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Bealtaine Launch 2010

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Two Left Feet and Dancing Queens

Poster detail from 'Two Left Feet and Dancing Queens'Dusty Flowers Theatre Group presents 'Two Left Feet and Dancing Queens': a reminiscence theatre show.

A performance written and devised from real stories of older people interviewed in Dublin.  Memories of the war, dances, songs, lives started and ended, are shaped by remembrance and celebrate a world that is no more, but remains in the memory of its witnesses.

Dates:            Monday 31 May at 3.30pm and 7.30pm
Venue: Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity College Dublin

Company:    The Dusty Flowers Theatre Group in co-operation with the Dalkey Community Unit for Older Persons
Director:        Marco Bertozzi
Playwright:   Grace Kelley
Producer:     Frida Concannon
Cast:              Padraig Burke, Niamh Cartwright, James McNulty, Diana O'Connor, Jessica Plunkett, Shane Robinson and Kieran Smith
Tickets:         3.30pm Performance €3, free for people over 65 years old. 7.30pm Performance €5 all tickets.
Booking:       Tickets can be bought on the door or by phone at (01) 896 2461. Box Office operates 11am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday

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Evaluating Bealtaine

Each year, we ask organisers to fill out an evaluation form once events are finished. If you have organised an event, you can fill out the form from here.

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Dawn Chorus

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Ink exhibition

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Aidan Kelly's exhibition exploring older people's tattoos, Ink, is now on in the Original Print Gallery, Temple Bar until 30 May. Part of the exhibition is online.

See the online part of Ink