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FOLLOWING the success of last year’s inaugural open submission exhibition, ‘Changing Times’, Siamsa Tíre once again invites artists in the Kerry to take part in this year’s event, ‘Lost Things’. The exhibition is open to all artists, both amateur and professional, living in the South West of Ireland. The exhibition […]

FOLLOWING inclusion in the annual exhibition of Turner watercolours in the National Gallery of Ireland earlier this year, Irish printmaker, Niall Naessens brings his ‘Good Morning Mister Turner’ exhibition to the Siamsa Tíre Galleries. The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday, October 5 at 6pm by Anne Hodge (Curator […]

SIAMSA Tíre’s artist-in-residence, Conor O’Grady will be giving a talk on his residency in Tralee and the work he has been undertaking over the last two months. The talk will take place on Thursday, September 6 next at 3pm in the Gallery at Siamsa Tíre and is open to the public and […]

SIAMSA Tíre, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland had its world premiere of An Ghaoth Aniar – The Wind from the West on Wednesday night. This new production — which runs nightly until August 31 — marks 50 years since the first summer season of performances by the National Folk Theatre, combining old favourite traditional […]

SIAMSA Tire has won the ‘Best Newcomer’ award at Julie’s Bicycle Creative Green Awards on Monday night in London. Julie’s Bicycle is a London based charity that supports the creative community to act on climate change and environmental sustainability. Just last month, Siamsa Tíre became the first theatre in Ireland to achieve […]

CEO of Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons opened celebrations at Siamsa Tíre on Thursday evening to officially mark the 50th anniversary of the first ever performance. Kerry tourism representatives from Kerry county attended from accommodation, attractions, activity and service providers. Mr Gibbons talked about the growth of the tourism industry over […]

MARTIN Ferris will attend the event in honour of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Tralee this Friday. The Kerry Sinn Féin TD has said that he has accepted an invitation to attend the event in Siamsa Tíre which is being hosted by Kerry County Council. Accepting […]

THE official itinerary for Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been released by Clarence House and, as widely reported, they will be visiting Siamsa Tíre on Friday. After spending the previous days in Northern Ireland and Cork, the couple will travel to Kerry on Friday to visit Derrynane […]

SIAMSA Tíre has announced today that it is the first theatre in Ireland to achieve Creative Green Certification under a scheme run by London based charity, Julie’s Bicycle. Creative Green is the only international environmental certification scheme designed specifically for the creative and cultural industries. Creative Green is an international […]

SIAMSA Tíre was proud to present its Level 3 Final Year pupils of the National Folk Theatre (NFT) Training Academy at their end of year graduation show on Tuesday. This performance showcased what the students have learned over the previous three years at Siamsa Tíre in the disciplines of traditional […]

THE Bank Holiday Weekend got off to a great start in Siamsa Tíre on Friday night as the Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre put on an amazing show in ‘Musical Express’. Months of preparation came to fruition as the large troupe of performers presented a variety of musical theatre excerpts from, […]

  THE cast of Siamsa Tíre, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland are in final rehearsals for the 50thanniversary of its first performance of Fadó Fadó – its first folk production of authentic traditional Irish music, song and dance that portrays rural life in Ireland long ago. The cast for this year’s […]

THE ‘Truth or Dare’ art exhibition, featuring work from three graduates of the Limerick College of Art and Design, officially opened on Friday last in Siamsa Tíre. The three artists, Grace Roberts, Suzanne Mortell and Nuala O’Sullivan,were delighted with the great attendance and support of their art works on the night […]

THE young actors, singers and dancers from the Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts put on a marvellous show at Siamsa Tíre this week. In four performances over Tuesday and Wednesday they thrilled hundreds of people of all ages with the popular musical based on the 1988 John Waters movie […]

A TWO-DAY seminar titled ‘Dance and Health Event’ will take place at Siamsa Tíre next month on the relevance of dance to healthcare and well-being. The event, on  April 26/27, will bring together dance artists, healthcare professionals and service users to explore the possibilities for dance in healthcare. “We need to […]

HUNDREDS of people converged on Siamsa Tíre on Sunday for two performances from youngsters in the Kerry School of Music Dance Academy. Around 150 young dance enthusiasts took part in ‘Born To Dance’. The students had been rehearsing under the tutelage of Colette Maguire Jensen, who is celebrating 25 years this year […]

FR Pat Ahern, a founding member of Siamsa Tíre, was honoured yesterday by Kerry County Council with a Civic Reception. “This is an opportunity for Kerry County Council to acknowledge the tremendous work that Fr Pat has done over so many years to promote the artistic, musical and literary tradition […]

IT’S pantomime time at Siamsa Tíre and Friday saw two sell-0ut performances of Cinderella. Oliver Hurley is the man behind the panto once again and he has created a tremendous treat for all the family. With perennial favourites, Buttons, the wicked stepmother and the ugly sisters, this is a pantomime […]

SIAMSA TÍRE was packed last night for a special show from the Cassie Leen School of Dance. There were 120 young dancers taking part in ‘Fairytale Of New York’ .This year two of the students were awarded trips to New York, from which the theme came for the show. The […]

SIAMSA Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, yesterday launched its Greening Siamsa initiative as it celebrates the completion of recent energy upgrades to the theatre and arts centre. Siamsa Tíre has recognised the role it can play in reducing the impact of its activities on the environment, and is developing policies […]

THE Arts Services of Kerry, Kildare, and Tipperary County Councils along with Dance Ireland are working on an exciting initiative that will support the work of dance artists in Kerry. To this end a Dance and Health Professional Development Series will take place at Siamsa Tíre in April next year […]

SIAMSA Tíre will officially open its latest visual arts exhibition ‘Crux: A Dialogue in Metal’, on this Thursday, October 12 at 6pm in the Round Gallery. Open to all, John Tynan, Head of Education, Training & Development with the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland will provide a talk on this […]

AUDIENCES packed Siamsa Tíre on Wednesday night for the opening of the Light Opera Society of Tralee’s production of  ‘West Side Story’. It’s one of the best-loved musicals ever made and audiences loved the performances by the young cast who have been rehearsing for months. It’s directed by Grainne O’Carroll, […]

COMEDIAN, author and cycling enthusiast, David O’Doherty is coming back to Tralee this winter for a stand-up show. Self-styled as the Aldi Bublé, the Ryanair Enya, he will present an evening of his latest jokes and songs in Siamsa Tíre on December 1. Tickets are €18 / €16 plus €1 […]

IT’S changing times on the board of directors of Siamsa Tire, as one long running member has retired while another is stepping down from his role as Chairperson. Company Secretary since 2005, Noírín Lynch retired from the Board following 12 years of service with Louise Donlon now the incoming Company […]

A KENMARE native has been announced as Siamsa Tíre’s Visual Artist in Residence, following an open call. The residency, which will run from June 26 to August 26, 2017 allows an artist time and space to create new work. The work Karen Hendy — now living in Portmagee — will undertake […]

A YOUTH theatre group will tread the boards with their end of year production next week in Siamsa Tíre. On Easter Monday, April 17 at 8pm, Free Radicals will present ‘All Things’ by Neil Flynn. Free Radicals Youth Theatre is Siamsa Tire’s official youth theatre and is for young people […]

THE sun was shining outside but there was still a great crowd in Siamsa on Saturday afternoon for the annual show from Tenacity School of Performing Arts. A cast of over 90 took part in both the matinee and evening performances of ‘Wonderland’. The young performers are from Tralee and all […]

A BIG crowd packed Siamsa Tíre last night for the St John of God production of ‘An Evening of Musicals’. The show was a collection of songs, solos and group numbers, from different musicals. The talented cast sang Singing in the Rain, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, Phantom of the Opera […]

CHURCHILL Players Drama Group are preparing for their annual  “Springtime Variety Show 2017”. The Show commences this Friday and Saturday night, February 17 and 18, and both night performances are sold out. However, the Group have decided to do a Matinee on the Saturday afternoon, February 18 at 2.30pm. The Show […]