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Danny Doran April's Open Mic special guest
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This month's special guest for Open Mic is the versitile and talented Danny Doran. As well as a great entertainer
Danny is known for his art work, wood carvings and his tireless work for Dimentia and Altzheimers charties in Newry and south Down.
We will be delighted to welcome Danny back to Abbey Lane on 26th April as guest and to continue our support for local artists and writers.
If you have a song, poem, instrument, story or yarn there is a slot for you on stage in the friendly Abbey Lane Open Mic...the best in Armagh.
Come along for 8pm start, BYOB, £5 at door, 5 minute slots for entertainers , in house poetry competition and famous raffle.
'Toxic Relationships' a sell out!
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All performances now sold out for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Thank you all for your support and wishing you enjoy Byddi Lee's new play and it's very relevant message.
March's Open Mic a good Friday night out
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Our Guest Artist the brilliant Steve Lally enthralled the audience at this month's Open Mic with tales of ghosts, orchards, apples and the counting of souls. With balls of gold and wakes and rising dead that kept us glued to our seats. Mingled with beautiful poetry to finish the first half of the evening. Thank you Steve and come back soon.
Our Easter raffle followed with some delighted visitors winning wine, prosecco and collectable gift tea pot along with 6 lucky, luckly people sitting on tickets for Easter eggs! After the brawl for the eggs things calmed down to have the results of the poetry competition. This month's winner Matthew Toner from Armagh and Brett Lemick from Dublin. Congratulations to both.
Sue Divin belts it out
Our Open Mic had a great variety of participants. Musicians Dennis McCloskey; Eoin Kelly and Sue Divin. Singers Fergal Donnelly; Frances Lavery; Kate McConville and Bridie Heaney. Poets Mark Brownlee ; Brett Lemick; Malachi Kelly; Mary Farren and Matthew Toner and Ann Gilmartin storyteller. We also had a poem entry from a young Nigerian poet Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi which was read by Malachi and much appreciated by the audience.
Next month's Special Guest is singer songwriter from Newry, DANNY DORAN, and in asking for a bio Danny said,
''It's not so much what Ive done it's a case of what I've not done. We were the only group that appeared on Opportunity Knocks that got boo'ed by the clappometer ''
Well Danny, Opportunity Knocks again and I'm almost sure there will be no booing from the Abbey Lane audience when you visit on the 26th April.
DANNY DORAN April's guest.
April's themes for 30-3-30 poetry competition
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April's poetry themes for our FREE 30-3-30 competition are
1) Inner thoughts (Which one do you listen to?)
2) Fears and Courage (life's experiences)
3)Afterlife (Do you believe it exists, hope there is? What's it like)
Our next Open Mic is on 26th April in Abbey Lane Theatre Armagh.
The cash prize winner and Highly commended certificate winner will be presented during the evening so we ask all entrants of the competition to endeavour to attend.
Judging takes place after the deadline of 19th April and we will email those shortlisted for their availability. Unattendence means we go down the shortlist in accordance of the judges decision.
Rules of 30-3-30 are simple. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [BEFORE midnight 19th April]
with your details and attachments (poem, its theme and title only).
30 line maximum in any format - 3 themes with relaxed guidelines - £30 cash prize for winner : 2nd) Highly Commended certificate.
Entry is FREE and you can present for one or all themes.
Winning poets will read their work after presentation and be published on our website and FB page. www.armaghtheatregroup.com or Armagh Theatre Groupatg FB.
Good luck everybody and best wishes.
ATG Open Mic @ Abbey Lane Theatre Armagh BT61 7DW.
March 30-3-30 poetry competition & April's themes
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Winner of this month's top prize is Matthew Toner with his poem 'Regret' (Split Milk) theme.
Matthew was presented with his winnings by ATG secretary Byddi Lee.
Regret, its a word we all know, it can sometimes be big, sometimes small and sometimes it can be about nothing at all. You said the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person, you bought the wrong gift, you were the right person in the wrong situation,
Life can both help or hinder your view of regret, the longer you live, the less you might fret about the past, or you may start to ponder, wonder and worry that this feeling might never go away, but life is too short to dwell on such things, mistakes they all were at least we hope. It's easy to reflect on the past, but try not to dwell on it too much or you may be doomed to repeat it. Instead look to the present the future the now, all will be ok, we'll be fine, somehow.
By Matthew Toner.
Highly Commended certificate for March awarded to Dublin based American Brett Lemick with 'The Lines we Draw'
on our 'Split Milk' theme.
The Lines We Draw By Brett Lemick.
Bursts of bubbling slap joy won’t wait, they erupt with or without you.
Friends dance around fires As you read the warmth from a screen.
Revelry echos into empty shot glasses, Smoke waf ting from their matching shirts.
The campfire-crackle fades As you lower the volume from under wrinkled sheets.
A faceless figure roots against you.
Of course, you think — again, you say.
Programming planned to harm, Distance designed to divide.
This isn’t you. You wouldn’t construct a room so small.
You wouldn’t break the tap that showers happy lit tle cells, Born to bounce out of line.
But you did. You do.
APRIL's themes 1) Inner thoughts (Which one's should we listen to)
2) Fears and Courage (Experiences)
3) My Afterlife (Is there one?)
AYTG present two plays in Abbey Lane
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Happy World Theatre Day 
Special Guest for March Open Mic announced
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March's 30-3-30 poetry competition
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This month's 30-3-30 poetry competition themes.
30 line max - 3 themes- £30 prize
February's 30-3-30 Poetry compo winners
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Presented by Rachel Toner our winner of £30 cash prize is Michael Kennedy with his poem 'The Last Child Married' in the Family Affairs theme.
Darren Rogan received the 'Highly commended certificate' with his poem 'Palestine' in the What Matters theme. Both poems included here. We wish to note Paula Craig's entry 'Life is a trial ' was a strong contender this month and well received by our audience.
Themes for March's competition; 1) Spring /Easter ( New life; Re birth)
2) Split milk (Accidents; regrets)
3) From Youth to Euthanasia
(We celebrate good health/ vitality yet expected to endure terminal illness).
Next Open Mic March 29th. Entry to 30-3-30 via email attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before Sun 24th midnight.
'The Last Child Married' by Michael Kennedy.
FAMILY AFFAIRS
'The Last Child Married'
Deeply grooved our hands
let slip the straining hawsers
Our little vessels sail away
Not yet fully crewed but captained and first mated.
Confident we have made them world worthy, life tight
Stocked the galleys
Provided maps and compass
Opened communication lines
Knowing ahead lie churning waters, rocks uncharted
And siren calls .
As the muscle memory of the tugging fades we fear
And pray the storm anchors hold.
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IT'S A DISGRACE
'Palestine' by Darren Rogan.
It's a disgrace…, How are the Israelis allowed to wipe out an entire race,
While the World watches and turns away, ignoring innocent faces each and every day.
Surely there's something we all can do,
Shout to governments, who are clueless, oh it's true.
Safe places assigned, but not safe at all,
Palestinians herded, awaiting their fall.
Like cattle they're led, to meet their doom,
All they want is safety, not doom and gloom.
In the struggle, a flickering flame,
Hope persists, despite the shame.
From Gaza's shores to Jerusalem's gates,
Resilience endures, patiently waits.
Where are all the nations now, that have power to end, This madness, this sorrow, they could surely mend?
Media biased, their narratives spun, Al Jazeera reveals, the truth they shun.
Turn on the news, see the lies they impart,
Corrupt agendas, tearing souls apart.