Popped along to another fab Christmas Panto on Sunday last, this time at the Lark Theatre in Balbriggan. The Irish Institute of Music & Song and Sean Gilligan Present Jack and The Beanstalk, starring Fair City’s George McMahon as ‘Dan the Man’ and a host of other circuit names to bring this family favourite to life. A beautiful theatre and
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DayOut.ie were invited along to the 2025 Christmas Panto ‘The Snow Queen’ at the Helix Theatre in Dublin. The Snow Queen is produced by the hugely experienced team at TheatreworX Productions and it’s the perfect festive treat for all ages! Creative Director of TheatreworX Claire Tighe, has been producing Christmas Panto events for the past 18 years! Each year they attract top stage
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We were delighted last week to attend Cinderella at The Lark Theatre Balbriggan. Produced by the Irish Institute Of Music and the multi award winning Sean Gilligan, this year’s seasonal Panto was a triumph and is just super fun for the whole family. It’s a beautiful theatre at the Lark and an ideal venue for this family favourite Panto. The theatre
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‘Rapunzel’ is TheatreWorx 2024 Christmas Panto now showing at the Helix in Dublin. We were invited along as guests to the show and had an 18, 15 and 11 year old with us, who all thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Those larger than life characters are back for another hilarious instalment of the seasonal panto run, and this year as always does
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Aqua Splash is located on the banks of Lough Derg in the quiet village of Dromineer. It’s a floating obstacle course on water, complete with floating trampoline and giant slide. Dromineer is on the Tipperary side of Lough Derg and less than 30 minutes drive from Nenagh. I’ve been all around the country reviewing day out experiences and honestly, this
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On our staycation recently we couldn’t forget about the ‘little ones’ so we searched out some appropriate days out in Tipperary that would suit children under the age of 6. We explained to the older kids that since they had lots of fun going kayaking and paddle boarding, they could just bring a picnic and relax for the day while
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While staying in Nenagh Tipperary recently, we were seeking a nice location that would cater for a family day out offering water activities on Lough Derg. On previous holidays, we had done some kayaking and the gang really wanted to spend some time on the water. We searched the local area and one venue was coming back to us as
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Mespil Hotel Dublin is right in the heart of Dublin city and situated looking onto the Grand Canal. The location is superb with Baggot street right outside and Leeson street and Stephens Green just a short walk away. The hotel offers free parking at the rear, the entrance is at the side of the hotel along the leafy tree lined Burlington Road. It might
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Helix Christmas Panto and family favourite ALADDIN receives the TheatreworX make over in the hilarious 2016 festive panto at the Helix. A laugh a minute performance that guarantees a super day out for families and groups. Directed by Karl Harpur and produced by Claire Tighe, the Helix Panto is a sell out every year and the 2016 festive run looks
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In 2015 DayOut.ie spent a week at Mount Wolseley Holiday Lodges, where we had a 4 bed family lodge. Finding the right place to spend a family holiday is a huge decision. You want a bit of everything and obviously the more amenities and activities on site or near to you the better. Value for money is everything too. Not
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