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Lead dancer “Lianne Stubbs” drops by for a Christmas chat…….

Friday, 30 December 2011 00:50

alt 1) At what age did you first realise you wanted to be a dancer?

I can’t remember a certain age, I guess I’ve always wanted to be a dancer, nothing else interested me.

2) If you hadn’t have become a dancer, what profession do you think you would have liked otherwise and why?

Most people don’t know this about me as I can be a little ditzy sometimes, but I’m very organized and always write lists, so maybe an events planner or something stressful like that.

Merry Xmas Everyone!

Thursday, 22 December 2011 12:45

On behalf of the cast, crew and management, I would like to wish all the fans of Essence of Ireland a wonderful Christmas and a happy New year”

It’s been a great year for Essence of Ireland and we have played some fantastic venues, new and old. We had a great end of tour festival in Qatar, where we played along side the World Arab Games and received a wonderful response.

2012 promises to be an exciting year with further tours of the Middle East and South Africa confirmed along with 2 further tours of the UK – extra dates and tours are being added all the time, so please check the website for more details.

I hope to see you all at a theatre near you in 2012.

Thank you for all your support once again

Regards

Ross Mills

Director

Essence of Ireland Bigger & Better Tour 2011 come to an end...

Friday, 09 December 2011 16:59

Essence of Ireland would like to thank everyone who has been to see the show on the autumn 2011 UK tour.

The show finished a great tour at Salisbury last night and will take a few days break before departing for Qatar for five days.

The spring 2012 tour starts again in early April and will tour through to June, with the autumn tour starting with a months run at the Mandela Theatre, Joburg, South Africa.

The UK autumn tour will start in early October and continue through to mid December.

We would once again like to thank you all for your support and comments over the last 3 months and we all look forward to seeing you again soon.

Essence of Ireland head to Qatar

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:39

Essence of Ireland are delighted to announce they are heading to Qatar to headline the Arab Games.

Interview on Radio Siren FM 107.3 tonight!

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 13:04

Brilliant interview with Ged Graham tonight between 5pm & 7 pm on Alan Ritson's show on Siren FM 107.3 (Lincolnshire area)

https://www.facebook.com/sirenfm

British Theatre Guide - Review by Robin Strapp (2011)

Wednesday, 02 November 2011 00:27

Essence of Ireland

Theatre Royal Windsor and touring

Review by Robin Strapp (2011) published in the British Theatre Guide - Windsor - 01/11/2011

Essence of Ireland is a joyous and uplifting spectacular celebration of Irish song and dance. There is oodles of audience participation in this hand-clapping, foot -stomping, captivating evening's entertainment and I loved it.

It is also tells a sentimental love story between Sean Dempsey, born in 1930 in Dublin, and his lifelong sweetheart Cora McGowen, born on her grandmother's kitchen floor in Gort, County Galway.

I left feeling I knew the Emerald Isle that little bit better.

Friday, 07 October 2011 19:03

Bucks Free Press:

Review: Essence of Ireland at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

3:19pm Thursday 6th October 2011

By Rebecca Cain - http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/leisure/9292258.Review__Essence_of_Ireland_at_the_Waterside/

THE dancers in Essence of Ireland did not put a foot wrong during their energetic and professional performance at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on Tuesday.

Captures the Heart and Magic of Ireland...

Monday, 03 October 2011 16:32

News.scotsman.com

Review: Essence of Ireland , Edinburgh Playhouse, Greenside Place

Published Date: 29 September 2011
By STEFANIE PRYKE
Essence of Ireland
Edinburgh Playhouse, Greenside Place
***

FORGET everything you thought you knew about Celtic dance. Essence of Ireland excels in mixing both traditional and contemporary Irish dance and music with a charming story narrated between the choreography.

Review from Surrey Herald and the Hounslow Chronicle

Thursday, 15 September 2011 00:34

Review from Surrey Herald and the Hounslow Chronicle

IT WAS patently obvious right from the start that this was not going to be a quiet evening of gentle, lilting ballads and lazily-droning uillean pipes.

Even before the first dancers had bounced on stage in a blur of sparkly-costumes and rat-a-tat-tatting feet, the audience was confronted by the sight of two enormous drum kits set up ready for action.

Sure enough, Essence of Ireland proved to be a high-volume, quickfire compendium of song and dance, a colourful, exciting melding of Pogues-style raucousness and Riverdance-inspired agility.

The Stage Reviews:

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 14:42

Essence of Ireland

Published Wednesday 14 September 2011 at 12:13 by Clare Brotherwood

Essence of Ireland is made of stuff which stirs the soul and is a veritable feast for the eyes and ears.

Cynics may call the storyline sentimental, but if they fail to be moved or excited by this spectacular celebration of all that is good about Irish culture, they haven’t got a pulse.