Erin Arts Centre

CANCELLED - Young Singer of Mann 2022 - First Round
2022-01-16 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Isle_of_Man) | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Juniors – 2pmSeniors – 7:30pm

Application forms can be found on the link belowhttps://www.erinartscentre.com/young-singer-of-mann-2022/The Competition is open to all young singers living on the Isle of Man, who are between the ages of 7 and 18, on or before 16th January 2022. Starting this year, competitors will be divided into Junior (7-12yrs) and Senior (13-18yrs) classes. Equal titles and prize money will be awarded in both classes.

The First Stages are at 2pm (juniors) and 7.30pm (seniors) on Sunday 16th January, at which eight singers from each class will be selected for the Final.2022 Adjudicators: Fenella Bazin, John Bethell (Chairman), Jane Corkill, Wendy McDowell.

The official accompanist for the First and Final Stages will be Madeline Kelly.You may also provide your own accompanist if you wish.

FIRST STAGE: A draw will take place prior to the first stage to determine the order in which the competitors will perform: Competitors will be notified of the order when they arrive at the venue. Each singer will perform two contrasting songs of their own choice, with a piano accompaniment. All styles are welcome! We ask that you don’t exceed 10 minutes, please.

FINAL: Each of the Finalists will perform two contrasting songs of their own choice, (not to exceed 10 minutes) with a piano accompaniment. They will then perform an additional song unaccompanied.

Hope to see you there!

CANCELLED - RHT - Around the South in 30 Objects: An illustrated talk by Allison Fox
2022-01-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Tickets £5 | RHT Friends £4

In the second of Rushen Heritage Trust’s 2021-22 season of talks, Allison Fox, Curator of Archaeology at Manx National Heritage, explores the history of the south of the Island, as she presents a specially curated discussion of the familiar, and not so familiar, artefacts that have been discovered and the stories that they tell.

CANCELLED - Cinderella - New York Met Opera
2022-01-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Due to Covid related staff shortages, this event is now cancelled.

Continuing a treasured holiday tradition, the Met presents a new instalment in its series of abridged opera adaptations for family audiences. Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon, a hit of the 2017–18 season, is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90 minutes, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians.

Run time is 90 minutes with no interval

It's a Wonderful Life
2021-12-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2021-12-15 14:00 - 16:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Join us for our annual screening of the Christmas classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

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.

Tickets include mulled wine and mince pies.

This film is sponsored by Bushy’s Brewery.

Under 18s £2

Rachel Wild Performers Studio Presents: A Christmas Concert
2021-12-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-12-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-12-11 19:00 - 21:00
The Christmas Concert- A wonderful Christmassy experience with beautifully sung songs both traditional and contemporary for all the family to enjoy.

The Rachel Wild’s Performers Studio has been delighting local audiences for 16 years. Enjoy this unique production, a collaboration of festive joy with students performing together on stage ranging from 5 years old to adults.Mulled wine and hot chocolate will be available to purchase from the bar and there will be a small range of stalls to peruse for your last minute stocking fillers.

A seasonal treat not to be missed!

PLEASE NOTE UNDER 18 TICKETS ARE £8 FOR THIS EVENT

Christmas with André
2021-12-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
The King of the Waltz brings you a festive spectacular from his newly created Winter Palace in his hometown of Maastricht. Performances include all the highlights we’ve come to expect from a festive Andre Rieu concert, including lovely Christmas carols, romantic waltzes and beautiful melodies like Jingle Bells, O Holy Night, Hallelujah and a show-stopping performance of Walking in the Air. The size and scale of this production is on a grander scale than ever before, with 150 beautiful chandeliers, over 50 Venetian candelabras and huge arched windows revealing a joyous wintery landscape including ice rinks and ice skaters. What more could you want?

RHT - An illustrated talk by Charles Guard: The Island at War
2021-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Adults £5 | RHT Friends £4 | Under 18s £2

This is the first in RUSHEN HERITAGE’S 2021-22 season of talks, which will run through to April 2022

Travel back in time to World War II with historian Charles Guard as he recounts stories of radar stations, secret training, rationing, airfields, refugees from Liverpool and much more – including a look at the Isle of Man’s fortifications over the last 3,000 years!

For further information, email John at rushenht@gmail.com or call/text 464634

Kitterland: Silent Talking
2021-12-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
IOM visual music group Kitterland will create a live soundscape to accompany a silent film. Kitterland uses live loops, guitars and vocals and analogue modular synthesisers to create sonic soundscapes that move from quiet to loud and everything in between; the music created is then supported by film, projections or images. The music Kitterland make can be described as being part of the ‘slow music movement’ – things take time to happen, ideas form, develop and grow live in the moment. The silent film the group perform on the night will be picked from a resource of films made available to all as they are now over 100 years old.

Grab a ticket, it’s going to be great!

EAC's Christmas Market
2021-12-04 11:00 - 16:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Somehow, it’s nearly that time of year again and as part of this year’s ‘Port Erin’s Countdown to Christmas,’ we’re hosting our Christmas Fair on Saturday December 4th, from 11am – 4.30pm. Come down and get yourself some quality, hand-crafted gifts and enjoy a drink and a bit to eat, while the kids make a festive decoration at our craft workshop. You can even win one of our top raffle prizes! (prizes supplied by local businesses and stallholders).FREE ENTRY

The Service Players Present a Night of Festive Comedies
2021-12-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Join The wonderful Service Players for a festive night of theatre!

The Nativity Play

Miss Lipton’s reception class always presents an outstanding nativity play. We meet the members of her new class and their funny, heart-warming preparations for the festive production.

The Christmas Quiz

The Buck’s Head grand final quiz is being fought out between the two scoreboard leaders. The teams are desperate to take the trophy, but have to cope with personal dramas and personality conflicts.

Rushen Silver Band Christmas Concert
2021-11-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-11-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Join Rushen Silver Band in their annual Christmas concert. Full of popular festive tunes, and singalong carols, the event will be entertaining for all the family. The concert, at the end of November, signals the start of the bands Christmas period and to get us in the festive spirit we will be decking the halls and jingling the bells along with a special guest artist from the local music scene. This year, due to sell outs previously, the concert will be held twice, as both a matinee and evening performance, with an identical programme. This will help families and people who would prefer not to be out at night. Bring your Christmas jumper and hat!

Tickets are £10 (£2 for Under 18s) and are available from John Cole on 497475 or at Rushen Silver Band events.

When We Are Married Rushen Players (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19)
2021-11-20 19:30 - 22:00, 2021-11-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Rushen Players are delighted to announce that we are presenting JB Priestley’s “When We Are Married” on November 18th, 19th and 20th – the perfect choice to mark the 50th anniversary of our beautiful Erin Arts Centre! Exactly 50 years ago come November, it was the first dramatic production to be staged by Rushen Players at the newly opened Arts Centre, and we have considered the Centre to be our “home” ever since.

This classic Northern farce, brimful of lively-drawn characters is a comedy of manners, embracing the human condition, with typical Priestley warmth and understanding.

An extra touch of serendipity- the subject matter of the play centres around an Anniversary!

When We Are Married Rushen Players(CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19)
2021-11-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man

The Father
2021-11-17 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-11-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
The Father is a 2020 psychological drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut; he co-wrote it with fellow playwright Christopher Hampton.

Synopsis:

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. The film stars Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.

Age rated 12A

Ronan O'Hora - EAC 50th Anniversary
2021-10-31 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
The finale of our 50th celebrations features the wonderful Ronan O’Hora in concert. A patron of the EAC, O’ Hora is a multi-award winning, internationally acclaimed pianist. He has made many highly regarded concerto, solo and chamber recordings in a discography that extends to over thirty albums. Ronan is also Head of Keyboard Studies and Head of Advanced Performance Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Expect a keyboard masterclass to top off our weekend!

Worbey & Farrell - EAC 50th Anniversary
2021-10-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Worbey and Farrell are thrilled to return to the Erin Arts Centre with an exciting, family-friendly performance like you’ve never seen!They’ll raise the roof with their unique blend of sensational piano arrangements and sparky comedy. The internationally acclaimed concert pianists and Steinway Ensemble have entertained worldwide and are regulars on BBC Radio and TV including ITV’s This Morning.Prepare to be amazed at the spectacle of their hands projected onto a giant screen but, above all, prepare to be moved and laugh with joy at the sheer ingenuity and style of these two masters of music. You’ve never seen a piano played like this before!

Described as ‘Incredible’ (Eamonn Holmes, This Morning, ITV) &‘Extremely virtuosic and beyond dazzling’ (Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3)

Programme to include:Tchaikovsky’s 1812 OvertureLitolff’s thrilling and whimsical ScherzoWorbey and Farrell’s Variations on John Lennon’s Imagine (world premiere) and many more

A Celebration of 50 years of the EAC
2021-10-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Join us for the first night of our 50th-anniversary celebrations! We will be kicking off the weekend with an informal evening of music, and entertainment, featuring stars from the Manx artistic community who have graced our stage over the years.

Table seating. Buffet included.

More details to be announced.

Coco - Half-term Film
2021-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Ok, it’s not quite the Day of the Dead yet but it’s close enough and this is a Pixar classic!Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

UNDER 18s £2

Boris Godunov - New York Met Opera
2021-10-16 19:00 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
Bass, René Pape, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version, which runs two-and-a-quarter hours with no intermission.

Pre-recorded from the previous weeks live showing.

First Cow (2019)
2021-10-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
The Isle of Man premiere of the multi award winning film, First Cow. We are extremely excited about this one!

Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner’s prized dairy cow. The film won multiple awards, including the prestigious NY Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Online Cinema Awards.

Click the link to watch trailer TRAILER

Age Rated 12

First Cow (2019)
2021-10-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
The Isle of Man premiere of the multi award winning film, First Cow. We are extremely excited about this one!

Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner’s prized dairy cow. The film won multiple awards, including the prestigious NY Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Online Cinema Awards.

Click the link to watch trailer TRAILER

Age Rated 12

Age Rated 12

Port Erin Jazz Festival - 'A Tribute to 1959'
2021-10-09 19:30 - 22:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
We are very excited to announce the inaugural Port Erin Jazz Festival (October 8th- 9th) 2021This event is being staged across 3 venues – The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel and The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent.

This year’s event has a strong connection with the city of Leeds and our main sponsor is Celton Manx.

SATURDAY EVENING – ERIN ARTS CENTRE – 7.30pm – Buy a ticket for both EAC events for £25 (automatic discount on Ticketsource)

An all-star cast pay homage to the landmark jazz recordings of 1959, the year that transformed the jazz world forever!Featuring: Alan Barnes, Dave Newton, The LCM Jazz Band, Beccy Rork, Blue Vannin and surprise guests

The saxophone/ keyboard duo of Messrs Barnes & Newton met as students in Leeds (where Dave is still a senior lecturer) and have been at the vanguard of British jazz ever since. ​

AlanBarnesJazz.com & DavidNewtonJazzPiano.com

Bushy’s bar by ‘The Bay Hotel.’ (subject to licensing)

Port Erin Jazz Festival - Alan Barnes and Dave Newton with the LCM Jazz Band + Cooil Hand Fluke
2021-10-08 19:30 - 22:30 | Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin, IM9 6LD, Isle of Man
We are very excited to announce the inaugural Port Erin Jazz Festival (October 8th- 9th) 2021This event is being staged across 3 venues – The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel and The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent.

This year’s event has a strong connection with the city of Leeds and our main sponsor is Celton Manx.

FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER -ERIN ARTS CENTRE- 7.30pm – Buy a ticket for both EAC events for £25 (automatic discount on Ticketsource)

The legendary Alan Barnes & Dave Newton and the Leeds College of Music jazz band

AlanBarnesJazz.com & DavidNewtonJazzPiano.com

The saxophone/ keyboard duo of Messrs Barnes & Newton met as students in Leeds (where Dave is still a senior lecturer) and have been at the vanguard of British jazz ever since. They will be backed by the excellent Leeds Music College house band, an energetic trio of bass, guitar and drums.

Supporting them are a newly formed Manx ensemble Cooil Hand Fluke, who represent the cutting edge of progressive jazz on the island and by coincidence have three musicians with very strong Leeds connections.

Bushy’s bar by ‘The Bay Hotel.’ (subject to licensing)
