Here is a great little scene from the 1980 Tops of The Town Banks & Finance show featuring the legendary Des Manahan on guitar with a host of performers singing and playing with him.
Produced by Des Manahan and Ron Burke here is a show programme from one of long forgotten old traditions of Waterford Theatre – the ‘Olde Tyme Music Hall’. Have a browse! 1977 – Olde Tyme […]
From Waterford Musical Societies 2017 production of ‘Man Of La Mancha’ here is the Golden Helmet of Mambrino featuring the late great Des Manahan amongst others.
Featuring the legendary Des Manahan here is a beautiful song from Flaggy Lane’s 2006 award winning production of Guys & Dolls.
From the 1992 Edmund Rice Production here is ‘No Business Like Show Business’ featuring Des Whelan, Peter O’Brien, Des Manahan and Martina Flynn Shanahan.
This interview was recorded in 2015 as part of Matts ‘Keane On People’ season. At the time Des was rehearsing for Theatrebox’s production of ‘West Side Story’. First broadcast on WLR, for more see www.wlrfm.com.
48 minutes of music he loved, extracts from Des talking and performances from Des. First broadcast on WLR on January 25th 2021 at 7pm. For more see www.wlrfm.com
Here is a very popular selection from last Sundays Stream – the ‘Crooners’ scene from the 2010 Variety show featuring Des Manahan, Billy McCarthy, Vicki Graham, Ursula Hauck and Glenn Murphy.
Here is a lovely video from ‘A Night For Billy’ featuring the great Des Manahan and the equally great Vicki Graham performing ‘I Won’t Send Roses’ from Mack & Mabel.
The wonderful Des Manahan in the performance that he later told us all was his final performance on stage. Des plays Gus the Theatre Cat in the South Eastern Theatre Groups ‘Cats’. Well worth a […]
This is the centrepiece scene from the 1980’s Banks & Finance Tops show that reached the national final in the Gaiety Theatre. Des Manahan leads the charge.
Part 3 of 3 of this fascinating chat with Des Manahan – and I have to say I enjoyed every minute of editing and listening to it. This episode is like an ‘any other business’ […]
A day later then advertised – but there you go, thats the way of it sometimes. More chats with the great Des Manahan. This week we talk about The Mikado, Festivals, Tops of the Town, […]
I had the absolute honour of being invited to Des and Monas house this weekend gone to sit down and record some of his memories of days gone by. There is an absolute treasure trove […]
Des Manahan has long been the definitive G&S performer in Waterford and beyond, and in 1996 and 1998 he played one of his favourite parts for the Edmund Rice Choral and Musical Society – Major […]
Here’s Des Manahan with a great comic turn – ‘My Motter’ from ‘The Arcadians’ in 1989.
The first of a three part audio-podcast series with Des Manahan – recent winner of the Waterford News And Star Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award. I spoke to Des the day before he won the […]
It’s wonderful to see extracts like this with the legendary Des Manahan in full flight. A short video – the opening dance and number from the 1992 production of Annie Get Your Gun. It never […]
I’m delighted to share this today and a special thanks to Ollie Breslin from Waterford Youth Arts for access to this video. It’s a video interview that WYA did with Des for a social history […]
In 2000 Red Kettle paired the legendary Anna Manahan with the equally legendary Des Manahan along with a host of other national names with it’s Irish Premier of Brian Foster’s ‘A Miracle In Ballymore’. Here […]
Here is the programme from the Edmund Rice Choral and Musical Society’s production of Oklahoma! way back in 1987. Its actually quite a unique programme because a lot of the production team and cast signed […]
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