The Island Players will take to the stage for five nights with their 52nd production this week from Wednesday, night November 23rd to Sunday 27th at 8pm nightly. Canaries is the offering and a hilarious comedy by Bernard Farrell. It’s a play which the Island Players of yore staged at the same venue back in…
Castleisland Chamber Alliance could not have picked a more suitable venue than the Ivy Leaf Theatre for their first family cinema night. The featured film was ‘Hocus Pocus’ a much loved Halloween classic. Kerry Film Festival provided the screening. The event was supported by a host of local businesses including: Martin Curtin; Island Flowers; Walsh…
Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum organised a very successful event for a group of second level students in the Castleisland area on Tuesday. The event, which took place in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre, was organised for third and transition year students from all three post primary schools. The keynote address was given by Dr. Fergus…
The Ivy Leaf Bell in five pieces. That might sound like the title of a musical composition. It is, in fact, the brutal reality and remainder of the bell stolen at the end of July 2012 from the Ivy Leaf Art Centre here in Castleisland. The remains of the bell, which dates back to the…
The 2016 Kerry Drama Festival concluded with a Saturday night performance of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit by Listowel Drama Group. “The performance, to a full house, was a worthy curtain closer to a week of outstanding productions. Indeed, Listowel Drama Group came second in the confined section as well as winning best actress for Imelda Dowling-Garvey,”…
The 2016 Kerry Drama Festival will get under way on this Friday night from 7-30pm. It will be held under the auspices of the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland at the Ivyleaf Art Centre, Castleisland from Friday, March 4th to Saturday March 12th. Shows nightly at 8pm. The festival has been held in the Ivyleaf…
Féile Drámaíochta, an Irish Drama Festival for primary schools, sponsored by Conradh na Gaeilge, will take place on the coming Thursday night, May 21st in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre, Castleisland starting at 7pm. “The festival gives the children participating an opportunity to exhibit their acting and musical skills through the Irish language and in…
Christmas is coming and not alone are the geese getting fat, but the Big Bad Wolf is getting even fatter – the result of his huge and not always quite legitimate appetite! But he must answer for his crimes in court. So must Goldilocks, charged with breaking and entering and causing malicious damage to the…
A reminder that tonight marks a very important milestone in the life of local artist, Rachel Gallagher. Rachel realised a long-held ambition recently when she attended and graduated from art college at the Limerick School of Art and Design. Now she’s all ready to stage her first solo exhibition which opens at the Ivy Leaf…
Castleisland based singer and entertainer, Pat Cassidy set himself a challenge after his brother and sister died of cancer. The Omagh, Co. Tyrone native wished to put his considerable talents to use by raising funds for the Irish Cancer Society. Pat’s novel idea of singing 100 of his favourite songs went down a treat…
