Author: Louisa Thomas

New Exhibition: “Finding Treasure” by Frauke Watson

This exhibition is available from Tuesday 9th January to Friday 16th February 2024. The gallery will be open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4.30pm, plus during events and specially selected Saturdays. For as long as she can remember, Frauke has been fascinated by the things other people consider as surplus to requirement. „What do you want with this old piece of  trash?“ has been the refrain of her life.  She believes that all things have a soul and [read more…]

January 2024

Before we dive headlong into the festivities, we’d like to thank you all for supporting us through a fantastic year here at EAC and fill you in on how we’ll be opening 2024. The first feature of the year is a live screening of Verdi’s early masterpiece, Nabucco. Daniele Caligari conducts this exhilarating production about the fall of ancient Jerusalem, that catapulted the 28 year old composer to fame. Also on screen this month, the [read more…]

Attn: EAC Members

We are about to send out an email to our Friends of the EAC membership and it has come to our attention that some of you with manx.net email addresses have experienced problems receiving our mailouts. If you have a manx.net address and think you should be receiving updates from us, please contact your provider for advice. You can also try adding our email address [email protected] to your contacts. Please pass this this on to [read more…]

Young Singer of Mann 2024 – applications now open!

You can complete the form online by clicking the image above, or collect a printed copy from the Erin Arts Centre box office in Port Erin (call 835858 or email [email protected] for more information). Juniors (7-12 years) – Saturday 27th January 2024 – 2pm start Seniors (13-18 years) – Saturday 28th January 2024 – 2pm start Closing date for entries – Friday 12th January 2024 – 4pm The competition will take place over a single round on [read more…]

Otherworld – a community exhibition for the spooky season

We are staging a community exhibition here at Erin Arts Centre, inviting open submissions from local artists, taking their inspiration from any aspect of the spooky season! All Hallows, All Saints, Hop Tu Naa, Halloween, Samhain, Day of the Dead, is a time of remembrance, of honouring the ancestors and the departed, a time when the veil between this world and the Otherworld is thin, allowing the spirits to move freely between the earthly and [read more…]

Port Erin Jazz Festival 2023

Those hazy September days on the beach are stretching out towards autumn and there’s jazz in the air! The Port Erin Jazz Festival is back for a third instalment with a thrilling and eclectic lineup. Tickets will fly so get them quick!  FRIDAY 6th OCTOBER – 7.30pm – ERIN ARTS CENTRE – TICKETS £20  ROBIN NOLAN TRIO  (support from BLUE TRAIN BIG BAND)  The festival opens at the Erin Arts Centre with local heroes, the Blue Train Big Band who [read more…]

September at the EAC

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! We hope you’ve all had a lovely summer and are primed for the exciting new season of EAC events. We kick off the month with the King of the Waltz, Andre Rieu’s annual summer extravaganza, “Love is All Around”, screened from Vrijthof Square, Maastricht. Expect popular sing-alongs, sumptuous waltzes and dancing in the streets….oh and big, big hair! Olga Stone and Kristene Sutcliffe keep up the amorous theme on September 10th  with ‘Love is [read more…]