavin-dcullen-live-in-abbey-lane-theatre-armagh-tickets-1009232851627?aff=oddtdtcreator OR at the door
But remember there will be limited seating...
Armagh Theatre Group’s next production is CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - A Bah Humbug Christmas, an original “modern” Pantomime written by the usual suspects, Tim Hanna, Byddi Lee & Malachi Kelly to be performed in Abbey Lane Theatre, Armagh on Thursday 5th, Friday 6th & Saturday 7th December at 8pm.
It is Christmas Eve in Armagh City. Intrepid Police Inspector O’Carol is in despair, confronted with an unprecedented spate of robberies and unexplained disappearances. Join him, and his reliable sidekick Sgt Pepper, as they weave a delicate path between reality and fantasy in their hilarious quest to bring the perpetrators to justice. You don’t want to miss it - OH NO YOU DON’T!
A cracker (get it?) cast, including Brian Devlin, Sarah Teggart, Niall Rusk, Gillian Faulkner, Bridie Heaney, Matthew Toner, Sophia Kelly, Laura McCool, Lily Rose Conway and Felim Rafferty, under the ever patient and creative direction of Margery Quinn, will guarantee a great night’s entertainment to kick off your Christmas festivities!
Whilst this production is aimed at an adult audience, it should be more than suitable for over 12’s. Tickets are now available at £15 each from TicketSource.
Just follow the link:- https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/armaghtheatregroup/e-yevg
Our second The second place winner of our Poetry Competition 30-3-100 Michael Kennedy receives his framed certificate from ATG chair Rachel Toner
at October's Open Mic. Michael's poem 'The Rag Bag' is below with comments from our judge David Braziel.
The Rag Bag
Summer gone, September sighing
I returned the deck chairs to their attic store
And came across the rag bag.
Overflowing with the fabric of our past
Wafting lavender laundered cotton and musk of work wear
Destined for a patchwork quilt; some day.
A strip of yellow linen bright and joyous
As the pregnancies it covered
A square of green torn from a hospital drape
That became a tiny shroud
An apron faded and thinned to the edge of function
The measure of care.
Surprised by the power these scraps contained
To stimulate emotion and memory
I continued the lucky dip
And one by one they told their story
A child’s gingham dress, an old school tie
A threadbare jumper repurposed as a cat bed
Orange corduroy and blue floral print spoke of new love
That square of woollen rug must still
Hold sun warmth and itch on naked skin
Overwhelmed, I left it to its bloated slumber
Descending again into the now, I pondered
Could that quilt ever be made ?
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Our latest in house play for the festive period is 'CHRISTMAS LIGHTS'
Written by our smash hit team of writers Tim Hanna ,Byddi Lee and Malachi Kelly this dynamic trio
have once again raised the bar and produced a new take on panto season (adult style)!
You all remember the 'What's my Scam'2018 sketches; the 'Impact' play, 2019-23'; Our three zoom plays during Covid
(Zoomeo &Juliet- Social Bubble Toil and Trouble and Six Angry Women all still on youtube)20'-22'
And now in 2024 the trio have come together once again, at great personal cost to each, to delight and
entertain the wonderful people of Armagh in this soon to be Season of Goodwill.
Enthusiastic actors flocked to Abbey Lane for this historic reading and boy did they have a laugh!
As you can see below the camera never lies. They can hardly keep their faces straight while reading - but they did.
Tickets out soon for this side splitting pantotype fictional look at Armagh.
Full of do-goody fairytale characters fighting a complete lack of festive good cheer from our miserable city burghers.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/armaghtheatregroup/t-jzdarpq
We welcome Flash Fiction Armagh to Abbey Lane Theatre for this fancy dress evening of drama and scary stories.
Tickets are extremely limited as witches covens and ghosts will be flying to Abbey Lane in great numbers. If you are young or of a nervous
disposition...THIS IS NOT FOR YOU! Use link above for those precious tickets Aaagggghhh!
The latest play from our in house writers Hanna,Kelly & Lee 'Christmas Lights' has it's final reading before casting
tomorrow night under the expert direction of the fabulous Margery Quinn .
Starting at 7.30 in Abbey Lane Theatre Armagh if you are interested in putting your name in the hat please come along
for the reading and a warm welcome awaits.
'Christmas Lights' is a fairytale of a romp for over 16's to be staged 5,6th and 7th Dec 2024 in Abbey Lane Theatre.
Open Mic in Abbey Lane theatre was special for several reasons this month. Award winning poet David Braziel presented the overall winner of our 30-3-100 final poetry competition to Jordan Rafferty. Guest artists this month Sarah McStay and Liam Hughes pulled out all the stops to royally entertain us on harp ,fiddle,guitar ,uilleann pipes and singing. Video clips can be seen on our Facebook page Armagh Theatre Groupatg.
We had our popular raffle and then the Open Mic with Ellen McKenna; story, Mark Brownlee; poetry; Theo Sinton; singing his own compositions ; David Braziel recited others and his own work; Jay Rafferty, Mary Jbara, Lily Rose Conway with their competition poems and Liam McIlvanna yarns. The welcome return of Dymphna Ferran after a sojourn in CAH proving no change in her style ! and Malachi finished with a true story- truly.
Next Open Mic 25th October then on Halloween night 31st Oct ATG are holding an evening of ghost stories and a play in conjunction with Flash Fiction Armagh...Halloween fancy dress is encouraged. And on 9th November Colm Gavin and D Cullen are in Abbey Lane for a night of misic and song . Tickets for this night on Evenbrite.