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…]

We've got a great range of events in November as the weather turns colder! Drop into the EAC for a chat or to book in person, we're open Tuesday to Friday, 10am and 4.30pm, Book tickets online here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) @erinartscentre

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…]

Tony Wright (Terrorvision) with special guest Milly Evans

Saturday 23rd November 10am - 1pm Admission £3 (includes fresh coffee & mine pie) In aid of The Parkinson's Disease Society IOM & other local charities

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2 Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics have often had issues with the opera's subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. However, these same aspects have made Tosca one of a handful of iconic works that seem to [read more…]

There is an amazing new village-wide competition in Port Erin this year! We've hidden 24 movie hints in shop windows around the village, and all you have to do is let us know the movie titles to be in with a chance to win an incredible hamper full of local goodies. The hampers are on display in The Good Health Store on Station Road, and the hints are all over the village from the Darnills [read more…]

Opening hours (free entry):Tuesday to Friday, 10-4.30pm until Friday 21st DecemberSaturday 30th November, 12-3pmSaturday 14th December, 12-3pm Rosie & Iona will be at the EAC Christmas Market on Saturday 7th December 11-4.30pm Rosie’s work focuses on the stories played out by the animals living within the foothills of Snaefell, drawing on the magical nature of the valleys for inspiration. Iona’s work is a personal perspective on the story of The Wild Swans through intricate pen [read more…]

Adults £12 / Under 18s £3 Saturday 30th November - 3pm and 7.30pm 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 for all the family. They'll be decking the halls, jingling the bells and inviting a special guest or two to [read more…]

Join us for our last events of 2024! Rushen Heritage Trust: Amateurs Can't Run a Museum (21 years of the Aviation & Military Museum) - Monday 2nd Dec, 7.30pm - tickets £7 / £5 for Friends of RHT EAC Book Circle: Freedom To Think by Susie Alegro - Wednesday 4th Dec, 2pm - by donation *RESCEHDULED* IOM Arts Council: Public Advice Session re Extraordinary Events Funding - this event will now take place on Wednesday [read more…]

Monday 2nd December 2024 - 7.30pm Tickets £7 / £5 for Friends of RHT Tickets available in person or online from Erin Arts Centre Tickets also available from Bridge Bookshop and RHT Information Centre, both in Port Erin and both cash only The fascinating story of the volunteer-run museum at Ronaldsway, from its inception to its present day position as one of the island's most successful and highly rated attractions. Ivor will reveal some of [read more…]

Book Circle - Freedom To Think by Susie Alegre Wednesday 4th December - 2pm By donation - no booking necessary Part history and part manifesto, Freedom to Think explores how the powerful have always sought to influence how we think and what we buy. Connecting the dots from Galileo to Alexa, human rights lawyer Susie Alegre charts the history and fragility of our most important human right: freedom of thought.

EVENT POSTPONED Message from IOM Arts Council: In light of the current weather situation, we have decided to postpone this evening's 'meet the team' event at the Erin Arts Centre. This event will now take place on Wednesday 8th January 2025. Apologies for any inconvenience, if you were planning to attend to ask any questions please feel free to get in touch with us at 694598 or iomartscouncil@gov.im If you are interested in applying for [read more…]

Update 5/12/24: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to the bad weather forecast for Saturday.

Friday 13th December 2024 Start time 7.30pm UK rating 15 Running time 2 hours 13 mins The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama starring Paul Giamatti and directed by Alexander Payne. This beauty arrived too late for Christmas 2023 so we're making it our Friday Film Club gift to you this year. Three lonely people: A cantankerous, unpopular teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti); a bright, abrasive student, Angus (Dominic Sessa); and Mary (Da’Vine [read more…]