Event: Open Mic Night
Date: Friday 30th August 2024
Time: Doors Open 7.45pm - Event 8.00pm
Location: Abbey Lane Theatre - Abbey Lane Armagh, BT61 7DW
Price: £5 (pay at door)
Armagh Theatre Group announce their August Open Mic Night special guest is poet Raquel McKee - plus local band The Garage.
Armagh Theatre Group are delighted to welcome back internationally acclaimed artist/poet Raquel McKee to Abbey Lane as our special guest for August 30th Open Mic.
Raquel has been resident in N. Ireland for over 18 years. She is a performing artist who is recognised in N.I. for her role as Asha the asylum seeker in the play Lives in Translation, which toured N. Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. She is also known for her storytelling; for being one of the Pivot ladies who hosted their own podcast UnMute Now (Check it out on You Tube) and for her Jamaican Dub Poetry performances and poetry readings, for which some in Armagh might remember her. (Check out Raquel McKeeChannel on You Tube). She is an active member of the John Hewitt Society committee, where this year she hosted the panel discussion on Crossing Thresholds: The Migrant’s Narrative.
The Garage Band originated as a six-piece band during the lockdown in Armagh.
The current lineup consists of Ryan Beagan on Bass, Aidan McGillion on drums and percussion, Sárán Ó Machail on electric guitar, and recently Adrian Kissane on guitars and vocals filled in for Eoin Kelly and Eamon Trainor.
They have since performed at various community events throughout the county and have recently played at the 7 Hills Blues Festival.
See the band perform their wide variety of musical talents at Open Mic in Abbey Lane Theatre, 30th August doors open 7.45pm £5 in.
🟥 Five minute slots are availble for performers on the night - Poets, singers, storytellers,writers yarnspinners etc - Super half time raffle!
See you there and remember ---Limited seating. Co Armagh's premier Open Mic for the last 10 years!
Where to get your IMPACT book
IMPACT is the dramatisation of Armagh Rail Disaster of 1889.
A church school outing to the seaside which resulted in the deaths of 89 children and adults and injured hundreds.
Copies of our IMPACT play are now available around Armagh from
Navan Fort Centre
Rock's Newsagents, Thomas St
Macari's, The Shambles
Armagh County Museum, The Mall
Culturlann Aonach Mhacha, The Shambles
O'Fiaich Memorial Library
or if 'out of town' Amazon books.
Proceeds go to Armagh Theatre Group charity No NIC102426
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