Meet the artist of our current exhibition, Steve Naisbitt. He has led a fascinating life, including everything from installing bathrooms to deep sea diving! After starting painting in his 70's, Steve's unique and deeply personal approach to creating art is a constant surprise. His current collection Awakening, on exhibition in the Erin Arts Centre until Wednesday 26th November, perfectly showcases his eclectic talents with large-scale abstract and landscape pieces sparking with life on the gallery [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Under 18s £2 Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th century Vienna to the New York Met in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny [read more…]

Update 19/11/25: Good news for all those people disappointed by our forced cancellation of this excellent film. We've found a gap in the calendar and reprogrammed for Wednesday 26th 7.30pm. Evening show only. Once again, apologies but hopefully a happy ending! Update 18/11/25: Unfortunately, through no fault of our own, the licensing company have been unable to provide us with a copy of 'Ballad of Wallis Island' in good time. We therefore have no option but [read more…]

Rushen Silver Band's training band, Ballafesson Brass, will be holding their Christmas Concert on Friday 28th November, starting at 7:30pm at the Erin Arts Centre. This short, informal concert gives players receiving tuition a great chance to showcase their talents. Please come along to support them if you can. FREE ADMISSION

Adults £12 / Under 18s £3 (+booking fee) The Rushen Silver Band Christmas show is one of the highlights in our calendar, signalling the start of our festive celebrations and hectic season for the band. Full of popular festive tunes and singalong carols, the event is guaranteed entertainment for all the family. They'll be decking the halls, jingling the bells and inviting a special guest or two to join in the party. Don't miss out! [read more…]

Adults £7 | RHT Friends £5  Following their sell out 2024-25 season, Rushen Heritage launch their new series of talks at the Erin Arts Centre on Monday 1st December 2025. Join Manx National Heritage's Curator of Archaeology Alison Fox to discover the fascinating stories surrounding the artefacts featured in the new exhibition at Peel's House of Manannan. The exhibition showcases the island's extraordinary collection of archaeological treasures, including Viking silver and gold from 1000 years [read more…]

2pm Wednesday 3rd December £2 minimum donation Caliban Shriekes by Jack Hilton Definitely not a novel (whatever its publishers say) but definitely very interesting is Jack Hilton's 1935 book Caliban Shrieks. Equal parts autobiography, political screed and artful rant, it has been reissued in hardback by Vintage Classics and lauded as a lost literary masterpiece in the New Yorker. Join us for the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm to chat about our chosen [read more…]

A collection of work by siblings Myongi Martin and Jun Ho-Jin. The exhibition is on show from Friday 5th December 2025 until Saturday 3rd January 2026. Come to the preview on Thursday 4th December from 6.30pm to 8pm, chat with Myongi and learn more about the work. The EAC gallery is open 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, plus during events.

Tickets: £14 adults / £12 over 65 / £12 under 18 Welcome to our 1940s New York radio studio to watch some fabulous performers bring this Dickens classic to life! Our actors will take on over 40 different roles, transforming themselves with every word to capture the wonder, the chills, and the heart of this timeless Christmas tale for a special broadcast "coast to coast".  The evening is complete with vintage commercials and the magic [read more…]

After high numbers in the last few years, we've switched the competition into 3 sections based on school years - Junior (years 3-6), Intermediate (years 7-9), and Senior (years 10-13).

Tickets £10 / Under 18s £2  The boys are back in town!  After two sellout performances in two years, Mine’s a Shanty return to the EAC for another evening of unaccompanied singing with a nautical flavour – this time with more than a hint of Christmas too!  Their programme will include a variety of well-known sea songs (such as My Son John, Shenandoah and Randy Dandy O) with some less familiar shanties and their own [read more…]

Adults £8 Under 18's £2 Come and share the festive spirit at EAC and Bushy's Yuletide institution. Happy Christmas to all our friends and supporters! We all know the story but it's still a beautiful thing to watch it unfold and work it's seasonal magic. An angel is sent from heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. James Stewart, Donna Reed [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Unders 18s £2 Umberto Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their [read more…]

Tickets £12 / Under 18s £2 Join The Shimmers to cruise into the Christmas season with seasonal tunes from every shore around the world.  From the Isle of Man to Australia, enjoy carols and songs that celebrate the Yuletide in a fun-filled evening of music! Last year's Victorian Christmas show was one of the highlights of our festive calendar. We're delighed to have them back!

Erin Arts Centre will be closed from Monday 22nd December to Sunday 4th January to let our staff and volunteers celebrate the holidays. See you in 2026!

Adults £7 / RHT Friends £5  Come along for stories from the days when thousands of Manxmen sailed to the mackerel fishing in Ireland every summer, and learn about the life and times of Edward Faragher (1831-1907) — known in Manx as Ned Beg Hom Ruy — one of the greatest ever writers in Manx.  Faragher was many things during his life; pupil, cabin boy, galley cook, fisherman, skipper, safe maker, labourer, craftsman, rambler, invalid [read more…]

Join the EAC Book Circle on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) from 2pm to discuss the chosen book over tea & coffee. £2 minimum donation and newcomers welcome! Wednesday 7th January - from 2pm The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane A genre-defining book by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane. Travel Britain's ancient paths and discover the secrets of this beautiful, underappreciated landscape. In the final book in his trilogy about landscape and [read more…]

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals.  On New Year’s Eve, the curtain goes up on the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years—a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa [read more…]

Adults £8 / under 18s £2 Get yourself a ringside seat for the concluding episode of stately home shenanigans with the Granthams and friends! It's the summer of 1930, Lady Mary's divorce is sending ripples through London's high society and the cost of maintaining Downton has driven the family's finances to breaking point. Even without Maggie Smith's late, lamented Dowager Countess, there's still plenty fun to be had in this enduringly daft but completely watchable [read more…]

Free Admission - 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbers For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star Milda Daunoraite. In this free masterclass, Milda will be playing excerpts from and discussing her programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Schubert, Beethoven and Ravel. These informal sessions allow a fascinating look inside the mind and technique of [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2  For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star, Milda Daunoraite to our stage. Milda began playing the piano aged six, under the guidance of Irena Meldaikienė. At eight years old, she became a scholar of the SOS Talents Foundation, marking the start of her European performances. She is currently studying with Tessa Nicholson at the Royal Academy of Music, where she [read more…]

Attention All Young Singers! Applications for next year’s Young Singer of Mann Competition at Erin Arts Centre are now open, with a closing date of 4pm on Friday 12th December 2025. The competition will take place on Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February 2026 and sees the introduction of a new Intermediate class, alongside the existing Junior and Senior classes. The classes will now be organised by school year rather than age and we [read more…]

Join the EAC Book Circle on the first Wednesday of each month (except August) from 2pm to discuss the chosen book over tea & coffee. £2 minimum donation and newcomers welcome! Wednesday 4th February - from 2pm My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor Based on real events, this novel follows an Irish priest smuggling allied troops and Jews out of Italy in 1943. Suspenseful and beautifully written, My Father's House tells an unforgettable story of [read more…]