“Three legends from the Irish trad scene are teaming up for something special.”

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:30 – 21:30

Frankie Gavin
Frankie Gavin has been playing fiddle and flute since his teens, winning All-Ireland
titles for both at just seventeen. Influenced early on by legends like James Morrison
and Michael Coleman, he’s gone on to perform with icons such as The Rolling
Stones, Earl Scruggs, Les Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, James Galway, and Yehudi
Menuhin. His distinctive, genre-crossing style reflects these diverse influences.
In 2010, Gavin set a world record as the fastest fiddle player, performing The
Foxhunter’s Reel at 150 beats per minute. He’s played for four U.S. presidents — starting with JFK at age six— alongside dignitaries like President
Mitterrand, King Charles III, Prince Albert of Monaco, and even the Pope.
He’s best known as the founder of De Dannan, the world-renowned Irish traditional
band still active today. One of his recent works, The Princess Grace Symphonic Suite,
premiered with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2022 and is expected to
tour internationally.

Dermot Byrne
Dermot Byrne is one of Ireland’s finest accordion players. A longtime member
of Altan, he has toured globally and collaborated with the likes of Donal Lunny, Steve
Cooney, and Stéphane Grappelli. He has also performed with Frankie Gavin, Paddy
Keenan, Sharon Shannon, and The Stunning. In 2013, he was named TG4’s
Traditional Musician of the Year. In 2022, he released two albums—one with Yvonne
Casey and another with Steve Cooney.

Steve Cooney
Australian-born guitarist Steve Cooney is famed for revolutionizing Irish traditional
accompaniment, especially in West Kerry. Since moving to Ireland in 1980, he’s
played on over 250 albums as a guitarist, bassist, producer, and engineer. He’s
collaborated with major figures in Irish, rock, and country music, while maintaining
ties to his Aboriginal roots and Irish heritage.
In 2020, he received the RTÉ Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. His recent
projects include a solo guitar album of ancient harp tunes and upcoming releases
with his band Éiníní, including Rhapsody and Rascality. A Ph.D. graduate, he lectures
on music theory and created a unique notation system for learners with difficulties in
traditional staff notation.
“Master Cooney restores the ancient link between lyre and lyric, between poetry and
performance, the rhapsody and rascality.”
– Séamus Heaney, Fiddler’s Green Awards

A Case Of You – The Songs Of Joni Mitchell
An intimate acoustic Retrospective of the music of Joni Mitchell.
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⏰ Doors 6.45pm | Starts 7.30pm
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“The span of Joni Mitchell’s music glows with tradition, innovation, and progression, from
early Canadian folk ballads to collaborations with jazz greats, her song writing remains
always unique and of the highest literary calibre.
Featuring songs such as ‘A Case Of You, Both Sides Now, Coyote, Circle Song, The Dry
Cleaner from Des Moines’, and many more… with the voice, piano, acoustic guitar and
double bass… presenting Mitchell’s music as it would have been performed in Joni’s early
performances.
Performed by Suzanne Savage, and accompanied by Johnny Taylor Piano, Rod Patterson
Double bass Aenghus Hackett Guitar.
Please note that our ticket provider, Eventbrite, is UK-based and we are based in Derry. All
transactions are processed in Sterling (£), and the equivalent amount in Euros (€) will be
charged to your preferred payment method based on the current exchange rate.

Le / By Pauline Goldsmith
★★★★★ “Brilliant” – Time Out
“Drop Dead Funny” – The Observer

Dráma dúghrinn is ea ‘Dathanna Geala Amháin’, a chuaigh ar chamchuairt ó Bhéal
Feirste go dtí An Bhrasaíl i gcóiste marbh! Cuireann An Taibhdhearc an t-aistriúchán
seo i láthair don chéad uair. Tá an dráma beanaonair seo lán le diabhlaíocht agus
athbheodh an dráma go speisialta le bheith mar chuid d’Fhéile Amharclannaíochta
na Gaillimhe agus rachaidh sé ar chamchuairt.
Bain blaisín den deoch láidir agus tar linn ar thuras croíúil agus muid ag taisteal chun
díchuimhne. Suite i dteach faire, níl an dráma seo ach feiliúnach dóibh siúd atá beo
beithíoch.
Beidh fortheidil i mBéarla ar fáil.

This legendary Irish wake show has toured from Belfast to Brazil in a hearse! An
Taibhdhearc presents the premier of it’s translation into Irish. ‘Bright Colours Only’ is
a wickedly funny one-woman show, resurrected for the first time for the Galway
Theatre Festival and on tour. Enjoy a drop of the hard stuff and join us on this
heartwarming journey to the edge of oblivion. This dark comedy is only suitable for
those dying to live!
English surtitles will be available

★★★★”Wonderful….death has never been so life affirming”- The Guardian (on Bright
Colours Only)

70 nóim / mins
Tá eascainí éadroma agus tagairtí d’fhoréigean sa seó seo. 14+

Contains some mild swearing and references to violence. 14+

Another chance to see Letterkenny Music and Drama Group’s multi-award winning one
act drama Cider Park.

WINNER BEST PLAY ADCI/DLI All Ireland One Act Finals 2024
WINNER BEST ACTOR ADCI/DLI All Ireland One Act Finals 2024

Are any of us unique? Or are we all merely photocopies of what has come before? Is anything we say
or do truly original? These are just some of the philosophical ramblings debated by friends JP and
Georgie as they sup their cans in an old, abandoned playground known as ‘Cider Park’. When they
are joined by the much older Ritchie, each of the three men are forced to confront their pasts, their
present and their futures as they finally come to understand what it means to be human.

Written by Kieran Kelly
Directed by Michael Leddy
Presented by Letterkenny Music & Drama Group

9/05/2025 @8i.n.
10/05/2025 @8i.n.
Drama nua scríofa.
Le Aisteoirí Óga na Crannóige
Seo é an chead leiriú as an ghrúpa agus tá siad ag súil go mór leis.
9/10ú lá de mí Bealtaine
Ticéid ar fáil ag an doras ar an oíche.