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May 2016
Sunday’s Child
MY NAME IS SAOIRSE Rural Ireland, 1987. Saoirse lives in a peach coloured bungalow with her Da and big brother Brendan. Her best friend is Siobhán, who has a glorious fountain of ginger hair, a whisper like a foghorn and distracts all the men at mass. Saoirse prefers running through fields to chasing after boys, but her best friend has other ideas. After a night out drinking with the lads, Saoirse discovers her pregnancy and is forced to set out…
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MY NAME IS SAOIRSE Rural Ireland, 1987. Saoirse lives in a peach coloured bungalow with her Da and big brother Brendan. Her best friend is Siobhán, who has a glorious fountain of ginger hair, a whisper like a foghorn and distracts all the men at mass. Saoirse prefers running through fields to chasing after boys, but her best friend has other ideas. After a night out drinking with the lads, Saoirse discovers her pregnancy and is forced to set out…
Find out more »October 2016
Lempen Puppets
Semi famous puppeteer Frank Stein is busy rehearsing his new show “George the Dragon Slayer” but he’s finding it really difficult with his badly made puppets! He’ll never be famous because his puppets keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Dr Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change this life forever! Creature George emerges from the workshop – innocent and willing to learn, but Frank is…
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Balbir Singh’s choreography retains at its heart an intimate and humane style. Some of the work, has a particular affinity with the rural, as Kathak is itself rooted in rural Indian traditions. Contemporary pieces , such as A Solo Duet, bring a level of conceptual insight that is more often found in larger metropolitan venues. There is a final thrilling combination of performance art and urban culture, featuring UK and EuroChampion ‘flatland’ BMX bike rider Keelan Phillips performing in synchronisation…
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Semi famous puppeteer Frank Stein is busy rehearsing his new show “George the Dragon Slayer” but he’s finding it really difficult with his badly made puppets! He’ll never be famous because his puppets keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Dr Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change this life forever! Creature George emerges from the workshop – innocent and willing to learn, but Frank is…
Find out more »Panta Rai
I Wish Her Well is an intricate performance, combining storytelling, high tempo energy and an evocative sound score by British composer Nathaniel Reed that infuses the performance with melody and atmosphere. It is a captivating production that seeks to move and engage. Act one is based on the stories of four women who are closely related to the dancers, whilst act two is based on the diaries of a 16 year-old girl. She is now an 85 year-old woman who…
Find out more »Panta Rai
I Wish Her Well is an intricate performance, combining storytelling, high tempo energy and an evocative sound score by British composer Nathaniel Reed that infuses the performance with melody and atmosphere. It is a captivating production that seeks to move and engage. Act one is based on the stories of four women who are closely related to the dancers, whilst act two is based on the diaries of a 16 year-old girl. She is now an 85 year-old woman who…
Find out more »Red Moon Road
Red Moon Road, the Winnipeg folk trio is known for surviving adversity, spinning stories into songs and, stunning musicianship. They formed in 2012 by Daniel Jordan, Sheena Rattai and Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner. They have toured extensively, to 7 countries in Europe and North America with ‘Sorrows and Glories’ (their third album, released in Autumn 2015). It has already spent three weeks at number one on the Earshot! National Folk/Roots/Blues Charts and has delighted listeners world wide. Live, Red Moon Road makes…
Find out more »Lempen Puppets
Semi famous puppeteer Frank Stein is busy rehearsing his new show “George the Dragon Slayer” but he’s finding it really difficult with his badly made puppets! He’ll never be famous because his puppets keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Dr Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change this life forever! Creature George emerges from the workshop – innocent and willing to learn, but Frank is…
Find out more »Red Moon Road
Red Moon Road, the Winnipeg folk trio is known for surviving adversity, spinning stories into songs and, stunning musicianship. They formed in 2012 by Daniel Jordan, Sheena Rattai and Daniel Peloquin-Hopfner. They have toured extensively, to 7 countries in Europe and North America with ‘Sorrows and Glories’ (their third album, released in Autumn 2015). It has already spent three weeks at number one on the Earshot! National Folk/Roots/Blues Charts and has delighted listeners world wide. Live, Red Moon Road makes…
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