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CHANGE OF DATE FOR BRENDAN GRACE
Comedian Brendan Grace's show has been moved to Friday 30 April. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause ticketholders.
BUY TICKETS ONLINE
Oh, the weather outside is frightful... but you can stay warm and book tickets online for all our shows from the convenience of your own fireside. And remember it only costs €1 per ticket!
Panto booking is open!
It's now just €1 per ticket to book online! You can book for the panto online, in person or by phone.
Educating Rita - Postponed
Everyman Productions regrets to announce the postponement of Educating Rita, due to be performed 10 - 14 November.
new show - the mulkerrin brothers
RTE All Ireland Talent Show winners The Mulkerrin Brothers will be performing at the Hawk's Well on Friday 27 November. Tickets are now on sale on 071 916 1518 or you can book for The Mulkerrin Brothers online.
autumn brochure out now
Want to know what's on in Sligo? Pick up a copy of our new free brochure around town, download an electronic version on the right, join our mailing list or check out what's on via this website.
AUTUMN BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS
Saturdays between 12pm and 5pm. Weekdays 10am to 5.30pm. Online booking for Hawk's Well shows is available for your convenience outside these hours.
CON BRIO tickets on sale
Con Brio brings the cream of classical music to Sligo. Buy tickets from the Hawk's Well online or at box office on 071 916 1518.
iYEATS COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Judges Niall MacMonagle and Mary Branley have chosen the winners of the Hawk's Well's first iYeats Poetry Competition. The number and standard of entries was very high and the winners have been invited to read their poems at a prize-giving ceremony at the Hawk's Well on Monday 27 July, during the Yeats International Summer School. You can read the winning poems below.
iYeats Poetry Competition Winner
Michael Herron: Piera
Emerging Talent
Louise Hegarty: Theia Mania
Highly Commended
Patricia Byrne: Coordinates
Brian Carey: Ode to an Emerald Cockroach (Ampulex Compressa)
Maureen Gallagher: Them
Denise Garvey: Plum Pie
James Harpur: Slavic Gutturals
Siobhan Harte: At Broomfield
David Mohan: Hospital Visit
Nuala Ni Chonchuir: Aubade for Extraordinary Life
Jessica Traynor: Border Romance
Jean Tuomey: Morning in Carcassonne
Piera, by Michael Herron
Piera holds court on a red, plastic chair
outside Bar Emilio, whiskeying the days along.
Her handbag a trove of his letters
and their marriage photographs,
dressed only in black, she mourns a man still living.
And her old beauty still there,
sallow skin disguising alcohol's ravages.
Sunblonded ponytail,
exquisite hands and a knowing smile,
she rides the memory trapeze,
thinking only of Mauro and their ten years.
In her apartment on Via Bertola
shopwindow mannequins take his place
in the bedroom, kitchen and livingroom,
each dressed in his discarded clothes.
Each night she cooks him pesto
pours a glass of his favoured vino patria,
reads his letters in the waiting.
Brushes out her hair, for he likes it that way,
drifts away with Gigli and Jack Daniels,
waltzing the weddingsuited model.
Her widowed sister and Mauro
seldom remember.
© Michael Herron
Theia Mania, by Louise Hegarty
I want to smooth you out
like a sweet wrapper. Your outer shell,
all glassy blueness and peacock colours. Your
blanched underbelly obscured
by blossoming colours. I bear down on
your valleys and hills,
gently softening your creases,
unfurrowing your folds, unfurling your edges.
© Louise Hegarty
Leap Special Offer
Leap is the name of the Hawk's Well's year-round programme of theatre and events for children aged two and up. Sign up for an annual leapyear card for just €5 and get an extra €1 off up to four tickets per show, plus discounts on the Hawk's Well's drama and singing summer schools. For info contact box office on 071 916 1526 / 1518 or email info@hawkswell.com.