FAME- the original play, performed by the Young Gaiety Theatre Company, Cork, in Camden Palace Hotel, 15/16/17th June, 7.30 pm.

The series returns with a strong focus on Japanese culture. Shamisen player, Jack, and traditional dancer, Chiyowaka Ichikawa, come from Tokyo to Camden Palace Hotel for one night only to perform a show of Japanese traditional and contemporary music and dance. Hosted by Cork's own experimental folk group Jungle Bean. 
Don't miss this melee of multicultural madness! Only €5! June 14th! 9:30pm

FRIDAY JUNE 8th @ 8pm

FINALLY! The most anticipated show of the year!  Back in January we happened upon some financial faeries through the conjurer known as FUNDIT and lo! now we have a stage....so as thanks to those delicious caramel filled donors and the general public at large there is an extravaganza of theatrical and cinematic madness on Friday June 8th! Come and feast your art senses on four short plays, some short films and the holistic comedic stylings of our very special host for the evening, TBA.

Friday, May 25th at 8:00pm.
In the war-zones of Liberia and Congo, four volunteers with Doctors Without Borders struggle to provide emergency medical care under extreme conditions. With different levels of experience, each volunteer must find their own way to face the challenges, the tough choices, and the limits of their idealism. "Living in Emergency" is a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. It explores a world that is challenging, complex, and fraught with dilemmas - the struggles, both internal and external, that aid workers face when working in war zones and other difficult contexts.
Admission: Donation. 

How the banks are screwing you and what you can do about it, May 23rd 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Marcus Mc Keown’s book, ‘How the Banks are Screwing You and What You Can Do About It’ is an awakening to the hearts and minds of the people of Ireland” to the reality that “a debt free future is possible”. The book will help you understand that you don’t owe the bank anything, money is an illusion and the legal system is against you.

What if you never knew your father?  Would your life be different?  ‘Thanks Dad’ is a long overdue play about the father-daughter relationship.  What makes fathers so important? What do daughters need from their fathers?  What if you never knew your father? What if you knew your father, but you lost him?
‘Thanks Dad’ mixes well known classic scenes with a heart-warming, inspiring, moving contemporary story. ….

Tournado Theater Company is a Cork based company that aims to bring excellent theatre to  communities in Ireland. We tell stories, ask questions, and want to start conversations about things that concern us all.

The players for ‘Thanks Dad’ are Aoife Laroque/Kristina Decker, and Greg Cullagh. All are previous students from the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork. Kristina also received part time training from RADA in London.

Bing Kong Presents: Social Dancing at Camden Palace Hotel. Live Music and DJs for a night of Ballroom, Swing, R&B, Blues, Latin and Old Time for your social dancing pleasure.  
All ages welcome! 
Tickets €5 & €3 8pm 
Sat 14th April

Speak Out Theatre for Transformation.
8pm Mon 26th March.  
Playback Performance/ Spontaneous Drama. Life Lessons....Life Stories. Share the moments that changed your life and watch them come to life...Playback Theatre is an improvisational theatre form that fosters community through creativity, aesthetic integrity, and empathic listening. 
www.speakout.ie Contact: Eliz 086 6019078 [email protected]

Introduction To Acting by Maria O'Callaghan.
12pm Wed 28th & 12pm Thurs 29th March. 
Come to this open workshop with Chapter Theatre Productions. Have fun while learning to act in an open and friendly environment. It's for people who have always wanted to try acting but have never taken that first step. Build your confidence and learn acting skills like improvisation, stagecraft etc. Regular class. 
Booking: max 12 people. 086 0766956 email:[email protected]

Screen Printing Workshop by Pawel Wroblewski. 
1pm Wed 28th 
March Learn how to print over fabric. Bring your plain t-shirt (not dark) and discover fun of multiplication. 
Booking: max 5 people. [email protected], 085 1700354

FEEL THE MUSIC 'WORKSHOP' by Jude O'Neill.
2pm Wed 28th.  
Come and experience the music! Learn about harmony, melody, beats and timing. Discover music through the magic of expression. So come along and learn how to really listen and feel the music.
Booking: max 12 people. 086 0558130

Writing Workshop in association with Tigh Fili by Kathy D'Arcy, Tigh Fili Artist in Residence.
3pm- 5pm Wed 28th March
2pm- 4pm Thurs 29th March.  
This 2hr workshop is for people with any level of experience. Idea-generating, involving meditation, games and exercises designed to give each participant a load of ideas to go away with and start writing. 
Regular class. 086 8822012, email: [email protected]

Facepainting Workshop by Niamh Leonard.
3.30pm -4.30pm Wed 28th
Everyone can facepaint. Ever been stuck for your kids birthday parties, halloween? Get easy and amazing tips. For adults and kids(accompanied). No paints required. 
Booking : max 15 people. [email protected], 087 7568530

Photography Workshop by Naomi Smith. 
4pm Wed 28th March.
4pm Thurs 29th March. 
Introduction to the darkroom and equipment. Participants will create simple pictograms.
Booking: max: 4 people per session and there are 4 sessions, 1/2 hr long each. [email protected], 086 0241947  

Guitar Workshop by Eoin O'Sullivan.
5pm Wed 28th.  
Cork based Blues musician Eoin O’Sullivan is giving a guitar workshop at the Camden Palace Hotel. Eoin has spent the last few years playing and travelling and planning his first official release before the summer of this year.  The workshop will be split from electric to acoustic, blues slide, open tunings, percusive rhythms, practicing over loops, and lead ideas. Normal to Experimental.
 Booking: max 12 people. [email protected]

Life Drawing by Pawel Wroblewski.
1pm Thurs 29th March.  
Draw the human body from posing model. Discover rich world of line expression. 
Booking: max 10 people, [email protected], 085 1700354 

Flowermaking Workshop by Niamh Leonard.
3pm- 4.30pm Thurs 29th.  
Upcycle your plastic bottles into beautiful flowers. Fun for all the family (kids accompained). 
Booking: max 15 people. [email protected], 087 7568530 

West African Drumming Workshop.
5pm– 6:30pm Thurs 29 Youngsters (min 7 yrs. Accompained). 
7:00pm - 9:00pm Thurs 29 Adults.  
Fun taster workshops with exciting rhythms from West Africa!  Beginners very welcome, and people with some experience too. Drums provided. 
Booking: Youngsters: max 20 people & Adults: max 20 people [email protected], 085 2315515

Workshop by Cork Sacred Harp Singers.
5.30pm – 7pm Thurs 29th March.
American Sacred Harp singing is some of the oldest folk music of the United States. Cork Sacred Harp Singers will give a workshop taking newcomers through the basics of how to sight sing this music. Absolutely no music background needed to sing this music. Beginners warmly encouraged to take part. The usual community sing will follow the workshop. 
Booking: max 60 people. Sadhbh O’Flynn; [email protected], 085 7043400

For Neda is the story of Neda Agha-Soltan whose tragic death on June 20, 2009 came to symbolize for many the struggle in Iran.  What emerges is a portrait of a young woman whose ordinary desire for personal freedom and self-expression were confined by living in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but who showed tremendous courage in standing up for those freedoms.  When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blatantly rigged the 2009 election, she marched with her compatriots in the street, even though she knew she was risking her life as the regime began a violent crackdown.

For Neda interweaves the story of Neda Agha-Soltan's life and death with a look at the larger Iranian struggle, especially for women, that led her to march in the Tehran streets on June 20.  Azar Nafisi (author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "Things I've Been Silent About") notes that women were the first and most severely treated targets of the reactionary laws imposed after the Iranian Revolution.  Women were required to be covered in public, while the Basij, men and women charged with maintaining public order and decency, patrolled the streets harassing those they considered to be in violation.

Monday night 8pm at the Camden Palace we will screen FOR NEDA in co-operation with the Persian Community Cork.

Bing Kong Presents: Social Dancing at the Camden Palace Hotel. Live Music and DJs for a night of Ballroom, Swing, R&B, Blues, Latin and Old Time for your social dancing pleasure.  
All ages welcome! 
Tickets €5 & €3. 8pm 
Sat 25th Feb

Hosting youth workers/ young people from around Ireland & 5 partner orgs in Europe. The seminar is for people to meet other creative organisations working with youth in view of sending volunteers as part of the European Voluntary Service. It is also to support people in writing the proposal to get the grants to send people. LEARGAS is the national agency who administer the grants. This is a LEARGAS event. www.thehookupopportunity.com
Thurs 23rd - Sun 26th Feb

A practical and effective workshop for experienced actors with John Dawson. 2 full days of intensive work and a dvd of your performance. Explore the technical skills required for natural on camera performances. Develop physical dexterity to modulate the volume of their behavious for the perimeters of the various frames (ie: master shot, medium shot, close up). Explore the cold-read, the prepared audition, commercial auditions, the call-back, and the interview. Participants will receive a dvd of their work to camera.

10am- 5pm Sat 18th Feb 2012
1pm- 6pm Sun19th Feb 2012. 

€150
Only 12 places available                                                                                                                         
contact: Claire 086 0406231 
[email protected]

Amnesty International Cork present a documentary directed and narrated by Gael García Bernal about migrants attempting to enter the USA. 8pm Mon 13th Feb. 

Dr. Fintan Lane will talk about human rights abuses in Gaza and his recent detention in Israel for taking part in the Freedom Flotilla. Hosted by Amnesty International Cork. 4pm- 6pm Sat 25th Feb.

Free Beauty Workshops, Art and Photo exhibition with conference about Female Genital Mutilation. Supported by reggae band NON TOXIC ORCHESTRA playing on the night.
Free entry. 5pm 4th Feb

Bouncers written by John Godber
Directed by Simon Thompson.
Played by Stefan Barry, David Collins, Zeb Moore and Pius McGrath

Bursting with imagination and wit and presented by just four actors, Bouncers is an outrageous and hilarious parody of the nightclub scene. The four brutish bouncers of the title portray over twenty different characters as we are invited for a night out on the town. We see them as giggly girls and lads on the make preparing for the big night out as we follow their progress to the dance floor. There, we also meet an entire cross-section of revelers, including Hooray Henrys, pogoing punks and drunken slobs! The evening's events arc set against the tatty glitzy glamour, flashing lights and pulsating beat of the nightclub scene.

Camden Palace, Cork 9th and 10th Feb 8pm 
Bookings 086 108 6767 Tickets 15 Euro and 12 Euro Concession.