(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- On Saturday, December 9, 2023, the Sieminski Theater presents Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas - a heartwarming holiday event for the entire family! Performances take place at 3:30pm & 7:30pm.
Drawing on the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage, Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas is a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the West of Ireland in the 1950s. Now in its 28th season, this year’s show features some of the finest, most authentic, exponents of the Celtic arts performing anywhere today, on either side of the Atlantic.
Traditionally, in the remote parish of Teampall an Ghleannáin -Tomáseen Foley’s birthplace - the neighbors gathered at each other’s farmhouses on the nights leading up to Christmas, bringing with them their fiddles, tin whistles, flutes, bodhráns, uilleann pipes, and, perhaps, most important of all, their unshakeable sense of community; to raise the rafters of the old houses with the joy of their music. To knock sparks off the flagstone floor with their traditional dances - and, of course, to tell stories – they filled the night with the laughter of their stories.
A Celtic Christmas invites its audience to come into that cottage, into that world, into that era, with us, and be our neighbors for the night – as the spirit of Christmas dances to life and glows brightly to create an Irish family feast - direct from the rich table of communal life in the west of Ireland.
Located in Basking Ridge, New Jersey on the campus of Fellowship Village (8000 Fellowship Road), the Sieminski Theater is an intimate state-of-the-art venue that offers student and senior discounts, dinner and show packages, and free ample parking. Tickets are available online or by calling the Box Office at 866-307-8532.
