SATURDAY 19TH MAY 10.30am – 1.30pm €15 CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ROBYN ROLAND Slán abhaile. Leaving home - finding home. Writing out the experience of exile, emigration, immigration and belonging. This workshop considers the histories of emigration and immigration. It covers the meaning of land, people and spiritual practice and what those losses involve, particularly the loss of language. Experiences involved in arriving in a new land are considered, and firmly relate to the reasons for departure. Memory, stories, song carry the past, and we consider how this happens. The workshop will involve a talk by Robyn and ...
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DANCE SUNDAY 20TH MAY 12pm €20 CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOP WITH DANCER MICHELLE BOULE Suitable for anyone with movement/dance experience whether it's yoga, tai chi, ballet etc. She'll work with all levels and all ages - involves individual improvised movement, warm up exercises and contact improvisation as well as a presentation on Body Talk at the end. Michelle Boulé is a dance artist, teacher, and BodyTalk practitioner based in New York. She has been performing and teaching internationally over the last 13 years. Since 2001 she has worked with Miguel ...
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Wednesday 23rd May 8.30pm €16/€14Cheery Wild Theatre in association with Ten42 Productions present LOVE ALLWinner of 2011 Clonmel Junction Festival ‘Judges Choice Award’ Love All is a comedy about love, murder and… tennis! From the Wimbledon finals to the hangman’s noose, this is the true and terrible tale of Irish sporting legend Vere St. Ledger Gould and his mercenary wife Marie Violet. A whopping great hangover kept Goold from the Wimbledon prize, while a head in a hat box almost sent him to the gallows... The electrifying new theatre company Cheery Wild, have starched theirwhites, re-stretched their racquets and are ready to serve a virtuoso volley of Victorian melodrama.… Theaward-winning company deliver a hilarious, rapid-fire, homicidal train ride from passion to pandemonium.... And if you’re luckyyou might even get strawberries and cream along the way. Two struggling players, a trunk of props, and a ludicrous soundtrack combine ...
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The Space @ The Dock presentsR.S.A.G. for another late night extravaganza!
Rarely Seen Above Ground (R.S.A.G.) aka Jeremy Hickey is a multi-instrumentalist hailing from Kilkenny City who delivers a mind melting live sound and visual show!
Tuesday 29th May 11.30am €5Classic Cinema Club presents:BRIGADOON
The last in our Gene Kelly season of Classic Cinema at The Dock, in association with Cinema North West, presents “Brigadoon”Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbour a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
Starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and CydChariss and directed by Vincent Minnelli.Tea, coffee and biscuits are included in the cover charge
9.30 am : 5-7 yr olds
11am : 8-10 yr olds
1pm : 11-12 yr olds
However, the groups can be of mixed ages if it suits the schools better
NIALL DE BÚRCA
The ever-popular Niall de Búrca returns to enthral us with his his tales from the
length and breadth of Ireland. Using his voice with the skill of a true craftsman,
de Búrca makes the characters in his stories come alive for all to see. His tales
of giants, goblins, elves and fairies will have you at the edge of your seat!
He is one of Ireland’s finest traditional storytellers, combining tremendous
energy and humour with the sheer joy of language. He has featured in theatre,
radio, television and at festivals throughout Ireland and overseas. Using both
original and traditional material he brings to The Dock some of his favourite
tales for primary school children of all ages.
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THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER
Adapted and Performed by Des Keogh
From Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer by John B Keane
‘Fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious’ New York Times
DES KEOGH, one of Ireland’s foremost actors and entertainers, returns with his hugely successful and award winning show THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER by JOHN B KEANE.
DES BISHOP LIKES TO BANG
DES BISHOP comes to Carrick with a banging new show
Des Bishop is back, he likes to bang the drums, and he’s not afraid toshow it. Combining his love of hip hop, strong jokes, audienceparticipation and a newfound passion for drumming, Des has fun withwordplay in his brand new stand-up show. ‘Charismatic, sincere, eloquent and always seeking the angle’ Chortle ‘Funny, erudite and effortlessly delivered’ The Scotsman, UK