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Thanks to the region’s high concentration of residents boasting Irish roots going back generations, Irish culture sparkles all year round in New England. Add in the vibrant Scottish and Canadian Maritime communities, and you can experience a rich offering of Celtic traditions and sensibilities anywhere you go. That Irish presence reaches a joyous crescendo each…
Historical Entertainer Paddy Cullivan brings the incredible story of the death of Ireland’s first Commander-in-Chief. An audio-visual spectacular featuring hundreds of images, shocking new research and incredible songs, Paddy dares to unravel the secrets and lies around what happened that fateful day in Béal na mBlath, August 22, 1922. Did Michael Collins have a secret…
Ellen’s Boys Ellen’s Boys — A True Repertory Theatre Production, returns to the Irish Cultural Centre for three shows on November 14-15. Set on the top floor of a Dorchester triple decker in 1965, the play centers around Ellen Flaherty, an immigrant, widowed mother of six, three girls and three boys, who raised her family…
Family life can get complicated and for the large Irish Catholic Flaherty family, complicated is an understatement. Though Ellen’s Boys are a big part of this dramedy, the real center of this production lies in Ellen, the stubborn, pushy, and interfering Flaherty matriarch in a powerful performance by Victoria Bond. Emotions run high with some…
Join the IPC to celebrate Bloomsday and to enjoy the humor, pathos and extraordinary language of the work of James Joyce with theatrical adaptations from his celebrated book, Ulysses, with traditional music by the HCE Trio. If you are not familiar with Joyce, this will be a great introduction. If you already know his work, you…
Award-winning, Boston-based playwright Ronán Noone is teaching an online course on the fundamentals of Playwriting. “Domestika hired me to teach a two-hour video course in playwriting,” Ronán says. “The videos have lessons, tips, short lectures and fun in-class examples of plays that will open writers up to ideas on structure, character, plot, and how to…
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