Erin Arts Centre

Inner Wheel Club: Coffee Morning / Christmas Fair (10am-1pm)
2023-11-25 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Isle_of_Man)
This event is orgniased by the Inner Wheel Club of Rushen & Western Mann.

£3 entry fee includes tea/coffee and a mince pie.

The Weekend View: The Manx Nature Show (12-4pm)
2023-11-26 12:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-10 12:00 - 16:00
Our gallery will be open on Sunday 26th November 12-4pm.

Port Purlers Crafternoons (Tuesdays 2-4pm)
2023-11-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-05 14:00 - 16:00
Join us on Tuesdays 2-4pm for tea, friendly chat, and any craft you can bring along. By donation.

Rushen Silver Band: Christmas Show (3pm + 7.30pm shows)
2023-12-02 19:30
Adults £11 / Under 18s £3 (+booking fee)

Join Rushen Silver Band for their annual Christmas concert. Full of popular festive tunes and singalong carols, the event will be entertaining for all the family. The concert signals the start of the band’s Christmas period and to get us in the festive spirit we will be decking the halls, jingling the bells and inviting special guest Debbie Gooding to sing at the party.

This year, due to previous sell-outs, the concert will be held twice! We’ll host both a matinee and evening performance, with an identical programme. This will allow families and people who would prefer not to be out at night to see the show. Bring your Christmas jumper and hat!

RHT: "The History of Manx Tourism" with Charles Guard SOLD OUT
2023-12-04 19:30
Tickets £6 / Friends of RHT £5

Tourism was once the mainstay of the Manx economy and in this illustrated talk historian Charles Guard explains how it all started (long before most people imagine) and how the Island adapted to the annual influx of hundreds of thousands of people. He will highlight some of the more challenging aspects of running a boarding house and there will be lots of photographs, amusing anecdotes… and a few naughty postcards!

Tickets: £6 (£5 Friends of RHT) available from the EAC – www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre – or Rushen Heritage Centre & Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin.

For further info — rushenht@gmail.com or call 464634.

EAC Book Circle: "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
2023-12-06 14:00 - 15:00
Join us for coffee & book chat. By donation.

Midweek Movie: "Oppenheimer" (2pm + 7.30pm screenings)
2023-12-06 19:30
Adults £6 / under 18s £2

Christopher Nolan’s formidable and ambitious portrait of theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer is coming to EAC!

Cillian Murphy stars as the brilliant mind, tasked with working on the top-secret Manhattan Project during WW2. His work comes to an ominous fruition on July 16th 1945 with the world’s first nuclear explosion, changing the course of history forever. Oppenheimer is a modern age Frankenstein movie, in which a man captivated by the the possibilities of science, realises too late that his creation has the capacity for annihilation.

Murphy is excellent as the increasingly haunted scientist, with Emily Blunt quietly terrific as his wife Kitty. The film also stars Matt Damon as head of the Manhattan Project Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as U.S. Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss, and Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer’s communist lover Jean Tatlock. The ensemble supporting cast includes Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.

Oppenheimer is a towering achievement, with a stellar cast, playing out in a tangle of timelines and using sound to great effect. Do not miss!

UK Rating: 15

EAC Christmas Market (11am-4.30pm)
2023-12-09 11:00
Twinkling lights, pine needles, carols and mulled wine – that magical time of year is almost upon us!

To help you into the festive mood and provide a solution to those pesky present problems, the Erin Arts Centre will be hosting our EAC Christmas Market (11am-4.30pm) on Saturday 9th December.

With over 20 varied craft stalls, a tombola, raffle and hot food & drink served all day, we can guarantee a fine festive atmosphere and fabulous gifts. The whole village will be buzzing, with events at the Railway station and St Catherine’s too. Come and join in the seasonal fun and tell all your friends!

"2121: A Film" by Kitterland
2023-12-17 19:30
The 21st of May falls on the 21st week of the year. In the course of that week the sun sets at 21 minutes past the 21st hour.

Kitterland will screen their film 2121 at the Erin Arts Centre on 17th December.

Recorded at the Sound Cafe on May 21st, their film takes in views of the island from dawn until dusk, from sea to river, to forest and field.

"It's A Wonderful Life" sponsored by Bushy's
2023-12-20 19:30
Adults £8 Under 18’s £2

What better way to sign off before the festivities than with a visit to the EAC & Bushy’s Yuletide institution!

We all know the story but it’s still beautiful thing to watch it all unfold surrounded by friends, sharing the spirit of Christmas.

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 and Virginia Patton star in Frank Capra’s evergreen, Christmas classic.Martin and Debbie will be serving their special mulled wine and mince pies at the interval.

Sponsored by Bushy’s brewery.

NY Met Opera: "Nabucco" (5.55pm live screening)
2024-01-06 17:55
Adults £15 / Under 18 £2

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions.

Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo-soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek, in his company debut, are Fenena and Ismaele, whose love transcends politics, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy repeats his celebrated portrayal of the high priest Zaccaria. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi’s exhilarating early masterpiece, which features the ultimate showcase for the great Met Chorus, the moving “Va, pensiero.”

This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to cinemas across the globe.

This stunning, modern production features exclusive, live backstage footage and cast interviews shown during the intervals. Buffet served with interval drinks. Feel free to dress for the occasion!

RHT: "William Hoggatt: A Passion For The Manx Landscape" with Yvonne Cresswell SOLD OUT
2024-01-08 19:30
Adults £5 | RHT Friends £4 | Under 18s £2

William Hoggatt is well-known as a painter of Manx landscapes, but he was also an outspoken campaigner and champion for the protection and preservation of the Manx countryside in the late 1930’s.

In the next of our season of talks, Yvonne Cresswell, former curator of Social history for Manx National Heritage, will reveal how there was much more to this elderly artist than his familiar mac and fedora hat.

Tickets are available from the Erin Arts Centre, Rushen Heritage Centre or Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin.

For further information please email rushenht@gmail.com or call 464634.

Exhibition: "Finding Treasure" by Frauke Watson (Jan/Feb 2024)
2024-01-09 10:00 - 16:30
New exhibition Tuesday 8th January to Friday 18th February 2024.

Gallery open 10am-4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, plus during events and selected weekends.

Midweek Movie: "The Great Escaper" (2pm + 7.30pm)
2024-01-10 19:30
Adults £6 / under 18s £2

We open the new Midweek Movie season with a variation on our recent theme of absconding senior citizens taking long journeys!

Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson are on sparkling form in this true-life heartwarmer about the Word War 2 veteran Bernard Jordan, who in 2014, jauntily sneaked out of his seaside care home (where he lived with his wife Irene) to get aboard a cross-channel ferry and attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the D-day landings in Normandy.

Caine is droll and marvellously grumpy as Jordan, and Glenda Jackson, in her final role, draws a lot of laughs as Irene, attempting to cover up for her errant husband. It’s wonderful to see these two icons of British cinema basking in the limelight one last time and The Great Escaper is a moving, last hurrah for Glenda Jackson.

UK Rating: PG

Piano Series: Nikita Lukinov (11am masterclass)
2024-01-20 11:00
Free Admission- 11am start

This evening’s Piano Series guest, outstanding Russian pianist, Nikita Lukinov , will give a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. 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!

A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov began his musical education at the age of six in the class of Svetlana Semenkova in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of ten, he had his debut performance as a soloist with a symphony orchestra, winning a full scholarship to study with Tatiana Sarkissova at the Purcell School. In 2017, Nikita was awarded a full scholarship to study for a Bachelor’s Degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Petras Geniušas – and he went on to obtain his Master’s Degree at the RCS. In June 2023, Nikita was awarded The Governor’s Recital Prize for the most outstanding final exam at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has just started studying for an Artist Diploma on a full scholarship at the RCS.

During the 2021 season, Nikita won competitions in the UK, Japan and Spain. He also performed at the Southbank Centre, the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and at the Verbier Festival.

In 2022, he was appointed as a teacher in the RCS’s piano department and is currently the youngest senior staff member in all of the UK’s Music Conservatoires.In the 2022-23 season Nikita has given recitals at Steinway Hall in London, the British Institute in Florence, at the Representation of the City of Hamburg in Berlin, Hastings International Piano Series, Vaduz Rathaussaal in Liechtenstein, a ‘Celebrity Recitals’ concert series in Shrewsbury and also completed a tour of six concerts in Scotland. In January 2023, he won the Walcer Prize Competition at the RCS and gave his solo recital debut at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

Nikita has recently released his debut CD on the KNS Classical label.The event is free to everyone but please book here to give us an idea of numbers.

Meet the artist: Finding Treasure, exhibition by Frauke Watson
2024-01-20 12:00 - 16:00
Meet the artist – Frauke will be in the gallery to answer questions and chat about her work between 12pm and 4pm on Saturday 20th January (no entry fee).

This exhibition is available from Tuesday 9th January to Friday 16th February 2024.

The gallery will be open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm, plus during events and specially selected Saturdays.

For as long as she can remember, Frauke has been fascinated by the things other people consider as surplus to requirement. “What do you want with this old piece of trash?” has been the refrain of her life.

She believes that all things have a soul and that even unloved things can be loved again. All you need is a different point of view. The value of an item is very much determined by the fashion of the moment – and the context.

Frauke is a compulsive maker and is constantly exploring different art and craft techniques. Her greatest passion is the creation of new things from old or found objects. Her hope is that this exhibition will encourage you to see the world around you with different eyes.

Piano Series: Nikita Lukinov (7.30pm recital)
2024-01-20 19:30 - 20:00
Adults £15 / Under 18s £2

We continue the Piano Series 2023/24 with a recital by another outstanding young player, Nikita Lukinov.

A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov began his musical education at the age of six in the class of Svetlana Semenkova in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of ten, he had his debut performance as a soloist with a symphony orchestra, winning a full scholarship to study with Tatiana Sarkissova at the Purcell School. In 2017, Nikita was awarded a full scholarship to study for a Bachelor’s Degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Petras Geniušas – and he went on to obtain his Master’s Degree at the RCS. In June 2023, Nikita was awarded The Governor’s Recital Prize for the most outstanding final exam at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has just started studying for an Artist Diploma on a full scholarship at the RCS.

During the 2021 season, Nikita won competitions in the UK, Japan and Spain. He also performed at the Southbank Centre, the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh and at the Verbier Festival.

In 2022, he was appointed as a teacher in the RCS’s piano department and is currently the youngest senior staff member in all of the UK’s Music Conservatoires.In the 2022-23 season Nikita has given recitals at Steinway Hall in London, the British Institute in Florence, at the Representation of the City of Hamburg in Berlin, Hastings International Piano Series, Vaduz Rathaussaal in Liechtenstein, a ‘Celebrity Recitals’ concert series in Shrewsbury and also completed a tour of six concerts in Scotland. In January 2023, he won the Walcer Prize Competition at the RCS and gave his solo recital debut at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

Nikita has recently released his debut CD on the KNS Classical label.

Nikita comes to us courtesy of the Keyboard Trust and his programme will include works by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. He will give a free masterclass at 11am, playing excerpts from and talking about his chosen works. Please book separately for this event.

Friday Film Club: "Scrapper" (7.30pm)
2024-01-26 19:30
Adults £6/ Under 18 £2

Charlotte Regan’s feature debut, about a resourceful 12-year-old living alone whose father re-enters her life, fizzes with energy, ideas and colour.

Since her mother died, 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has been living alone in the flat they shared, getting by on her electric wits, whilst pulling the wool over the eyes of the social services. When Jason (Harris Dickinson), her absent father turns up out of the blue, she is forced to confront the reality of her situation.

Deftly shot by Molly Manning Walker, Scrapper brims with sugar-fuelled youthful energy, spinning a dreamy, witty and unmissable tale of family and fresh starts.

UK Rating: 12

Young Singer of Mann competition 2024
2024-01-27 14:00
Apply online: www.erinartscentre.com/ysom2024

Saturday 27th January – Juniors (7-12 years)

Sunday 28th January – Seniors (13-18 years)

Come and support your young singers in this friendly and exciting competition. Each competitor sings two songs in pursuit of the Young Singer of Mann title!

The winners of both the Junior and Senior competitions will receive a £150 cash prize, the Young Singer or Junior Singer of Mann trophy, and an additional trophy which they keep. Runners-up will each be awarded a £100 cash prize and third place, £50. Additional prizes will be given to promising competitors and all performers will receive a Young Singer of Mann certificate. .All trophies are kindly provided by the IOM Arts Council. All cash prizes are kindly provided by The Malcolm Dickinson Trust. Spot prizes are courtesy of Mannin Music.

Our adjudicators are: Angela Stewart (Chair), Jane Corkill, Christy DeHaven and Chris Sullivan.

Seating is unreserved so competitors can sit with their familes and friends before and after performing. Adults £6 / Under 18 £2

The Weekend View: Finding Treasure by Frauke Watson
2024-02-03 12:00 - 16:00
Drop into the gallery at Erin Arts Centre this Saturday to chat with our current artist, Frauke Watson. Her fascinating and exhibition includes a collection of colourful and unique pieces created with found and recycled objects.

NY Met Opera: Carmen (live screening)
2024-02-03 17:55
Adults £15 / Under 18 £2

The Met’s second production of the year is one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, Bizet’s Carmen.

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story and uncovering issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labour structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.

Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s troubled lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the loyal Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet’s heart-pounding score.

This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to cinemas across the globe.

This stunning, modern production features exclusive, live backstage footage and cast interviews shown during the intervals. Buffet served with interval drinks. Feel free to dress for the occasion!

RHT: Secrets of The Gaiety Theatre, Mike Lean
2024-02-05 19:30
Adults £6 | RHT Friends £5

Come behind the scenes at the Gaiety, as theatre guide Mike Lean talks about its history, discusses how a show is run, and reveals some of the lesser-known facts about the Gaiety, including areas which the general public do not see — not even on tours…Tickets are available from the Erin Arts Centre, Rushen Heritage Centre or Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin.

For further information please email rushenht@gmail.com or call 464634.

EAC Book Club: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
2024-02-07 14:00
Wednesday 7th February

Start time 2pm (no booking required)

No set fee, donations to Erin Arts Centre

#1 New York Times bestseller

Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show in the USA began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.

Midweek Movie: The Old Oak (15)
2024-02-07 19:30
Adults £6 / under 18s £2

Running time 1 hour 30 mins / UK rating 15

The Old Oak is a 2023 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty.

There’s bleak desperation and a stewing sense of injustice in the village, a previously thriving mining community in County Durham. The arrival of several families of Syrian refugees, ramps up the tension, much of which is vented in TJ Ballantyne’s dilapidated pub, The Old Oak. Meanwhile, TJ – disappointed and decent – strikes up a friendship with Yara (Ebla Mari), a young female refugee. Together with aid worker Laura (Claire Rodgerson), they devise a plan to bring the two traumatised communities together.

The indomitable Loach is still holding a mirror in the face of the issues society likes to avoid. His cinematic language is intact and undimmed and in a world dominated by cynical big-budget glitz, it’s refreshing to see he’s lost neither his compassion nor his steel. See this film!

Half-Term Film: Ratatouille (G)
2024-02-21 14:00
Under 18s £2 / Adults £6

Running time 1 hour 51 mins / UK rating G

We’ve dug out a classic for all the family this half-term, so treat yourselves to cinematic feast with this rodent themed gourmet adventure!

Remy has a sophisticated palate, appreciates fine food and dreams of becoming a great chef, creating culinary masterpieces for the people of Paris. The major problem with this scheme is that Remy is a rat! However, when he winds up in a sewer below one of the city’s finest restaurants, an alliance with a hapless kitchen porter allows him to live out his passion for excellent cuisine.

Hilarious and enchanting, this is one of the jewels in the Pixar crown.

EAC Jazz Club: Blue Vannin, The Heinrich Manoeuvre, Lauren Gray / Mark Burrows
2024-02-24 19:30
Adults £12/Under 18’s £2

The EAC Jazz Club opens its doors to 2024 with three red hot local outfits!

Blue Vannin have been on the Manx music scene now since 2017. They played the inaugural EAC Jazz Club gig in 2021 and it is an absolute pleasure to welcome them back!

The line up of musicians has changed over the years but the ensemble remains committed to encouraging jazz on the Island, performing regularly for charity and community events. One of the benefits of changing personnel is that the set list is constantly evolving and Blue Vannin will be performing a new set on 24th February, with the emphasis being on more melodic compositions under the direction of piano player John Stillman. With new tunes, vocal arrangements plus their signature blend of jazz, funk and crossover, this promises to be an entertaining show!

During the last three years this band has been announced as The Heinrich Manoovre, The Henrich Manouver and even The Heiniken Man Hoover … but whatever the name, the music’s the same: Blues, Jazz, Swing, Funk and New Orleans Rhythm & Blues. During their “early years” some band members have played in Brussels (for the Belgian King), at the Montreux Jazz Festival, opened for The Blues Brothers Band and played a full season in a Butlins Holiday Camp.

The Heinrich Manoeuvre is a trio with keyboard/vocals, drums and bass, plus a wide variety of local greats as guest stars, which keeps the repertoire fresh and the music exciting. At the EAC they will play some of the jazzier stuff from their repertoire, with special guests including Chrissie Eve on vocals.

Lauren Gray and Mark Burows will open the show with a guitar and vocal set, stripping jazz back right back to a mellow, acoustic sound.

Rushen Heritage Trust: Deep Inside Bradda Mines with Peter Geddes (SOLD OUT)
2024-03-04 19:30
Adults £6 | RHT Friends £5

After a sellout talk last season, Rushen Heritage Trust is delighted to welcome Peter back to give this talk again. For five years, the Laxey Mines Research Group has been rebuilding the interior of the north Bradda Mine – creating bridges over shafts, ladder ways, and platforms. Peter recounts the history of Bradda Mines and the work that has taken place so far.

If you missed out last year, be quick off the mark and book now!Tickets are available from the Erin Arts Centre, Rushen Heritage Centre or Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin.

For further information please email rushenht@gmail.com or call 464634.

EAC Book Circle: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2024-03-06 14:00
Wednesday 6th March – 2pm – donations to EAC.

“The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

Set in South Carolina during 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce-hearted “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily finds refuge in their mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna.

Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother. The Secret Life of Bees is a major literary triumph about the search for love and belonging, a novel that possesses a rare wisdom about life and the power and divinity of the female spirit.
