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RíRá Children’s Arts Festival is in full swing… October 14, 2009

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This week sees the return of RíRá Children’s Arts Festival to The Dock – its all very busy at the moment with two fantastic shows of SeaShoreShow from Nico and Martin this morning and they are back at 6pm for their Instant Orchestra.

Full line up for the rest of the week is on www.thedock.ie/performances/children so be sure to check it out – we will try and get some pictures up as soon as we can.

Also just announced – as part of the free Family Fun Day to finish up the festival we have just added Tea and Tales to line-up – In the BackRoom Café Bar, reading from their favourite childhood stories, will be local celebs – Mary Blake, Colin Regan, Charlie McGettigan, Evelyn Kelly and Cathal Roche. Stories will be geared at children from 4 years of age to 12. Interspersed with the story telling will be a literary quiz devised by The Reading Room Book Shop, Bridge Street Carrick on Shannon with a fantastic prize promised to the winners!

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 prizes – Designer 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…
 

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!

 

The Dock Team

Winner of The Last Wednesday tickets April 28, 2009

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Congratulations to Mr John Gamble who is the lucky winner of two tickets to see MAIRTIN O’CONNOR, CATHAL HAYDEN & SEAMIE O’DOWD tomorrow night in The Dock. Enjoy the gig John!

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!