IHHA

Adi Arts assisted captioned theatre performances

Maggie — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:41 +0000

Here is a list of captioned described performances for the coming months throughout Ireland supported by Adi Arts

Second Age Theatre Company
presents

MACBETH
by William Shakespeare

Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland

TOURS February 2 – March 29, 2012

DIRECTED by David Horan
MOVEMENT DIRECTION by Bryan Burroughs
SET & COSTUME DESIGN by Maree Kearns
LIGHTING DESIGN by Sinead McKenna
SOUND by Philip Stewart

WITH
Will Irvine, Maeve Fitzgerald, Enda Kilroy, Damian Kearney, Karl Quinn, Bill Murphy, Will O’Connell, Marie Ruane, Alan Howley, Mark Fitzgerald, Gavin Fullam.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Carlow, February 2 & 3

SIAMSA TÍRE, Kerry, February 7

GLÓR, Ennis - February 10

HELIX, Dublin, February 21 – March 9

TOWNHALL THEATRE, Galway, March 13 – 15

EVERYMAN PALACE, Cork, March 21 – 22

THEATRE ROYAL, Waterford, March 27

CIVIC THEATRE, Tallaght, March 29

Second Age, Ireland’s award winning classics theatre company, starts 2012 with one of Shakespeare’s greatest and bloodiest plays. Expect a fast-paced thriller, with a sumptuous design, and high-octane physical performances, touring nationwide to 8 venues from February 2 until March 29.

Macbeth promises to be an arresting and vivid take on one of the greatest tragedies of all time. The play is directed by David Horan, whose most recent Second Age production, Dancing at Lughnasa, was described by The Irish Times as ‘the best show in town’.

David Horan has been making considerable waves in the theatre world recently. Other previous credits include Tall Tales Theatre Company’s production of Moment, which was one of the smash hits of 2011 touring both nationally and to London’s Bush Theatre. He has been nominated for an IFTA award for his writing on the “The Importance of Being Whatever” for RTÉ.

David has assembled an exciting cast for Macbeth, including Will Irvine as Macbeth, and Maeve Fitzgerald as Lady Macbeth, both of whom he has worked with previously during the successful run of Moment.

The strong cast includes many award winning actors. Maeve Fitzgerald has been nominated for numerous awards including: Best Actress Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Supporting Actress Off Westend Awards, and has won both Absolut Fringe Festival’s Best Actress award and Best Supporting Actress in the Irish Times Theatre Awards. Not only is there an impressive cast but the design team is also a multi-award winning team with Maree Kearns designing both Set and Costumes who is a previous Irish Times Best Set Design winner. Lighting will be designed by Sinead McKenna who has previously taken the Best Lighting Design award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, and Philip Stewart, a previous Best Sound Design Award Nominee. To complete the design team, Bryan Burroughs will be responsible for the Movement Direction.

Many of the cast may already be known to audiences through their work on television. Damian Kearney who plays the Porter was recently on our screens in the hit RTÉ Show Love/Hate and inThe Wind That Shakes The Barley. Marie Ruane is currently starring in the new series of RTÉ’s Raw.

Fair is foul and foul is fair inside the mind of this ambitious and political Macbeth, who along with his designing wife, chooses to take destiny by the throat. Horan’s focus in this production is on the young ambitious Macbeth couple. Horan believes that previous productions have often focused on portraying the marriage as barren and infertile, but Horan believes that there are clues in the text that suggest that Lady Macbeth has had a child in a previous marriage. While staying faithful to the text, Horan’s production will examine new approaches and perspectives through innovative, theatrical expression. The three witches, traditionally played by women or portrayed as hideous hags will instead be played by men as dead soldiers.

It is Horan’s intention to take the artifice out the production, to let the audience see the mechanics of the play, and to remove all sense of pretence as an exercise in a modern, experimental approach to Shakespeare’s timeless classic.

Some performances of Macbeth will be captioned and audio described for audiences with visual and hearing impairment. . These will be facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland, the sole provider of audio description and captioning services for live performances in the Republic of Ireland, with funding from the Arts Council.

Second Age Theatre Company acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council of Ireland in making this tour possible – tour and booking details follow below:

BOOKINGS / LISTINGS:
*Special rate of €18 per ticket is available for groups of 10 or more.

Glór, Ennis, Co. Clare
Runs February 10 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 065 684 3103 | www.simasatire.com

Helix, Dublin
Opens February 21 – March 9 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
Runs February 21, 23, 24, 28, March 1, 2, 6, 8 & 9

March 2^nd – Captioned & audio described performance

Box Office – 01 700 7000 | www.thehelix.ie

Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Runs March 13 - 15 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
March 14 - Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 091 569 777 | www.tht.ie

Everyman Palace, Cork
Runs March 21 - 22 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
March 21 - Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 021 450 1673 | www.everymanpalace.com

Theatre Royal, Waterford
Runs March 27 | 8.00pm | €22/€20
Captioned & audio described performance
Box Office – 051 874 402 | www.theatreroyal.ie

For further information and tour dates: www.secondage.com or call (01) 679 8542

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National Gallery Tour.

ihha — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:54:29 +0000

There is a hard of Hearing tour of the National Gallery on Thursday March the 8th at 6.30. Have a cuppa beforehand if you like. There are sure to be a few of us in the cafe (near the Clare street / Milleneum entrance)

See here for more data http://www.nationalgallery.ie/whatson/Tours/Hard%20of%20Hearing%20Tours%20List/Hard%20of%20Hearing%20Tour%203%20November%202011.aspx

10March 2012 – Bookworms by Bernard farrell at the Abbey

Maggie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:22:46 +0000

There will be a Captioned performance of Bookworms by Bernard Farrell at the Abbey on Saturday March 10th 2012 commencing at 2pm

Ring the booking office at 01-8787222 and ask for seats that are best positioned for using the captions

The IHHA gets a special rate from the Abbey for these captioned performances which are always on Saturday afternoons at 2.00.pm. Do request the reserved seating for hard of hearing theatre goers. You can also request a neck loop at the kiosk in reception.

Below are 3 avid theatre goers at a recent performance of Juno and the Paycock

Emergency 999 /112 Services

ihha — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:58:47 +0000

New Emergency Service access by Mobile Phone text

A new means of accessing 999 / 112 emergency (Fire, Ambulance or garda) services is now available for deaf and hard of hearing people. You need to register your phone to be able to use the Service. Go to www.112.ie to read more and Reister

World Congress

Michael — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:37:51 +0000

The next World Conference for the Hard of Hearing will be held in Norway, 25^th – 28^thJune 2012.

The conference venue is located in the second largest and most beautiful city in Norway, Bergen. It is a very special city with a lot of charm, where you will find “everything” in a short walking distance.

Bergen has given a warm welcome to visitors for more than 900 years. “Bryggen”, in the harbour, has become a symbol of the cultural heritage and has gained a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The city is surrounded by seven mountains. You can get to the top of two of them and have a marvellous view of the city.

Bergen is called “The Gateway to the Fjords”. The city is surrounded by one of the world’s most spectacular tourist attractions – the Norwegian Fjords, which have now been included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Bergen is also the starting point for a cruise along the Norwegian coast which will take you all the way up to the most northern city in the world. The Norwegian fjords was on Oct 21 2009 voted the No 1 Travel Destination in the word by The National Geographic Traveler Magazine. You will hence have a lot of possibilities to combine the conference with a wonderful vacation.

The planning of the conference has started and we can already now promise you a very interesting few days. The main theme will probably be “A Better Life”, with several well qualified and interesting speakers.

The venue for the conference will be The Grieg Hall, a Culture and Conference center having its name from the famous Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg. It is located in the city centre of Bergen, within walking distance from all hotels, sights and restaurants.

Upcoming news and conference developments will be posted at this web site, so please remember to bookmark this web site.

We are glad and proud to invite you to Bergen in 2012, to a conference which will give you new knowledge which can give you a better life as hard of hearing. You will be able to interact with several hundred participants from all over the world, in a destination where it almost never get dark at that time of the year and in a picturesque city which will offer you beautiful and interesting experiences!

Welcome to Norway in 2012 and to a few days you will remember for the rest of your life!

The Registration Platform is now open:It is now possible to register to the IFHOH 2012 conference online. On the registration platform you may also book hotel rooms. Click on the red button in the menu bar on CONGRESS WEBSITE

Knut M. Ellingsen

President

The Norwegian Association of Hard of Hearing

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There are details on hotels, places to go and of course all the Congress details on the Website. There will be perhaps 500 hard of hearing people from 30 countries around the World.

You might like to consider going. It is not cheap but you may love it

IHHA Council

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Social Calendar

ihha — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:13:17 +0000

Do check out our social calendar for the coming months. We may not be able to get George Clooney but we have upcoming events to suit everyone as well as our regular Abbey outing which is subtitled and visit to the National Gallery which takes place every second month on the first Thursday and is undertaken in the company of an experienced guide with personal loops for the participants.