Tickets for Beth Orton in Triskel Christchurch on Sun 24 March are now available.

Tickets/info:
http://triskelartscentre.ie/events/2282/beth-orton/ .

Following on from her breathtaking performance at The Pepper Canister Church, Dublin just before Christmas Beth Orton has just announced an Irish Tour which includes a Cork show at Triskel Christchurch on Sunday 24th March.

Tickets go on sale on Fri 18th January.

Info/details

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Welcome back to you all. We hope everyone is having a good start to 2013. . We are open as normal from today and have loads of great events coming up this week

Our Micky Donnelly exhibition in Christchurch ‘Notes On A Minor Scale’ continues until 3 February

Our guided tours of Christchurch resume tomorrow at 12pm

Cinema restarts this Thursday 10 January  with screenings of Mother’s Milk and Untouchable. We will also be screening Beasts of the Southern Wild and The Master from Friday to Monday

In January and February we will have a new Saturday film club for children and families. It begins with A Cat in Paris this Saturday at 12pm

You can find details on all of these and more on our website

Just to let everyone know that we will be closing for Christmas today – Fri 21st Dec – at 1pm

We will be back early in 2013 with more great films and events

You can download/check out our cinema brochure for January 2013 from

http://www.triskelartscentre.ie/cinema-brochure/triskel-cinema-jan-2013.pdf

We have a specially produced seasonal show of celebration and reflection this Thursday night

The amazing Moya Brennan, the voice of Clannad and first lady of Celtic music, will be performing here in Triskel Christchurch

Tickets cost €22 and doors open at 8pm.

Full details:
http://triskelartscentre.ie/events/2218/moya-brennan/

Due to circumstances beyond our control this week’s Cinema screenings have been rescheduled to the New Year.

All tickets will be refunded or honoured .

For further details please contact FOH  on 021 4272020

We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our patrons.

Official launch this Saturday 8 Dec for our debut book on Christchurch –  ‘For Their Country: The Great War Dead Of Christchurch Parish, Cork 1914-1918’.

It is an informative and poignant book which details the previously untold story of the 34 men listed on the WW1 memorial window at the rear of Christchurch.

There will be a display of artefacts from the war courtesy of Cork Branch, Western Front Association and the ladies of Cobh Animation Team will be present to add a bit of glamour to the occasion

The event starts at 12pm and is free to enter. All welcome

More info

This Wednesday 5 Dec we have The Gloaming.

The Gloaming is a newly minted collective of five remarkable musicians poised to become a vital force in Irish music. Navigating between the contemporary and traditional genres, their creativity trumps predictability – with music that is haunting and beautiful in equal measure.

Featuring: Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes, Iarla O’Lionaird, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh

More info/tickets

On Thursday 6 Dec we have IBO & Resurgam Present: Handel’s Messiah.

Featuring The Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgam Choir.

What more can be said about Handel’s masterpiece… that it will move you beyond words? That it is a life-affirming and thrilling piece of music? That it reflects endings and beginnings, joy and sorrow? All of the above, and much more! Simply unmissable, and unforgettable.

 More info/tickets

Finally on Sat 8 Dec we have Declan Sinnott.

With a career spanning over 40 years, Declan Sinnott has played guitar and produced music for Irish folk luminaries such as Christy Moore, Mary Black, Sinead Lohan and John Spillane to name but a few. He was a founding member of Horslips and Moving Hearts – two of the most influential trad /electric bands in Ireland, and spent 13 years guiding Mary Black’s career, producing the majority of her music. Since the year 2000 Declan has been guitarist and producer to Christy Moore, who was recently named as Ireland ‘s greatest living musician in RTÉ ‘s People of the Year Awards.

More info/tickets

Due to a back injury, one of the Hilliard Ensemble is unavailable to travel, and so the concert scheduled to take place tomorrow night, Saturday 24th November at 8pm, at Triskel Christchurch in Cork has had to be postponed.

Both Triskel and the Ensemble’s management have agreed to reschedule the concert, and a new date in 2013 will be announced shortly.

Ticket holders may if they wish hold on to their tickets and these will be honoured at the next concert, or they can contact Triskel at (021) 4272 022 to obtain a refund.

Triskel would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused to our patrons and supporters.

Some music from Bourne / Davis / Kane

They play Triskel Christchurch tonight and we have a second full set from Kenny Werner and Ronan Guilfoyle

Doors open at 8pm and tickets cost €20
http://triskelartscentre.ie/events/2242/bourne-davis-kane/