Dr. Lilian Steiner, an American psychiatrist living in Paris, is already struggling with professional and family life stress when she receives the news a patient, Paula, has died. Attending the wake, Steiner receives an unusually hostile reception from Paula’s husband. Convinced there’s more to her patient’s death than meets the eye, she embarks on her...
Tuar Ard celebrates Culture Night 2026 with The Music Experience, a free live concert showcasing the best of emerging local talent. Opening the night is Supersonic Surfing Circus, a high-energy band who will bring plenty of personality to the stage with a set of original indie-rock music. They will be followed by Amplifi, an independent...
Step into the world of Leonard Cohen with Cohen Unlimited, an acclaimed Irish ensemble bringing his songs, poetry and stories vividly back to the stage. Led by singer and guitarist Robert Doyle, the show moves through Cohen’s remarkable songbook, with the stories behind the music woven between each performance. Doyle also shares memories of meeting...
A welcome favourite on the Tuar Ard stage, Seán Keane returns to Moate for another evening of music, stories and unmistakable song. From Caherlistrane, near Tuam in Co. Galway, Seán comes from one of Ireland’s great musical families. Steeped in the sean-nós tradition from an early age, he has carried that inheritance into a career...
Experience the music, spirit and swagger of country music’s most iconic supergroup as The Highwaymen Reincarnated comes to Tuar Ard. This powerful live theatre production celebrates the songs and legacy of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson, bringing together four lead vocalists, a nine-piece live band, cinematic visuals and dynamic lighting for...
Co. Galway, 1975. In the village of Glanaphuca, locals - including barwoman Peggy - are preparing for an influx of out-of-towners for a busy fishing weekend. The mood abruptly changes, however, when a woman’s body is discovered in the local lake. When Dublin detective Frank Ryan arrives to investigate, he and Peggy work together to...
Aiken Promotions and Mabinog present… TOMMY TERNAN New Stand-Up Show Inch by inch Row by row Going to get this Show on the road WORLD TOUR OF WESTMEATH Thursday 1 October – Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone Friday 2 October – The Well, Moate Saturday 3 October – Mullingar Park Hotel Thursday 8 October – Dean...
Tuar Ard Arts Centre is delighted to welcome Andy Irvine. one of the most influential figures in Irish folk music to our stage this October for a special live performance. With a career spanning over five decades, Irvine is widely regarded as a pioneer in the evolution of traditional Irish music. From his early days...
Mick Creagh returns to Tuar Ard with another helping of songs, poems, stories and a few very good “good ones” A singer, poet and old-style storyteller from Rathdowney / Errill in County Laois, Mick finds plenty of material in local life, familiar characters and the world around him. Expect stories that wander, songs that strike...
Gerry Guthrie can’t remember a time in his life when he didn’t long to be a musician and singer. The Mayo man has been fronting his own 5-piece touring band since 2010, playing dancehalls in every corner of Ireland and further afield. Gerry has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including “Vocal Performance of...
A shipping boat called the Rose of Nevada mysteriously reappears in a Cornish port, decades after being lost at sea. A crew of two young men and an experienced captain are hired for a fishing run, seemingly unaware of the boat’s history. However, when they return to port, they realise they are now in a...
Peter Mullan stars as Kenneth, a grieving Scottish tour guide fiercely devoted to his ancestor, 18th-century philosopher and inventor Sir Douglas Weatherford. When a big-budget fantasy TV series arrives in his village and transforms the local visitor centre, Kenneth struggles as the world around him begins to change. Darkly funny and quietly unsettling, Seán Dunn’s...
