International Women’s Weekend Ringsend/ Irishtown and District 6th/ 7th/ 8th March
As part of the Women’s International Day that will take place all over the world on Sunday 8th March, the Ringsend & District International Women’s Day Committee will host a weekend of pure enjoyment, where women will be spoilt for choice in entertainment, relaxation, mind & body health classes and holistic treatments.
Commencing on Friday night 6th March at 8pm Ringsend/ Irishtown Community Centre will host the launch of the weekend with the highly-acclaimed play ‘Ruby Tuesday’ (see box on right) with a cheese and wine reception.
Tickets for the play will be on sale from the 20th February. Tickets cost €5.00 each and will be available from the Community Centre.
On Saturday 7th March from 12 to 6pm Holistic treatment sessions, Health Assessments, Mind & Body classes are just a few of the programmes that will be on offer in the Spellman Centre and Irishtown Stadium.
Just in case you miss the Saturday, all programmes will be repeated on Sunday 8th March in the Ringsend/ Irishtown Community Centre and Irishtown Stadium from 2pm to 6pm.
‘Ruby Tuesday’
Performed by Rose Henderson (Sr. Assumpta in ‘Father Ted’) and Helen Norton (‘Paths to Freedom’), pictured left. Director Deirdre Molloy.
In her gilded cage out in the leafy suburbs of Dublin, Mrs. T lives the middle class dream in a state of quiet desperation.
Every Tuesday, Ruby, her cleaning lady, calls to clean the house and blow away the cobwebs of Mrs. T’s life with sarcasm, wit and common sense. This keenly observed comedy brings together two women who can never be friends– just dependent on each other for laughter and sanity, while the tail end of Celtic Tiger Ireland disintegrates around them.
As their stories unfold we see how banter and laughter help them to deal with the petty betrayals of children, the cold indifference of a failed marriage and the domestic catastrophes behind the double-glazing, spit and polish.
For more information please contact:
Aideen O’Connor (Dublin City Council Sport & Recreation Officer) 0871271921
Mary Doolin (Spellman Centre) 01 6677666
Lorraine Barry (Ringsend and Irishtown Community Centre) 01 660 4789.