We are thrilled to welcome Joanne back to Manx Litfest, ten years on from her first visit. Joanne is perhaps best known for her bestselling 1999 novel, ‘Chocolat’, which was turned into a film of the same name, but she is the author of many critically-acclaimed works, in a whole variety of different genres, including gothic horror, psychological thriller, Norse mythology, fairytales and cookery.  Over the course of the evening Joanne will be talking about [read more…]

2pm Wednesday 1st October £2 minimum donation Back In The Day by Melvyn Bragg In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from his early childhood during the war to the moment he had to decide between staying on or spreading his wings. This is the tale of a boy who lived in a pub and expected to leave school at fifteen yet won a scholarship to [read more…]

Admission £20 / Under 18s £2 Buy a ticket for both nights at the same time and pay only £35 (click "continue shopping" after first booking) The Dan Forshaw Quartet - New York Jazz  Two decades ago, award-winning saxophonist Dan Forshaw stood on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York, horn in hand, following in the footsteps of Sonny Rollins. Fresh from studying with jazz legends Branford Marsalis, Eric Alexander and Dave Liebman, Forshaw absorbed the spirit [read more…]

Celebrating the release of her third full-length album, Telling Truths, Leddra Chapman is continuing her run of live shows in 2025. Known for her emotive storytelling and “pitch perfect pop” (The Independent), Chapman’s career has drawn critical acclaim and notable industry support. Her debut album, Telling Tales, gained BBC Radio 2 backing and praise from Sir Terry Wogan, with Ed Sheeran naming it one of his "favourite albums of the year" (GQ). She also appeared [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Unders 18s £2 The New York Met Opera launches it's new season with this breathtaking production of Vincenzo Bellini's La Somnambula (The Sleepwalker). Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his new production, director Rolando Villazón, retains [read more…]

Tickets £8 / Under 18s £2 As part of our Hop Tu Naa Horror weekend (Fri 31st Oct - Sat 1st Nov), we're excited to bring you the original horror classic Nosferatu from 1922, now soundtracked with Radiohead's Kid A & Amnesiac albums! Book your seat to celebrate the spookiest night of the year.  Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Wzp7YGHvs Radiohead x Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music [read more…]

Tickets £10  Out of the working class smoke of Birmingham came 4 musicians. Their band?… Polka Tulk… They quickly changed their name to… Earth… but then they changed it again to… Black Sabbath.  They would go on to define a new genre of music. Some would call it heavy metal.  Some would call it a racket.  They would influence thousands of bands from all over the world. That Latvian folk metal band? Yep, Sabbath influence. [read more…]

2pm Wednesday 5th November £2 minimum donation The World Without Us by Alan Weisman The World Without Us is a 2007 non-fiction book about what would happen to the natural and built environment if humans suddenly disappeared. It is a book-length expansion of Wiesman's February 2005 Discover article "Earth Without People". Join us the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm to chat about our chosen books - newcomers welcome!

Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called “today’s country blues at its very best” by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”.  The group showcases Erin’s exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues guitar – which she does while also playing foot percussion & kazoo! Rounding out the pair’s full-band sound, Erin’s husband – Jim Countryman – provides the perfect counterpoint with grooving bass and backing vocals. [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Unders 18s £2 With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking. Franco Zeffirelli’s picture-perfect production brings 19th century Paris to the Met stage as Puccini’s young friends and lovers navigate the joy and struggle of bohemian life. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan is the feeble seamstress Mimì, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the ardent poet Rodolfo, whilst Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts. This stunning, [read more…]

Tickets £8 / Under 18s £2  The Blue Train Saxophone Quartet play a range of styles including classical, jazz, celtic, and show tunes, allowing them to showcase the saxophone and bring audiences something different whilst retaining the element of fun.  Mike (soprano), Julie (alto), Marcus (tenor) and Jenny (baritone) - all members of the Blue Train Big Band - are looking forward to meeting you at the Erin Arts Centre for an evening of saxophone  entertainment

Tickets £12 / Over 65s £10 / Under 18s £5 Drop into the EAC office or book online.  In Heartbreak House, Shaw uses eccentric characters, witty dialogue and absurd situations to create an entertaining and memorable comedy.  The play is about the Hushabye family and their guests, who gather at Captain Shotover's ship-shaped house for a weekend of emotional turmoil, romantic entanglements, and social critique on the eve of World War I. Young Ellie Dunn navigates her [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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

Ian Prowse and the Fiddle of Fire return to the Erin Arts Centre on Saturday 9th May for another electrifying performance. Ian’s shows are full of energy and passion, and he will be performing songs from his extensive back catalogue with Pele, Amsterdam and his own solo material. You don’t have to be familiar with his songs to be carried away on a wave of enthusiasm and Scouse humour.