Legends of the Blues delves into the fascinating lives and incredible music of the early pioneers of the blues.This friendly event features a fun and informative illustrated talk by TEDx Speaker and musician John Gregory aka Blue John - plus plenty of live music.It will uncover the true stories of the African American musicians whose music continues to resonate with millions around the globe.The talk is suitable for anyone with a love of history and/or [read more…]

Tholtan Theatricals and Caarjyn Cooidjagh present   'At the Season’s Edge’How do we live on the edge of change?An evening of original Manx drama and song.Features  Cori Philips’s new short comedy for Culture Vannin, 'Our Loch-y Charm'.(Set in 1863, the play considers how the newly-appointed Governor might have persuaded the resistant Manx to look towards a different future, twenty-first-century style.)And the premiere of Annie Kissack’s one-act play for Culture Vannin, 'The In-Between Times.'(It is a May [read more…]

We are very excited to announce the inaugural Port Erin Jazz Festival (October 8th- 9th) 2021This event is being staged across 3 venues - The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel and The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent.This year’s event has a strong connection with the city of Leeds and our main sponsor is Celton Manx.FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER -ERIN ARTS CENTRE- 7.30pm -  Buy a ticket [read more…]

We are very excited to announce the inaugural Port Erin Jazz Festival (October 8th- 9th) 2021This event is being staged across 3 venues - The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel and The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent.This year’s event has a strong connection with the city of Leeds and our main sponsor is Celton Manx.SATURDAY EVENING - ERIN ARTS CENTRE - 7.30pm -  Buy a [read more…]

The Isle of Man premiere of the multi award winning film, First Cow. We are extremely excited about this one!Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner's prized dairy cow. The film won multiple awards, including the prestigious NY Film Critics Circle [read more…]

The Isle of Man premiere of the multi award winning film, First Cow. We are extremely excited about this one!Two travellers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich, but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner's prized dairy cow. The film won multiple awards, including the prestigious NY Film Critics Circle [read more…]

Bass, René Pape, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version, which runs two-and-a-quarter hours with no intermission.  Pre-recorded from the previous weeks live showing.

Ok, it's not quite the Day of the Dead yet but it's close enough and this is a Pixar classic!Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to [read more…]

Join us for the first night of our 50th-anniversary celebrations! We will be kicking off the weekend with an informal evening of music, and entertainment, featuring stars from the Manx artistic community who have graced our stage over the years.Table seating. Buffet included.More details to be announced.

Worbey and Farrell are thrilled to return to the Erin Arts Centre with an exciting, family-friendly performance like you’ve never seen!They’ll raise the roof with their unique blend of sensational piano arrangements and sparky comedy. The internationally acclaimed concert pianists and Steinway Ensemble have entertained worldwide and are regulars on BBC Radio and TV including ITV’s This Morning.Prepare to be amazed at the spectacle of their hands projected onto a giant screen but, above all, prepare [read more…]

The finale of our 50th celebrations features the wonderful Ronan O'Hora in concert.  A patron of the EAC, O' Hora is a multi-award winning, internationally acclaimed pianist. He has made many highly regarded concerto, solo and chamber recordings in a discography that extends to over thirty albums. Ronan is also Head of Keyboard Studies and Head of Advanced Performance Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.Expect a keyboard masterclass to top [read more…]

The Father is a 2020 psychological drama film co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut; he co-wrote it with fellow playwright Christopher Hampton.Synopsis: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.  The film stars Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.Age rated 12A 

Rushen Players are delighted to announce that we are presenting JB Priestley's "When We Are Married" on November 18th, 19th and 20th - the perfect choice to mark the 50th anniversary of our beautiful Erin Arts Centre! Exactly 50 years ago come November, it was the first dramatic production to be staged by Rushen Players at the newly opened Arts Centre, and we have considered the Centre to be our "home" ever since.This classic Northern [read more…]

Rushen Players are delighted to announce that we are presenting JB Priestley's "When We Are Married" on November 18th, 19th and 20th - the perfect choice to mark the 50th anniversary of our beautiful Erin Arts Centre! Exactly 50 years ago come November, it was the first dramatic production to be staged by Rushen Players at the newly opened Arts Centre, and we have considered the Centre to be our "home" ever since.This classic Northern [read more…]

Rushen Players are delighted to announce that we are presenting JB Priestley's "When We Are Married" on November 18th, 19th and 20th - the perfect choice to mark the 50th anniversary of our beautiful Erin Arts Centre! Exactly 50 years ago come November, it was the first dramatic production to be staged by Rushen Players at the newly opened Arts Centre, and we have considered the Centre to be our "home" ever since.This classic Northern [read more…]

Join The wonderful Service Players for a festive night of theatre! The Nativity PlayMiss Lipton's reception class always presents an outstanding nativity play. We meet the members of her new class and their funny, heart-warming preparations for the festive production.The Christmas QuizThe Buck's Head grand final quiz is being fought out between the two scoreboard leaders. The teams are desperate to take the trophy, but have to cope with personal dramas and personality conflicts.

IOM visual music group Kitterland will create a live soundscape to accompany a silent film. Kitterland uses live loops, guitars and vocals and analogue modular synthesisers to create sonic soundscapes that move from quiet to loud and everything in between; the music created is then supported by film, projections or images. The music Kitterland make can be described as being part of the ‘slow music movement’ – things take time to happen, ideas form, develop and [read more…]

The King of the Waltz brings you a festive spectacular from his newly created Winter Palace in his hometown of Maastricht. Performances include all the highlights we’ve come to expect from a festive Andre Rieu concert, including lovely Christmas carols, romantic waltzes and beautiful melodies like Jingle Bells, O Holy Night, Hallelujah and a show-stopping performance of Walking in the Air. The size and scale of this production is on a grander scale than ever before, with 150 beautiful [read more…]