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LAST night Tralee Musical Society embarked on a five day run in Siamsa Tíre performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ‘The Beautiful Game’. This dramatic and powerful West End hit combines sports, politics, and a Romeo and Juliet-style romance. Set in 1969 Belfast, this Irish story concerns a local young Catholic […]

TRALEE Musical Society is on the eve of taking to the stage for their well-timed patriotic and epic production of ‘The Beautiful Game’ from Wednesday March 30 to April 3. This dramatic and powerful West End hit combines sports, politics, and a Romeo and Juliet romance. Set in 1969 Belfast, this Irish […]

FRIENDS of a Tralee actress/director gathered in Siamsa Tire last night for a concert to help her efforts in gaining entry to one of the world’s top film schools. ‘Tralee to Hollywood: A Theatrical Journey’ attracted a big crowd to the event which will help Sarah-Jane Drummey’s bid to join the American […]

A DOCUMENTARY, two years in the making, is set to be screened for one night only at Siamsa Tire, on Easter Saturday, March 26, and it will feature an exclusive interview with the men involved with the Marita Ann and what happened on the ship. It is the sequel to the […]

HOT on the heels of its success in Dublin, the play, ‘Madame de Markievicz On Trial’, written by Ann Matthews and directed by Anthony Fox, will come to Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, on Saturday, April 16. However, if you’re in Listowel next weekend, the play will be on in St John’s Theatre, Listowel […]

A FULL house braved the weather to come out and see music legend, Albert Hammond, in Siamsa Tire on Tuesday night. His songs have been responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 chart-topping hits. The English born musician who has penned the hits ‘The Air […]

FOR the second year on the bounce the Churchill Drama Players theatre group will perform a ‘Springtime Variety Show’ for two nights in Siamsa Tire, but if you were hoping to get a ticket, you’re out of luck as they have all sold out! The show will feature a cast of 100 […]

AN interactive, multi-media exhibition of original drawings, prints, storyboards, animation, music and scene-realisation of the Oscar-nominated ‘Song of the Sea’ has come to Siamsa Tire. The exhibition, which runs until Friday, March 25, was officially opened by Rory Conway of Cartoon Saloon on Friday evening. The multi-media exhibition, designed by industrial design studio Designgoat, provides an imaginative and accessible […]

AWARD winning visual artist, Rory Conway, will host a character design workshop from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, February 20, at Siamsa Tire, Tralee. Rory currently works with Cartoon Saloon, the Oscar nominated studio behind the critically acclaimed ‘Song of the Sea’, and in 2015, his short film ‘Shoot’ won […]

THE Zyber Theatre Company will make a return to Siamsa Tíre next week with a new play ‘CrissCross’ by John Fraher. ‘CrissCross’ delivers subjects such as love, death, manipulation, forbidden liaisons, family history, laughter, rejection – all of life’s chapters. John Fraher’s earlier plays, ‘What Time is it in Bangkok’, ‘The […]

MERCY Mounthawk students are currently in the midst of a sell-out run of their latest production in Siamsa Tíre. Around 70 students in all are involved in the cast an when we visited just before curtain-up on Wednesday night, they were busily preparing for the opening performance. “We do a […]

A CAST of over 60 Mercy Mounthawk students will take the Siamsa Tire stage next Wednesday for the first of four nights performing Les Miserables.  Taking part in the production is a cast made up mainly of transition year students, with a smattering of first, second and fifth year classes. Over […]

REPUBLIC of Telly regulars and all-round YouTube sensations, Foil, Arms and Hog are coming to Siamsa Tire next month. The comedy trio go on a spring tour around the country following sell-out runs in Dublin and Edinburgh and take in a Tralee date. For the uninitiated, the trio made this video […]

THE weather outside may be frightful, but in Siamsa there was a delightful tornado of fun as ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ began its run of performances on Tuesday. Families came in from the rain to fill the theatre yesterday afternoon to see the much loved story performed by the cast in the Oliver Hurley […]

THERE was a great turnout for the National Folk Theatre Choir’s inaugural performance on Thursday night at Siamsa Tíre. Ceilúradh na Nollag, under the direction of Choral Mistress, Geraldine Hurley, featured traditional Irish Christmas songs as well as the popular carols loved by many. The choir of almost 30 were joined by the young students […]

THE new National Folk Theatre Choir will give their inaugural performance tonight (Thursday) at Siamsa Tíre. As part of the ongoing development of the National Folk Theatre of Ireland at Siamsa Tíre, a National Folk Theatre Choir was established at the end of September 2015. Tonight, the choir will present its […]

WHAT have The Beatles, Olly Murs and The Sound Of Music got in common? Their songs will all be performed next week when the members of Tralee Musical Society bring their ‘That’s Entertainment’ show to Siamsa Tíre. We called down to rehearsals on Wednesday night and found out more about the show […]

  ‘HOLDING True Ground’, an exhibition by Lisa Fingleton will be opened by artist Aideen Barry on Friday 30th of October at 6pm in Siamsa Tire, Tralee. ‘Holding True Ground’ is a feast of new work by this multimedia artist, including drawings, found objects, documentary and immersive installations Working with local growers, the artist cultivated deep-rooted […]

THE opening night of the Light Opera Society of Tralee production of Les Miserables ‘School Edition’ took place in Siamsa Tire on Thursday. ‘Les Mis’ is being performed with a live orchestra and a gifted cast of fresh young talents drawn from Tralee and schools from further afield. Leading the cast is 5th Year […]

  SIAMSA Tíre is to host the opening of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and different objects by the artist Antonio Julio López Castro on Friday September 25 at 6pm. The exhibition which is entitled ‘A Measure of Things’  is comprised of a number of projects that Antonio has worked on over the […]

  SIAMSA Tire is set to stage one of the world’s best known musicals when it shows the stage edition of Les Misérables from September 24 to September 26 at 8pm each night. The musical, which will be presented by the award-winning Light Opera Society of Tralee (LOST), is set to […]

  SIAMSA Tire will be hosting their next ‘Silver Screen’ outing this  Wednesday July 1, when ‘My Old Lady’ will be shown at 2pm. The film showing is all part of the silver screening campaign by Kerry Film Festival where during the first Wednesday of each month Kerry Film Festival presents […]

A SIAMSA Tíre dancer performed for Prince Charles on his visit to Galway yesterday. John Fitzgerald, a native of Brandon, and other dancers gave the Royal visitor a traditional Irish welcome with a sample of Irish dancing at NUI Galway. John began learning Irish dancing from the age of six with Rinceoirí […]

THE name Albert Hammond may not be instantly recognisable to some, but chances are, if you have any interest in music you know his work. His songs have been responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 chart-topping hits and he’ll be playing a lot […]

Never fear! It’s almost at the end of the week and the bodies and bones are aching to relax. Here’s a few things to get up to…  FRIDAY 1. For those out there who may like to ‘bust a move’ on a night out, we might have the perfect day […]

IT was a great two days of performances from the people at St John Of God who have been working together with local secondary school students on a musical which went down a storm in Siamsa Tire this week. ‘I Have A Dream’ was worked on by the clients from the St John Of […]

TRALEE Musical Society are in the middle of a run of dates performing a musical based on the much-loved 90s film ‘Sister Act’. The opening night was on Tuesday with performances set to continue all the way to Sunday. So far the Tralee Musical Society’s musical adaptation of Sister Act has been wowing […]

A PLAY with dark themes attracted theatre-goers to Siamsa Tíre on Good Friday night for the premiere of ‘Antichrist’. The play was performed by the  Tralee-based ‘Free Radical Youth Theatre’ and didn’t disappoint those present for the premiere. With a story full of darkness, tension, black magic and strong language, ‘Antichrist’ […]

IT was a couple of nights for St John of God services in Tralee as they performed ‘I Have A Dream’ musical in Siamsa Tire on Tuesday and Wednesday. Volunteers and clients at St John of God had been working hard together over the past few weeks to try and get everything […]

The Bank Holiday weekend is almost upon us and we have the few things for you to do (that is, if you want to do anything!) with those precious few days off. FRIDAY 1. With the bars closed for ‘Good Friday’ and a temporary ban on the sale of alcohol for the day, […]