{"id":4801,"date":"2025-02-18T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=4801"},"modified":"2025-02-22T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:23:46","slug":"18-ballads-from-ulysses","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/events\/18-ballads-from-ulysses\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Ballads from Ulysses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>21 February 2025 at 6.30pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4047\" style=\"width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image.png 548w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Join us at the James Joyce Centre on&nbsp;<strong>Friday, February 21st at 6.30pm<\/strong>&nbsp;for another delightful performance of&nbsp;<strong><em>18&nbsp;Ballads&nbsp;from James Joyce&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/em>Ulysses<\/strong>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<strong>Val O\u2019Donnell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collection of new ballads, based on characters featured in James Joyce\u2019s masterpiece\u00a0<em>Ulysses<\/em>, was published in 2024. The collection consists of eighteen ballads written by Val O\u2019Donnell and set to airs of music which are referred to in\u00a0<em>Ulysses\u00a0<\/em>or in other works of James Joyce. The collection includes short quotes from\u00a0<em>Ulysses<\/em>, a note on the music and suggestions for accessing the original sheet music and performances of the airs chosen for the ballads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an inaugural performance on October 8th 2024, the James Joyce Centre is honoured to host another performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Admission is \u20ac10. Doors open at 6pm.\u00a0<\/strong>Copies of\u00a0<em>18 Ballads from James Joyce\u2019s Ulysses<\/em>\u00a0will be on sale at the event (\u20ac10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Val<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Val-ODonnell-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4806\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Val-ODonnell-Headshot.png 723w, https:\/\/jamesjoyce.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Val-ODonnell-Headshot-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Val O&#8217;Donnell has a connection with the theatre for over 50 years as an actor, director and adaptor of Irish literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, Val established The JoyceStagers theatre company to perform his adaptations from the works of James Joyce. The JoyceStagers have performed &#8220;The Funeral of Paddy Dignam,&#8221; adapted by Val from the 6th episode of\u00a0<em>Ulysses<\/em>, annually on Bloomsday at Glasnevin Cemetary. They have also performed his adaptations from Episodes 8, 12, and 16 at various locations in Dublin around Bloomsday. Val has a lifelong interest in music and plays piano. Email him at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:donnellvalo@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donnellvalo@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ie\/e\/18-ballads-from-james-joyces-ulysses-by-val-odonnell-tickets-1237477401219\" style=\"background-color:#509cc4fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4067,"parent":0,"template":"","event_cats":[13],"class_list":["post-4801","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>18 Ballads from Ulysses - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"18 Ballads from Ulysses - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Performance 21 February 2025 at 6.30pm Join us at the James Joyce Centre on&nbsp;Friday, February 21st at 6.30pm&nbsp;for another delightful performance of&nbsp;18&nbsp;Ballads&nbsp;from James Joyce&#8217;s&nbsp;Ulysses&nbsp;by&nbsp;Val O\u2019Donnell. 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