Bray Arts Show

June 13th at the Martello Hotel

8pm at the Martello Bray

Info : Julie-Rose McCormick 087-2486751

Remember Dublin’s Theatre Royal through music, stories, pictures, rare newsreel footage and song

The Theatre Royal

Dublin’s Theatre Royal was a magnificent art-deco building that stood on Hawkins Street until 1962.

The fourth Theatre Royal opened on 23 September 1935. It was the biggest theatre and had the largest stage in Europe. “The Royal”, as it was affectionately known, was regularly filled to its capacity of four thousand patrons.

It was mainly a Cine-Variety venue with a show, film, sing song and finally another show on offer each day. The theatre had a resident 25 piece orchestra, the Jimmy Campbell orchestra, and a fantastic troupe of dancers, the Royalettes. The world’s greatest stars of stage and screen, such as George Formby, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Bill Haley and the Comets, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Gigi, Sean Connery and many more famous performers played the Royal.

The outbreak of “The Emergency”, or as the rest of the World called it, World War II, provided an opportunity for Irish acts, who were to provide the mainstay of the Royal’s output during this period. These included such household names as Jimmy O’Dea, Jack Cruise, Frank Blowers, Noel Purcell, Eddie Byrne, Peggy Dell, Mike Nolan, Maureen Potter, Dick Forbes and many others who served their time and honed their stage craft in this amazing venue.

With the introduction of television and the “emigration” of Dubliners to better housing in the suburbs, the Royal like many other variety theatres across Ireland and the UK, finally succumbed to what was called “progress” and closed its doors on 30 June 1962.

The Royal, even to this day is held in great affection and is still sadly missed by Dubliners, not just here in Ireland but across the globe.

Finally, to misquote the famous Pete St. John song..

“ Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline we remember Dublin City and the rare oul times..The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down… the Royal was part of what was Dublin, in the Rare Oul Times.”

Conor Doyle

Theatre Royal Historian

Come dressed in 40s and 50s gear

Conor Doyle Presents a night to remember tales of the Theatre Royal with rare film footage of performances , with a touch of history and architecture thrown in , have you got your own stories photos or memories of the theatre to contribute to Conors collection .

Mairin O’ Donovan star of the Royal sings tonight .

Dance to the old time tunes with Retrofix

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Theatre royal poster-2

June 13th Brayarts night

THEATRE ROYAL REMEMBERED

Venue; Martello Hotel Bray , Co. Wicklow

8.00PM

Remember Dublin’s Theatre Royal through music, stories, pictures, rare newsreel footage and song

The Theatre Royal

Dublin’s Theatre Royal was a magnificent art-deco building that stood on Hawkins Street until 1962.

The fourth Theatre Royal opened on 23 September 1935. It was the biggest theatre and had the largest stage in Europe. “The Royal”, as it was affectionately known, was regularly filled to its capacity of four thousand patrons.

It was mainly a Cine-Variety venue with a show, film, sing song and finally another show on offer each day. The theatre had a resident 25 piece orchestra, the Jimmy Campbell orchestra, and a fantastic troupe of dancers, the Royalettes. The world’s greatest stars of stage and screen, such as George Formby, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Bill Haley and the Comets, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Gigi, Sean Connery and many more famous performers played the Royal.

The outbreak of “The Emergency”, or as the rest of the World called it, World War II, provided an opportunity for Irish acts, who were to provide the mainstay of the Royal’s output during this period. These included such household names as Jimmy O’Dea, Jack Cruise, Frank Blowers, Noel Purcell, Eddie Byrne, Peggy Dell, Mike Nolan, Maureen Potter, Dick Forbes and many others who served their time and honed their stage craft in this amazing venue.

With the introduction of television and the “emigration” of Dubliners to better housing in the suburbs, the Royal like many other variety theatres across Ireland and the UK, finally succumbed to what was called “progress” and closed its doors on 30 June 1962.

The Royal, even to this day is held in great affection and is still sadly missed by Dubliners, not just here in Ireland but across the globe.

Finally, to misquote the famous Pete St. John song..

“ Ring a ring a rosie as the lights decline we remember Dublin City and the rare oul times..The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down… the Royal was part of what was Dublin, in the Rare Oul Times.”

Conor Doyle

Theatre Royal Historian

The Shed Poets

Popular published poets Bernie Kenny, Carol Boland, Maureen Perkins, Judy Russell, Marguerite Colgan and Rosy Wilson return to read from their individual collections and group anthologies.

Ariyana Ahmad – graphic artist 

Makes use of pens, brushes and black ink to focus on creating intricate patterns and melancologic detail Representing fantasy and mythical subjects for escapism and therapy.

i am niamh – solo multi- instrumentalist

The Avant-garde Niamh Parkinson will engage her wonderful voice, cello, digital piano and percussive instruments to create a unique focus on experimental quirky electronica sounds.

Doors open 8:00 pm

e v e r y o n e   i s   w e l c o m e

Admission: €5 & €4 conc.

Information: Julie-Rose McCormick, 087 248 6751

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pictures taken at the last BRAY ARTS show on 4th of April 2016

“ E x p r e s s i o n s   o f   L i f e ”

 Monday 25^th April – Sunday 8^th May 2016

  Signal Arts Centre is delighted to present Expressions of Life Exhibition, which is a collection of works produced by class participants of Purple House Cancer Support.

The exhibition Expressions of Life includes a variety of mediums. These include paintings, drawings, Ceramics, knitting and crochet.

The nature of the classes involves the exploration of these mediums through the process of creation within a therapeutic environment. It allows people a voice, and to develop their own individual personal growth. The aim is not ultimately to achieve a finished piece but one’s involvement in the process of art making.

These classes came about as a result of the need to foster friendships with like-minded people going through a similar experience and to promote freedom of expressions. The name expressions of Life came about from the reason people participate in the classes. Purple House Support have created a warm and nurturing environment that allow People to explore ways of creativity for relaxation and expression through a non-verbal way.

Purple House Cancer Support is to the forefront in providing a range of professional support services to people of all ages affected by Cancer in Leinster areas. Founded in 1990, Purple House was the first Community based Cancer Support Centre in Ireland and today operates a busy range of support services from Purple House at Aubrey Court, Parnell Road Bray, Co. Wicklow as well as Cancer Support Clinics in Park House, Library Road Dun Laoghaire.

The professional services on offer include counselling, complimentary therapies, bereavement counselling, services for children and young adults including creative arts and one to one support, health awareness programmes, classes in Yoga and Mindfulness www.CheckMeOut.ie health awareness campaigns aimed at 18-30 year olds and more.

Purple House is at the heart of the community and is funded almost entirely by voluntary donations and is not funded by any national organisations or charities.

Opening Reception: Thursday 28^th April 7-9 pm
All welcome!

Gallery Opening Hours:

Monday to Friday: 10am -1pm/2pm – 5pm

Saturday/Sunday:  10am – 5pm

B R A Y     A R T S    S H O W
on MONDAY 4, April 2016
@ Martello Hotel, B r a y

on stage:

Signal Arts Centre Submission Call for 2017

Signal is now accepting submissions for exhibitions in 2017

CLOSING DATE:  5-p.m Friday 25^th March 2016

• A Submission proposal including title, covering what you would hope to exhibit if you were successful.
• A Minimum of six images in digital format clearly marked with your name and title of picture. ( all images should be suitable for print reproduction (300dpi) jpeg format, not exceeding 5mb in size)
• Artist CV (art related only)
• Artist Statement ( for PR purposes)

Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you require your photos etc.     to be     returned to you.
Please feel free to call into the gallery at any time to assess size, dimensions etc.          We usually hold openings every two weeks on a Thursday or Friday evening that   you would be more than welcome to attend, no invitation necessary.
There is an exhibition fee of €250 to be paid by the artist if selected.

Images of work in progress:

“TRAFFIC”

Mark Lawlor

Monday 6^th – Sunday 19^th June 2016

Opening Reception: Friday 10^th June 7-9 pm
All welcome!
Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 10am -1pm/2pm – 5pm
Saturday/Sunday:  10am – 5pm

“Memoirs of a Wasteland Balladeer”
An Exhibition of works by John Cooney

Monday 4^th –Sunday 10^th April 2016

Images from the Exhibition:

Signal Arts Centre is delighted to be exhibiting works by the very talented Artist John Cooney

 
Cooney is a published poet and artist who has been writing poetry since he was a young man in his twenties. Over forty years later, and he is still writing.

John’s poems speak eloquently for themselves. Lovingly and skilfully handcrafted, the words can move you deeply in ways you can’t quite fathom, which is a rare thing.  His poems have depth and weight to them, which have the ability to reveal new truths and illuminations at every reading. They challenge the reader to ponder and to allow them to be taken on a journey to unforeseen destinations.  Threaded through his work is a timelessness, which defies definition

Cooney’s exhibition “Memoirs of Wasteland Balladeer” is a depiction of his personal process as a poet and artist. It tells of his journey, his painting, and poems are shown against the backdrop of the people, places, personal experiences and historical events that have inspired his work over the years. Cooney speaks often about how the artistic process has helped him in overcoming the challenges of living with adversity or as he puts it himself having to sometimes face into the “dark side of the soul”.

His love and appreciation of art, nature and humanity in all it guises, are resonant through the rich imagery of his poetry and artwork.

Memoirs of a Wasteland Balladeer will take it audience on a journey through a landscape often depictive of austerity, political unrest and at times even sadness but throughout John’s artwork and poems offer a reprieve and a sanctuary.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see into the world of a true master of both Literature and Art.

Opening Reception: Friday 8^th April, 7-9 pm
All welcome!
Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday: 10am -1pm/2pm – 5pm
Saturday/Sunday:  10am – 5pm