THE ISLAND TOWN VENUES

 

The Festival Centre – Enniskillen Castle

(between Broadmeadow and west bridge) Noon to 10pm

  • Outdoor Beckett Chess Set (free)
  • The French Lobster Tent – popular music from 6pm
  • The French Champagne Tent
  • Bonnelly’s Wine Bar
  • The Reel Inn – traditional music house (free)
  • Belacqua’s Barbeque on the Firing Range (free)
  • The Siege in the Room: NOT I Teleplay in The Keep (free)
  • Festival Information Office – Enniskillen Museum
  • The Maguire’s Whiskey Bar – Pot Stills
  • The Chatton & Windup Bookshop
  • Clown and Dance Stage
  • Bicycle Hires
  • Watertaxi Stop off point, nearest Waterbus stop off The Lakeland Forum (2mins walk)

 

The Festival Club @ Blakes of the Hollow

(main street a few doors down from St. Michael’s Church) Noon to Midnight

  • Café Inferno (Café Merlot)
  • The Quiet Bar (the front bar)
  • Miss Fitt’s Comedy House (level 7) – ticketed
  • Private Members Lounge (level 6)
  • The Upper Bar – Festival Patrons Exclusive Bar (just present a show ticket)

 

The Island Centre

  • Cooper Wilkinson Gallery – The Joseph Kosuth Exhibition (free)
  • Town Hall – Introducing Beckett Talk

 

The Street Island East End

  • In Other Words @ Mt Lourdes writers series 4pm, 6pm & 8.30pm
  • The Clinton Centre: Atoms Egoyen’s Steenbeckett (free) & Improbable Theatre D&D workshops
Island West End
  • St Macartin’s Cathedral – Gavin Bryars Ensemble (Sat) ans Winterreise (Sun)
  • St Macartin’s Hall (behind Cathedral) – Beckett’s All That Fall
  • St Michael’s Church – The Precious Little Afternoon Concerts (3pm/free).  The Late Night Crypt Readings (11.00pm/free, near festival club)
  • Darling St. Methodist Church – Morning Music: Vienna Piano Trio (Sat), The Peoples Monologue p.14
  • The McArthur Hall (behind Methodist Church, entrance Wesley St.)
OFF THE ISLAND VENUES

 

Portora Royal School

(west of island town, school gate entrance 4 min walk from West Bridge, road to Donegal) 11am to 8pm

  • The Steele Hall – Not I, Theatre Clastic and Teatro Plastico (ticketed)
  • Entrance Hall & Cloisters Gallery – paintings by Jason Sumray (free)
  • The Endgame Dining Hall – Chef Billy’s Divine Comedy Canteen Lunches Fri – Mon
  • Seale Room (old library) – Beckett Photographs by John Minihan (free)
  • The Chapel – Beckett’s Nacht Und Traume teleplay (free)
  • Krapp Above – Dormitory in attic: Patrick Magee’s Krapp recording (free)
  • Krapp Below – Basement Common Room (free)
  • The Sleeping Classroom – Company Scheduled recordings (ticketed)
  • The Valley Window – a still point, a rocking chair, a view into lower Lough Erne.  Back of Portora (free)
  • Watertaxi stop off point (nearest Waterbus stop off is The Round O, 1 min walk to school gate entrance)
Castle Coole
(East of island town, Dublin Rd, entrance across road from Ardhowen)
  • Grand Yard – Anthony Gormley’s Godot Tree
  • Entrance Hall – Morning Music Llyr Williams (Fri), Tasc is Tuairisc (Sun) & Closing Recital Ruby Philogene (Mon)
  • Morning Room – Beckett notebooks and school bible
  • Servants Basement & Tunnel – Beckett sound installation (free)
  • Room for Beckett (Lobby 1st floor) Paintings (free)
  • French paintings room
  • Tea house and walled garden
Lower Lough – The Mind Ruins Venues
(west of Portora, Shore Road to Donegal, Waterbus from Round O)
Devenish Island – …but the clouds…teleplay installation (free)
  • MV Kestrel boat leaves Round O 10.30am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm and 4.15pm.  Duration 1hr 45mins
  • Inishmacsaint Church – Awake for Sam (Sat 6am reading of Beckett’s Stirrings Still)
  • Shore Road (15mins), Tully Castle – The Ghost Trio Teleplay installation

 

Ardhowen Theatre by The Water’s Edge

(east of island town, 10min walk from east bridge, Dublin Road nr. Killyhevlin and Belmore Court Hotels)

  • Robert Wilson’s Krapp’s Last Tape (Fri – Mon)
  • The Krapp Café
  • Departure point for Castle Coole (15min walk)
  • Waterbus and Watertaxi stop off point

 

Tickets for performances at The Ardhowen Theatre are available at www.ardhowentheatre.com or by telephone (028) 6632 5440