Rushen Heritage Trust: Amateurs Can’t Run A Museum, 24 Years of The Manx Aviation & Military Museum

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…]

£7

Book Circle: Freedom to Think by Susie Alegre

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 Film Club: The Holdovers (15)

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…]

£8

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

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

Young Singer of Mann 2025 (apply by Friday 13th December)

Calling all young singers out there! Apply online: www.erinartscentre.com/ysom/Applications for Young Singer of Mann 2025 here at Erin Arts Centre are now live. There are two trophies (Junior and Young Singer of Mann) cash prizes and vouchers to be won, with certificates for all competitors. If you’d like the opportunity to prepare and sing two contrasting songs to a friendly, supportive audience and jury, then read on.Young Singer of Mann is kindly sponsored by IOM Arts [read more…]

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…]

£15