Local Tipperary arts centre announces exciting acts for October

The Ora Quartet with Siún Milne, violin; Molly O’Shea, violin; Robin Panter, viola and Yseult Cooper-Stockdale, cello; perform a selection of works in this afternoon recital at The Source.

The Ora Quartet, made up of some of Ireland’s most sought-after chamber musicians and collaborators, was founded in 2023.

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Members Siún Milne, Molly O’Shea, Ali Comerford and Yseult Cooper Stockdale formed the group after enjoying performing alongside each other for several years with a variety of ensembles, including the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Ficino Ensemble, and Kirkos Ensemble.

Since the quartet’s inaugural concert at Fuddlefest of August ‘23, the group has gone on to perform several NSQF National Tours and has been broadcast on Lyric FM.

Ora particularly enjoy collaborative work, and curating programmes with a diverse range of artists and genres.

Recent concerts include a series in the Everyman, Cork, working with extraordinary artists such as Mezzo-Soprano Niamh O’Sullivan, performing new arrangements by Cormac McCarthy for traditional singer Hammy Hamilton and String Quartet at the Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Bhúirne, and recording an album of new works written especially for the group with singer-songwriter James Smith.

Championing the performance and creation of new works for quartet, Ora has workshopped pieces with composers Emma O’Halloran and Alex Dowling and looks forward to working with the composition faculty of the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2026.

The event takes place on Friday, October 10, getting underway at 2pm.

Tickets for the show cost €17.

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Following up his Sold-Out tour in 2023/24, Al Porter is back with ‘Al Porter’s Algorithm,’ where his unique brand of exciting, energetic, and fun-loving comedy meets his most relatable stories ever.

Why does Instagram think he needs to get assessed?

Can you learn to love renting in a house share?

Can his parents deal with empty nest syndrome?

Why is his brother the golden child? And much more.

One of few Irish comics ever nominated for a Perrier Award, like Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran before him, Al’s 2023/24 show “Now” was critically acclaimed with reviews like, “Gloriously upbeat! No self-pity… Irrepressible stand-up storytelling (Chortle, four stars) and “Dazzling…Brilliant and very funny” (The Scotsman, four stars).
Al Porter’s Algorithm is trying to find a formula for living in a world on fire.

Just like online, in life, you’ll see more of what you pay attention to and Al’s always on the look out for the upside.

The show takes place on Saturday, October 11, at 8pm.

Tickets for the show cost €28.

Advance tickets for all shows are available online at www.thesourceartscentre.ie, or by phone from the box office on 0504 90204.