Wednesday 30th October Show starts 7.30pmAdults £20 / Under 18s £12Steve Knightley, a highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and musician, occupies a prominent position in the English folk/acoustic and roots music scene. As a founding member of the revered Show of Hands, Knightley's musical journey is deeply intertwined with a profound connection to geographical places, particularly the West Country where he currently resides. His body of work, infused with a profound love of English traditional [read more…]

Screening at 7.30pm Adults £8 Running time: 1 hour 49 mins UK rating: 18 This year we're bringing our Hop tu Naa celebrations to a grisly head with a screening of John Carpenter's classic The Thing, starring Kurt Russell.A research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and is apparently hunting them down. Things take a sinister turn when they realise that the creature can assume the form of its victims, [read more…]

We've got a great range of events in November as the weather turns colder! Drop into the EAC for a chat or to book in person, we're open Tuesday to Friday, 10am and 4.30pm,Book tickets online here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/erinartscentre or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) @erinartscentre

This event has sold out - please contact John Quirk on 464634 for the waiting list. Monday 4th November 2024 - 7.30pm start timeAdults £7 / Friends of Rushen Heritage Trust £5 - General Admission (no assigned seating) The new Rushen Heritage season opens at EAC with this special feature about Colby River. Presented by Jane Glover and Phil Gawne. Rushen Heritage Trust is thrilled to be hosting the premiere of a new film, Romance of [read more…]

Wednesday 6th November - 2pm - By donation Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster, to the parents desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, all experience the most intense hours of their [read more…]

Admission £15We're privileged and excited to have Christine Collister kick off her UK tour here at EAC.Children Of The Sea is a collection of 9 original songs inspired by Manx Folklore and a magical sense of place. Accompanying the CD is a gorgeous book with lyrics, stories, inspirations and original illustrations from local (Isle Of Man) artists. Christine will be performing to the tracks she produced for this very special project along with beautiful video [read more…]

Free Admission- 11am start - Please book your place to give us an idea of numbersEmanuil Ivanov touches down at this season's Piano Series with a free masterclass, playing excerpts from and discussing his programme for the evening recital, which will include works by Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. 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! Emanuil [read more…]

Admission £15 / Under 18 £2Winner of the prestigious Busoni Competition  2019, Emanuili Ivanov, continues this season's Piano Series at EAC with a masterclass and evening recital.Emanuil Ivanov was born in 1998 in the town of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, starting piano lessons with Galina Daskalova around the age of seven. He later studied with the renowned Bulgarian pianist Atanas Kurtev from 2013 to 2018 and attracted international attention after receiving the First prize at the 2019 [read more…]

Screening at 7.30pmAdults £8 / Under 18s £2 Running time: 1 hour 44 mins UK rating: 12A As the long, cold nights draw in it, we're hanging onto that spooky Hop Tu naa feeling as long as we can. Yes folks, 36 years after the original, Beetlejuice is back! This follow-up to the classic supernatural comedy is a gleefully zany farce packed with knock-out punchlines and great practical effects. After an unexpected family tragedy, three [read more…]

Thursday 14th November / 7.30pm Friday 15th November / 7.30pm Saturday 16th November / 2.30pm & 7.30pmTickets £12 / Over 65s £10 / Under 18s £5 A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens's well-known tale of how the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge learns the importance of generosity towards all mankind and finally embraces the true spirit of Christmas. His transformation is prompted by the appearance on Christmas Eve of the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, [read more…]

Tony Wright (Terrorvision) with special guest Milly Evans

Saturday 23rd November 10am - 1pm Admission £3 (includes fresh coffee & mine pie) In aid of The Parkinson's Disease Society IOM & other local charities

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2 Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics have often had issues with the opera's subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. However, these same aspects have made Tosca one of a handful of iconic works that seem to [read more…]

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…]

Adults £12 / Under 18s £3 Saturday 30th November - 3pm and 7.30pm 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 for all the family. They'll be decking the halls, jingling the bells and inviting a special guest or two to [read more…]

Monday 2nd December 2024 - 7.30pm Tickets £7 / £5 for Friends of RHTTickets available in person or online from Erin Arts Centre Tickets also available from Bridge Bookshop and RHT Information Centre, both in Port Erin and both cash onlyThe fascinating story of the volunteer-run museum at Ronaldsway, from its inception to its present day position as one of the island's most successful and highly rated attractions. Ivor will reveal some of the museum's [read more…]

Book Circle - Freedom To Think by Susie AlegreWednesday 4th December - 2pmBy donation - no booking necessaryPart history and part manifesto, Freedom to Think explores how the powerful have always sought to influence how we think and what we buy. Connecting the dots from Galileo to Alexa, human rights lawyer Susie Alegre charts the history and fragility of our most important human right: freedom of thought.

Friday 13th December 2024 Start time 7.30pm UK rating 15Running time 2 hours 13 mins The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama starring Paul Giamatti and directed by Alexander Payne. This beauty arrived too late for Christmas 2023 so we're making it our Friday Film Club gift to you this year.Three lonely people: A cantankerous, unpopular teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti); a bright, abrasive student, Angus (Dominic Sessa); and Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), [read more…]

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…]

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!

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…]

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…]

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…]