Curtain Up on 25
The Market Place is 25 and we’re very proud of the part we play in our community.
Join us as we host a special performance to celebrate a quarter of a century of bringing the best in entertainment to Armagh City.
We’re delighted to welcome a host of local and national performers to our main stage to celebrate their part in our 25-year history. This is a show not to be missed!
- Market Place favourites and rock royalty, The Pat McManus Band will showcase their own brand of blues rock with favourites old and new.
- Get ready to shake, rattle and roll with The Soda Popz and their fabulous Rock ’n’ Roll tribute.
- Marvel at the music of Armagh’s own Brian Finnegan, hailed as one of the most unique and progressive voices in Irish music. Brian will perform alongside members of the renowned Armagh Pipers Club.
- Relax to the sounds of one of Northern Ireland’s leading internationally acclaimed classical musicians, pianist Ruth McGinley.
- Armagh Theatre Group take to their hometown stage with a showcase of their acting talent.
- The Dynamos will light up the stage with your favourite ABBA hits, brilliant choreography, eye catching costumes and even some audience participation!
- Singing sensations Eoin Mallon and Claudia Clendinning will hit the high notes with a medley of musical favourites and watch out for a rather special finale!
- Many more special performances from local and national artists including a specially choregraphed Irish Dance and Highland Dance showpiece.
Saturday March 1, 2025
7.30pm | £20.00
Menopause The Musical 2 – Cruising Through Menopause
Starring Carli Norris (Doctors, Hollyoaks, Eastenders), Maureen Nolan (The Nolans), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty) and Daniele Coombe (West End Star), we present the final Irish tour of the smash-hit Menopause the Musical 2 – Cruising Through Menopause. In this hilarious sequel to our sell-out hit Menopause the Musical®, we fast forward five years to catch up with the same four characters for tales of their lives, loves and losses as they set off on the high seas.
Hot flushes, mood swings, memory lapses and weight gain Cruising Through Menopause is truly funny, heartfelt and reassuring look at the “joys” of menopause. When your life is a bumpy ride full of twists and turns, it’s hard to find and keep true friends. But step on board and we’ll take you on a trip of self-discovery, love and friendship all backed by a soundtrack of hysterical parodied hits!
For these four ladies the menopause was not the beginning of the end, but the beginning of a beautiful friendship where love conquers, and friendships never fail.
Wednesday March 5, 2025
6pm and 8.30pm | £32.50
A Night at The Opry
A fantastic evening with three of Ireland’s biggest and best Country stars as they present some of the most well know hit songs of Country Music.
Sing along with iconic hits from Don Williams, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, John Denver, Hank Williams, Jim Reeves, Vince Gill and many more.
Johnny Brady, Claudia Buckley and John Hogan will showcase songs such as ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’, ‘Coat Of Many Colours’, ‘Ring of Fire’, ‘Blanket on the Ground’, plus a whole host of hit Country songs from 1950’s right through to today!
With a few stories and some fun moments, come along, sit back and sing along to your favourite Country Music Hit songs, with Ireland’s brightest and best!
Thursday March 6, 2025
8pm | £27.50
Give My Head Peace
After numerous sell-out tours across Northern Ireland last year, the Give My Head Peace team return to the stage with a brand-new live show for 2025.
You will meet your favourite characters from Ulster’s best-loved dysfunctional family. Da, Cal, Ma, Dympna, Billy the Peeler, Pastor Begbie and Sandy the Kneebreakers barman.
There will be up to the minute satire, top class stand-up from Tim McGarry, silly plots and the occasional song.
Give My Head Peace is a firm favourite for all the family. It’s a night of riotous fun with guaranteed laughs. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Wednesday March 12 and Thursday March 13, 2025
8pm | £27.50
Colin Murphy: ‘Murphy Beaucoup’
After his sell out dates with his Colinization and Whatchamacolin tours, Colin is back out on the road in 2025 with his hilarious new show Murphy Beaucoup!
He examines, amongst many other things, dog poo etiquette, living in the future and being on the same planet as other humans who have the bare faced cheek to be younger than you.
There will be a lot of the usual winging it with the audience, gratuitous swearing and scenes of a sexual nature.
Contains strong language and adult material. Age 16+
Saturday March 15 2025
8pm | £20.00
JigJAZZ
JigJAZZ is a new contemporary Irish dance show featuring world champion Irish dancers.
Combining traditional Irish dance with elements of tap and jazz, this high energy masterpiece is accompanied by superior singers and musicians to make it an enjoyable and memorable night.
Sunday March 16, 2025
7pm | £22.50
Jason Byrne: “No Show”
In 1935 Erwin Schrodinger placed comedian Jason Byrne in a venue with an audience and closed the doors. Was there a show or NO SHOW. For those outside without tickets there was simultaneously a show and NO SHOW.
Don’t be outside. Get a ticket and watch the master of comic creativity and audience interaction create a show from NO SHOW.
Friday March 21, 2025
8pm | £24.00
Teddy’s Best Friend
Eddy the Teddy and Sammy Ragdoll are best of friends. However, they have a silly argument and Eddy decides he’ll go and get a new best friend.
Eddy discovers that finding a new best friend isn’t so easy. Everyone he meets has their bad points as well as good. Of course no one matches up to Sammy.
Sammy is missing Eddy too so by the end of the show they are best friends again. The show uses many elements of theatre, mime, puppetry and songs to join in with.
It’s a perfect introduction to live entertainment for children who’ve never been to a show before, and a welcome return for Eddy the Teddy’s young fans.
Suitable for children aged 6 years and under.
Wednesday March 26, 2025
10am | £6.00 with teachers free
Disney’s Beauty and The Beast
Following their incredible run of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, Building Bridges Community Arts Theatre returns with a timeless classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, featuring the songs and characters from the Disney movie we all know and love.
In this enchanting tale, a selfish prince is transformed into a fearsome beast by a vengeful enchantress. To break the curse, he must find true love before the last petal falls from an enchanted rose or be doomed to spend life as a beast forever. When Belle, a headstrong young woman, stumbles upon the beast’s castle, she encounters a host of unforgettable characters and a chance to lift the spell. But can Belle see beyond the beast’s terrifying exterior? Will she choose to love him, or will she condemn the castle and its inhabitants to a life of despair? For who could ever learn to love a beast?
Thursday March 27 and Friday March 28, 2025
7.30pm | £16.00
Saturday March 29 Matinee
2pm and 7.30pm | £16.00
