Adults £5 | RHT Friends £4 | Under 18s £2William Hoggatt is well-known as a painter of Manx landscapes, but he was also an outspoken campaigner and champion for the protection and preservation of the Manx countryside in the late 1930's. In the next of our season of talks, Yvonne Cresswell, former curator of Social history for Manx National Heritage, will reveal how there was much more to this elderly artist than his familiar mac and [read more…]

New exhibition Tuesday 8th January to Friday 18th February 2024.Gallery open 10am-4.30pm Tuesday to Friday, plus during events and selected weekends.

Adults £6 / under 18s £2We open the new Midweek Movie season with a variation on our recent theme of absconding senior citizens taking long journeys!Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson are on sparkling form in this true-life heartwarmer about the Word War 2 veteran Bernard Jordan, who in 2014, jauntily sneaked out of his seaside care home (where he lived with his wife Irene)  to get aboard a cross-channel ferry and attend the [read more…]

Free Admission- 11am startThis evening’s Piano Series guest, outstanding Russian pianist, Nikita Lukinov , will give a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. This is an ideal opportunity for aspiring pianists to meet and observe a young professional at the top of his craft. Tell all your keyboard playing friends! A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov began his [read more…]

Meet the artist - Frauke will be in the gallery to answer questions and chat about her work between 12pm and 4pm on Saturday 20th January (no entry fee).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 [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18s £2 We continue the Piano Series 2023/24 with a recital by another outstanding young player, Nikita Lukinov. A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov began his musical education at the age of six in the class of Svetlana Semenkova in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of ten, he had his debut performance as a soloist with a symphony orchestra, winning a full scholarship to study with Tatiana Sarkissova at the [read more…]

Adults £6/ Under 18 £2Charlotte Regan’s feature debut, about a resourceful 12-year-old living alone whose father re-enters her life, fizzes with energy, ideas and colour.Since her mother died, 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) has been living alone in the flat they shared, getting by on her electric wits, whilst pulling the wool over the eyes of the social services. When Jason (Harris Dickinson), her absent father turns up out of the blue, she is forced to [read more…]

Apply online: www.erinartscentre.com/ysom2024 Saturday 27th January - Juniors (7-12 years)Sunday 28th January - Seniors (13-18 years) Come 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!The winners of both the Junior and Senior competitions will receive a £150 cash prize, the Young Singer or Junior Singer of Mann trophy, and an additional trophy which they keep. Runners-up will each [read more…]

Drop into the gallery at Erin Arts Centre this Saturday to chat with our current artist, Frauke Watson. Her fascinating and exhibition includes a collection of colourful and unique pieces created with found and recycled objects.

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2The Met's second production of the year is one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, Bizet's Carmen.Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story and uncovering issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labour structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside [read more…]

Adults £6 | RHT Friends £5Come behind the scenes at the Gaiety, as theatre guide Mike Lean talks about its history, discusses how a show is run, and reveals some of the lesser-known facts about the Gaiety, including areas which the general public do not see — not even on tours…Tickets are available from the Erin Arts Centre, Rushen Heritage Centre or Bridge Bookshop in Port Erin.For further information please email [email protected] or call 464634.

Wednesday 7th FebruaryStart time 2pm (no booking required)No set fee, donations to Erin Arts Centre#1 New York Times bestsellerTrevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show in the USA began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ [read more…]

Adults £6 / under 18s £2Running time 1 hour 30 mins / UK rating 15The Old Oak is a 2023 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. There’s bleak desperation and a stewing sense of injustice in the village, a previously thriving mining community in County Durham. The arrival of several families of Syrian refugees, ramps up the tension, much of which is vented in TJ Ballantyne's dilapidated pub, The Old Oak.  Meanwhile, [read more…]

Under 18s £2 / Adults £6Running time 1 hour 51 mins / UK rating GWe've dug out a classic for all the family this half-term, so treat yourselves to cinematic feast with this rodent themed gourmet adventure! Remy has a sophisticated palate, appreciates fine food and dreams of becoming a great chef, creating culinary masterpieces for the people of Paris. The major problem with this scheme is that Remy is a rat! However, when he winds [read more…]

Adults £12/Under 18's £2The EAC Jazz Club opens its doors to 2024 with three red hot local outfits! Blue Vannin have been on the Manx music scene now since 2017. They played the inaugural EAC Jazz Club gig in 2021 and it is an absolute pleasure to welcome them back!The line up of musicians has changed over the years but the ensemble remains committed to encouraging jazz on the Island, performing regularly for charity and community [read more…]

Adults £6 | RHT Friends £5After a sellout talk last season, Rushen Heritage Trust is delighted to welcome Peter back to give this talk again. For five years, the Laxey Mines Research Group has been rebuilding the interior of the north Bradda Mine - creating bridges over shafts, ladder ways, and platforms. Peter recounts the history of Bradda Mines and the work that has taken place so far.If you missed out last year, be quick [read more…]

Wednesday 6th March - 2pm - donations to EAC."The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk KiddSet in South Carolina during 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a fourteen year old white girl, Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce-hearted “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, insults three racists in town, they escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds [read more…]

Shussssh! Anabelle is here to guide you on a powerful journey of movement, music, masks, magic and poetry... "Utterly unique, deliciously strange, immersive & beautiful..."Starring... Jackie Morrey-Grace - Triple Manx Poetry Slam Champ, Poetic Performance Artist and Author. Virgil and Luna - Acoustic Conjurors of Ancient Musicological Wonders. Soundology with Amy Howse - Sonic Alchemist and Enchantment Soundologist. Owen Atkinson - the Majestic, Poetic, Movement Magician. Produced by...Jackie Morrey-Grace Artistic Director...Olwen Maurer Mistress of Masks...Fern CallisterA celebration of collaborative creativity to mark the [read more…]

In January 2023 we were honoured to host Ian Galloway as he shaved his hair and his iconic beard to raise money for IOM Prostate Cancer, handing over a cheque for £1,233.30!!! This year he's doing it all over again and we'd love to see a big crowd here to support him. Doors open at 1.30pm on Saturday 9th March and Di (from Di's Hair Salon in Port St Mary) will start the chop at [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendetta, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen following a string of recent Met triumphs with her role debut as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent [read more…]

2pm and 7.30pm screeningsAdults £6 / under 18s £2Directed by James Hawes, One Life is based on the true story of British humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton, as he looks back on his past efforts to save groups of Czech Jewish children, against incredible odds, from the Nazis in the late 1930's. Anthony Hopkins plays Winton, in prosperous retirement in the 1980's, whilst Johnny Flynn portrays him as a young activist. Helena Bonham Carter is mighty [read more…]

Two nights - Thursday 14th and Friday 15th March 2024, both starting at 7.30pm.Adults £10 / Under 18s £2 TWO by Jim CartwrightA real time, one scene snapshot of life in a local pub one weekend evening. The action revolves around the landlord and landlady, who run the pub, and different pairs of people who are customers. It moves back and forth, spotlighting the different relationships, coming back to the landlord and landlady each time. All [read more…]

Free Admission - 11am startThis evening’s Piano Series guest, outstanding Russian pianist, Ivelina Krasteva, will give a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing her programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Mozart, Schumann and Debussy. This is an ideal opportunity for aspiring pianists to meet and observe a young professional at the top of her craft. Ivelina is an experienced teacher and workshop leader so tell all your keyboard playing friends! For [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18s £2For our final Piano Series of the season, we are excited to welcome Ivelina Krasteva, a talented and versatile solo and chamber musician. Ivelina received her primary and secondary education from the National School of Music and Dance in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, working with Elena Velcheva, graduating in 2017 and receiving the school’s highest award for artistic achievements. In 2021, she received a first-class undergraduate degree, and in 2023, a Masters [read more…]