Irish Polar Heroes at the NCH Dublin

Monday 6th February, 8pm
Room: Main Auditorium with pre-concert lectures in The Kevin Barry Room (Times TBC)
Prices: €20
Donal O’Kelly actor and playwright (Catalpa, The Cambria, The Van)
Brian Dunning flute
Simon O‘Dwyer Bronze Age Horns
Breifne Holohan guitar
Michael Holohan composer and keyboards
Gerry Cullen singer (ex Voice Squad)
Barry Mc Govern readings (I’ll go On and Watt : Beckett)
Illustrated Lectures by Jonathan Shackleton, Dermot Somers and Michael Smith author
Special guest speaker: The Hon Alexandra Shackleton (grand-daughter of Sir. Ernest Shackleton).
A special treat for Polar enthusiasts and lovers of music, poetry and history.
Following the sell-out shows in The National Concert Hall 2009 and the Rotunda Pillar Room 2011 this special event will consist of illustrated pre-concert lectures based on the lives of the great Irish Polar heroes Shackleton, Crean and McClintock. The main evening event will feature The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton as guest speaker along with the renowned actor Barry Mc Govern. And always that wind composed by Michael Holohan , in memory of Shackleton, Amundsen and Scott will receive its world premiere by the virtuoso flautist Brian Dunning . Finally, the evening will conclude with a moving piece of music– theatre Where a single footprint lasts a thousand years composed by Michael Holohan and featuring the actor Donal O ‘Kelly as Shackleton. This piece was commissioned by The National Concert Hall for the Shackleton Centenary in December 2009.
Presented by The National Concert Hall in association with The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht With the support of Create Louth and Poetry Ireland