Slow Sessions with Brendan McCreanor
25 JAN - 29 MAR | 12PM
Cost: €5
For players of any instrument and at any level. A selection of easy and well known session tunes will all be played slowly so that people in the early stages of their playing or those coming back to playing music can have an opportunity to play together in a friendly, supportive and informal setting. More experienced players who wish to refine their techniques at a slower pace are also very welcome. We also welcome listeners and singers.
Droichead Arts Centre | Stockwell Street | Drogheda | Co. Louth
Theatre Club Spring Summer / 2025
7 FEB - 28 JUN | 7 plays for €95 (+ €1.00 fees)
Website url: https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873668797
Droichead Arts Centre is thrilled to announce its Theatre Club for Spring/Summer 2025, showcasing seven incredible plays, including an off-site visit to the Abbey Theatre. Now in its 14th season, the club offers audiences a chance to connect and discuss each performance. Seven amazing plays for only €95!
The Playboy of the Western World | Livin’ Dred
7 & 8 FEB | 8pm | €22/20 (+ €1.00 fees) | Droichead Arts Centre
Website url: https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873668455
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Award-winning Aaron Monaghan directs a stellar cast in a wild, insightful production bursting with Synge’s lyrical language, biting satire, and unforgettable characters. Dive into the comedy, chaos, and controversy of one of Ireland’s most cherished plays.
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Film Club Spring/Summer 2025 | Kathleen Is Here
TUE 18 FEB | 8pm | €8 (+ €1.00 fees) | Droichead Arts Centre
Website url: https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873668988
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After her mother's death, Kathleen leaves foster care and returns to her hometown. Although she inherits a house, finds a job, and a friend, she feels empty. Seeking a mother figure, she embarks on a destructive path as her past haunts her future.
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An Evening with Manish Pringle
THU 20 FEB | 8pm | €10 (+ €1.00 fees) | Droichead Arts Centre
Website url: https://www.droichead.com/show-detail/?id=873667944
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Manish Pringle, a leading Indian slide guitarist, has performed at prestigious festivals in India and internationally across Europe, Australia, and Asia. He has collaborated with maestros like George Brooks and Michael Messer. Honored as ‘Surmani’ by Surshringar Samsad Mumbai, he also received a Music Excellence award from Camroon Creations Goa.
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Making A Show of Myself | Mary Kate O Flanagan
Date: FRI 21ST MAR | 8PM | €18/€16 (+ €1.00 fees)
A unique theatre piece rooted in Seanchas (the Irish tradition of live storytelling). Mary Kate shows how stories save our sanity and connect us, illustrating her case with six captivating true-life tales that have earned her Grand Slam Champion Storyteller titles in both Ireland and America.
“Mary Kate O’Flanagan has perfected the art of storytelling. She is an entertainer of the first rank and it is a privilege for the audience that she is prepared so generously to make a show of herself” – No More Workhorse
Lisdoon-Nirvana | written and performed by Frankie McCafferty
Date: THURS 6TH MAR | 8PM | €18/€16 (+ €1.00 fees)
For anyone who’s dreamed of a festival and finding Nirvana…
Set at Lisdoonvarna’s final 1983 festival, this story follows 17-year-old Macker and friends on an Odyssean trip from Donegal to Clare. On a two-stroke motorbike, they encounter 80s Ireland—recession, church oppression, and Troubles—while revelling in the Folk and Rock glory. With Smithwick’s packed and rumors of hash and condoms, Macker is ready for the adventure.
Directed by Charlie Bonner | An Grianán productions.
Suitable for Ages 16+
DRAWDA | Drogheda Urban Art and Audio Trail
1st Jan 2025 - 31st Dec 2025
Drogheda Urban Art Trail – Embracing our mythological past
DRAWDA - a curated multidisciplinary public arts programme, launched in Drogheda between November 2021, and April 2022, culminating in an Urban Art Trail throughout Drogheda that focuses on key figures and moments from our mythological past.
Seven murals that focus on key figures and moments from mythology, with an Audio
Trail! Pick up your printed map from Droichead Arts Centre, Love Drogheda BIDS or local business’ or view it digitally online below. Then, take a stroll throughout Drogheda following the trail, and use your smart device to scan the code and listen to the mythological stories behind the murals!
Film Club Spring/Summer 2025
14 JAN – 20 MAY | 8pm | 8 films for €48 | Droichead Arts Centre
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Film Club is back for Spring 2025. Droichead Arts Centre in partnership with Access Cinema, are delighted to welcome back our Film Club members, with a season of eight engaging and beautiful films from around the world, once again curated by Sinead Brassil and Niall O'Brien of LMFM's film review segment 'Reel Reviews'. Each film is introduced by the curators and followed by a short post screening discussion.
Once again you can expect the wild and wonderful, the best and most breath taking independent cinema from around the world with 8 amazing films for only €48!
And we are again delighted to partner with the film makers of DKiT to present one short film by the graduating class before four of the screenings.
TOUCH (2024) | Dir Baltasar Kormákur | Romance/Drama | Iceland | Tue 28 Jan
KATHLEEN IS HERE (2024) | Dir Eva Birthistle | Drama | Ireland | Tue 18 Feb
IT’S RAINING MEN (2023) | Dir Caroline Vignal | Comedy | France | Tue 4 Mar
BIRD (2024) | Dir Andrea Arnold | Drama | UK | Tue 29 Apr
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (2024) | Dir Rungano Nyoni | Comedy/Drama | Ireland, UK, Zambia | Tue 13 May
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (2024) | Dir Payal Kapadia | Drama | France | Tue 20 May
Stockwell Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
