Previous Concerts, Plays & Exhibitions

Sunday 23rd December 2019
A charity concert organised by Aisling and
Julie-Anne Manning & Deirdre Brenner in aid of the Jack &Jill Children's foundation.
Thursday 23 May 2019

Camarilla Ensemble
Ravel, Mozart, Zemlinsky and Gershwin.
Flute – Julian Sperry, Oboe – Rachel Harwood-White, Clarinet – Nicholas Ellis,
Horn – Katie Pryce, Bassoon – Louise Watson
Ravel, Mozart, Zemlinsky and Gershwin.
Flute – Julian Sperry, Oboe – Rachel Harwood-White, Clarinet – Nicholas Ellis,
Horn – Katie Pryce, Bassoon – Louise Watson
Saturday March 9th 2019 at 8 pm PAT COLDRICK
A charity concert in Memory of Edward Lenox-Conyngham. Proceeds going to Doolaaargy National School
Sunday 6th January 2019 EPIPHANY
A solo theatre performance revolving around James Joyce's 'The Dead' written and performed by Declan Gorma
Sunday 28th May 2017
Willian Luce is an American playwright specialising in one person plays. In this portrait, Charlotte Bronte reviews the life she and her sisters lived with their curmudgeonly father. It is cleverly staged as she writes a letter while waiting for Mr Nicholls whom she expects to call and ask for her hand in marriage
Sharon McArdle trained as an actor at Rose Burford College in London and has worked with the Unicorn and Belgrade Theatres. Previous roles include Irina in Chekov's Three sisters and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. Currently she lectures at the School of Arts and Movement, Dublin City University.
Declan Gorman founded Upstate Theatre, a professional company based in Drogheda and now directs freelance. Plays directed include The Green Fool; Macbeth; & The Big Fellow.
Sharon McArdle trained as an actor at Rose Burford College in London and has worked with the Unicorn and Belgrade Theatres. Previous roles include Irina in Chekov's Three sisters and Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. Currently she lectures at the School of Arts and Movement, Dublin City University.
Declan Gorman founded Upstate Theatre, a professional company based in Drogheda and now directs freelance. Plays directed include The Green Fool; Macbeth; & The Big Fellow.

Saturday 20th August 2016
House Plays
Written & directed by Mina Tenison
Performed by Ken Fletcher & Amy Kinlon
House Plays
Written & directed by Mina Tenison
Performed by Ken Fletcher & Amy Kinlon

27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st of July 2016
Grimm Tales for Young and Old
Performed in the woods and garden at Anaverna by Quintessence Theatre

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
Deirdre Brenner, Julie-Anne Manning and her sister Aisling, who run the excellent Boyne Music Festival, have arranged a concert at Anaverna on Wednesday 23rd December at 7 pm.
Most of the musicians have family connections with Ravensdale or close-by, but I don't think that applies to John Chest, who has recently sung the title role of Billy Budd to great acclaim at Deutsche Oper Berlin, or to Layla Claire who will be singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in 2016.
The performers include Deirdre Brenner, John Chest, Layla Claire, Dennedy Sisters, Donnelly Family, Annemarie McGahon, Atesh Kirkan, Manning Sisters, Vourneen Ryan, Robin Panter.
Deirdre Brenner, Julie-Anne Manning and her sister Aisling, who run the excellent Boyne Music Festival, have arranged a concert at Anaverna on Wednesday 23rd December at 7 pm.
Most of the musicians have family connections with Ravensdale or close-by, but I don't think that applies to John Chest, who has recently sung the title role of Billy Budd to great acclaim at Deutsche Oper Berlin, or to Layla Claire who will be singing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in 2016.
The performers include Deirdre Brenner, John Chest, Layla Claire, Dennedy Sisters, Donnelly Family, Annemarie McGahon, Atesh Kirkan, Manning Sisters, Vourneen Ryan, Robin Panter.

Friday December 11, 2015
A Christmas Carol
Performed by Michael James Ford, Helene Montague and Ruairi Heading.
A Christmas Carol
Performed by Michael James Ford, Helene Montague and Ruairi Heading.

Sunday 18th October 2015 - Daniel Kearney (piano)
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C Minor
Beethoven - Sonata No 30 in E Major, Op 109
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Chopin - Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C Minor
Beethoven - Sonata No 30 in E Major, Op 109
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Chopin - Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61

Sunday March 29 2015
Joanne Quigley (violin) & Geraldine O’Doherty (harp)
Beethoven - Romance in F
Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly
John Williams - Schindler’s list
Kreisler - Liebesleid, Schon Rosmarin, Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Faure - Apres une Reve
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Joanne Quigley (violin) & Geraldine O’Doherty (harp)
Beethoven - Romance in F
Shostakovich - Romance from the Gadfly
John Williams - Schindler’s list
Kreisler - Liebesleid, Schon Rosmarin, Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Faure - Apres une Reve
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy

Satuday 19 and Sunday 20 July 2014
Lugh and the Children of Tuireann
A play for children (in the age range 3 to 90!) in the gardens and woods at Anaverna House in Ravensdale
Lugh and the Children of Tuireann
A play for children (in the age range 3 to 90!) in the gardens and woods at Anaverna House in Ravensdale

Sunday Ist June 2014
Nicolas Pujane (piano)
Beethoven: - Piano Sonata No.15 in D Major, op.28 "Pastoral"
Liszt: - Nuages Gris
- Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Nicolas Pujane (piano)
Beethoven: - Piano Sonata No.15 in D Major, op.28 "Pastoral"
Liszt: - Nuages Gris
- Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude

Sunday 11 May 2014
Finghin Collins (piano)
Haydn - Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49
Schumann - Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26
Chopin - Twelve Etudes Op. 25
Finghin Collins (piano)
Haydn - Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI:49
Schumann - Carnival Scenes from Vienna, Op. 26
Chopin - Twelve Etudes Op. 25
Sunday 23rd March 2014

Sunday 16th February 2014
Alessandro Taverna
Felix Mendelssohn: Venetianische Gondellied from Songs without Words
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean, from Miroirs
Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli & La Lugubre Gondola
Claude Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse & Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
Igor Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de”Petrouchka”
Alessandro Taverna
Felix Mendelssohn: Venetianische Gondellied from Songs without Words
Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean, from Miroirs
Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli & La Lugubre Gondola
Claude Debussy: L’Isle Joyeuse & Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
Igor Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de”Petrouchka”
Sunday 1st December 2013 at 3pm

Music Network Presents
Benjamin Britten as I knew him: A Musical Portrait
by John Elwes with Finghin Collins and Brian O'Kane
Sunday 13th October 2013 - Fiachra Garvey (Piano)

Brahms - Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1
Clara Schumann - Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op. 20
Lachenmann - 5 Variations on a Theme of Schubert
Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 8 in Bb Op. 84
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July 2013 - The Adventures of the Three Bold Babes.

A play for children (age range 3 to 90) based on the illustrated book by Rosamond Praeger performed in the gardens and woods at Anaverna.
Directed by Sharon McArdle with costumes designed by Leanne Mullen.
Doc Lavery as the Wicked King
Alvaro Lucchesi as the Lazy Vagabond
John Noonan as the Giant
Lord Bellew as the Bad Old Knight
Directed by Sharon McArdle with costumes designed by Leanne Mullen.
Doc Lavery as the Wicked King
Alvaro Lucchesi as the Lazy Vagabond
John Noonan as the Giant
Lord Bellew as the Bad Old Knight

Saturday 2nd March 2013 . Pat Coldrick
Pat played his own compositions and arrangements as well as works by Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Isaac Albeniz, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Mozart.
Friday 7th December 2012
Art Exhibition. French Artists, Thierry Faure & his son Antoine Faure - oil and watercolor paintings, inspired by their passions for horses, jazz & cabaret.
MICHAEL McHALE – Piano

Music by Schubert, Liszt, John Field and William V Wallace. Also works by contemporary Irish composers Philip Hammond, Donnacha Dennehy and Garrett Sholdice - and Michael’s own arrangement of traditional Irish airs.

Sunday 2nd September at 3pm
Jane Rooney, accompanied by Sean Rooney. Songs by Henry Purcell, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Michael Head and William Walton.
Thursday 30th August at 8pm – Mary Quinn

Music by Elgar, Tartini, Haydn and Ravel
Sunday 30th September at 3pm

Village Wooing by George Bernard Shaw
Starring Peter Gaynor and Rebecca Grimes. Directed by Michael James Ford.
Starring Peter Gaynor and Rebecca Grimes. Directed by Michael James Ford.
Sunday 14 October, 3pm –
Evan Christopher

Evan Christopher - clarinet, David Blenkhorn - solo guitar, Dave Kelbie - rhythm guitar, Sébastien Girardot – bass.
A mêlée of gypsy swing, New Orleans collective improvisation, and what Jelly Roll Morton called the ‘Spanish tinge’, with the rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Evan Christopher is reputed to be the greatest Jazz Clarinetist alive.
A mêlée of gypsy swing, New Orleans collective improvisation, and what Jelly Roll Morton called the ‘Spanish tinge’, with the rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Evan Christopher is reputed to be the greatest Jazz Clarinetist alive.
We have concerts (mostly classical but sometimes jazz or traditional music) and plays at Anaverna.