A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging. This live cinema transmission is part of [read more…]

As a special holiday treat, we're screening the family-friendly, animated classic that launched the Minions!A man who delights in all things wicked, supervillain Gru, hatches a plan to steal the moon. Surrounded by an army of little yellow minions and his impenetrable arsenal of weapons and war machines, Gru makes ready to vanquish all who stand in his way. However, nothing in his calculations and groundwork has prepared him for his greatest challenge: three adorable [read more…]

“Ravens’ Nests & Spring Tides” – writing about place and nature in Iceland and the Isle of Man Author talk by Dr Sarah Thomas and Dr Fiona Gell Wednesday 19 April 7.30pm Authors Sarah Thomas and Fiona Gell have written about two very different places – Iceland’s Westfjords and the underwater world around the Isle of Man – but their writing has captured the landscapes, nature and heritage that have shaped their own stories. From the cultural importance of [read more…]

Our gorgeous new photography exhibition is now open!!! The EAC gallery is open as usual Tuesdays to Friday 10am to 4.30pm for FREE ENTRY to see “A Year in The Life of Port Erin” all through April and until Friday 5th May.You can also drop in on Saturdays 1st, 8th and 22nd April between 12pm and 4pm to see the exhibition and meet a member of Southern Photographic to chat about their work.This is a [read more…]

Wednesday 10th May to Saturday 13th May 2023 - 7.30pm each nightAdults £10 / Under 18s £2 Set in the 1980s with costumes and music to match!Orphaned twins, shipwrecks, love triangles and more ......Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian in a shipwreck, finds herself in Illyria, where she dresses as a boy (Cesario) to work for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia and sends Viola [read more…]

The IOM's first and only horror-pop singing club! A monthly singing session with no commitments - warm up, learn a cool-but-weird song, record it to share on the socials, then home happy and wait for next time! It's basically a musical coven, meeting in the gorgeously gothic Erin Arts Centre and hosted by musical director Louisa Thomas.This event is focused on expression and performance, with each monthly Sunday session a unique chance to learn/workshop a [read more…]

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the Oscars 2023. The penultimate Midweek Movie of the season is Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's mind-melting, multi-Oscar-winning, Everything Everywhere All at Once. Wednesday 17th May 2023 at the Erin Arts Centre - screenings at 2pm and 7.30pm - tickets £6 (under 18s £2) Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn Wang, a laundromat owner who becomes [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18 £2Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the dark corners of the story and its characters.Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut, conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as a magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone [read more…]

Adults £6 / Under 18 £2Friday Film Club shuts up for the summer, leaving you with this sun flecked beauty.Charlotte Wells makes a formidable debut as writer/director of this stunning, coming-of-age drama. Set in the late 1990s, the film follows Sophie (Frankie Corio), an 11-year-old girl on holiday with her father Calum (Paul Mescal), at a Turkish resort, on the eve of his 31st birthday. As the world of adolescence creeps into her consciousness, Calum [read more…]

Adults £15 / Under 18s £2In a mythical land between the sun and the moon, Prince Tamino flees a terrible serpent. Three ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save him and offer him a magic flute to ensure his safety on the journey...One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best [read more…]

A brand new, monthly, adults only, horror-pop singing workshop.We're going for a Pride-themed arrangement to celebrate LGBTQIA+ artists in June, expect a mix of lyrics from Halsey, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish!We'll start with group warm-ups, arrange ourselves into 3 sections then work our way through an exclusive vocal arrangement created by musical director Louisa Thomas. Just bring a pen and we'll provide the lyrics and sheet music. There's no audience for these workshops so [read more…]

Adults £6 / under 18s £2For the final screening in our Midweek Movies series, we're showing Tár - Todd Field’s outrageous, delirious and sensual psychodrama starring Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, an orchestra conductor who is starting to unravel. Set in the world of classical music, Tár centres on Blanchett's fictional female conductor, a household name at the height of her career, whose life comes crashing down after a series of scandals come to the surface. [read more…]

Adults £22 / Under 18s £2We're very excited to welcome UK Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, to open this year's festival. He will read a selection of his work, including new poems. A Q&A and book signing will follow.Simon is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the PEN Prize for Translation. He has published over a dozen poetry collections, two novels and three non-fiction bestsellers. A regular broadcaster, he [read more…]

Adults £22 / Under 18 £2Creeaght is a new composition by Isla Callister. 'Creeaght' is the Manx word for 'courage' and this musical project celebrates the role women have played in Manx history. The piece was originally commissioned by Culture Vannin and premiered at Yn Chruinnaght Festival 2022 with an all-woman ensemble. The first half of the show will be a showcase of Manx and Scottish traditional music comprising short sets from Mera Royle on [read more…]

Adults £22 / Under 18 £2Top brass ensemble, A4 are 10 years old this year and have kindly added us to their list of engagements to celebrate this milestone!Formed in 2013 at the Royal Northern College of Music and comprising of principal players from some of the UK’s top brass bands, A4 Brass Quartet is a multi-award-winning chamber ensemble. The Quartet has a unique blend of instruments with a cornet, tenor horn, baritone and euphonium [read more…]

Adults £22/Under 18 £2Tim Horton is one of the UK’s leading pianists, equally at home in solo and chamber repertoire. He is a founder member of both the Leonore Piano Trio and Ensemble 360 and has been a regular guest pianist with the Nash Ensemble. He will be playing a programme drawing on his recent Chopin Cycle concerts and including works by Ravel and Haydn. Tim was invited to make his solo debut at Wigmore Hall [read more…]

Adults £22 / Under 18 £2A decade on from their first performance, and with three acclaimed albums under their belt, Rant remain at the forefront of the Scottish fiddle scene. The meeting of four of the country’s finest players, the quartet use just their fiddles to weave a tapestry of melodies, textures, layers and sounds. We can't wait to see them here at the Mananan!Bethany Reid from Shetland, Anna Massie and Lauren MacColl from the [read more…]

Adults £22 / Under 18's £2To close this year's festival, we are delighted to welcome one of the hottest jazz acts on the circuit, supported by local heroes All The Presidents Men!Graham Harvey (Piano), Dave O'Higgins (Saxophone), Jeremy Brown (Bass) and Matt Skelton (Drums) have played together for years, following that thread in jazz that has continued from its origins in the small groups of the swing era through bebop and up to the present [read more…]

FREE EVENTThe award-winning war novelist Shirley Mann, will be talking about and signing copies of her new book, ‘Bridget’s War,’ as the final event of this year's festival The book features a policewoman in the Rushen Internment Camp on the Island and is the fourth in a series of books inspired by real women who served in World War 2.  ‘Bridget’s War’ takes the series full circle as the author’s first book, Lily’s War, was influenced [read more…]

Adults £6 / Under 18s £2127 years after the society's formation, popular local theatre society, the Douglas Choral Union, are heading to the Erin Arts Centre on Sunday 16th July for their 'Summer Concert' showcasing the Douglas Choral Union Choir, and Bursary recipients. Led by the exceptional Musical Director, Steve Daykin, the choir's repertoire is a harmonious fusion of iconic show tunes, beloved pop hits, and timeless rock classics, which promise to deliver performances that will [read more…]

Adults £5 / Under 18s £2This beautiful, charming, cinematic documentary captures an ambitious project with over 130 years of history at its foundations.On a small island in the middle of the Irish sea, a giant derelict pier juts out into the rough sea.Closed for decades, now the pier is getting a new lease of life thanks to a defiant, social-media savvy elderly population building something for the next generation.A wind-swept, tea-soaked, heart-warming film about community, [read more…]

Change of plans! We've had messages from would-be attendees letting us know they can't make the July session. So instead, we're postponing this month and we'll pick up a few sessions in September to prep for a performance in October! (Anyone who already booked a July ticket has be refunded.) Keep your eyes peeled and follow Southern Gothic Choral Club on Facebook for updates.Who are Southern Gothic?Southern Gothic Choral Club is an adults only, horror-themed [read more…]

Adults £12 / Under 18s £2 The King of the Waltz invites you to his all-new cinema concert “Love is All Around”, from his beautiful hometown of Maastricht!Once again, André Rieu is staging his glorious, annual summer event in the iconic Vrijthof Square. The concert will be a musical feast with heart-warming pieces lovingly chosen by André, covering classics, popular sing-alongs, and delightful waltzes that make you want to dance.Along with his beloved Johann Strauss Orchestra, [read more…]

Steve gets his inspiration from looking at nature, using bright colours, shadows and shapes to create abstract art. He fills large blank canvases using acrylic paints and other media, which mingle and weave like a tapestry.Steve is part of the Glen Maye and Isle of Man Art Society, and was recently the awarded the Archibald Knox Trophy from Isle of Man Art Society.The exhibition will be available to view (free entry) from Monday 4th October [read more…]