Category: Arts & Culture

Musicians who studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester are gathering at the Erin Arts Centre on Thursday 9th September to celebrate 10 years of directorship of the Mananan Opera by Stefan Janski, Head of Opera Studies at the RNCM as well as College’s connections with the Island and its young musicians. [...]

The Douglas Choral Union (DCU) is proud to announce that with the continued support of Dougherty Quinn Advocates (DQ) they are to bring the world famous musical, Miss Saigon, to the Gaiety Theatre stage in February 2012. Following the success of their 2009 production of Les Misérables and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in February [...]

EVENT DETAILS Friday 27th August – Dan Arborise plus support act Wingin’ It. Tickets £15  (Concessions £12.50). In the Villa Marina Arcade Doors 7.30pm Show 8pm. Saturday 28th August – The Hamsters Play Jimi Hendrix. With special guest supports. Tickets £20  (Concessions £15.00 – all MGP/TT Marshals, Riders, Teams, Motorcycle club members get concessionary rates [...]

The Isle of Man Arts Council is very pleased to announce that following the previous successes of “Soundbites” a further week of FREE music during lunchtimes will run at the Villa Marina Arcade, from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th August between 1pm and 2pm. The first “Soundbites” celebrated the refurbishment of the new Villa Marina [...]

Firestarter Festival, the Island’s only festival catering exclusively for teenagers, has beaten the recession and falling donations to sell more tickets than ever before, thanks to support from local businesses. Firestarter has been running as a non-profit organisation since 1997, and has always relied heavily on donations, as ticket prices are kept low to ensure [...]

From script to The Oscars, local and international film-makers introduce their short films and launch a brand new Isle of Man film initiative. This year’s Isle of Man Film Festival supported by Barclays Wealth, will be kicked off with a bang – or rather, a series of short ones – as the DAM Productions crew [...]

A watercolour of Rushen Abbey dating from the 1830s with a strong link to William Wordsworth has been donated to Tynwald. The painting was presented to the President of Tynwald Noel Cringle OBE MLC by the owners, Baroness Quin and her sister Mrs Monica Wilson at the Tynwald banquet concluding the Island’s national day ceremony [...]

Fresh from their successful series of concerts in Peel, Douglas and Ramsay the Isle of Man Symphony Orchestra are presenting a concert of chamber music at Laxey Pavilion. Orchestra Chairman Sue Green said that as part of their commitment to bringing classical music to all parts of the island the Orchestra had decided to present [...]

Isle of Man actress Grainne Joughin is finally ready to step onto the red carpet for the incredible première of what is being called ‘one of the most important British films ever made’. The movie ‘Risen’ an epic real life boxing story is coming to the silver screen after a gruelling 5 year production. Grainne [...]

A film shot in Los Angeles and which has just won several awards at the Hoboken International Film Festival has a strong Isle of Man link. Co-writer and executive producer of the independently produced A Night at Robert McAlister’s is Alistair Audsley, a director of Douglas-based Belief Films. Alistair wrote the screenplay from an original [...]