Siamsa Offer

Comfy Bums at Siamsa Tire

Siamsa Tire, which recently underwent an extensive refurbishment, has launched a tempting theatre deal to entice theatre enthusiasts back into its luxurious new auditorium.

Siamsa is offering patrons a special Drama Deal for February and March which covers admission to three plays - A Dublin Carol, Lifeboat and Remnants of Fear all for only 40 euro.

From Monday 12 to Saturday 17 of February, Conor McPherson's A Dublin Carol is set at Christmas time with Dublin undertaker John Plunkett feeling better than ever as he shares his wit and wisdom with his young assistant when an unexpected visit from his estranged daughter changes his mood and forces him to confront his chaotic past.

Lifeboat is presented by Cork Opera House on Monday 19 to Wednesday 21 of February. Set in 1940, it's an extraordinary true story of courage, survival and friendship which tells the tale of a ship full of young evacuees that sets sail from Liverpool for Canada. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed and sank, killing all but eleven of the evacuees. Two girls spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat.

Remnants of Feat, by Gary Mitchell, is on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 of March and is a satirical and hard hitting work dealing with the lives people torn apart by the post-ceasefire politics of working class Loyalism.

Three plays. Forty Euros. To think people complain about how expensive Ireland has become!

Michael V O'Reagan

Kerry Native O'Reagan's Art Demonstrates Empathy and Appreciation For The Beautiful Kerry Countryside

Tralee - An exhibition of work entitled 'About Time' by artist Michael O'Regan goes on display in the new Samhlaiocht Gallery on Thursday 8th February. The collection of paintings and sketches by Tralee born artist Michael V O' Regan demonstrates the empathy and appreciation which he feels for the woodlands and countryside of his native Kerry.

"We're absolutely delighted to have an artist of Michael's talent and ability opening an exhibition at the Samhlaiocht Art Gallery," said Jason O' Mahony, Artistic Director of Samhlaiocht. "His paintings and sketches vividly capture the indescribable beauty of Kerry and you're left with a sense of awe having looked at them."

Michael is self taught and has been painting part time for many years. Demand for his work is such that he has recently begun working as a full time artist. The diversity and vibrancy in the natural beauty of the Kerry woodlands are a constant source of inspiration. Michael's preferred medium for his painting is oils and he also works in pen and pencil. His detailed sketches of old farm buildings and their environs record a traditional way of life which will soon be just a memory.

"I have entitled this exhibition 'About Time' because many of the paintings and sketches in it evoke a way of life for which I feel a great empathy and which I want to record in my work," said Michael V. O' Reagan, a native of Rock Street in Tralee. "The title also reflects the fact that I have now decided to apply myself full time to my art. I'm thankful to Samhlaiocht for giving me this great opportunity to put on a solo exhibition of my work."

"It's wonderful to have an artist of Michael's stature coming to the Samhlaiocht Gallery," added Trish Thompson, Curator Samhlaiocht Gallery, "this is our first exhibition in our new gallery and when I saw Michael's work I just fell in love with it and had to bring him to Samhlaiocht."

The Samhlaiocht Gallery is located in the old Presbytery next to St. John's Parish Church in the centre of Tralee on Lower Castle Street. 'About Time' opens on Thursday 8th February at 7.00pm

Opening times at the Gallery are Mon-Thurs 9.00am-6.00pm and Friday 9.00am-5.00pm. Everyone is welcome.

Philtre

Philtre to Rock

The dictionary defines the word ,'Philtre' as a 'love potion or a magic potion or charm.'

Tralee based rock act Philtre was formed in the summer of 2004 by two brothers Junior and Omar Abdulsalam, with Tralee Natives Tom Leahy, Castle Countess, and Padraig Dillane, Cahermonee.

Since the band's formation Philtre have gone from strength to strength, making appearances at the Rose of Tralee festival in August of 2005 where they won the "Live at the Rose" competition. Winning such a prestigious competition enabled the band to record their debut EP "Bullet from nowhere",with the headline track featuring on RTE's The Sunday Game.

"It was great to win that competition - it opened a lot of doors for us," said Tom Leahy, vocalist and guitarist with the band. "We play all original music but our influences range from the Stone Roses to Oasis with a bit of punk thrown in."

On the back of that success came constant gigging and Philtre have shared the stage with Republic of Loose, Leya, Delorentos, Vesta Varo and The Flaws. "I guess you could say I'm working part time so I can play music full time," laughed Tom.

All that gigging is certainly paying off as Murphy's Live 2007 has selected Philtre as one of the twelve best unsigned acts in Ireland. This year over 350 demos were submitted to the competition and it's little wonder as the winning band will walk away with a pheonomenal prize worth 10,000 euro that includes an EP launch with Fifa Records, studio recording time, a national distribution deal, full PR and a six month management deal.

"It would be amazing to win that competition. We've made it to the final twelve acts selected so we're delighted with that. But we made it as far as the semi-finals last year and we're looking to go one better," said Tom.

Philtre play on the 1st of February, in The Granary Killarney, let's hope their magic potion of music will be enough to see them walk with the top prize. For more on Philtre please log onto http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=1426154036

Rhob Cunningham

Rhob Cunningham playing at Club Head Bang Bang

Itching for something a little different on Thursday nights? The Greyhound Bar on Pembroke Street in Tralee might have exactly what you're looking for, playing host to Club Head Bang Bang, a club night as different as its name suggests.

Priding itself on finding up and coming talent Club Head Bang Bang recently brought young Dub, Rhob Cunningham, to Tralee for an hour long set. Playing a solo with just his trusty guitar for accompaniment, Rhob delivered original songs so rich and deft that they pushed him way beyond the run of the mill singer-songwriters that ply their trade on the club circuit.

"He;'s an amazing performer," said Keith O' Faolain, one of a posse of Club Head Bang Bang organisers. "We’re always trying to bring original talent and artists to Tralee."

Club Head Bang Bang manage to do just that - after the pre-Christmas lull there's a full and varied calendar of events in the coming weeks.

Cork based band, REST, will be stopping off in Club Head Bang Bang as part of their Irish and UK tour to promote their new E.P. 'Operation Impending Doom' on February 8th.

"We had REST down to play an open air gig in the town square during the Bloom Festival back in August," says Keith. It went down a storm, and it's good to have them back again."

Support on the night will come from 'Horay for Humans'.

"I cant wait to see them, the band are a kind of super group, made up from members of a load of legend Irish bands, Waiting Room, United Bible Studies, Eachtra and My Remorse," says Keith, "you should check out there stuff it's savage,"
For more info on REST log onto

Club Head Bang Bang takes place every Thursday night in the Greyhound Bar on Pembroke St. from 9-ish to late.

Ballet Russes

Ballet Russes Filmmakers, Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine

Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, Emmy-Award winning filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have fashioned a dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe known as The Ballets Russes.

Ballet Russes was first aired at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and drew critical acclaim for its multi-character documentary narrative and became a sure fire hit, not only among dance fans, but with a wider audience.

Asked about their motivation in making the film Dan Geller said, "Our producers came to us with the idea of filming what they described as a once-in-a-lifetime event. The event was the first ever official reunion of Ballets Russes dancers."

"At the time, neither of us knew very much about ballet, but we were intrigued for a number of other reasons. Our last three documentaries had been about groups of young people in their teens and early 20s, and we were excited by the opportunity to make a film about people at the opposite end of the age spectrum," added Dayna Goldfine, "and we were taken with the thought of spending time with a group of people who had lived their lives so fully in the arts-many of the Ballets Russes dancers were still actively engaged in the art of dance well into their 70s, 80s and even 90s!"

The film maps the company's beginnings in turn of the century Paris-when artists such as Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Miro, Matisse, and Stravinsky united in an unparalleled collaboration-to its halcyon days of the 1930s and '40s, when the Ballets Russes toured America, astonishing audiences schooled in vaudeville with artistry never before seen, to its demise in the 1950s and '60s when rising costs, rocketing egos, outside competition, and internal mismanagement ultimately brought this revered company to its knees.

"The Ballets Russes dancers, themselves, came up with some extraordinary footage," says Dayna. "Miguel Terekhov gave us his 8mm footage, which captured the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's bus tours of the 1950s and Mia Slavenska contributed several hours worth of 16mm performance and backstage footage shot by her husband in the 1940s and '50s."

Combining this archival footage, over 400 archival stills and interviews with the surviving stars the film makers have come up with a movie that braids the characters' individual personal stories together forming a larger portrait of the human experience making a documentary that operates at both an emotional and an intellectual level; a movie that will appeal not only to dance lovers, but to a broad general audience.

Ballet Russes plays at the Film Club at Siamsa Tire in association with Samhlaiocht on Sunday night, February 11th, at 8:00 pm.

For more information on the film please log onto http://www.balletsrussesmovie.com/

Easter Festival

Five Community Groups to each receive 1,000 euro grant thanks to generous support from Kerry Group

The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival, which is celebrating 15 years of bringing the Arts to the street of Tralee, has issued a call for entries for its upcoming Easter Arts Festival Parade.

The Samhlaiocht Easter Arts parade is always a wonderfully lively and colourful event featuring over twenty groups from all over the county as well as samba bands, other professional street artists and on one memorable occasion a host of bikini clad Brazilians!

"The parade is always one of our most vibrant events," said Jason O' Mahony, Artistic Director of Samhlaiocht. "The streets of Tralee come alive, full of colourful characters, colourful costumes and with a real festival atmosphere. You need only watch the parade to realise the spirit of the Arts is very much alive in Kerry."

This year the theme of the Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival is 'Stars' and the Festival will feature all aspects of the Arts from music, tradition, craft, culture, food and film to literature.

The Parade will take place on Saturday 7th April at approximately 7.00pm and groups that are interested are encouraged to apply to take part in one of two programmes.
We've had a fantastically high calibre of community groups taking part in previous years," said Trish Thompson, Samhlaiocht, "and the interest has been huge even at this early stage, so I'd really encourage interested groups to get in touch as quickly as possible."

The two programmes are:
Kerry Group Five Community Project - Five groups will be selected from numerous applications. Each group will receive funding of 1000 euro to provide artists fees, prop building, costumes and transport.

Individual Groups - Any groups from play schools to active retired groups are welcome to apply. These groups will receive funding of 150 euro to assist towards expenses incurred.

For More Information please contact Trish Thompson of Samhlaiocht on 066 712 9934 trish@samhlaiocht.com

Rock for Experience

Building on the Success of Previous Years Event Promises to be
Huge Hit with both Groups and Audience

When Sympathy for the Devil first found the eager ears of young listeners in 1968 it caused a media furore with concerned citizens worried that The Rolling Stones were a corrupt influence on youth.

Nowadays with The Stones music being used to sell insurance on TV, Led Zepplin's music used as the score to a Cadillac commercial and even the iconic image of Jimi Hendrix being used to sell a new health drink called 'Liquid Experience', it's becoming increasingly difficult to find an unsullied rock gig.

Step forward Samhlaiocht's 'Rock for Experience' which will brings a host of unsigned amateur and semi-professional Rock artists from through out Kerry together for one night over Easter, for a rock experience as pure as driven snow.
"Rock For Experience is one of our most popular events," said Jason O'Mahony, "and has proven to be fantastically popular with everyone involved from the young bands that appear on stage, some of them first-time performers, to the audience on the night. It's an amazing feeling to be involved with an event that gives up and coming rock bands an opportunity to shine."

The event provides an opportunity for budding artists to perform in front of an audience using a professional PA system provided by Samhlaiocht. Each group has a twenty minute slot and at least one song performed by each group must be an original song written by a member or members of the group.


"The level of enthusiasm from the groups is just huge," said Noreen Thompson, Rock For Experience coordinator, "and the level of support they receive from friends and family is equally massive."

Rock for Experience will take place in The Greyhound Bar in Pembroke Street on Sunday, April 8th with younger bands playing from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and over - 18 bands playing from 8:00 p.m. to late.

Fifteen bands are expected to play including local metal favourites Trench. If you would like to take part in Rock for Experience please contact Noreen Thompson or Michéle Sheehan on 066 712 9934 or email info@samhlaiocht.com

"It's fantastic that Samhlaiocht organise this event, there's a great buzz, the atmosphere rocks and the venue is cool" said Joe O’Brien, father of ‘Trench’ band member, Shane, speaking at the '06 event @ Club Head Bang Bang.

"We've played Rock for Experience every year for the last few years at the various venues. We really like this venue, it's made for this event & created a great atmosphere" - Jesus & the Breadknives '06 @ Club Head Bang Bang.

For more information on Samhlaiocht please log onto

Milltown Bodhran

Milltown may appear to be a sleepy little hamlet to visitors but underneath its relaxed exterior beats a heart that bangs like a drum.

Milltown is home to a very active branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann and has the largest membership of that organisation within the Kingdom which has led to Milltown hosting the County Fleadh Cheoil Festival on eight occasions in the last twenty years, most of those in the last decade. The Munster Fleadh Cheoil was also held there in 2002 and was a huge success not only in musical terms but as a boost to the local economy.

In 2005 suggestions about a World Bodhran competition in Milltown were greeted with a little hesitation but initial scepticism quickly turned to belief as, almost immediately, the organisers set about recruiting new volunteers and building the strength of the committee.

And so the inaugural World Bodhran Championships leaped into life on the 2006 June Bank Holiday Weekend. "People were a little sceptical at first," said Owen O'Shea, World Bodhran Championships, Chief Executive. "But the festival created an amazing atmosphere in Milltown and when people saw how dedicated the festival organizers were, everyone came on board very quickly."

"It was absolutely the first time anywhere in the world that a World Bodhran Championships took place and the interest was so great that it's become an annual event," continued Owen.

One of the highlights of the inaugural festival was having Liam O'Maoinlai of the Hot House Flowers and Ronan O'Snodaigh of Kila play and they enjoyed the festival so much they're back for seconds.

"We're delighted that Liam and Ronan have decided to come back again this year," said Owen. "They're playing in the Community Hall on June 2nd."

The World Bodhran Championships will be held from June 1st - 4th in Milltown. For more info please call the Committee Office on 066 976 5601 or log onto http://www.worldbodhranchampionships.com/gallery/index.htm

Michael Kelly

Culture Vulture

What's your name?
Michael Kelly

Where are you from?
Dublin

How long have you been living in Kerry?
Since the weekend of the Bloom Festival, late August 2006

What are you doing in Kerry?
I'm doing the FAS TV and Video course in Monavalley

Who is your favourite artist?
Sean Healy - a Dublin man who trained in Limerick and is now resident in Tralee

What is your favourite film?
Bottle Rocket - it is by Wes Anderson who directed The Royal Tennenbaums. Starring Luke, Owen, and Andrew Wilson, and co-written by Owen. A sweet simple film, that everybody seems to say watch it with friends, and watch it twice.

What is your favourite book?
Dubliners, by James Joyce

What is your favourite piece of music?
"I was a man" by Jape

What's your favourite club night in Tralee?
Club Head Bang Bang, Thursdays in the Greyhound - a lovely mix of chatting, dancing, and drinking. I spent 2 years looking for it in Dublin, and it seems it was happening here all along in Tralee.

What is your favourite Arts venue in Tralee? (Can be anything from a cinema to a performance space?)
If soup and Guinness is an art, then Quinlan's.

"My theory is that when it comes to important subjects, there's only two ways a person can answer. For example, there are two kinds of people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now Beatles people can like Elvis. And Elvis people can like the Beatles. But nobody, nobody, nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that choice tells me who you are. "Uma Thurman as Mia to John Travolta's Vincent in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

Elvis or The Beatles?
The Beatles, although Also Sprach Zarathustra (from 2001 A Space Odyssey) mixing in to That's Alright Momma by the King in Las Vegas is hard to beat.

Brady Bunch or The Partridge Family?
Brady Bunch.

Bewitched or I Dream Of Jeannie?
I dream of Jeannie - Samantha in Bewitched seemed to be surrounded by annoying people like her mum and councils of witches. Jeannie was more no strings attached.

Spielberg or Scorsese?
Scorsese. For the opening scene of Raging Bull alone.

Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
Lord of the Rings.

Siamsa Renovations

From Frances Black to Cinderella via Niall Tobin, Mick Lally and Rebecca Storm, Siamsa Tire, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, has played host to many stars, bringing well known International acts to the stage while also offering an outlet for local talent from Tralee and Kerry.

Now Siamsa Tire is closing its doors for two weeks from Monday, January 8, to Wednesday, January 24 for a renovation of its main auditorium.

"The box office and gallery remain open, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m, Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays," says Marianne Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, Siamsa Tire, "and the auditorium will be unveiled to the public on the 25th."

The auditorium is being stripped of its current seating, the carpet is being ripped out and the walls are being painted.

"The ambiance of Siamsa will be preserved but the comfort of our audience will be vastly improved," says Marianne. "We're going to raise the front three rows of seats to give everyone a better view, we're putting in a gorgeous new carpet and have found some wonderfully comfortable new seating."

"The seats are coming all the way from France," added Catriona Fallon, Marketing Manager, Siamsa Tire. "Our technical manager, Jummy McDonnell, actually looked all over Ireland for seats, he went to a Trade Fair in the UK before settling on a company in Paris to provide the seats."

"Testing seats all over Europe, talk about sitting down on the job," laughed Marianne.

While the seats are French, all work is being done by local contractors including PJ Hayes who put in the original carpet in 1991 and is also laying the new carpet, the Lacey Brothers are responsible for painting and Freeman's Electrical are putting in the new safety lighting.

The work is possible thanks to a grant of 200,000 from the Department of Arts, Sport & Tourism and is on schedule for its grand reopening on January 25th with a presentation of Last Apache Reunion by Mercy Secondary School, Tralee.

The old seats at Siamsa were a little creaky, the paint a little flaky and the carpet a little ragged and while the new auditorium will be much more sumptuous the most important thing about any theatre is its personality and, thankfully, Siamsa has always had bags of that! If only the walls could talk...

For more info on Siamsa please call the box office on 066 712 3055 or log onto http://www.siamsatire.com/

Phoenix Rising

Every Tuesday night punters from right across the county converge on a small family run business in Dingle. The Phoenix Cinema is run by proprietor Michael O' Sullivan who does an introduction before the film, son Francis sells the tickets, daughter Cathleen sells the ice cream and son Sean prepares the complimentary teas and coffees before heading up to the booth to start the projector.

"The Phoenix has been here for 25 - 30 years," said Francis, "I've grown up surrounded by films and movies."

On this particular Tuesday, Christopher Nolan's latest nonlinear mystery, 'The Prestige', was playing. "Every great magic trick has three acts," we're told at the beginning of this plush period piece set in the early 1900's which revolves around feuding magicians. Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson, the film failed to live up to its supernatural billing but the experience of watching it was never less than enchanting.

The Phoenix, seating 150 people, is an oasis of calm in the cinematic cultural desert of multi-this and omni-that, if you haven't been yet - Go - I guarantee you'll enjoy the experience and, 'The Prestige' not with standing, you'll see some bloody good films.

The Phoenix Cinema is located in Dykegate Lane in the heart of Dingle for more info please call 066 915 1222 or log onto http://www.phoenixdingle.net/

New Artistic Director

Kate Buckley, Chairperson of the board of Samhlaiocht, welcomes Jason O' Mahony as Artistic Director

Samhlaiocht has undergone many changes through out the years, some planned - like the expansion of its arts programmes including the fantastically successful 2006 Kerry Film Festival which took place in October of last year and its recent move from Blennerville into new offices in the Old Presbytery in Lower Castle Street Tralee, some unplanned - like the year the foot and mouth outbreak necessitated cancelling the entire Easter festival at the last minute and changing it to a summer festival instead and more changes are taking place as we speak.

"2007 appears to be off to a brilliant start! We're delighted to welcome Jason O' Mahony to the position of Artistic Director of Samhlaiocht," said Kate Buckley, Chairperson of the board of Samhlaiocht. "After a wide ranging search to find the ideal person to take on this vital position we're thrilled that Jason, with his wealth of experience in film and the arts, has accepted the position and I look forward to working with him and making, what I hope will be, a very significant impact on our 15th festival and, of course, for many years beyond."

With the Samhlaiocht 2007 Easter Arts Festival slated to kick off on Good Friday, April 6th and the Samhlaiocht 2007 Children's Bumble Bee Festival beginning on the same day Jason will have his work cut out for him, though with an impressive C.V. that includes stints at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival, the San Francisco Film Festival, the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and the California Film Institute it's a task that he is looking forward to with relish.

"I'm over the moon about the position," said Jason O' Mahony "and though I know I have big boots to fill, the last Artistic Director, Maurice Galway, did an amazing job, I'm looking forward to the challenge and am sure that Samhlaiocht will prove to be equal parts demanding and rewarding."

"Speaking of being over the moon, the theme for this year's Samhlaiocht Easter Arts Festival is 'Stars', and is concerned with all things Artistic," added Jason. "Everything from music, tradition, craft, culture, food and film to literature will be catered for in this year's Easter Arts Festival. And in the immortal words of Irish rogue, Oscar Wilde 'We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars'."

Jason won't have to do it all on his own, however, with a core group of people in Samhlaiocht including Una Curran, who has been working with the festival since 1995, and Trish Thomson, who has been with Samhlaiocht since 1999, heading up a strong cast and with Roisin McGuigan, who has a wealth of experience in the community arts field, joining shortly as the Arts Administrator the continuing success of Samhlaiocht seems assured.

Crossing the Bridge

The front rows of seats were all ripped out but that didn't stop moviegoers from enjoying the latest Film Club showing at Siamsa Tire on Sunday night.

Siamsa, which is undergoing a facelift to its auditorium, left the back three rows of seats for movie lovers and its popular Film Club which runs one Sunday night a month and screens films to its members.

The film, Crossing The Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, is an intriguing documentary from German director, Fatih Akin, which takes us on a fascinating journey through the music scene in modern Istanbul, where East crashes into West and the past, present and future converge in a cornucopia of music styles from Rap to Rock via traditional Kurdish singing.

The documentary followed Alexander Hacke who set up his mobile recording studio to capture musical contributions from every genre of music while offering a tantalising view of Istanbul and the differing people that call it home.

Music fans found much of interest, I was particularly impressed with rapper Ceza who rattled off rhymes in an awesome stucatto style, like a preacher on speed or like he had swallowed an AK 47, but Crossing the Bridge had a far wider appeal. With a camera that rambled through Istanbul's streets and along its river, dipping in and out of buildings and alleyways, peering round corners, building up a beautifully filmed portrait of the cultural life of the city.

The next Film Club showing, Ballet Russes, is on Sunday, February 11th, at 8:00 p.m. in the newly refurbished Siamsa. Tickets are €6 and are available at the door.

Film Club @ Siamsa

The front rows of seats were all ripped out but that didn't stop moviegoers from enjoying the latest Film Club showing at Siamsa Tire on Sunday night.

Siamsa, which is undergoing a facelift to its auditorium, left the back three rows of seats for movie lovers and its popular Film Club which runs one Sunday night a month and screens films to its members.

The film, Crossing The Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, is an intriguing documentary from German director, Fatih Akin, which takes us on a fascinating journey through the music scene in modern Istanbul, where East crashes into West and the past, present and future converge in a cornucopia of music styles from Rap to Rock via traditional Kurdish singing.

The documentary followed Alexander Hacke who set up his mobile recording studio to capture musical contributions from every genre of music while offering a tantalising view of Istanbul and the differing people that call it home.


Ailbhe Keogan and Treasa Ni Eachthigheirn enjoying Crossing The Bridge: The Music of Istanbul

Music fans found much of interest, I was particularly impressed with rapper Ceza who rattled off rhymes in an awesome stucatto style, like a preacher on speed or like he had swallowed an AK 47, but Crossing the Bridge had a far wider appeal. With a camera that rambled through Istanbul's streets and along its river, dipping in and out of buildings and alleyways, peering round corners, building up a beautifully filmed portrait of the cultural life of the city.

The next Film Club showing, Ballet Russes, is on Sunday, February 11th, at 8:00 p.m. in the newly refurbished Siamsa. Tickets are 6 euro and are available at the door.