Tickets £12.50 The Safety Catch started life as a stage play, imagining a moment before the 2019 TT as, during a dialogue with his late father’s best friend and mechanic Liam Beckett, Michael Dunlop decides whether to race on or not. During 2024, the team created a film of the production at its original theatre in Manor Hamilton and this is now being screened at the Erin Arts Centre during TT 2025. Written during lockdown as [read more…]

Adults £15/ Under 18 £2 Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Star mezzo-soprano, Aigul Akhmetshina, headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina. Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, plays her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the inimitable barber of Seville, with baritone Nicola Alaimo and bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo [read more…]

2pm Wednesday 4th June £2 minimum donation The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself. The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships of past generations. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life. Join us the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm to chat [read more…]

It's always exciting to join forces for a project, so when we got the chance to partner up with the Society of Architects to bring you this masterpiece, we jumped at the chance! The Brutalist, is Brady Corbet's epic tale of a Hungarian-Jewish architect, who survives the holocaust and rebuilds his life in postwar America. Adrien Brody gives a staggering, Oscar-winning performance as architect Laszlo Toth, who struggles to achieve the American Dream until his [read more…]

IOM Poetry Society presents 2 open mic nights at Erin Arts Centre Saturday 28th June and Saturday 16th August 2025 8pm til 10pm(ish) Bring along your poems to read out - max 3 minutes each poet No need to book a place! Contact for more info: poetry@manxcat.org.uk

Tickets are currently available with a passcode to EAC members only. They will go on general sale at 7pm on Monday April 14th Adults £22 / Under 18s £2 It's always a great pleasure to have Martin Roscoe on our bill; his heart-stopping performance of Beethoven's Sonata in C minor was one of the highlights of last year's festival. When we found out that he was collaborating with outstanding violinist Sophie Rosa to present a [read more…]

Tickets are currently available with a passcode to EAC members only. They will go on general sale at 7pm on Monday April 14th Adults £8 / Under 18s £2 Jackie Morrey-Grace is one of the Island's most inventive and original artists. Over the last year, she's brought poetry, multimedia performance, music and dance to the EAC stage. When she told us that she was making a film version of her epic poem On Ravensdale Hill, [read more…]

Tickets are currently available with a passcode to EAC members only. They will go on general sale at 7pm on Monday April 14thAdults £22 / Under 18s £2Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver are each highly respected in their own right for their contributions to the folk genre, and while honouring and being highly influenced by English and Irish traditions they have managed to bring a unique and contemporary quality to their output. Following the release [read more…]

Tickets are currently available with a passcode to EAC members only. They will go on general sale at 7pm on Monday April 14th Adults £22 / Under 18s £2 Seating for this event will be in the round, by general admission.Ensemble 360 is renowned for virtuoso performances, bold programming and engaging interpretations of music, ranging from baroque duos through classical quartets to new commissions for all 11 players. For the Mananan Festival, they will present [read more…]

Tickets are currently available with a passcode to EAC members only. They will go on general sale at 7pm on Monday April 14th Adults £22 / Under 18s £2 We've got a real Mananan treat for all the jazz fans out there, in the shape of legendary Scottish trumpeter Bruce Adams and his red-hot quartet! Brought up in a musical family, Bruce Adams' first real musical interest was the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane [read more…]

This event is fully booked, but you can add your name to the online waiting list at the link below. Adults £25 / Under 18s £2 But First Promotions have brought us some of the most memorable shows of the last 12 months, and it's a great pleasure to join forces with them to bring you a special Mananan surprise - a solo show by pop maverick, Gruff Rhys! Gruff Rhys is a songwriter, producer [read more…]

Tickets £20 / Under 18s £15 Join the UK's only African marimba band, Otto & The Mutapa Calling, for an unforgettable night of joyous marimba music from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana. Immerse yourself in the lively music, song, dance, and storytelling of southern Africa as the band takes you on a riveting journey through the region's rich cultural tapestry. Otto & The Mutapa Calling is a colourful London-based marimba band playing energetic, joyful music from [read more…]

IOM Poetry Society presents 2 open mic nights at Erin Arts Centre Saturday 28th June and Saturday 16th August 2025 8pm til 10pm(ish) Bring along your poems to read out - max 3 minutes each poet No need to book a place! Contact for more info: poetry@manxcat.org.uk

Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo has been called “today’s country blues at its very best” by Living Blues Magazine, who crowned Erin “one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”. The group showcases Erin’s exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues guitar – which she does while also playing foot percussion & kazoo! Rounding out the pair’s full-band sound, Erin’s husband – Jim Countryman – provides the perfect counterpoint with grooving bass and backing vocals. This [read more…]