News: SHACKLETON CENTENARY EVENT IN DUBLIN
SHACKLETON CENTENARY EVENT 1911-2011
‘NEAREST THE SOUTH POLE’
Monday February 21st 2011 at 6.30pm (sharp).
The Rotunda Pillar Room, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Admission 10 euro strictly by ticket. Available from the Friends of the Rotunda Charity (CHY 240). Proceeds from the event in aid of the Rotunda Hospital’s Clinical Research Fund.
A multimedia event commemorating ‘Nearest the South Pole’, an illustrated lecture by Sir Ernest Shackleton based on the Nimrod South Pole Expedition given in theRotunda Buildings on February 21st 1911.
During the evening various aspects of both the Antarctic and Arctic regions will be explored and also a spotlight will be cast on the lives of the great Irish explorers Ernest Shackleton and Francis Leopold McLintock (The Lord Franklin Expedition) along with music – theatre, illustrated talks, poetry, song and contemporary newspaper readings. ‘Where a single footprint lasts a thousand years’ , a piece of music-theatre, composed by Michael Holohan and performed by Donal O’Kelly,
Simon O’Dwyer and Michael Holohan will round off the evening’s proceedings.
A unique group of participants will include
Jonathan Shackleton ……………. relative, biologist, explorer.
Neale Webb …………… relative, actor.
Dermot Somers ……………………. explorer, writer, broadcaster.
Donal O’Kelly……………………… playwright, actor.
Joseph Woods ……………………… poet.
Gerry Cullen ……………………… singer, ex. Voice Squad.
Breifne Holohan………………….. guitarist.
Simon O’Dwyer…………………. musician, Prehistoric Music Ireland
Michael Holohan………………… composer, musician
Supported by The Friends of the Rotunda, Dublin City Council, Dublin Unesco City of Literature, The Shackleton International Autumn School, Droichead Arts Centre.
Contacts: Sheila Thompson 01-8722377
friends@rotunda.ie www.friendsoftherotunda.ie
Michael Holohan 041-9839798 087-2139109
NB. The same event will be repeated in the Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda on Monday February 28th 2011 at 8pm in aid of ‘Drogheda Cares at Christmas’.