Des Manahan
2003 – Finale from ‘The Memory Lingers On’ – WIFLO Final night.
Here is the finale from ‘The Memory Lingers On’ – presented as the final night of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera by Tara Anne Byrne.
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1962 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Here is the 1962 Season brochure from WIFLO. Click below to have a browse.
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1964 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Back to 1964 and a real rarity – the season brochure from the Festival of Light Opera. There’s 156 pages of pictures, shows and even adverts from old shops to look at (sometimes the adverts […]
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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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1974 – WIFLO Season Brochure
This is a rather unusual programme for WIFLO – it merely lists the shows and has all the usual paraphernalia with committees and lists etc… but has no actual details for the show casts etc. […]
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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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1979 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Back 39 years to 1979 today and the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera season brochure – have a look! Click below to browse.
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1986 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Here is another one of those vintage WIFLO season Brochures – this time it’s from 1986. Have a browse below.
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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.
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1991 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Here is the 1991 Season Brochure from the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. No Waterford entry that particular year, but worth including for completeness. Click below to have a browse.
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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 […]
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1995 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Today I’m adding in the 1995 WIFLO Season Brochure to the archive. In 1995 the Waterford entry was ‘Oliver’ by Stage Fright under the direction of Bryan Flynn. It was to finish as runner up […]
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1996 – WIFLO Season Brochure
In 1996 Stage Fright were doing ‘Chess’, Edmund Rice Choral and Musical Society were presenting ‘The Mikado’ and Tramore Combined Schools were performing the premier of ‘Whistle Down The Wind’. It was the most Waterford societies […]
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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 […]
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2001 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Once again for archiving purposes I like to include the season brochures of WIFLO from time to time. This year – 2001 – the sole Waterford entries were De La Salle College with a production […]
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2002 – WIFLO Season Brochure
2002 was a quiet year for local participation, but Bowler Hat and local choir Lumen provided the final night concert.
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 […]
Flaggy Lane Productions Show Programmes
2006 – WIFLO Season Brochure
2006 was the year when Flaggy Lane lifted the international trophy for the second time in 2 years, and for only the second time out of 3 times in total that a Waterford show won […]
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2007 – WIFLO Season Brochure
Another one of these ever popular WIFLO Season Brochures – this time from 2007. This years WIFLO saw everything from The Mikado to The Most Happy Fella… Click on the Image below to view the […]
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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 […]
South Eastern Programmes
2012 – The last WIFLO Season Brochure
By request here is the final WIFLO Brochure from 2012 – the festival that saw the South Eastern Theatre Group sweep the boards with Les Miserables. The Festival had fallen from 18 shows at its […]
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 […]
New Podcast
Waterford Theatre Podcast – Ep 20 – Des Manahan Part 1.
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 […]
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!
Flaggy Lane Productions Videos
2005 – Singing In The Rain Finale – Flaggy Lane
Here is the finale from the WIFLO winning production of ‘Singing In The Rain’ from Flaggy Lane Productions – an award winning production under the direction of Pat McElwain. It should bring back a few […]
Flaggy Lane Productions Photos
2005 – Singing In The Rain Photo Gallery
In 2005 Flaggy Lane became the first Waterford society to win the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera with their production of ‘Singing In The Rain’. Here is a photo gallery of some production images […]
Posts With Video
WTA 067 – A Day In The Life of WIFLO
This wonderful video (thanks to Clodagh Power) tracks a day in the life of WIFLO when in 2005 the Derby Gilbert & Sullivan company under the direction of multi-award winning Andrew Nicklin allowed the cameras […]
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 […]
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.
Radio Documentary Posts
The Festival – A Radio Documentary
This is the specially made program celebrating the 50th year of the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. Produced and edited by Wayne Brown, narrated by Jamie Beamish it was first broadcast on WLRFM in […]