Passiontide - a protest novel. Monique Roffey in conversation about writing and activism. Wednesday 25 September 7.30pm Erin Arts Centre Monique Roffey will talk about her latest book and how we can come together in protest and action. Monique Roffey is an award-winning writer, environmental activist and Professor of Contemporary Fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University. Monique was a founding member of Writers Rebel and she is part of the Hard Art Collective and an Ambassador for Just Stop Oil. Her novel The [read more…]

Free Admission - 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbers Neo Hung opens this season's Piano Series with a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. This is an ideal opportunity for aspiring pianists to meet and observe a young professional at the top of his craft. Tell all your keyboard playing friends! [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2 Recent Liszt Competition prizewinner Neo Hung opens this season's Piano Series at EAC with a masterclass and evening recital. Neo made his concerto debut at the Music Fest Perugia with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 under Alessandro Alonzi in 2023. He has also performed at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Malaga Piano Festival, RCM Keyboard Festival and SonataFest. Neo toured England recently, with solo recitals in London, Bath, Bedford, Bristol, [read more…]

We're officially into spooky season and we've got some great events at the end of this month to celebrate hop tu naa. Drop into the EAC office to chat with Pip & Lou if you have any questions. Check out our online events page: https://www.erinartscentre.com/events/ Book your tickets for our in-house events online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre

Our EAC Book Circle meets on the first Wednesday of each month (taking a break for the summer in August) for coffee and chat about a new book each time. The next meeting is Wednesday 4th September at 2pm, with no membership fees but donations from members. Spring Tides by Fiona Gell Marine biologist Dr Fiona Gell tells the story of a pioneering project to create the very first marine nature reserve on the Isle [read more…]

Admission £25. Buy a ticket for both Festival events at the same time and pay only £45 (click continue shopping after first booking) The Port Erin Jazz festival is back with a talent packed weekend of high-octane entertainment! As ever, the event is being staged across 3 venues  - The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel & The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent. John Coghlan, drummer [read more…]

Admission £25. Buy a ticket for both Festival events at the same time and pay only £45 (click continue shopping after first booking) To close this year's festival, we are delighted to welcome back the hard swinging bebop quartet who set last year's Mananan alight....The Harvey O'Higgins Project. Support comes from local heroes, Blue Vannin. Graham Harvey (Piano), Dave O'Higgins (Saxophone), Jeremy Brown (Bass) and Matt Skelton (Drums) have played together for years, following that [read more…]

Screenings at 2pm and 7.30pm Adults £8 / Under 18s £2 Running time: 1 hour 30 mins UK rating: 15 Irish filmmakers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy bring their agile and unpredictable storytelling approach to the real-life tale of Rose Dugdale (Imogen Poots) who died earlier this year.  A British aristocrat and debutante, Dugdale was born into wealth and privilege – a background she not only renounced but also weaponised when she became an active [read more…]

Unfortunately we will be unable to screen Les Contes d'Hoffman from NY Met Opera this Saturday (12th October) due to a problem with the satellite transmission. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. If you paid by card, you will receive a full refund in the next few days.  We understand this is very disappointing as it's the first event in the new season, but hopefully we will see you all at future opera events. [read more…]

Screening at 7.30pm Adults £8 / Under 18s £2 Running time: 1 hour 56 mins UK rating: 15 Friday Film Club opens it's doors for a new season with Jeff Nichols' freewheeling account of the rise and fall of a Midwest bike gang, based on a book of images and interviews by Danny Lyon. After a chance encounter at a local bar, Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member [read more…]

This event is now sold out - please email But First via butfirstpromotions@gmail.com for the waiting list. Saturday 19th October 2024 Erin Arts Centre Chris Helme (The Seahorses) and Nigel Clark (Dodgy)

This event is being organised by the One World Centre IOM, and hosted by the Erin Arts Centre. More information coming soon.

Date: Saturday 26th October 2024 Start time: 6pm at The Railway Station, Port Erin We start with a walk around the village, meeting surprise ghosts & goblins along the way! We finish the walk at Erin Arts Centre where there will be hot chocolate, live music, games, and treats to collect. Dress to impress for a chance to win the "Best Costume" and "Best Moot" contests. All children must be accompanied. There is no charge [read more…]

Monday 28th October - 6.30pm at Erin Arts Centre Contact Amy (The Good Health Store) on amy@goodhealthstore.im or 01624 832865 for more information. Viridian Nutrition Educator PHIL BEARD will be discussing all things cognitive health, and how to support an aging brain.

Screening at 2pm Adults £8 / Under 18s £2 Running time: 1 hour 22 mins UK rating: U What better choice for a  half-term film than a classic, road-trip comedy.......with ducks.  Mack is an overprotective mallard who does not intend to leave New England anytime soon. Somehow his adventurous family convince him to take them south for the winter and their adventures begin. This Illumination Films animation speaks to our natural anxieties as parents and [read more…]

Wednesday 30th October Show starts 7.30pm Adults £20 / Under 18s £12 Steve Knightley, a highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and musician, occupies a prominent position in the English folk/acoustic and roots music scene. As a founding member of the revered Show of Hands, Knightley's musical journey is deeply intertwined with a profound connection to geographical places, particularly the West Country where he currently resides. His body of work, infused with a profound love of [read more…]

Screening at 7.30pm Adults £8 Running time: 1 hour 49 mins UK rating: 18 This year we're bringing our Hop tu Naa celebrations to a grisly head with a screening of John Carpenter's classic The Thing, starring Kurt Russell. A research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and is apparently hunting them down. Things take a sinister turn when they realise that the creature can assume the form of its [read more…]

This event has sold out - please contact John Quirk on 464634 for the waiting list. Monday 4th November 2024 - 7.30pm start time Adults £7 / Friends of Rushen Heritage Trust £5 - General Admission (no assigned seating) The new Rushen Heritage season opens at EAC with this special feature about Colby River. Presented by Jane Glover and Phil Gawne. Rushen Heritage Trust is thrilled to be hosting the premiere of a new film, Romance [read more…]

Wednesday 6th November - 2pm - By donation Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster, to the parents desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, all experience the most intense hours of their [read more…]

Admission £15 We're privileged and excited to have Christine Collister kick off her UK tour here at EAC. Children Of The Sea is a collection of 9 original songs inspired by Manx Folklore and a magical sense of place. Accompanying the CD is a gorgeous book with lyrics, stories, inspirations and original illustrations from local (Isle Of Man) artists. Christine will be performing to the tracks she produced for this very special project along with [read more…]

Free Admission- 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbers Emanuil Ivanov touches down at this season's Piano Series with a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. This is an ideal opportunity for aspiring pianists to meet and observe a young professional at the top of his craft. Tell all your keyboard playing [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2 Winner of the prestigious Busoni Competition  2019, Emanuili Ivanov, continues this season's Piano Series at EAC with a masterclass and evening recital. Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, starting piano lessons with Galina Daskalova around the age of seven. He later studied with the renowned Bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018 and attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at [read more…]

Screening at 7.30pm Adults £8 / Under 18s £2 Running time: 1 hour 44 mins UK rating: 12A As the long, cold nights draw in it, we're hanging onto that spooky Hop Tu naa feeling as long as we can. Yes folks, 36 years after the original, Beetlejuice is back! This follow-up to the classic supernatural comedy is a gleefully zany farce packed with knock-out punchlines and great practical effects. After an unexpected family tragedy, [read more…]

Thursday 14th November / 7.30pm Friday 15th November / 7.30pm Saturday 16th November / 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £12 / Over 65s £10 / Under 18s £5 A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens's well-known tale of how the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns the importance of generosity towards all mankind and finally embraces the true spirit of Christmas.  His transformation is prompted by the appearance on Christmas Eve of the ghost of his old business partner, [read more…]