Ardal O'Hanlon who performs his new stand up show at Forum Waterford on Friday February 12th is an award winning comedian, actor, writer - and star of Father Ted and My Hero. A highly acclaimed stand up, Ardal has toured to sell out audiences internationally (including extensive live work across the US, Canada, Australia, Far East and Europe) and has released two Top ten stand up DVD's (Ardal O'Hanlon Live and Ardal O'Hanlon Live in Dublin). He continues to be one of the most sought after comedians working.  

Ardal's extensive TV credits include the hugely successful Father Ted; My Hero; Doctor Who; several series hosting The Stand Up Show - and most recently guest starred in Skins. Ardal has also presented So You Want to Be a Taoiseach and Leagues Apart, both for RTE.

RTE's forthcoming series Val Falvey (due for transmission at the end of November) sees Ardal in the lead role of ‘Val Falvey', and he...
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Traffik, the city's top Indie Club based at Forum Waterford will go live again on Saturday November 28th with Dublin based up and coming four piece Codes ably supported by local act Trousersnake. 

Codes are an alternative/electronic quartet from Dublin. Expansive, yet melodic, powerful yet delicate, CODES music colours the void between the ambience and longevity of soundtrack music and the energy and immediacy of live music. Their new single You Are Here is taken from the winter inspired debut album Trees Dream In Algebra, which was recorded with acclaimed producer Greg Haver (Manics, SFA) mastered by Greg Calbi (U2, Interpol, Kings of Leon) and was released on September 18th nationwide.

Trousersnake who play support on the night describe themselves as a backlash against the pompous art rock of the modern day; breathing vintage, thuggish rock and roll back into its polluted airwaves.

Code...
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Hannah Montana and High School Musical fans are sure to get the 'Best of Both Worlds' on Wednesday January 6th at Forum Waterford with a fantastic Hanna Montana / High School Musical Tribute Show!

It's a foot stompin', all singin' and dancin' feast that will have even mums and dads on their feet!

The 'Best of Both Worlds' is the culmination of three months intensive choreography, vocal coaching and drama rehearsals for a team of fully trained young actors and performers.

The show is produced by renowned entertainer Adrian McQuaid and novelist/scriptwriter Emma Hetherington, with choreographer Lynda Wright and vocal coach Jim McKeown who can each boast over twenty years experience in the world of show business!

Don't miss all your kids' favorite sing-a -long songs from the phenomenon that is High School Musical 1, 2 and 3 plus a rockin' selection of anthems from everyone's favorite...
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What better way to celebrate the festive season then with a night of comedy at the Laughter Lounge every Friday and Saturday night in the downstairs venue at Forum Waterford. Laughter Lounge is a great way to spend a night in a relaxed atmosphere with the benefit of late bar, with Dj Paul Farrell. Book a Christmas party night with a difference, Ring Denise on 051-871122.

This week's line up:

Jack Wise has been entertaining sophisticated audiences for almost a decade now. His style and eye popping magic has made him the ‘choice' for celebrities like U2, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. When Jack walks on stage it's his lightening fast adlibs and outrageous (but never offensive) sense of humour that wins over the audience. And then he hits them with the magic – but most importantly, for every gasp from the audience there are twice the laughs.

Chris Kent is an up a...
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Highly acclaimed singer/songwriter, Don Mescall - a firm favourite with Waterford music lovers, makes a welcome return to Forum Waterford this coming Saturday, November 21st. On the night, fans can look forward to hearing firm favourites plus, in Don's own words: "quite a few new songs too!". 

The name Don Mescall is synonymous with acoustic music of the highest order and deepest emotional depths. His singles, "Trouble Is" and "Left in L.A." are firm favourites from radio and TV and have led to regular appearances on The Late Late Show, Pat Kenny's radio show and Ireland AM. In describing Mescall's music, the press typically makes reference to the styles of classic artists such as: Paul Simon, Jackson Browne or a laid-back Springsteen, whilst the fresher-faced draw somewhat clichéd parallels to hugely successful contemporary singer/songwriters, the likes of David Gray and fellow Irishman, Damien Rice.

Since...
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Current Hot Press cover star, Jack L, returns to Waterford to make a debut appearance in the intimate surrounds of Electric Avenue this Friday 20th November. Jack has just released a long awaited retrospective collection called ‘The Story So Far'. The album includes all of Jack's most sought after songs re-mastered, and features bonus tracks personally selected from Jack's favourites from over the years. For example, "Little Man" and "Hallelujah", both boast a choir while "Old Man River" includes a full orchestra. "Ed Wood" is here live in all its frenzied glory along with all the songs you'd expect to hear from Jack's six albums to date, "Wax", "Metropolis Blue", "Universe", "The Little Universe Show", "Broken Songs" and "Burn On". To celebrate the release, Jack L has just played a sell-out gig at Dublin's Olympia Theatre and follows this up with a few select intimate gigs around the country, including Waterford's Electric A...
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There hasn'nt been many acts to come out of Waterford who can still pack ‘em in after 21 years, but SOUL REASON are still going strong and will make a return visit to Electric Avenue this Saturday 21st November. 

Soul Reazon were formed in 1988 and became a regular attraction on the Waterford ‘live' circuit. Following a very successful two years, the decision was taken to expand the line-up and hone the band's image along the lines of ‘The Blues Brothers'. The new approach worked a treat and soon SOUL REAZON were packing out venues all over the South-East and breaking attendance records at venues in their hometown. The lads recorded and released a single in 1989, a version of the Otis Redding classic, "Respect". This in turn led to several appearances on RTE television and radio, including slots on The Gerry Ryan Show. In late 1990, SOUL REASON played their first live shows in Dublin and as a result ...
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The New York Burger Co. is now serving delicious brunches at the weekends

Open at 10am, relax with papers and enjoy a fabulous array of cooked to order breakfasts. Already the eggs benedict, New York style pancakes, and full Irish breakfasts are very popular. Java coffee, yummy hot chocolate, and specialty teas are available sit in or to go.

With festive season upon us this trendy and innovative restaurant is offering a Christmas lunch/party with a difference including a champagne cocktail for €18.50. This represents excellent value in these difficult times.

To complement the opening of the Theatre Royal, The New York Burger co is open for a pre theatre menu at €14.90 which includes a choice of burger, hand cut fries, beer or wine plus a dessert.

The New York Burger Co is situated on the Dunmore Rd. opposite the People's Park. For bookings and takeaway order...
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Garter Lane Theatre is pleased to present JP Miller's Days of Wine and Roses on Friday 20th November at 8pm with tickets €20 (€15 Garter Lane Friends & concs) on 051 855038 or www.garterlane.ie. Everyman Palace Theatre, Civic Theatre and Galloglass Theatre Company have joined forces to present the first national tour of JP Miller's DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, in a new version by Owen McCafferty directed by Conall Morrison.

Set amongst the fast paced milieu of 1960's London, DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES tells the story of two strangers from Belfast who meet and fall in love. Donal is a promising bookie's clerk with a hip flask and Mona is an impressionable civil-servant. Social drinking is almost an occupational necessity and one that the young couple adopt all too easily. An exciting whirlwind of discovery begins to spiral out of control as the bottle takes its grip.

The cast of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES fe...
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This December, the Theatre Royal will present a highly entertaining and interactive play for children written by Waterford writer and director Liam Meagher. Sleepy Suggy runs at the Theatre Royal from Monday 14th to Sunday 20th December and is particuarly suitable for children from First Class through to Sixth class (7 to 11 years old). The talented cast which includes Lynda Gough, Ray Collins, Nicola Daly and James Whelan will bring the audience through an hour of laughter and fun, while the part of Suggy will be played by a member of the audience!

The show is primarily aimed at schools, and will have two shows daily (10.30am and 12.30pm), while families are invited to see the play on Saturday and Sunday (12.30 and 2.30). A worksheet based on the themes of the play will be available for teachers to take back to class with them for further discussion. Following each performance, a member of the Theatre Royal staff wil...
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On Friday next, The Barrack Street Concert Band brings a special atmospheric evening of famous movie themes and songs from the world's most popular musicals to St. John's hurch, Parnell Street for their annual concert. Under the baton of their musical director Mark Fitzgerald, they will perform a programme of classics that includes music from: The Music of Charlie Chaplin, The Bridge On The River Kwai, Psycho, The Magnificent Seven, 633 Squadron , 2001 A Space Odyssey, Superman, Somewhere In Time, E.T., Back to the Future and Pearl Harbor

Joining the band is the world renowned Paul Monaghan, of West End fame, performing songs from: West Side Story, Carousel, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Chess.

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Waterford Male Voice Choir perform with Harlem Gospel Choir at Forum Waterford

On Saturday December 5th, Waterford's Male Voice Choir will take to the stage at Forum Waterford to support the world renowned Harlem Gospel Choir. Waterford Male Voice Choir was founded in 2001 and since its inception has created quite a stir in music circles in the South East. The idea to set up the choir came about when a few friends, who shared a love of singing, met in a local pub and decided the time was ripe to set up a group, they decided to meet on a regular basis and experience singing in a more formal setting. The rest, as the saying goes, is history. From an initial group of just ten members, the choir has grown from strength to strength and now boasts a membership of nearly fifty members. The choir soon realised that it had the potential to progress far more than originally thought and performed in two concerts a...
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Music fans will welcome the news of a addition to the music scene in the south-east with the news that every Sunday night a new Folk Club will take place at The Thatch Pub in Granagh at 9 pm.The aim is to create an atmosphere that the audience will feel comfortable and relaxed and which the performers will feed into, to bring out the talent that we all know is out there but don`t get a chance to appreciate in the right setting. The format will consist of three thirty minute performances of musicians with a good mix of styles.

The Thatch pub is fast becoming a last bastion of great Traditional and contempory music. The Folk Club hopes to tap into the vast bank of talent we have in the south-east folk scene, and give performers a platform that is designed for the enjoyment of the audience and performer alike. If you think you like to perform to an appreciative audience call John B 087 2062409 or Dave 087 2866255. If you a...
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Top Irish and international comedians will be soon descending on Clonmel as the Bulmers Comedy Festival at O'Keeffe's Clonmel kicks off from Thursday to Sunday, November 19th-22nd. 

This promises to be an action packed comedy extravaganza showcasing the creme de la creme of international comedy.

Now in its third year the Bulmers Comedy Festival will host over 20 comedians over 4 nights including Jason Byrne, Nob Nation Live, Jimeoin, Andrew Maxwell, Colin Murphy, Dead Cat Bounce and Karl Spain.

The hottest tickets of Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 will also be at the festival this year including Lucy Porter, Patrick Monahan, Justin Moorhouse, Simon Brodkin, Daniel Sloss and Fringe First 2009 Winner

WLRfm- Ireland's PPI Local Radio Station of the Year continues to dominate the radio market in Waterford.

In the latest radio research figures, WLRfm increased its weekly share of the radio audience in Waterford City and County to a massive 74 per cent of all adults.

It has been a very successful year For WLRfm. After celebrating 20 years on-air in September and then crowned Ireland's local station of the year in October. As well as sponsoring and promoting the WLRfm GAA awards, County Community Awards and City Council Environmental Awards. WLRfm directly raised over €210,000 for the South Eastern Cancer Foundations new Solas Center and they are just about to get their Annual Lions Christmas Appeal underway.

The 3rd Annual Waterford Film Festival came to a close on Sunday night after a sucessful weekend of screening movies from around the world. 

A total of 30 short films and 8 feature films and documentaries was screened over the 3 days. All of us here at the Waterford Film Festival would like to thank all the filmmakers and screenplay writers who submitted their work to us as well as the filmmakers and screenplay writers whose work was accepted at this years event.

It was very hard for our panel to make their final decisions as a great bounty of work was submitted to us. The results of this year's winners and runners up are as follows: 

Best Feature Film:
Winner : Bitterness
Producer: Joseph Delond
Director: Joseph Delond 

Runners up: Billy and Lilly
Go To New York
Producer: Maria Maloney
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There will be no rehearsal this Thursday evening 19th November, next rehearsal is on Thursday 26th November at 7:45pm. We wish every success to our Musical Director Mark Fitzgerald, and Musical Director of The Barrack Street Concert Band, who will perform their Annual Concert in St. John's Church on Friday 20th November, many of our members will attend.
Many of our members attended the final night of Wallace Balfe and Mr. Bunn in The Theatre Royal on Saturday night last. The group started out the evening by having a lovely meal in the Munster Bar, and then a most entertaining night at the Theatre. We would like to congratulate the Management and Staff of the newly refurbished Theatre Royal on a terrific opening show, which was most enlightening, entertaining and enjoyable. Members are reminded that fees are due by November 30th.

Saturday November 21st at 8.30 pm in Nude Food Dungarvan, County Waterford Kate Campbell released her first album, the award winning Songs From The Levee, in 1994.  

Since then she has released eleven additional albums. Her newest CD, Save the Day, was produced by Walt Aldridge.

SAVE THE DAY
Release Date: October 14, 2008

Save The Day was produced by Walt Aldridge and includes the legendary Spooner Oldham on the To Kill A Mockingbird inspired song

Sorrowfree
Features guest vocals by John Prine (Looking For Jesus), Nanci Griffith (Fordlandia), Mac McAnally (Falling Out Of Heaven), and Kate's New Agrarian pals Pierce Pettis and Tom Kimmel (Everybody Knows Elvis).

Kate's releases display a variety and diversity that is quite uncommon among many of today's singer-songwriters. Never content to rest upon her previous successes, Ka...
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Brian "Juckey" Collins (pictured opposite) and Vicki Graham (below) are just two of the very strong cast that has been assembled by producer/director Gary Power for this much awaited hilarious comedy "STAGS AND HENS" which is running all this week at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal.    

Brian has been associated with theatre in Waterford for quite some time. both on and off stage. and his credits would simply be too long to list here. Many may remember him earlier this year when he revived the role of danny zuko in a special charity performance at the Forum Theatre of GREASE in which he had the audience simply falling about with laughter. In fact he has been inundated with invites to do stand up comedy which, he promises, will be coming ...
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Garter Lane presents "The Yellow Bittern" on Sunday 22nd November at 7pm
This is an excellent documentary on the life of Liam Clancy, the surviving member of Irish group the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Mackem, who emerges as a terrific character with a colourful history.

Alan Gilsenan Director really captures the man and what made the band so popular and brings us an outstanding and warm-hearted film.

Tickets €9 (€6 Garter Lane friends and cons.)

Pre Book your tickets by Saturday 5pm and pay €7.50

Box Office 051 855038 or boxofficeatgarterlane.ie

The Yellow Bittern is Clancys life story, told by himself in an intimate setting: two cameras, a stage, a stool and a guitar. Clancy is now the last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. They left an Ireland in tatters – "four greenhorn gobshites from Tipperary and...
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