Celtic Craic: The best of Irish writing, song and music drawn from a series of Words into Action Showcases at the London Irish Centre. Theatre pieces include classic, contemporary and new and songs and music includes many traditional classics.

Dates for your diary include ... Wed/Thu 8/9 July @ 9pm: White Bear Theatre, London....Sun 19th July  @ 2.30pm: London Irish Centre Tea Dance. Contact , London Irish Centre.

NEW DATES!!!  The Irish Club, Tudor Street, London on 17th & 24th July @ 7.30pm. 

The Irish Club is a private members’ club situated in the heart of the City and close to the capital’s transport network. The sophistication of the new club draws inspiration from the elegant architecture of the building, designed by Henry Louis Florence in 1903. Since its former life as the Institute Of Journalists, the building was converted to barristers’ chambers and has now been sensitively restored and regenerated. Located within a stone’s throw of Blackfriars Millennium Pier, the Club now boasts a members’ bar with reportedly the largest collection of Irish Whiskies in the London, an intimate restaurant, and a members’ lounge – an ideal base whilst out of the office.

London Irish Theatre is a mutually supportive group of actors, writers, singers and musicians committed to sharing and developing skills and talents. 


 Wed 22nd July. Mirror, Mirror...by Irish Elders Drama Group. Hampstead theatre @ 7pm
An inter-generational community play devised by older people based at the Irish Centre. The play deals with perceptions around ageing, focusing on how older people see themselves and how others see older  people. A 70-year old woman looks into a mirror and is surprised at what she sees. She still has the same ideas, ambitions, and thoughts she had at eighteen. The play is also laced with a number of popular traditional songs sung by members of the Irish Centre Pensioners' Choir. The play will also form part of "Six of the Best" see blow.




Six of the Best: Six new plays by six new writers spread over six weeks in the summer

21 – 23 Jul  Changes by Anna May Mangan
Nora lives on her own. Her only companion is Fluffy, her cat. Others in her life include Stefen, a Rumanian postman and Alfie, a fellow traveller on the dial-a-ride bus. Nora also has a grasping and greedy son and his wife who plan to move the old lady into a garage (sorry, granny-flat) in order to look after her - and her money. 

28 - 30 Jul  Mirror, Mirror...by Irish Elders Drama Group
An inter-generational community play devised by older people based at the Irish Centre. The play deals with perceptions around ageing, focusing on how older people see themselves and how others see older  people. A 70-  year old woman looks into a mirror and is surprised at what she sees. She still has the same ideas, ambitions, and thoughts she had at eighteen.


04- 06 Aug  The Shoes by Julie Sibbons
Katie, a woman in her mid-forties, finds herself presented with her care records at Barnardo's headquarters. Confronted by her past, she begins to slowly reflect on her memories. A play about dealing with the past in order to face the future.


11-13 Aug  The Little English Girl by Laurence McDonald
Lily was born in Belfast, but grew up in England in order to escape the troubles. When she is called back home, due to the ill-health of her father, family resentments soon bubble up to the surface.


18- 20 Aug  Quare Times by Peter Hammond
Frank Flynn likes a quiet life. With his dinner on the table and his frequent visits to the pub, Frank sees no reason to engage with the outside world. With his long-suffering wife, Peggy, all Frank has to do is negotiate himself around his two daughters, Angela and Marian. However, Frank's world comes to an abrupt end when Marian brings home her partner (or significant other) in the female form of Susan.

25- 27 Aug  Kavanagh by Tom O'Brien
A revised version of O'Brien's On Raglan Road which played in London two years ago before embarking on a six-week tour of Ireland. This new version of the play focuses on the life and times of Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh and his relationships with family, friends and foes, not to mention his more fractious relationship with his work and the women in his life.
 
All Six of the Best shows fom Tuesday to Thursday starting @ 8pm admission £5. Contact for further information.