Help GLAS celebrate its 20th anniversary with a very special evening of theatre.
We launched in the middle of a snow and ice storm in January 2005, with a show about James Joyce. If you were at that first event, get in touch and be our guest at the Aula, College Sismondi, on 29 January for ‘The Humours of Bandon’ starring Margaret McAuliffe.
This award-winning show has toured the world, knocking out audiences in the US after winning plaudits at the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe Festivals. We have long wanted to bring it to Geneva.
Have you ever had a childhood passion that threatened to overwhelm your life? In a world besotted with Riverdance, we meet Annie, a 16-year-old devotee of Irish dancing on the eve of the Irish Open Championships. We share her mind-numbing commitment and burning desire to triumph. Will she win and, if so, in what way?
What the critics said:
- ‘witty and warm’ – The Times
- ‘terrific one woman show..by turns sharp, charming and hilarious’ – The Irish Times
- ‘witty and poignant’ – The Scotsman
- ‘a hilarious and heart warming production that is not to be missed,’ – The Arts Review
- ‘…a delight…Margaret McAuliffe is a star…sit back and enjoy this emotional rollercoaster ride’ – Broadway Baby
And there’s more…
The curtain will first go up on ‘Friends Help You Move‘, a one-act, black comedy about two inept Irish criminals with dreams of a heist beyond their capabilities, written and directed by John Ward. The play won Best Original Script at the FEATS 2024 festival of European theatre in Antwerp and came second in the UK National Drama Festival last year.
This is a collaboration with the Geneva English Drama Society (GEDS) and features a fine cast of John Ward, Daire O’Doherty and Will Fihn Ramsay.
Supporting Gaza
Proceeds from the evening will go to the Gaza School of Music, a branch of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, which continues to teach music and singing to thousands of children trying to find something good in a life that has become precarious and traumatic in the midst of mass killing, hunger, ethnic cleansing and mindless destruction of housing, health facilities and other critical infrastructure. The school building has been severely damaged with the loss of over 400 musical instruments.
Since 2016, with your generosity, we have raised over CHF 39,000 to support the musical education of children aged 6-18 but since the war funds raised go towards providing basic support to homeless students and staff.
Ticket Reservations
Send an email stating your name and the number of tickets required to: bookings@theglas.org
Date: Wednesday 29 January at 19.00 (Ticket collection and refreshments from 18:15)
Tickets: CHF 30 (and CHF 20 for students, retired and unemployed)
Venue: Aula, College Sismondi, 3 Eugene-Rigot
The usual refreshments will be available and the GLAS raffle is sponsored once more by Charly O’Neill’s bar and restaurant.