News
Kintra are the best export we will be sending from the North West...this is one of the best phenomenon that has come out of Donegal and Tyrone ever. Jim Devenney - Monreagh Heritage Centre
An Grianan Theatre with the Alley Theatre presents the Border Crossings Summer School
Posted July 10
Border Crossings Summer School is a new initiative funded by Peace III and administered by An Grianan Theatre Letterkenny in partnership with The Alley Theatre Strabane. This two week summer school running from 24th July to 7th August 2010 boasts Concerts, Masterclasses and Workshops reflecting the Scottish and Irish traditions of music, dance and storytelling. Students will be tutored by Georgina Kee and Matt McGranaghan and this will culminate in the students delivering two performances - one in An Grianan, and one in The Alley - supporting Kintra's main performance.
Come and see for yourself how exhilarating and memorable this fusion of cultures is at one of Kintra’s four gala concerts on Sat 24 July and Sun 1 and Fri 6 August at An Grianan, Letterkenny and Sat 7 August at the Alley Theatre, Strabane. This is an exciting new venture encouraging a coming together of communities and a celebration of our future.
St.Patrick's Celebrations at Parliament Buildings
Posted March 10
Kintra have just returned from Parliament Buildings, Stormont for the annual St.Patrick's Day Celebrations where they performed for their second successive year. The event was hosted by the Speaker of the NI Assembly, Mr.William Hay MLA and this year the theme was 'Recognising the Contribution of Women to the Life of Northern Ireland.' Over 260 invited guests gathered in the Great Hall including the Romanian Ambassador Dr.Ion Jinga, Mrs.Arelene Foster MLA, Dame Mary Peters, and the Rev Dr Ian Paisley, MP, MEP and his wife Baroness Paisley.
Kintra would like to express their thanks to the Speaker, to Frances and Dermot and to all the staff at Parliament Buildings for their warm hospitality and generous help during their visit.
Seasons Greetings from Kintra
Posted December 09
Kintra would like to take this opportunity to wish all our fans a Very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful & Prosperous New Year. We would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us in 2009 and especially during our World Tour of the Northwest from October!
We look forward to 2010 which is looking to be a very exciting year for Kintra.
Kintra Perform at Áras an Uachtarain
Posted July 09
On 12th of July Kintra had the amazing opportunity of performing for President McAleese & Dr.McAleese at Áras an Uachtarain for the annual 12th of July Celebrations alongside the band of An Garda Siochana and the Pipes & Drums of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Kintra were chosen to perform as their show represents the coming together of the communities. Master of Ceremonies for the evening was RTE's Bryan Dobson. Kintra's 15 minute performance received a standing ovation from the 400 members of the audience which included Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the PSNI, Fachtna Murphy, Commissioner of An Garda Siochana and Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces Lt General Dermot Earley.
Kintra would like to thank everyone at Áras an Uachtarain for their hospitality during our stay.
Kintra Announce New Dates for Autumn 2009
Posted July 09
Due to the overwhelming support we have been receiving, Kintra are pleased to announce three upcoming shows in Derry, Donegal and Tyrone for the Autumn. We will be performing in the Waterside Theatre, Derry on the 1st of October, An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny on the 29th of October and The Strule Arts Centre on the 26th of November. We are delighted that our good friend Tom Sweeney will be with us each night to deliver his unique blend of story-telling and ballad singing. Information for the venues can be found on our Performances page.
St.Patrick's Day Celebrations
Posted March 09
What amazing St.Patrick's Day celebrations we had! We performed in Government Buildings on the 14th March for the Northern Ireland Assembly at their annual St.Patrick's Day Celebration. The guests must have been on our website reading about our show in the Alley theatre because they responded to Kintra with two standing ovations! It was such an honour for the team to be invited by the Speaker of the House, William Hay MLA, to headline the event.
On St.Patrick's day, Kintra headlined the celebrations in Omagh after the succesful parade in the town. It was a real privilege to be invited and to perform for the few thousand people who waited to hear us. Thanks to everyone who took time to say hello afterwards and especially to those people who send us emails.
We love to hear from everyone and Kintra sincerely appreciate the support people are giving us.
Kintra at the Alley and Harvey's Point
Posted February 09
Kintra would like to thank everyone who attended our sell-out show recently in the Alley Theatre. We had a magical evening and were thrilled with the two standing ovations we received. Kintra also had a wonderful evening at the Burn's Supper in Harvey's Point in January. It was a magnificent celebration of the 250th anniversary of Burns' life and we all enjoyed the company and music of the Gary Blair Ceili Band from Scotland. Thank you to everyone who has contacted us and emailed us with their regards and thanks.
Other News
Kintra Mailing List
Some people have been enquiring about a mailing list. We are pleased to announce that this facility will be available shortly and is due by mid August 09. If you would like to be added to our mailing list then we would appreciate if you could email us and we can begin to get it up and running, until then, please keep visiting us and keeping an eye on the Performances page. If you have any photographs of Kintra performing, we would love to see them.
Kintra on Facebook & MySpace
Kintra can now be found on Facebook and we would love to connect and hear from our fans there. We also have a MySpace page up and running and look forward to connecting with as many people as possible.