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Assemblages and drawings Research, drawings and prints at the Source Gallery, Thurles Drawing on over a decade of image-making and research on themes of protest and urban space, Irish artist Joy Gerrard archives and painstakingly remakes media-borne crowd images. Her subjects include climate change, Brexit, BLM protests and women’s equalities. These crowds are re-imaged in large monochrome paintings and small complex drawings made with Japanese ink. The elemental simplicity of Gerrard’s ink drawings and paintings contradicts the material complexity of making. The viewer considers the precarious freedom of protest and the relation between populism and representative democracy. In her work, the figure of the crowd represents an expression of collective agency. Gerrard’s crowds are often viewed from above in urban environments, indicating media surveillance. For the Source Gallery in Thurles, Gerrard is developing an exhibition which will make visible her working process. She will exhibit working drawings, collages and print assemblages which show how large scale works are developed from small drawings and plans. Joy Gerrard lives and works in Belfast. She graduated with a BA from NCAD, Dublin and an MA and MPhil from the Royal College of Art, London. Gerrard is known for work that investigates different systems […]
Des Bishop returns to The Source with an all new show. What’s Mama Mia about? This is how Des tells it: “I am often asked; “where do you get your material from?” The truth is really that I try to see the funny in everything. My mother died in March 2019 and of course it was sad and grief can be tough sometimes but I saw a lot of funny in that too. Since death comes to us all and grief is something most of us will experience I thought there must be plenty of people who would like that funny to be shared. Also I did a show about my Dad being sick back in 2010 and I couldn’t face my mother in the afterlife because I know her first question would be “your Father got a show, how come I didn’t get one?” I think it’s tougher to lose your mum. My Dad was best supporting actor. My mother was the actress in a leading role. You are never ready when the star of the show dies. So this is a show about My mother. It’s a show about motherhood and sacrifice, anxiety and grief, the mistakes you […]
Bruised Orange is a John Prine Tribute band boasting a unique set of talents providing a unique live Prine experience with songs such as ‘Hello in There’, ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ and ‘Angel from Montgomery’. The show is fronted by Mike Mack McGarry who reflects Johns vocal range with a similar ease of delivery and affected twang and drawl. His storytelling and short antidotes are also major part of this live show. Lead guitarist Anthony Toby Cregan’s style and playing reminds us of Jason Wilbur, Prine’s go-to guy from the early 1990’s up until John’s death. Bassist Derek Matthews is known from one of Irelands top wedding bands ‘Stop the Clock’. His double bass and look again reflects that of Prine’s bass man Dave Jacques. Drummer Shay Carry is the backbone of the band. Shay has toured with some of Irelands top country acts. Hear ‘All the Best’ of John Prine one more time. Special access and wheelchair users please inform the box office at the time of booking that you may need accessibility seating. T:0504 90204. Patrons Note: Covid Restrictions may be in place. Please see instructions closer to the event date.
Eleanor McEvoy one of Ireland’s foremost songwriters returns to The Source Arts Centre following on the release of her latest riveting single ‘South Anne Street’ and the acclaimed album ‘Gimme Some Wine.’ ‘Gimme Some Wine’, her 16th album, received rave reviews at the end of 2021. McEvoy is famously the composer, co-performer and producer of “A Woman’s Heart”, the title track for the best-selling Irish album in Irish history. It features regularly on screen, most recently in 2019 in the award-winning TV show “Derry Girls”. Her live show is spellbinding. She walks in a single pool of light, the stage set with an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, violin, piano and a small amp. What follows has been enthralling audiences around the world for decades. Hot Press Magazine Gimme Some Wine is “superb… every beat, word and note earning it’s keep….it’s the sort of thing that gives popular music a good name” – Hot Press Magazine
Sharon Shannon is a musician who continues to surprise. While she is known for her arrangements of traditional Irish tunes and Irish influenced compositions, she has always been eager to explore new styles, and to meet and work with other musicians. The accordionist from Ireland has achieved legendary status throughout the world and has made the much-maligned accordion ‘cool’ in her home country. Sharon has recorded and toured with a who’s who of the Irish and Global Music Industry, including The Waterboys, John Prine, Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The Chieftains, Shane McGowan, Willie Nelson, Nigel Kennedy, Kirsty MacColl, Bono, Adam Clayton, Sinéad O’Connor, Imelda May and- a list that is testament to Sharon’s versatility as well as talent. Hear her in the intimate setting of The Source. Special access and wheelchair users please inform the box office at the time of booking that you may need accessibility seating. T:0504 90204.
Declan was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish, Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode. A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being heavily influenced by these greats and indeed was getting the rare opportunity to see most of the top showbands appear in his native town. Declan has went on to have a super career that has spanned over four decades at the top of Irish Country Music winning many accolades along the way and scoring countless hits with his catalogue of trademark song. Join him and his super live band with special guests Louise Morrissey and John Hogan for a nostalgic night of music, song and laughter.
Assemblages and drawings Research, drawings and prints at the Source Gallery, Thurles Drawing on over a decade of image-making and research on themes of protest and urban space, Irish artist Joy Gerrard archives and painstakingly remakes media-borne crowd images. Her subjects include climate change, Brexit, BLM protests and women’s equalities. These crowds are re-imaged in large monochrome paintings and small complex drawings made with Japanese ink. The elemental simplicity of Gerrard’s ink drawings and paintings contradicts the material complexity of making. The viewer considers the precarious freedom of protest and the relation between populism and representative democracy. In her work, the figure of the crowd represents an expression of collective agency. Gerrard’s crowds are often viewed from above in urban environments, indicating media surveillance. For the Source Gallery in Thurles, Gerrard is developing an exhibition which will make visible her working process. She will exhibit working drawings, collages and print assemblages which show how large scale works are developed from small drawings and plans. Joy Gerrard lives and works in Belfast. She graduated with a BA from NCAD, Dublin and an MA and MPhil from the Royal College of Art, London. Gerrard is known for work that investigates different systems […]
Des Bishop returns to The Source with an all new show. What’s Mama Mia about? This is how Des tells it: “I am often asked; “where do you get your material from?” The truth is really that I try to see the funny in everything. My mother died in March 2019 and of course it was sad and grief can be tough sometimes but I saw a lot of funny in that too. Since death comes to us all and grief is something most of us will experience I thought there must be plenty of people who would like that funny to be shared. Also I did a show about my Dad being sick back in 2010 and I couldn’t face my mother in the afterlife because I know her first question would be “your Father got a show, how come I didn’t get one?” I think it’s tougher to lose your mum. My Dad was best supporting actor. My mother was the actress in a leading role. You are never ready when the star of the show dies. So this is a show about My mother. It’s a show about motherhood and sacrifice, anxiety and grief, the mistakes you […]
Bruised Orange is a John Prine Tribute band boasting a unique set of talents providing a unique live Prine experience with songs such as ‘Hello in There’, ‘Speed of the Sound of Loneliness’ and ‘Angel from Montgomery’. The show is fronted by Mike Mack McGarry who reflects Johns vocal range with a similar ease of delivery and affected twang and drawl. His storytelling and short antidotes are also major part of this live show. Lead guitarist Anthony Toby Cregan’s style and playing reminds us of Jason Wilbur, Prine’s go-to guy from the early 1990’s up until John’s death. Bassist Derek Matthews is known from one of Irelands top wedding bands ‘Stop the Clock’. His double bass and look again reflects that of Prine’s bass man Dave Jacques. Drummer Shay Carry is the backbone of the band. Shay has toured with some of Irelands top country acts. Hear ‘All the Best’ of John Prine one more time. Special access and wheelchair users please inform the box office at the time of booking that you may need accessibility seating. T:0504 90204. Patrons Note: Covid Restrictions may be in place. Please see instructions closer to the event date.
Eleanor McEvoy one of Ireland’s foremost songwriters returns to The Source Arts Centre following on the release of her latest riveting single ‘South Anne Street’ and the acclaimed album ‘Gimme Some Wine.’ ‘Gimme Some Wine’, her 16th album, received rave reviews at the end of 2021. McEvoy is famously the composer, co-performer and producer of “A Woman’s Heart”, the title track for the best-selling Irish album in Irish history. It features regularly on screen, most recently in 2019 in the award-winning TV show “Derry Girls”. Her live show is spellbinding. She walks in a single pool of light, the stage set with an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, violin, piano and a small amp. What follows has been enthralling audiences around the world for decades. Hot Press Magazine Gimme Some Wine is “superb… every beat, word and note earning it’s keep….it’s the sort of thing that gives popular music a good name” – Hot Press Magazine
Sharon Shannon is a musician who continues to surprise. While she is known for her arrangements of traditional Irish tunes and Irish influenced compositions, she has always been eager to explore new styles, and to meet and work with other musicians. The accordionist from Ireland has achieved legendary status throughout the world and has made the much-maligned accordion ‘cool’ in her home country. Sharon has recorded and toured with a who’s who of the Irish and Global Music Industry, including The Waterboys, John Prine, Steve Earle, Jackson Browne, The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, The Chieftains, Shane McGowan, Willie Nelson, Nigel Kennedy, Kirsty MacColl, Bono, Adam Clayton, Sinéad O’Connor, Imelda May and- a list that is testament to Sharon’s versatility as well as talent. Hear her in the intimate setting of The Source. Special access and wheelchair users please inform the box office at the time of booking that you may need accessibility seating. T:0504 90204.
Declan was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish, Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode. A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being heavily influenced by these greats and indeed was getting the rare opportunity to see most of the top showbands appear in his native town. Declan has went on to have a super career that has spanned over four decades at the top of Irish Country Music winning many accolades along the way and scoring countless hits with his catalogue of trademark song. Join him and his super live band with special guests Louise Morrissey and John Hogan for a nostalgic night of music, song and laughter.