Meet the Artists: The Wild, Foothills & Fairy Tales

Opening hours (free entry):Tuesday to Friday, 10-4.30pm until Friday 21st DecemberSaturday 30th November, 12-3pmSaturday 14th December, 12-3pmRosie & Iona will be at the EAC Christmas Market on Saturday 7th December 11-4.30pmRosie’s work focuses on the stories played out by the animals living within the foothills of Snaefell, drawing on the magical nature of the valleys for inspiration. Iona’s work is a personal perspective on the story of The Wild Swans through intricate pen and ink. [read more…]

Free

The Shimmers present A Victorian Christmas

Admission £12 / Under 18 £2As Christmas draws closer, we're delighted to be hosting this Shimmering Yuletide soirée! Join the Shimmers for a timeless Victorian Christmas celebration. Travel back in time with Jane Corkill, Ruth Tickle, Christopher Sullivan, Paul Costain, and Naomi & Ashley Cole for an evening of traditional festive music, stories and poetry. We can't wait!

£12

It’s A Wonderful Life, sponsored by Bushys

Adults £8 / Under 18's £2 Our final event before the festivities and a great big Happy Christmas to all from the EAC & Bushy's Yuletide institution! We all know the story but it's still a beautiful thing to watch it all unfold surrounded by friends, sharing the spirit of Christmas. 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 [read more…]

£8

Happy Holidays!

Happy holidays! We are closed from Saturday 21st December 2024 for Christmas & New Year, but we'll be back open as usual (10-4.30pm Tuesday to Friday) from Tuesday 7th January 2025.

January Events at EAC

Drop into the EAC box office or book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre

*SOLD OUT* Rushen Heritage Trust: Fields of Time, with Paul Costain

Adults £7 | RHT Friends £5 Exploring Moorhouse Farm and the Isle of Man's agricultural heritage. In the third of their season of talks, Rushen Heritage invite you to... Step into the rich tapestry of Manx history with a closer look at Moorhouse Farm, its connection to the Ballagawne quarterland, and its roots in the ancient treen of Sansan. Farmer Paul Costain, Captain of the Parish of Rushen, reflects on the agricultural development of the [read more…]

£7

EAC Book Circle: The Frayed Atlantic Edge by David Gange

EAC Book CircleThe Frayed Atlantic Edge by David GangeWednesday 8th January - 2pm - by donationOver the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island.The idea was to travel slowly and close to the water: in touch with both the natural world and the histories of communities on Atlantic coastlines. The story of his [read more…]

Exhibition: Mysteries of Light & Shadow by The Manx Artful Dodgers

Mysterious Brushstrokes: The Manx Artful Dodgers Showcase Their Journey in New Exhibition Erin Arts Centre: open from Friday 10th January to Friday 7th March 2025 Opening hours: 10am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Friday plus during events The Isle of Man is set to witness a remarkable artistic evolution as the newly formed collective, the Manx Artful Dodgers, announces their upcoming exhibition, “Mysteries of Light and Shadow.” This exciting event will take place from 10th January [read more…]

Midweek Movie: The Critic (15)

Wednesday 15th January 2025 Start time 2pm and 7.30pm UK rating 15 Running time 1 hours 41 mins Just too late to be the Christmas Grinch, Sir Ian McKellen is delightfully waspish in Anand Tucker's spiky thriller, featuring Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong. London, 1934. Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails [read more…]

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Jazz Club: Alan Barnes & Dave Newton

Friday 17th January 2025 / 7.30pm Tickets £20 / Under 18s £2Way back in April, Alan and Dave were booked for a return visit to the EAC Jazz Club. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas. Finally, they've found space in the diary, so blow away those January blues and treat yourselves to a night out with two masters of the craft. If you've never heard them, you need to and if you have, you know [read more…]

£20

Piano Series: FREE Masterclass with William Bracken

Free Admission- 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbersTalented Wirral pianist, William Bracken opens 2025's Piano Series with a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Bach, Haydn, Brahms and Beethoven. These informal sessions allow a fascinating look inside the mind and technique of a professional musician and provide an ideal opportunity for aspiring pianists to meet [read more…]

Free

Piano Series: William Bracken, Piano Recital

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2William Bracken is in demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and teacher. The Wirral-born pianist has won numerous awards including 1st prize at the 2022 Liszt Society International Piano Competition, 1st prize, press prize and audience prize at the 2023 Euregio Piano Award international piano competition and 3rd prize at the 2024 UniSA international piano competition in South Africa. He is currently continuing studies at the Guildhall School [read more…]

£15

Friday Film Club: Kneecap (18)

Friday 24th January 2025 Start time 7.30pm UK rating 18 Running time 1 hour 45 minsCurrently one of the most in-demand acts on the planet, Kneecap play themselves in this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like [read more…]

£8

Young Singer of Mann 2025

Tickets are now available for Young Singer of Mann 2025: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentreCome and support your young singers in this friendly and exciting competition. Each competitor sings two songs in pursuit of the Young Singer of Mann title! Saturday 25th January will showcase the Junior competitors (age 7 to 12) from 2pm onwards, while Sunday 26th sees the Young Singer of Mann competitors (age 13 to 18) perform live from 2pm. Last year's winner Orry Wilson will [read more…]

NY Met Opera: Aida (Verdi) – live screening

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival [read more…]

£15

MACBETH: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo

Tickets £15 / Under 18s £2 David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an ‘enthralling’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen.Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With [read more…]

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But First Promotions: Tom Bright

"ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL” - REV. KATE BOTTLEY (BBC RADIO 2)“THE EXCELLENT TOM BRIGHT” - GUY GARVEY (BBC 6 MUSIC) “ONE OF THE UK’S MOST MOVING SONGWRITERS” - JOHN KENNEDY (RADIO X) The rise of Tom Bright has seen him appear on BBC’s The One Show, Sky News, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6Music, BBC 5Live, Radio X, perform at the iconic London Palladium, Shepherd's Bush Empire, countless festivals and tour across Europe multiple times. He’s gigged relentlessly [read more…]

£20