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Chapterhouse Outdoor Theatre presents `The Importance of Been Earnest` @ Castletown House, Back Lawn

Jul 1 @ 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Chapterhouse Theatre Company is proud to present Oscar Wilde’s finest and best-loved
romantic comedy. With a cast of unforgettably larger than life characters, the delightful Cecily,
the roguish Algernon and the formidable Lady Bracknell are sure to keep you wildly entertained!
Picnic with friends and family and enjoy this exquisite new production of Wilde’s hilarious tale of
doubles lives and mistaken identities presented in full period costume. Join us for a
wonderful evening of outdoor theatre. Bring low back seating, no dogs permitted.

Jul

14

Making An Entrance: Ziad Kriedy @ Castletown House, Entrance Hall

Jul 14 @ 7.00pm – 8.00pm

Ziad Kreidy is a pianist, musicologist, and composer who has written several books and articles. He has also performed as a concert pianist in several countries, including France, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, USA, Mexico, and Lebanon, on both modern and ancient pianos.
Ziad will perform a programme entitled ‘Romantic music and Nature’, with works by Schumann, Goetz and Heller.

Jul

28

Making An Entrance: Danielle Rogan @ Castletown House, Entrance Hall

Jul 28 @ 7.00pm – 8.00pm

Danielle Rogan is a Northern Irish flutist currently based in London. Danielle will be accompanied by Frasier Hickland. She completed her Masters in Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, where she studied with William Dowdall and Patricia Morris. She has also had masterclasses with renowned flute players including Sir James Galway, William Bennett, Michael Cox and Lorna McGhee, and studied at festivals in Scotland, Sweden, Italy and Switzerland. As a freelance musician, Danielle has worked with the London Concert Orchestra, Mozart Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Full Tone Orchestra and Wexford Festival Opera.
She has performed in venues throughout the world including Berlin Konzerthaus, Carnegie Hall New York, Cadogan Hall London and National Concert Hall Dublin. She has also played in over 40 musical theatre productions, doubling on saxophone and clarinet. As a soloist she has performed at many prestigious events, including an Awards Ceremony in the House of Lords, Westminster.
Danielle will perform exciting works by Anne Boyd, Reinecke, Ian Clarke, Mike Mower and Cecile Chainade

Aug

5

Finghin Collins in Recital @ Castletown House, Entrance Hall

Aug 5 @ 8.00pm – 9.45pm

One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Finghin Collins studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. Winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition in 1994 and the Classical Category at the National Entertainment Awards in Ireland in 1998, he went on to take first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has continued to enjoy a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe and the United States, as well to the Far East and Australia, performing with many of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors.

Collins has just been appointed Artistic Director of the prestigious Dublin International Piano Competition and will also chair the jury of the Clara Haskil Piano Competition in Switzerland in 2023.

Over the past two decades Collins has developed a close relationship with Claves Records in Switzerland, who have released recordings of music by Schumann, Stanford, Mozart and Chopin.

Finghin Collins is also Artistic Director of Music for Galway since 2013.
We look forward to his solo performance at Castletown when he will perform works by Haydn, Mozart, Schumann & Chopin.

Aug

25

From the Shoulders Down, Indoor Theatre @ Castletown House, Dining room

Aug 25 @ 8.00pm – 9.15pm

Celebrating sixty years involvement in Drama, well-known Blessington writer/actor will bring one of his most popular shows to Castletown, ‘From the Shoulder Down’.
Cleverly scripted and performed by Richard, the show has been staged all over Ireland, parts of England, and Canada.
P.J. Mulpeter, now sixty-five, hails from somewhere in the midlands. He begins his final working day as a buliders’ labourer, having ‘soldiered’ for fifty years under the same construction firm, working under three generations of the same family.
In a reflective mood, he casts a backward glance at the highs and lows of his ‘career’ on the pick and shovel.
We meet him in situations from the school classroom, to digging foundations, to the Marquee Dances, to encounters with his boss, ‘Oul Murray’ and his close associate ‘Larry the Lick’ himself.

This is a fun show not to be missed!

Sep

8

Making An Entrance: Ida Pelliccioli @ Castletown House, Entrance Hall

Sep 8 @ 7.00pm – 8.00pm

Ida Pelliccioli was born in Bergamo, Italy. She studied at the Nice Conservatoire de Région and at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
Having participated in numerous master classes and receiving a double master diploma at the Sorbonne University, Paris, Ida chose to avoid the international competition circuit.
She has performed throughout Europe and Canada, making her debut in Serbia, Luxembourg, Ireland and Romania. In 2023, she will perform in Switzerland and will also perform for the first time in South Africa. She is already booked for a performance in Lithuania in 2024.
Ida has a great interest in contemporary music and will premiere works from Scarlatti, Mozart and Blasco de Nebra, sometimes called ‘The Spanish Scarlatti’.
Ida has appeared on screen, playing the role of a pianist for the American TV Series “Find me in Paris” (2017/2018) and the French series “Munch” (2018). In 2019, she was cast to double the role of the pianist in the short movie, ‘Quand on ne sait pas voler’, directed by Thomas Keumurian.

Sep

16

Dreams – Music that soothes the Soul- with acclaimed soprano Emer Barry @ Castletown House, Hunting Room

Sep 16 @ 8.00pm – 9.30pm

Join acclaimed soprano Emer Barry and guests for an evening of music that celebrates dreams. Whether by day or by night, dreams are part of our lives. They guide, inspire and soothe us and so much wonderful music has been written to honour them. Ennio Morricone dreamt of a world full of peace when he wrote ‘Nella Fantasia’ (In the Fantasy), Audrey Hepburn sang of the heartbreaking ‘dream-maker’ in ‘Moon River’, even Billy Joel wrote a lullaby for his young daughter urging her to ‘dream how wonderful your life will be’ in ‘Goodnight my Angel. ‘Dreams’ will take you on a magical journey through time and music with some of Ireland’s brightest classical musicians.

Sep

30

Making an Entrance: Helen Hancock (soprano) @ Castletown House, Entrance Hall