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1963 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Here is the 152 page season brochure from the 1963 Waterford International Festival of Light Opera.
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1970 – WIFLO Season Brochure
A look back into our WIFLO heritage today and the season brochure from the 1970 Festival, when the festival was truly international and it seemed to have more societies from outside the state competing. A […]
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1977 – WIFLO Season Brochure
One for all the WIFLO fans today, and the season brochure from the 1977 festival. I always feel these are so important to keep – WIFLO was a huge part of our heritage in Waterford. […]
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1978 – WIFLO Season Brochure
It’s great to fill up the history of WIFLO with the season brochures… still a long way to go before I’m even close to it but it’s terrific to get older season brochures into the […]
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1988 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Here is the 1988 season brochure for the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. Operettas were still dominating but a noticeable shift to the more modern show was noticeable this year. Click below to have […]
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1989 – WIFLO Season Brochure
1989 – the year that De La Salle College represented Waterford in the Festival with ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’. Have a browse below.
Flaggy Lane Productions Videos
2006 – Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat – Flaggy Lane
‘Sit Down’ and enjoy this really stunning performance from Ray Collins and Flaggy Lane Productions in the 2006 production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ that swept the boards in the Festival of Light Opera.
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1994 – WIFLO Season Brochure
1994 was the year that De La Salle entered with ‘The King And I’ after scooping the AIMS best show award. We had 2 productions of Chess – Playback Productions and eventual winners Carrick On […]
Edmund Rice CMS Programmes
1996 – WIFLO Season Brochure
In 1996 Stage Fright were doing ‘Chess’, Edmund Rice Choral and Musical Society were presenting ‘The Mikado’ andTramore Combined Schools were performing the premier of ‘Whistle Down The Wind’. It was the most Waterford societies ever […]
Edmund Rice CMS Programmes
1997 – WIFLO Season Brochure
These season brochures are so important to archive. This year our sole Waterford representative was the Edmund Rice Choral And Musical Society with Iolanthe. Mind you our near neighbours from Carrick On Suir were down […]
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1999 – WIFLO Season Brochure
1999 featured no Waterford Shows in the line-up – it is however always good to add in new WIFLO stuff to the archive! Have a browse! Added to the WIFLO archive here.
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2000 – WIFLO SEASON BROCHURE
This was the year when Bryan Flynn brought his Waterford production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ into the festival with a host of local and national talent. Have a browse – it’s all in here with […]
Flaggy Lane Productions Show Programmes
2005 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Today we have the season brochure from WIFLO 2005 when Flaggy Lane Productions became the first Waterford Society to win the Festival with ‘Singing In The Rain’.. a feat they were to repeat in 2006 […]
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2010 – WIFLO 50th Anniversary Season Brochure
In 2010 WIFLO turned 50. It was hard to believe that just 2 short years later it would all be gone, and in my opinion is one of the greatest tragedies in Waterford Theatre that […]
WIFLO
The Waterford International Festival of Light Opera (WIFLO)
The Waterford International Festival of Light Opera or WIFLO as it was more affectionately known was one of the main reasons (the other being The Tops) that Waterford enjoyed a status of being the ‘Mecca’ […]
Flaggy Lane Productions Videos
2005 – Singing In The Rain – Good Morning
Another video that was requested and very popular on our first stream was ‘Good Morning’ from ‘Singing In The Rain’, Flaggy Lane Productions 2005 WIFLO winning production. Here it is in all it’s glory featuring […]
Posts with Audio
1995 – OLIVER! Live recording from the 1995 Festival of Light Opera
Today’s update is a pretty special one. Not much remains of the show video and image wise, but this recording of a live broadcast of Oliver! that WLR put out the night it was on […]
Flaggy Lane Productions Videos
2005 – Broadway Melody from ‘Singing In The Rain’
A clip from the ‘Singing In The Rain’ that took the WIFLO honours in 2005 from our own Flaggy Lane Productions… this is ‘Broadway Melody’ – enjoy!
Some Posts From The Archives
The first Waterford International Festival of Light Opera – 1959 Press Coverage
Back in 1959 the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera was a huge deal that involved the entire city. Reading through this selection of press clippings and looking at the photos will give you some […]
Drama
Little Red Kettle (1986 – present day)
Little Red Kettle is a youth-based theatre company that services Waterford City and County with it’s inclusive, interactive and educational programmes, through the medium of theatre and drama. Established in the ’80s the company has […]
Musical
The South Eastern Group Win the 2012 Festival
Billy McCathy featured the stunning win by the South Eastern Theatre Group on Deise AM, May 13th 2012. Also joining him is Liam Murphy of the Munster Express.