Author: Louisa Thomas

Winner of the prestigious Busoni Competition  2019, Emanuil Ivanov, continues this season’s Piano Series at EAC with a masterclass and evening recital. His recital programme will be: Schumann– Theme and Variations in E-flat major “Ghost variations” – Symphonic Etudes op.13 (with posthumous variations)  Rachmaninoff– 9 Etudes-Tableaux op.39 Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, starting piano lessons with Galina Daskalova around the age of seven. He later studied with the renowned [read more…]

Applications for the next Young Singer of Mann competition in January 2025 are now open! This competition is open to anyone aged 7 to 18 as of 25th January 2025 with no entry fee and the winners leave with a gorgeous trophy and £150 cash prize. Submit your application online or drop into the Erin Arts Centre to pick up some info in person (Tue-Fri 10-4.30pm): https://www.erinartscentre.com/ysom/ Young Singer of Mann is kindly sponsored by [read more…]

If you’re looking for a relaxed new hobby to take up during the summer, our Book Circle meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 2pm in Harry’s Bar for coffee & chat. Here’s a list of the books for 2024, chosen by the members, to give you an idea of the range covered:

Regular film-goers will notice that we have increased the price of our Midweek Movie to £8 for adults from September 2024. We stalled this as long as we could, but our running costs have risen sharply over the last couple of years and the time has come. Tickets for under 18’s will still be £2.

We’re excited to announce the dates for our live screenings direct from New York Met Opera! We finish 2024 with Les Contes D’Hoffman (Offenbach) in October, and Tosca (Puccini) in November. In the new year we’ll be screening Aida (Verdi) in February, Fidelio (Beethoven) in March, Le Nozzi De Figaro (Mozart) in April, and closing the season with Salomi (Strauss)and Il Barbiere Di Saviglia (Rossini) in May. As always, these are incredible productions filmed on [read more…]

We had a busy afternoon over the weekend with our gallery open day on Saturday 6th July! Sarah & Rob were on hand to chat with our many visitors about their work in our current collaborative exhibition SHAPE, which will be in the EAC until Friday 9th August. Drop in 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday as well as during events, and look out for more Saturday openings.

The Robin Nolan Trio absolutely took the roof off last time they were here and we’ve had endless requests to get them back. So, as a special treat to close this year’s festival….. Robin Nolan is one of the world’s best known and most admired gypsy jazz guitarists and has been praised for his musical genius and creativity by Willie Nelson, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, and the late George Harrison. Robin became one of [read more…]

On the Beach Stage opposite the fabulous Bay Hotel, as a part of the fringe of the Mananan Festival, we are proud to present Sax on the Beach, an afternoon of cool jazz blues and samba. Keyboard ace Heinrich leads an all-star group, Blue Indigo Manoeuvre, specially brought together for the gig, featuring smooth jazz saxophones, samba inspired guitar, cool rhythm section and some delightful vocals for a chilled afternoon of fun by the seaside. [read more…]