Paint With Ellie Baker – Build skills in acrylic landscapes over 6 weekly classes Tuesdays 2-4pm from 21st October to 2nd December (no class on 18th November) Have fun with bold colour and texture, unleash your imagination and refine a range of techniques – all materials included. The course is £240 for 6 full classes, working out to just £40 per week. Get in touch with Ellie by email springtreescontact@gmail.com or message her via Instagram [read more…]

A collection of abstract and organic paintings, using both bright colours and monochrome, all sparking with life. The exhibition is on show until Wednesday 26th November. Drop in to meet the artist on Saturday 22nd November between 12pm and 4pm. The EAC gallery is open 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, plus during events.

Tickets for mot of November's events can be sound on Erin Arts Centre's normal ticket site: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre Tickets for What's In A Name with Ruth Keggin Gell (Thursday 6th November at 7.30pm) are available online via Culture Vannin. Tickets are free but please book in advance so they aware of numbers. Please note – anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.

Tickets £8 / Under 18s £2  Holy Cow is director and part-time farmer, Louise Courvoisier's enchanting feature debut about a teenager from a struggling family of cheese makers in the remote French region of Jura.  18-year-old Totone spends most of his time drinking beer and partying with friends until harsh reality catches up with him. Obliged to make a living and take care of his 7-year-old sister, he sets out to make the best Comté [read more…]

Join Inner Wheel for a Christmas coffee morning on Saturday 15th November, in support of Hospice IOM and other local charities. £3 at the door includes tea/coffee and a mince pie!

Tickets £8 / Under 18s £2  The Blue Train Saxophone Quartet play a range of styles including classical, jazz, celtic, and show tunes, allowing them to showcase the saxophone and bring audiences something different whilst retaining the element of fun.  Mike (soprano), Julie (alto), Marcus (tenor) and Jenny (baritone) - all members of the Blue Train Big Band - are looking forward to meeting you at the Erin Arts Centre for an evening of saxophone  entertainment

Adults £8 / under 18s £2 The Ballad Of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on the remote Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. James [read more…]

Tickets £12 / Over 65s £10 / Under 18s £5 Drop into the EAC office or book online.  In Heartbreak House, Shaw uses eccentric characters, witty dialogue and absurd situations to create an entertaining and memorable comedy.  The play is about the Hushabye family and their guests, who gather at Captain Shotover's ship-shaped house for a weekend of emotional turmoil, romantic entanglements, and social critique on the eve of World War I. Young Ellie Dunn navigates her [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Under 18s £2 Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th century Vienna to the New York Met in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen stars as the title heroine, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister, Zdenka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny [read more…]

Adults £12 / Under 18s £3 (+booking fee) The Rushen Silver Band Christmas show is one of the highlights in our calendar, signalling the start of our festive celebrations and hectic season for the band. Full of popular festive tunes and singalong carols, the event is guaranteed entertainment for all the family. They'll be decking the halls, jingling the bells and inviting a special guest or two to join in the party. Don't miss out! [read more…]

Adults £7 | RHT Friends £5  Following their sell out 2024-25 season, Rushen Heritage launch their new series of talks at the Erin Arts Centre on Monday 1st December 2025. Join Manx National Heritage's Curator of Archaeology Alison Fox to discover the fascinating stories surrounding the artefacts featured in the new exhibition at Peel's House of Manannan. The exhibition showcases the island's extraordinary collection of archaeological treasures, including Viking silver and gold from 1000 years [read more…]

2pm Wednesday 3rd December £2 minimum donation Caliban Shriekes by Jack Hilton Definitely not a novel (whatever its publishers say) but definitely very interesting is Jack Hilton's 1935 book Caliban Shrieks. Equal parts autobiography, political screed and artful rant, it has been reissued in hardback by Vintage Classics and lauded as a lost literary masterpiece in the New Yorker. Join us for the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm to chat about our chosen [read more…]

A collection of work by siblings Myongi Martin and Jun Ho-Jin. The exhibition is on show from Friday 5th December 2025 until Saturday 3rd January 2026. Come to the preview on Thursday 4th December from 6.30pm to 8pm, chat with Myongi and learn more about the work. The EAC gallery is open 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, plus during events.

Tickets: £14 adults / £12 over 65 / £12 under 18 Welcome to our 1940s New York radio studio to watch some fabulous performers bring this Dickens classic to life! Our actors will take on over 40 different roles, transforming themselves with every word to capture the wonder, the chills, and the heart of this timeless Christmas tale for a special broadcast "coast to coast".  The evening is complete with vintage commercials and the magic [read more…]

Tickets £10 / Under 18s £2  The boys are back in town!  After two sellout performances in two years, Mine’s a Shanty return to the EAC for another evening of unaccompanied singing with a nautical flavour – this time with more than a hint of Christmas too!  Their programme will include a variety of well-known sea songs (such as My Son John, Shenandoah and Randy Dandy O) with some less familiar shanties and their own [read more…]

Adults £8 Under 18's £2 Come and share the festive spirit at EAC and Bushy's Yuletide institution. Happy Christmas to all our friends and supporters! We all know the story but it's still a beautiful thing to watch it unfold and work it's seasonal magic. An angel is sent from heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. James Stewart, Donna Reed [read more…]

Tickets £15 / Unders 18s £2 Umberto Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their [read more…]

Tickets £12 / Under 18s £2 Join The Shimmers to cruise into the Christmas season with seasonal tunes from every shore around the world.  From the Isle of Man to Australia, enjoy carols and songs that celebrate the Yuletide in a fun-filled evening of music! Last year's Victorian Christmas show was one of the highlights of our festive calendar. We're delighed to have them back!

Free Admission - 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbers For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star Milda Daunoraite. In this free masterclass, Milda will be playing excerpts from and discussing her programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Schubert, Beethoven and Ravel. These informal sessions allow a fascinating look inside the mind and technique of [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2  For the first Piano Series of the new year, we are thrilled to welcome Lithuanian star, Milda Daunoraite to our stage. Milda began playing the piano aged six, under the guidance of Irena Meldaikienė. At eight years old, she became a scholar of the SOS Talents Foundation, marking the start of her European performances. She is currently studying with Tessa Nicholson at the Royal Academy of Music, where she [read more…]

Attention All Young Singers! Applications for next year’s Young Singer of Mann Competition at Erin Arts Centre are now open, with a closing date of 4pm on Friday 12th December 2025. The competition will take place on Friday 31st January and Saturday 1st February 2026 and sees the introduction of a new Intermediate class, alongside the existing Junior and Senior classes. The classes will now be organised by school year rather than age and we [read more…]

Adults £25 / Under 18s £2 The Mananan Festival, our annual celebration of the arts, will be 50 in 2026. To celebrate this incredible milestone, we shall be programming some special events throughout the year. When Eliza played here in 2024, she was adamant that we should bring her dad here too. We can't think of a better occasion! Martin Carthy is a legendary ballad singer and guitarist who has influenced generations of artists, including Bob [read more…]

Ian Prowse and the Fiddle of Fire return to the Erin Arts Centre on Saturday 9th May for another electrifying performance. Ian’s shows are full of energy and passion, and he will be performing songs from his extensive back catalogue with Pele, Amsterdam and his own solo material. You don’t have to be familiar with his songs to be carried away on a wave of enthusiasm and Scouse humour.