July 3rd 2026

 

2026 Show Cancelled

 

Boyle Musical Society recently announced that it had planned to stage the musical 'The Clockmaker’s Daughter' this November.

 

However, due to a change in personal circumstances affecting a key member of our production team, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's show.

 

We extend our full support and very best wishes to our director Vivienne, her husband John and their family.

 

Organising a production that meets the high standards now expected of BMS is a complex and time-consuming process. At this point in time, with rights secured and all arrangements in place, we would normally be preparing for rehearsals to begin. Unfortunately, given how late it is in the year, starting over is not feasible.

 

Consequently, we are momentarily stopping the pendulum for 'The Clockmaker’s Daughter' and will not be staging a full musical in 2026.

 

We plan to revisit the show in 2027.

 

Boyle Musical Society has always thrived on a strong sense of loyalty, and we trust that our members and the wider community will understand and support this difficult decision.

 

Looking ahead, we hope to unveil exciting projects in the near future, continuing the tradition of enriching the cultural and musical life of Boyle.

 

 

The Boyle Musical Society committee.

 

 

 

June 11th 2026

Boyle Musical Society to stage

‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’

in November

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Boyle Musical Society is delighted to announce that it will stage the atmospheric musical fairytale, ‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’ in November.

 

This brand new spellbinding show is suitable for all the family and it will be staged in St. Joseph’s Hall, Boyle from November 18th to 21st 2026..

 

‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’ is set in the fictitious Irish town of Spindlewood in 1895. A master clockmaker, broken by grief, dares to do the unthinkable: building a lifelike clockwork girl to replace the daughter he lost. But what begins as a tribute soon takes on a life of its own… and some creations refuse to stay hidden…

 

This a story of community in good times and bad, there is sadness and joy, love and hate, hope and curiosity, a bit of jealousy, and fears that can tear everything apart.

 

Not only is the story itself enchanting, but songs such as ‘The Turning of the Key’, ‘You’re Still Here’, and ‘If You Could See My Heart’ are absolutely superb; alternately sweet, uplifting, bittersweet and tragic.

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If you are a fan of musicals like ‘Beauty & the Beast’ or ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, then this is the show for you! With spellbinding music and an abundance of highly energetic dancing and singing, along with plenty of laughter and drama, you could do far worse than joining BMS for this show in the autumn.

 

Auditions and rehearsals will begin in early September and everybody is welcome to join.

 

Look out here and in the local media for more updates over the summer.

 

'The Clockmaker’s Daughter' is an original musical fairytale with music and lyrics by Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn. Presented by arrangement with Keddie Scott Licensing.

For more information on Boyle Musical Society, please follow us on Facebook and Instagram or visit our website www.boylemusicalsociety.com

 

 

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Dec. 23rd 2025

Boyle Musical Society

says Thank You.

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After almost three months of rehearsals and four spectacular performances, on November 22nd we reluctantly lowered the curtain on our 40th show ‘Curtains’.
 

We, the Boyle Musical Society committee would like to extend a very sincere thanks to those from Boyle and beyond, who attended the shows in such large numbers. As our audience, you are the heartbeat of Boyle Musical Society and your cheers, applause and presence every night added the final layer of enchantment to our performances. The capacity houses and standing ovations told us that this show was a massive success and we couldn't have asked for more.

To all the local individuals and businesses that sponsored our show, you are our life blood. Thank you for responding so generously yet again by subscribing to the funding of our show through our GoFundMe page or by sponsoring great prizes. Thanks also to those who contributed either financially or otherwise and were too late for inclusion in our programme. All contributions have been acknowledged on our GoFundMe page.

We would of course like to thank our very talented cast, and especially all those who travelled to join us this year. Thanks to Karen, Anne and Eiméar in our Production team for their outstanding talents and endless energy, not forgetting to mention the stage crew, set builders and painters, light and sound crew, costume, make-up, hair and props teams, front of house team, stewards, raffle and programme sellers, the orchestra, shop assistants, hospitality team and all those who helped out in any way. We are also indebted to the St. Joseph’s Hall committee and Abbey Community College for rehearsal facilities. Special thanks also to Shane Caslin and Tommy Egan for all their assistance and to Skirmante O’Beirne for all her help with the costumes.
 

We are especially grateful to Anna Robertson for co-ordinating our ticket sales and running our booking office and to Roscommon Co. Council and the New Art Gallery at An Rioga, for allowing us to have the use of their premises.

Publicity is vital for any production and we thank all the local publications, Roscommon Herald, Roscommon People, Sligo Champion, Leitrim Observer, Sligo Weekender, Boyle Parish Newsletter and all who made room for our posters and signs. We would also like to thank BoyleToday.com, Charlie McGettigan and Ronan Flanagan at Shannonside Radio and Ciara Hassett at Ros FM. We are very grateful to Benny Morgan for the beautiful photographs and also to Pat Gannon for managing our roadside billboards.
 

From backstage to front of house, we have a fantastic team behind us to ensure that the show runs smoothly every year. Apart from the cast of 41 and committee of 11, there were approximately 50 voluntary, talented and generous people, available to help out in every way possible this year.

As a voluntary organisation, it has always been our intention to showcase the abundance of talent that we have here and to bring a little love, light, magic and music to everybody during the winter. Boyle Musical Society is your Musical Society and it is heart-warming to see that the community spirit in Boyle continues to thrive.
 

'Curtains' will be 'A Tough Act To Follow' as the song says, but as always we get to dream it all up again, and early in the new year we will be looking at ideas for our next show!