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MCS UPDATE & Halloween Ball 2021

9/27/2021

After much consideration and conversation, the Marian Choral Society committee have come to the decision to not stage a production this October. This decision was not made easily, but due to uncertainty on COVID regulations in the arts, we thought this was the right decision until there is further government guidance.

However, we would like to give our members, friends and people in the town of Tuam a night to remember!
On what would normally be our closing night of show week, we are hosting a HALLOWEEN BALL, with live music from The Fascination, in the Ard Rí House hotel, Tuam on Saturday October 30th! Doors open at 7:30pm, with music starting from 8pm!
There will be prizes on the night for best fancy dress, so dust off the cobwebs on those witches hats, vampire teeth and other costumes to make this Halloween a spooky one!!!

Tickets are €10, and will be available for purchase online now @ https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mcs-halloween-ball-tickets-180185669187!

Keep up to date on all of our social media - Facebook, Instagram (@marianchoralsocietytuam) and Twitter (@MCSTuam)

AIMS 2020

9/20/2020

HUGE Congratulations to our choreographer Aoife McClafferty and our leading man Niall Conway for their wins at AIMS 2020 for Best Choreography and Best Comedian respectively! We are absolutely thrilled for you both! Well deserved on both accounts!

We would also like to congratulate MCS member Eoin Mullins on winning Best Male Singer with Ballinrobe MS, and past MCS member Shane Kelly on winning Best Actor with Portlaoise MS. Well done everyone!!

Statement regarding MCS 2020 Production of 'Little Women'

6/12/2020

AIMS Nominations 2020

5/25/2020

Some good news from the Marian Choral Society! 😁🎉

We have just received 2 AIMS nominations today for our 2019 production of 'The Producers': Best Choreography (thanks to our amazing Choreographer Aoife McClafferty for all her dedication and hard work, she has always gave her all and this nom is for her!!) and Best Comedian to Niall Conway as 'Max Bialystock!’ It is great to have some good news on the theatre front these days! 🎭

We also congratulate past & present members Eoin Mullins, Shane Kelly and Alan Greaney on their nominations with other societies!

We wish we could celebrate in style with everyone! 🎉🎉
Best of luck to all for the awards in September! 🎭🤞🏼

Meet the Production Team for 2020!

3/22/2020

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!

We are delighted to announce our Production team for 2020!

We welcome back Shane Farrell as Musical Director! It’s always a pleasure working with Shane and we can’t wait to get going again!

We also welcome Ronan Lardner back to MCS as he takes on the role of Director and Choreographer for our 2020 production! We’re excited to work with you!

Our 2020 production is shaping up to be as good as ever!!

Want to see what the production team have to say about our 2020 production of 'Little Women?' Click here to find out!

MCS Proudly Presents....

3/22/2020

(Click the poster to watch our announcement video!)
Marian Choral Society Tuam proudly presents ‘Little Women the Broadway Musical!’
Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1868 semi-autobiographical novel, with a book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, the story focuses on the four March sisters— traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy,— and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts while their father is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.

We are delighted to bring this show to the Tuam stage from 27th-31st October. Ronan Lardner directs and choreographs with the return of Shane Farrell as Musical Director. Audition details will be announced soon.

A.G.M. News 2020

2/12/2020

Our Annual General Meeting was held in the Corralea Court Hotel last night, Tuesday 11th February with a great attendance.
We are delighted to announce our committee for the coming year 2020:
Chairperson: Stuart Barrows
Vice Chairperson: Keith Fleming
Secretary: Emer Kelly
Asst. Secretary: Clodagh Ruane
Treasurer: Denise Burke
Asst. Treasurer: Norman Quinn
P.R.O: Aoife Doyle
Asst. P.R.O: Eimear Kealy
Other Committee Members: Shane McDonagh & Sean Callaghan

We would like to thank outgoing committee members Liam Kelly, John Duggan, Louis Brennen, Chloe Donnellan & Laura Hurley for all of the work they have given to MCS throughout the years. We would also like to welcome aboard new committee members Norman Quinn, Sean Callaghan, Eimear Kealy & Clodagh Ruane.

We would like to thank all members and friends of the society for their continued support throughout the year of 2019.

We have an exciting announcement coming later today regarding our production team for 2020, so don’t forget to follow us on Facebook & Instagram to stay updated! We look forward to another wonderful musical year ahead!

'Goodbye!' from THe Producers

11/3/2019

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was involved in our production of 'The Producers' in every way. We had so much fun over the past 9 weeks and we had an amazing show week!

A massive thank you you to our audience each night, you were fantastic. It was great to see so many past members and friends of the society there - your support is always appreciated!! We hope you loved the performance as much as we loved performing this hilarious show to you all. We are a very proud society today 😊🎭🎼

MCS Presents: The Greatest Shows

5/5/2019

Wow! What a weekend we've had!
'The Greatest Shows' was a huge success, with all ages uniting on stage to do the one thing they all love - performing for others!

Thank you so much to our audiences who supported us the last two nights in The Mall Theatre here in Tuam. There would have been no show without you!

Thank you to our wonderful band, led by Padhraig Madden, for the fantastic music; Mike ‘Mixer’ Connolly (Stable Productions) for providing sound for us; Enda Burke for the lighting; John Mulrooney and Enda Burke in the Mall Theatre; Emer Ní Cheallaigh for all her hard work as chorus mistress and conducting both nights; Alan Bradburn in the Corralea Court Hotel for the rehearsal space and refreshments Friday night; Ca Farragher in the Abbey Tavern for the refreshments and hospitality Saturday night; Eugene Finnegan for helping with the set up of the stage; Phonebooth.ie for sponsoring the printing of posters, tickets and programmes; Quinn's Shop, the Tuam Herald, St Jarlath's College & Galway Bay FM for their continued support.

We hope you enjoyed the concert as much as we enjoyed performing for you all! We are very proud of our society and all its members!

We made Made in Dagenham!

11/6/2018

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was involved in our production of 'Made In Dagenham' in every way. We had so much fun over the past 9 weeks and we had an amazing show week!
A massive thank you you to our audience each night, you were fantastic. It was great to see so many past members and friends of the society there - your support is always appreciated!! We hope you loved the show as much as we loved performing this Irish Première to you all. We are a very proud society today 😊🎭🎼
Photo Credit: Jacinta Fahy & Johnny Ryan Photography
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