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CULTURE NIGHT CARRICK IS GO! September 23, 2009

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The Dock
celebrates
Culture Night
this Friday!

 

Culture Night will take place nationwide on Friday 25th September, a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure across the country as hundreds of arts and cultural organisations open their doors until late free of charge.
Starting from 6.30pm and continuing until late The Dock and the Leitrim Design House have joined forces to bring you one great party…and best of all its all free 
 
 
Here is a full line up of what’s happening… 

 

Lighting Workshop with The Dock’s Technician Brendan McDermott at 6.30pm

 
Gallery Tour of Notions of Capital Exhibition with curator Claire McAree at 7.30pm
  
Eye Make-Up Demos with professional Make-Up Artist Amanda McCarthy from 7.30pm to 10.30pm
 
 
Leitrim based film-maker Roisin Loughrey presents Fall Into Half Angel, a short film about trust at 8pm
 
 
Saxophonist Cathal Roche will be playing contemporary music from Japan, Holland and Ireland in Gallery 2 at 8.30pm
 
 Drawing Class with artist Laura Gallagher in The Foyer at 9pm 
 
Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club Showcase with David Reilly and Marcus O’Laoire at 9.45pm
 
Club Night in the performance space with great DJ’s at 10.15pm
 
 
Aswell as all this there is a chance to win some amazing prizesDesigner Eileen Abbott and Milliner Wendy Louise will be sponsoring a prize of a hat and a voucher for best dressed on the night – the theme being Retro Fashion!
Also Professional Make-Up Artist Amanda McCarthy will be offering a lucky someone a chance to win a make-up session in the comfort of their own home.
 
And help yourself to the fairy cakes and rice krispie buns in The BackRoom Bar!
 
Don’t forget every event on the night will be FREE! 
So come on down and join the culture night party with us…
 

Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club is back! September 9, 2009

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Yes thats right the Comedy Club with the mostest is back with a bang…well a bounce actually – the comedy troupe with the biggest buzz around at the moment, Dead Cat Bounce, kick off our Autumn season of side splitting comedy in Carrick on Shannon.

Having just seen them at Electric Picnic you can take our word for it, these guys are like nothing you have ever seen before! Their new show Wired is getting rave reviews and sell out shows. After a  a busy few weeks at Montreals Just for Laughs and Edinburghs Fringe we are really excited about having them here tomorrow night. The show kicks off at 8.30pm with guest MC Damian Clarke. Check out this clip from last years fringe to see what they are like.

Tickets are only €15 (€12 if you are a comedy club member) and seening as its the first club night after our summer holidays we have a couple of tickets up for grabs – first person to email Michelle telling us that you want tickets  and they’re yours…simple as!

See you there!


MASSIVE ticket giveaway!! May 29, 2009

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Because the weather is fabulous, its a bank holiday weekend and Carrick is buzzing we are in a great mood…so good a mood in fact that we have an amazing competition for you!

We have got a pair tickets up for grabs  for not one, not two but three shows!!!

First up, next Tuesday is John B. Keanes classic “Confessions of an Irish Publician” starring the inimitable Des Keogh

Second in top class music with two of Irelands most gifted musicians, Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely

And last but not least is the hilarious Andrew Stanley who presents his side splitting show MISH MASH for the final Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club of the summer with special guests Fred Cooke and Neil Hickey. 

All you have to do is send Michelle an email with your name and contact details and the name of the show you would like to win tickets too…its that simple.

So what are you waiting for? Get entering and have a great Bank Holiday weekend!

 

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Winner of Leitrim Observer Competition announced… April 7, 2009

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Congratulations to Mary Flanagan from Ballinamore who is the lucky winner of two tickets to the sold out Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club night with Colin Murphy. Enjoy the show Mary!

if.comedy award winner David O’Doherty March 10, 2009

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Comedy Live Presents… The Best of David O’Doherty

there were just so many clips on youtube to post here so i just chose the first one I saw…

David is playing the next Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club night this Thursday. He will be doing a longer set than usual so you get him all to yourselves for the frist and second half! Enjoy!

Extra Date for Neil Delamere added! February 19, 2009

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Neil went down a storm at his sold out gig here in The Dock last week and left everyone wanting more…so the public gets what the public wants…Neil will be back tonight for another gig, the fun kicks off with Bernard O’Shea at 8.30pm.

See you there,

Leitirm Laughs Comedy Club

Star of RTEs The Panel, Neil Delamare, comes to The Dock January 15, 2009

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The Panel November 2008

Check out Neil Delamare  in action on  The Panel.

Neil will be headlining at Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club in The Dock on Thursday 12th February with suport from John Lynn and MC John Colleary.

Book early to avoid dissapointment!