WATERFORD 18-28 OCTOBER 2018 www.imagineartsfestival.com 2 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 WELCOME TO THE IMAGINE ARTS FESTIVAL’S

Following on from the success of our 2017 festival with the inclusion of Waterford Writers Weekend, Imagine Arts Festival is proud to present to you our 2018 programme. None of this could be possible without the gracious co-operation of our sponsors, the wonderful imagination of our local and international artists and the infinitely inspiring dedication of everyone involved. We ask our audiences to support those businesses that advertise with us, sponsor and facilitate our events. We thank you all and hope you enjoy Imagine Arts Festival 2018. FUNDING PARTNERS

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FESTIVAL FRIENDS Dooleys Hotel, The Granville Hotel, Kinsella Solicitors, The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, Jordan’s Bar, Everett’s Restaurant, The Granary, Tully’s Bar, Thompsons Funeral Directors, The Granary Café and Revolution Bar 3 1. Theatre Royal 2. The Large Room @ City Hall 3. Garter Lane Arts Centre 4. Medieval Museum 5. Goma Gallery 6. St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre 7. Jordans Bar 8. Dooley’s Hotel 18. The Book Centre 9. Downes Bar 19. Revolution Bar 10. The Reginald Bar 20. The Oak Room @ The Munster Bar 11. Central Library 21. Everett’s Restaurant 12. Gaelscoil na nDéise 22. WIT Carriganore 13. Tullys Bar 23. The Rogue Gallery 14. Tramore Garden Centre 24. Shine Discovery 15. Tramore Coastguard 25. Woodfire Pizza Restaurant Cultural Centre 26. La Fontana Restaurant 16. Christchurch Cathedral 27. The Tower Hotel Bistro 17. The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms 28. Momo Restautant 29. Loko Restaurant 4 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 CECELIA AHERN & JOHN BOYNE IN INTERVIEW WITH RICK O’SHEA It’s a rare coincidence when multi- million selling Irish stars Cecelia SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER | 4:00PM Ahern and John Boyne both have CENTRAL LIBRARY | €10 new books out at the same time. Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com Here they’ll be talking about Roar and Ladder To The Stars with RTE’s Rick O’Shea.

RTÉ RADIO 1’s SUNDAY MISCELLANY A rare live recording of the long-running RTÉ Radio 1 programme of essays, poems and complementary music in the year of its 50th anniversary. For fifty years, Sunday morning has SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 11:45AM | NO LATE ENTRY meant Sunday Miscellany: a magical THEATRE ROYAL | €10 mix of spoken word and music. The Booking www.theatreroyal.ie long running, highly popular RTÉ Radio or 051 874402 1 show now comes to the Imagine festival for the first time. Local writers and festival guests will be joined by a diverse range of live music acts. Presented by Sunday Miscellany producer Sarah Binchy. Duration: 1 hour. Age suitability: 12 plus Broadcast brought to you by Waterford City & County Council. 5 BLAA-MAGEDDON In the distant future, the year 3018, war has broken out. In order to claim the origins of the all mighty blaa, clans from around Waterford blaa-ttle it out. Groups of the estranged blaa-ttlers will gather. They have dropped their shields and swords and have picked up the flour and eggs for a display unseen before. The clans need YOUR help to be victorious! The blaa-ttle will be a family-friendly participatory event. A theatrical reconstruction set in a post-apocalyptic war-zone. Featuring our estranged blaa-ttlers, tonnes of flour and YOU. Booking is essential to be part of this one of a kind event. Costume is highly recommended. The event will lead with a children’s only blaa- ttle followed by live entertainment and will culminate with an adult only blaa-ttle. Blaa-Mageddon in it’s second year is a street spectacle SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER | 1:00PM created by Jenna Whelan. FREE EVENT | THE APPLEMARKET

6 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 ‘A total immersive spectacle with amazing music and performances, a perfect celebration to the end of truth.’ Cian O’Brien, Artistic Director, Project Arts Centre

‘Spectacular show, we absolutely LOVED it.’ Foil Arms & Hog, Irish Comedy Group

STOMPTOWN BRASS REQUIEM FOR THE TRUTH Truth, we are told, is dead. If so, then who organises the funeral? Stomptown Brass, the outrageously energetic 10-piece street-funk band, and Collapsing Horse, the most exciting young theatre company in Ireland, invite you to join them as they take on an audacious task: to host a funeral for the Truth. Witness the colourful exuberance of the Haitian Voodoo-inspired New Orleans jazz funeral as it smashes up against the mournful, solemn ceremony of religion. An THURSDAY 25 & FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER extravagant, chaotic street 8:00PM | CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL party, with a dark twist. €18 (€16 CONC.) Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com 7 BIRDS OF BURDEN ALBUM LAUNCH Formed around the songwriting partnership of Eoin Dalton (Hollerin’ Pine) and Joe Meagher (El higado no existe), the Birds of Burden line- up is completed by Éadaoin Breathnach (Artistic and Musical Director of Rigout Productions), Heather Troy-Whelan (Mufasa,Found on the floor, Broken) and Paul McDonald (Blindsite). Birds of Burden’s sound ranges from driving high tempo rock to meandering hypnotic airs which interlace to frame a highly personal, THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER | 8:30PM almost diary like lyrical content, firmly GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE | €10 anchored in the folk ballad tradition. Booking through www.garterlane.ie Duration: 1 hour approx. or call 051 855038 (No interval)

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TERAKAFT SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 8:00PM Terakaft (meaning The Caravan) ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE €18 (€16 CONC.) are the pioneers of desert rock, a Booking through Tuareg band from Mali featuring www.imagineartsfestival.com founding members of Tinariwen. Their manager Philippe Brix recalls first hearing them in Mali‘... this Tuareg guitar - a looping groove, melancholy tune, a simplicity and a profundity - that called to mind the masters of the Delta, the spirit and defiance of the early Wailers, with a desert flavour between Gnawa trance and Ali Farka Toure’s serpentine swing’.

Their new album ‘Alone’ has received huge praise: ‘Truth is, there’s little Nile Rodgers could teach this lot about using a guitar to get people dancing.’ **** Mojo ‘Terakaft are heavier, more linear and more groove-based than their pals Tinariwen … Producer Justin Adams moves them into heavy rock territory.’ 7/10 Uncut ‘The album is hard hitting, gritty desert rock of the very highest order … Exciting track follows exciting track with melodies and chants which marry up to some of the most exhilarating guitar work.’ 9/10 Louder Than War ‘A confident alliance of Tuareg blues and rock’n’roll.’ **** The Independent Sponsored by Momo 9 The Roadside Universe – 1988

MEETING MR RUCKLE A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE WORK OF ERNEST RUCKLE This year the Imagine Arts Festival celebrates the life and art of the late American artist Ernest Ruckle (1940 – 2018). Born in Neptune, New Jersey, Ruckle became a full time artist in 1963 and arrived in Waterford in 1986 and choosing to make the city his permanent home for the next 32 years. During this time he not only painted some of his most important works but also interacted with the rapidly developing local art scene of the ‘80s and’90s in a number of crucial areas such as visual art, theatre, printed material, and collaborations with local artists. The exhibition Meeting Mr Ruckle will include original artworks, photographs, and a range of media to highlight his artistic impact and lasting contribution to the culture of Waterford.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER | 7:00PM GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE | FREE EVENT EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL Tuesday 11:00am - 9:00pm Wednesday - Saturday 11:00am - 5.30pm Deacon of Waterford – 1992

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SEAMUS FOGARTY Irish songwriter Seamus Fogarty and his band borrow something from every genre from Krautrock to traditional balladry and everything in between, mixing conventional instrumentation with found sounds and live electronics, all fronted by Fogarty’s plaintive vocal and songwriting. His latest album The Curious Hand, released on Domino Records and co-produced with Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Wild Beasts), has received rave reviews across the board with the Guardian awarding it 5/5 (a ‘stunning, mercurial album’ ) while The Irish Times, The Observer, Q Magazine and Mojo all awarded it 4 stars. Since then, Fogarty has toured extensively, playing Eurosonic, Green Man festivals among others. Imagine Arts Festival and Subterranean Sounds are proud that his new, full band European tour kicks off with us. It will feature new songs and old, and there may well be dancing! Opening act, Shane Barry has just SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER | 8:00PM finished his new album,The Night ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE Post. It is, as we have come to expect €18 (€16 CONC.) from Barry, packed with Wilcoesque, Booking through hook-laden tunes and catchy choruses. www.imagineartsfestival.com

11 Waterford Symphony Club Presents THE HIBERNIAN ORCHESTRA The Hibernian Orchestra, under the baton of John Finucane, makes a welcome return to Waterford’s Christ Church Cathedral. Joined by acclaimed soloist Cormac Ó hAodáin, the Orchestra presents a beautiful programme of Richard Strauss’s flamboyant Horn Concerto No 1 alongside Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and magnificent SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 7:30PM Seventh Symphony. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL | €20 Booking through www.garterlane.ie or call 051 855038 ERIC SWEENEY ALBUM LAUNCH Eric Sweeney launches Bright Seraphin, a CD of his organ music as part of Imagine played on the magnificent Kenneth Jones organ at Christ Church Cathedral. Bright Seraphim presents a range of his organ compositions, some new some old, together with an SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 2:00PM improvisation showing off the CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL range of sounds and colours of FREE EVENT Waterford’s finest organ. 12 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 ANOMALY Locally produced visual art, side by side with locally produced music. Having staged four independent events, each with its own progressing narrative, and hosted the homegrown stage at the recent pioneering Konnect Festival, Anomaly has found the delicate equilibrium between auditory and visual art. Anomaly lives true to its name, providing a unique experience for its devout attendees and first time goers alike. The philosophy behind this movement is to act as a platform for the fresh and surging New Déise Culture in all of its forms- including SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 8:00PM music,art,clothing,and photography. Check www.facebook.com/ eventanomaly for details

WATERFORD MUSIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSIC NETWORK PRESENTS AMATIS PIANO TRIO Experience the magic of the multi-award winning Amatis Piano Trio as they present a programme of chamber music by Haydn, Schumann and Mendelssohn, along with a newly commissioned work by Irish composer, Amanda Feery. For the 2018/2019 season, the trio has been selected as ‘Rising Stars’ by the European Concert Hall Organisation, which will see them perform in 23 prestigious concert venues across Europe. This concert is curated by Music Network and promoted by Waterford Music. WEDNESDAY 17 OCT | 8:00PM LARGE ROOM, CITY HALL, WATERFORD €17 (€15 CONC., €5 STUDENT) Pay on the door 13 Garter Lane Gallery 1:00pm - Performance starts 1:10pm Duration - 30/40 minutes FREE EVENT Imagine invites you to a piece of lunchtime culture to whet your appetite

Monday 22 October A taste of theatre, ‘Melted Apple Tart’ Written by Martina Collander

Tuesday 23 October Classical Guitar performance by Shaun Walsh

Wednesday 24 October Ernest Ruckle ‘A Retrospective’ hosted by Dr. Peter Jordan

Thursday 25 October ‘It’s Not The Fall That Kills You’ A short and crooked journey through spoken word and song. Written and performed by Joe Meagher

Friday 26 October Traces Dance Ensemble

14 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 DAVID MCSAVAGE A TERRIBLE WANT! His new show is inspired by Patrick Kavanagh’s poem “On Raglan Road”. McSavage (like Kavanagh) is looking to be spiritually aroused. Having previously been motivated by all parts of Irish society from, The Catholic Church, to politicians, to the Gardaí (pronounced nnnaaaGardaía), he now turns to one of Ireland’s finest writers to inspire his next live show. Don’t miss this chance to be awakened by David McSavage, with a level of honesty & caustic wit. May contain material some find SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 8:00PM offensive. THEATRE ROYAL | €26 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie or call 051 874402 WITTY WOMEN FEATURING SEVEN COMEDIENNES CURATED BY PETRA KINDLER True story: a Southern Bellend, a Constitutional Law Nerd, a Sue Perkins Stunt Double, a Creative Mayhem Maker, a Tramore Contrarian, a Professional Snuggler and a German Blaa walk into a bar… Better get a ticket to their show to hear the end of that joke!

SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 8:00PM THE PARLOUR VINTAGE TEA ROOMS | €10 Pay on the door 15 YOUTH DANCE CELEBRATION – 2018 Youth Dance Celebration is a unique dance feast served with energy and panache! This popular annual event, now in its 16th year brings Waterford’s keen and dedicated young dancers together to celebrate their passion for dance. The variety of disciplines includes Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Jazz, Hip Hop, Bollywood and Classical Indian Dance, SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER | 5:00PM presented by students of THEATRE ROYAL | €7 / €20 FAMILY OF FOUR dance from local dance Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie groups and schools. or call 051 874402 MUIRGEN (SEA-BORN) PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION & DANCE In an exhibition of Dance Photography, Hayley K. Stuart’s latest collaboration is brought to life for one night, at Garter Lane. Feel the rush of the waves and the pulse of the Mermaid’s tale as we celebrate the Irish coastline and it’s mythology with this unique, immersive event. Choreographed by Rachel Ní Bhraonáin.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER | 6:30PM GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE | FREE EVENT EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL Tuesday 11:00am - 9:00pm Wednesday - Saturday 11:00am - 5.30pm

16 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 SOHAM Dancer Jess Rowell presents a new work in company with writer Ben Quinlan and musician Eadaoin Walsh. Inspired by the universal mantra Soham ‘I am that’. This performance celebrates the eloquence of the moving body, spoken word and live music. Dancer: Jess Rowell Musician: Eadaoin Walsh Spoken Word: Ben Quinlan Duration: 1 hr (No interval)

SATURDAY 20 | SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 6:30PM | GOMA GALLERY | €12 (€10 CONC.) Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com

Outcast Theatre Productions in association with Ruth Flynn present A MODERN DAY PARABLE A Modern Day Parable is the telling, of life’s journey moving from the mundane of living, travelling through life’s trials and tribulations, finely experiencing the beauty, richness, rewards self-awareness and insight. The telling of this narrative using an original music score combined with colour, light, sound and movement will immerse the audience in a magical world of the 6 senses. For further info Contact Outcast Theatre productions on their WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER | 7:00PM Facebook page. GOMA GALLERY | FREE EVENT

17 Waterford Writers Weekend celebrates the art and the craft of writing. This festival, devised and funded by the Library and Arts Service of Waterford City and County Council has been running since 1996. It gathers authors and readers together to explore the joy of the written word in Ireland’s oldest city. SARAH WINMAN IN INTERVIEW WITH RICK O’SHEA Sarah Winman is an actress and writer. She has written three books including the international bestseller, When God was a Rabbit, A Year of Marvellous Ways and Tin Man. She lives in London.

SATURDAY 27 OCT | 8:45PM GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE | €10 Booking through www.garterlane.ie or call 051 855038 THE “OH MY GOD WHAT A COMPLETE AISLING” TABLE QUIZ

A general knowledge table quiz for Aislings, FRIDAY 26 OCT | 8:45PM REVOLUTION BAR Majellas and Generic €20 FOR TABLE OF FOUR (BOOK IN ADVANCE) Johns everywhere with Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com prizes galore hosted by OMGWACA authors Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght. 18 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 IMAGINE presents

A Waterford City and County Council Initiative Bob Alice Aoife Aidan Kinsella Johnston McElwain Comerford Hughes Caoilinn Derek Flynn Derek Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Dr. Harry Barry Dr. Emer McLysaght Erin Fornoff Sarah Breen Sarah Elaine Feeney Jane Casey Jane Grace Wells Grace Helen Cullen James Harpur James June Jessica Jessica Traynor Caldwell John Boyne John Connell Lani O’Hanlon Rick O’Shea Sarah Clancy Sarah Martin Doyle Griffin Sarah Maria Sarah Seán Dunne Seán Shaun Bythell Sarah Winman Sarah Sinéad Sinéad Tugwell Graham Graham Gleeson Dave Rudden Bryan Mullen

“As Curator for the second time I couldn’t be more thrilled with the line-up that we have and that everyone I asked said yes! Dig in, mark off all the things you like the sound of and then turn up early - it’s going to be a busy weekend. See you then.” Rick O’Shea - Waterford Writers Weekend Curator 19 See www.imagineartsfestival.com for futher details

FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER GREETINGS, HEROES! WORKSHOP – HOW TO WRITE Children’s Event MEMOIRS WITH SINÉAD GLEESON Join award-winning authors Dave Rudden Sinéad Gleeson explores the art of the essay (Knights of the Borrowed Dark), Graham and memoir, focusing on the skills required Tugwell (Down Below The Reservoir) and for life-writing and first-person non-fiction. acclaimed musician Bryan Mullen on a This workshop will discuss how to put ideas unique theatrical adventure where the into practice, beginnings and structure, audience are the heroes. Make choices. making the personal universal and learning Solve puzzles. Defeat monsters. how to extract the key elements of your own Central Library | Schools Event story. 10:00am & 12:00pm St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre Centre | 9:00am €25 (€20 Conc.) WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND OPENING EVENT WORKSHOP – Join Rick O’Shea for the opening event FROM FIRST SEEDS TO FINAL DRAFTS - of the WWW with the presentation of the POETRY WITH JESSICA TRAYNOR national Waterford Poetry Prize 2018. This course will focus on generating new Acclaimed poet James Harpur will get ideas and fresh approaches to writing the evening off to a poetic start reading poetry. Each participant will get the his work. The Arts Office, Waterford City opportunity to take a poem from first spark & County Council invite you to meet the of inspiration to polished draft. This course winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize and is ideal for those new to writing poetry, or hear poet Grace Wells announce and read those looking to refresh their creativity. the winning poems and give an insight as The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms | 9:00am to how she chose them from hundreds of €25 (€20 Conc.) entries submitted from around the country. KIDS EVENT - THE CHILDREN’S BOOKS The Book Centre | 7:00pm | FREE EVENT IRELAND BOOK DOCTORS CLINIC THE IRISH TIMES BOOK CLUB PODCAST Are you a young reader? Looking for a new A live recording - author Helen Cullen talks series to delve into? Feeling uninspired by your bookshelves at home? Do you need a about her debut novel The Lost Letters Of prescription for a new read? Visit the CBI William Woolf with IT Books Editor Martin Book Doctor and leave with a prescription Doyle. for your next read to take to your local The Book Centre | 7:30pm | FREE EVENT bookshop or library. THE “OH MY GOD WHAT A COMPLETE The Book Centre | 12:00 - 4:00pm AISLING” TABLE QUIZ FREE EVENT (See p18) RTÉ RADIO 1’S SUNDAY MISCELLANY MODWORDS @ THE PARLOUR (See p5) A collection of Waterford's darkest and JUNE, JOHN AND CAOILINN – freakiest writers, floundering their words for THE NEW STARS OF IRISH WRITING all those 'Batty' enough to listen. Halloween Bestselling Irish fiction, non-fiction and Special. Dress up if you must. Sign up if you short story writers Caoilinn Hughes, dare. Special Ghost TBC. John Connell and June Caldwell join Sinéad The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms | 9:00pm Gleeson to talk about their respective first €2 (Need To Sign Up) - [email protected] books. St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre | 2:00pm FREE EVENT 20 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 THE WATERFORD WRITERS WEEKEND writers, discussion of what makes a good SILENT READING PARTY series character and what makes a good Is your idea of heaven coffee, cake and villain, and a Q&A session. Jane Casey is the complete silence to get stuck in to a book author of the award-winning, best-selling for an hour? Then join a room full of other Maeve Kerrigan series. readers doing just that all at the same time. Everett’s Restaurant | 10:00am No talking! €25 (€20 Conc.) The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms | 4:00pm WORKSHOP - "THE PATH TO FREE EVENT PUBLICATION: TAKING YOUR WRITING THE LIT TALKS THE FUTURE OF WRITING TO THE NEXT LEVEL" WITH DEREK FLYNN The LIT Festival, Europe’s first youth-run Author Derek Flynn will show you how to festival of literature based in Waterford, take your story, poem, or novel from the joins the WWW to talk about the future of page and into the hand of readers. Whether writing, moderated by Sarah Maria Griffin it’s through a literary journal, a publishing Back Stage Bar @ Theatre Royal | 4:00 pm house, or a self-published book. Derek FREE EVENT Flynn is the author of two fiction novels Broken Falls and his second novel The Dead REELING FROM THE YEAR Girls. As a regular columnist with Ireland’s The WWW’s flagship poetry event reflects leading writing website writing.ie, he is on the extraordinary and sometimes familiar with all aspects of the writing and baffling year we’ve had so far. Featuring publishing industry. Sarah Clancy, Elaine Feeney, Alice Kinsella, The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms |10:00am Erin Fornoff and Jessica Traynor. €25 (€20 Conc.) Downes Pub | 6:00pm | €7 BOOKS, BEARDS AND BEGRUDGERY RICK O’SHEA IN INTERVIEW Shaun Bythell owns Scotland’s largest WITH SARAH WINMAN second-hand bookshop and has turned (See p18) his pithy observations on customers into FOLKLORE & FAIRIES the bestselling Diary Of A Bookseller. In (DON'T P#@* OFF THE FAIRIES) conversation with fellow bookshop owner A night of Fairytales and Folklore and Bob Johnson of The Gutter Bookshop. all the secrets of the wild the wind doth The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms |12:00pm blow throughout Mountains and Oceans, FREE EVENT through wild flowers and trees. Of Banshees HOW TO MIND YOUR MIND AND BODY and Pookas. Keep the secrets alive and – PANEL share your story. But remember.... Don't Comedian Aidan Comerford (Cornflakes P#@* off the Fairies. For Dinner), Dr. Harry Barry (Emotional The Oak Room @ The Munster Bar | 9:00pm Resilience) and Aoife McElwain (Slow At FREE EVENT Work) talk about how to sustain your mental health and not burn out in an increasingly SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER taxing modern world. WORKSHOP - “HOW TO KILL The Book Centre | 2:00pm STRANGERS FOR FUN AND PROFIT” FREE EVENT WITH JANE CASEY RICK O’SHEA IN INTERVIEW Characters are the engine that drives the WITH CECELIA AHERN plot. This workshop explores ways to create and develop believable characters using AND JOHN BOYNE (See p5) description, dialogue and action. It includes practical exercises for new and experienced 21 Rough Magic presents A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN Rough Magic presents Arthur Riordan’s vibrant stage adaptation of James Joyce’s seminal novel, brought to life by a dynamic new creative ensemble of actors and designers under Ronan Phelan’s direction. The spiritual rebellion of Stephen Dedalus and his restless search for self-expression will be brought to life in a thrilling theatrical odyssey. Written during the political and artistic explosion of the early twentieth FRIDAY 19 / SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER century, this is Joyce’s manifesto; the 8:00PM | THEATRE ROYAL dazzling debut of Ireland’s epic re- €21 (€18 CONC.) inventor and architect of the English Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie language. or call 051 874402 Stagemad Productions presents THE AFTERS BY NICOLA SPENDLOVE The Afters by Nicola Spendlove is a feature length play consisting of five true monologues. In each monologue, a person presents to the audience an event that divided their lives into “before and after”. The piece is a mourning and a celebration of the invisible lines that make up human life.

MONDAY 22 / TUESDAY 23 / WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER | 8:00PM ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE €11 INCLUDING BOOKING FEE Booking through www.stpatricksgateway.com or call 051 843589 22 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 Decadent Theatre Presents FRANK PIG SAYS HELLO BY PAT MCCABE Twenty-five years after its first groundbreaking tour, Pat McCabe’s Frank Pig Says Hello returns this autumn to twenty theatres across Ireland, in a new production that brilliantly captures the legendary original. The play is not suited to under 13s. Grant-aided by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER | 8:00PM Kindly sponsored GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE by Patrick Goodwin & Co., €18 (€16 CONC.) Solicitors, Drogheda Booking through www.garterlane.ie or call 051 855038 THE MATCHMAKER The play follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O’Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn from all parts of the country. At the centre of this celebrated production is John B Keane’s marvellous and mischievous wit coupled by his unparalleled way with words.

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER | 8:00PM THEATRE ROYAL | €21 Booking through www.theatreroyal.ie or call 051 874402 23 Wednesday 17th October Event Location Time Harlem Gospel Choir Theatre Royal 8:00pm Waterford Music Network Presents: Amatis Piano Trio Large Room, City Hall 8:00pm Thursday 18th October Event Location Time Muirgen - Dance Piece with Haley Stewart & Rachael Brennan Garter Lane Arts Centre 6:30pm Opening Exhibition - Retrospective Work of Ernest Ruckle Garter Lane Arts Centre 7:00pm Birds of Burden (Album Launch) Garter Lane Arts Centre 8:30pm Friday 19th October Event Location Time Opening Exhibition with Joseph Fogerty Goma Gallery 6:30pm Brothers of Chairty Services Film in association with WYA Garter Lane Arts Centre 7:00pm Some Enchanted Evening A Celebration of Traditional Music from the Déise St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00pm Centre Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man (Rough Magic) Theatre Royal 8:00pm John Dwyer Festival Trad Session (Participating Pubs) - Jordans, Dooleys Hotel, 10:00pm Jordans, Dooleys Hotel, Downes & The Reg Downes & The Reg John Dwyer Festival Club Dooley’s Hotel 12:00am -2:00am Saturday 20th October Event Location Time A Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytelling and Art Event with Eilis Central Library 10:30am- O’Toole 11:30am John Dwyer Festival Music & Dance Workshops Gaelscoil na nDéise 11:00am - 2:00pm John Dwyer Festival Trad Session Tullys 3:00pm John Dwyer Festival U-18 Compostion Competition Dooley’s Hotel 3:30pm John Dwyer Festival Trad Session The Reg 4:00pm A City Cast Adrift St. Patrick’s Gateway 4:00pm Centre John Dwyer Trad Session Tullys 6:00pm Exhibition Opening, Anne McDonnell and Pamela Byrne Tramore Garden Centre 6:00pm John Dwyer Festival - Josephine Marsh CD Launch Downes Pub 6:00pm Soham Goma Gallery 6:30pm Exhibition Opening, Pamela de Brí Tramore Coastguard 7:30pm Cultural Centre Hibernian Orchestra (Waterford Symphony Club) Christ Church Cathedral 7:30pm Witty Women The Parlour Vintage Tea 8:00pm Rooms Gala concert with John Dwyer and Friends St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00pm Centre Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man (Rough Magic) Theatre Royal 8:00pm John Dwyer Festival Trad Session (Participating Pubs) - Jordans, Dooleys Hotel, 10:00pm Jordans, Dooleys Hotel, Downes & The Reg Downes & The Reg John Dwyer Festival Club Dooley’s Hotel 12:00am - 2:00am Sunday 21st October Event Location Time John Dwyer Weekend - Laura and Barry Kerr CD Launch Dooleys Hotel 12:00pm Final Trad Session - Featuring John Dwyer and friends Dooley’s Hotel 2:00pm Film - A Sunday in Hell & William Fotheringham Q&A Garter Lane Arts Centre 4:00pm Youth Dance Celebration Theatre Royal 5:00pm Jetty Stars, a radio play by Noel Kelly WLRfm Radio 7:00pm Seamus Fogarty & Band St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre 8:00pm Monday 22nd October Event Location Time Imagine in the Gallery - Melted Apple Tart by Martina Garter Lane Arts Centre 1:00pm Collander Stagemad Theatre Company Presents The Afters St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00 PM by Nicola Spendlove Centre Tuesday 23rd October Event Location Time Imagine in the Gallery - Classical Guitar Performance with Garter Lane Arts Centre 1:00pm Shaun Walsh Screening of These Stones Remain Garter Lane Arts Centre 4:30pm Screening of Waiting for the Light followed by Q & A Garter Lane Arts Centre 5:45pm Screening of Mise Éire Garter Lane Arts Centre 7:30pm Life Drawing with Una Walsh Goma Gallery 7:00 - 9:00pm Stagemad Theatre Company Presents The Afters St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00pm by Nicola Spendlove Centre Wednesday 24th October Event Location Time Imagine in the Gallery - Ernest Ruckle, A Retrospective with Garter Lane Arts Centre 1:00pm Peter Jordan Horribly Historical Trails Theatre Royal Entrance 6:45pm A Modern Day Parable Goma Gallery 7:00pm Stagemad Theatre Company Presents The Afters St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00pm by Nicola Spendlove Centre Frank Pig Says Hello (Decadent Theatre) Garter Lane Arts Centre 8:00pm Thursday 25th October Event Location Time Imagine in the Gallery - It’s Not The Fall That Kills You Garter Lane Arts Centre 1:00pm by Joe Meagher Drypoint Print Class with Tutor Anne McDonnell Goma Gallery 6:30- 8:30pm Horribly Historical Trails Theatre Royal Entrance 6:45pm The Matchmaker Theatre Royal 8:00pm Stomptown Brass - Requiem For The Truth Christchurch Cathedral 8:00pm Friday 26th October Event Location Time School Time Greeting Heroes Central Library 10:00 & with Dave Ruddin & Graham Tugwell 12:00pm Imagine in the Gallery - Traces Dance Ensemble Garter Lane Arts Centre 1:00pm Spraoi Wicked Woods Waterford Greenway 6:00pm- @ WIT Arena 9:00pm Horribly Historical Trails Theatre Royal Entrance 6:45pm Opening WWW Event - Waterford Poetry Prize The Book Centre 7:00pm The Irish Times Book Club Podcast The Book Centre 7:30pm with Martin Doyle & Helen Cullen The Three Degrees Theatre Royal 8:00pm Stomptown Brass - Requiem For The Truth Christchurch Cathedral 8:00pm The Oh My God What A Complete Aisling Table Quiz with Sarah Revolution Bar, 19 John 8:45pm Breen & Emer McLysaght Street, Waterford Vintners Choons & Tales Trail See website for details 9:00pm Modwords Event - Halloween Special The Parlour Vintage Tea 9:00pm Rooms Vinyl Friday Downes Pub 10:00pm Saturday 27th October Event Location Time Booze, Blaa’s & Banter Jordans Bar 9:00am Workshop 1 - How to Write Memoirs with Sinéad Gleeson St. Patrick’s Gateway 9:00am Centre Workshop 2 - From First Seeds to Final Drafts, Poetry with The Parlour Vintage Tea 9:00am Jessica Traynor Rooms Puppet Making and Performance Workshops Goma Gallery 11:00am & 2:00pm The CBI Book Doctors Clinic The Book Centre 12:00 - 4:00pm RTÉ Radio Ones - Sunday Miscellany Theatre Royal 11:45 (No Later) Organ Music Album Launch with Eric Sweeney Christchurch Cathedral 2:00pm The New Stars of Irish Writing with Caoilinn Hughes, St. Patrick’s Gateway 2:00pm John Connell & June Caldwell Centre The Lit Talks, The Future of Writing - Back Stage Bar @ 4:00pm Moderator Sarah Maria Griffin Theatre Royal The WWW Silent Reading Party Event The Tipple Room @ The 4:00pm Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms Spraoi Wicked Woods Waterford Greenway 2:30pm- @ WIT Arena 4:00pm & 6:00pm- 9:00pm Decies Journal Launch Granville Hotel 6:00pm Reeling From the Year (Poetry Event) with Sarah Clancy, Elaine Downes 6:00pm Feeney, Alice Kinsella, Erin Fornoff & Jess Traynor Soham Goma Gallery 6:30pm Horribly Historical Trails Theatre Royal Entrance 6:45pm Vintners Choons & Tales Trail See website for details 7:00pm Terakaft St. Patrick’s Gateway 8:00pm Centre Dave McSavage A Terrible Want Theatre Royal 8:00pm Anomaly www.facebook.com/ 8:00pm eventanomaly for details Sarah Winman (Interview with Rick O’Shea) Garter Lane Arts Centre 8:45pm Folklore & Fairies - Don’t p#@* off the Fairies The Oak room @ The 9:00pm Munster Bar Sunday 28th October Event Location Time Workshop 1 - How to Kill Strangers for Fun & Profit, Everitts Restaurant 10:00am Crime with Jane Casey Workshop 2 - The Path to Publication, Taking Your Writing to The Parlour Vintage Tea 10:00am the Next Level (Derek Flynn) Rooms Books, Beards & Begrudery, Shaun Bythell Interviewed by Bob The Parlour Vintage Tea 12:00pm Johnson Rooms Blaa-mageddon The Applemarket 1:00pm How To Mind Your Mind and Body with Aidan Comerford, The Book Centre 2:00pm Dr. Harry Barry & Aoife McElwain Spraoi Wicked Woods Waterford Greenway 6:00pm- @ WIT Arena 9:00pm Cecelia Ahearn & John Boyne Interview with Rick O’Shea Central Library 4:00pm Vintners Choons and Tales Trail See website for details 7:00pm Festival Club Farewell Downes 10:00pm Imagine Arts Festival 2018 From Royal Postboxes and Castles to Wind-farms and Chinese Take-aways A continuing exploration of the Irish midlands by Pamela de Brí Following trips by bicycle around the Irish Midlands where I explored and documented the lesser known areas and have interviewed people living and working there, I have developed a series of etchings and edited audio for exhibition. The aim of this body of work is to approach a dialogue between a contemporary and an historical view of this part of Ireland. The TRAMORE COASTGUARD CULTURAL CENTRE project goes beyond topography MON - FRI 9:00AM - 5:00PM to interweave history, folklore, SAT 10:00AM - 5:00PM stories, memory, nature, natural SUN 11:00AM - 4:30PM history, in an attempt to record the patina and texture of place. It witnesses and records the changing landscape, traditions and attitudes. AIRMID BY ANNE MCDONNELL & PAMELA BYRNE The story of Airmid, Celtic Goddess of Healing illustrated through sculpture, etchings and drawing.

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JOHN CULLINAN WAVE Exhibition of art from the students of Waterford Area Vocational Enterprise Group

Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre Monday 22 – Sunday 28 October Mon - Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm Shine Discovery, Barronstrand Street Sat 10:00am - 5:00pm Mon 22 - Friday 26 October Sun 11:00am - 4:30pm 9:00am - 4:00pm FREE EVENT FREE EVENT

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Wood Fire Pizza, Ballinakill Centre, Dunmore Road La Fontana, 124 The Quay Tues - Thurs 17:00 - 21:00pm Mon 5:00pm - 10:00pm Fri - Sat 13:00 - 22:00pm Tues closed. Sun 13:00 - 21:00pm Wed - Thurs 5:00pm - 10:00pm FREE EVENT Fri & Sat 5:00pm - 10:30pm Sun 4:00pm - 10:00pm JOSEPH FOGERTY FREE EVENT

YOUNG TARTS & OLD FARTS Yahooligans The Tower Hotel Bistro, The Mall Goma Art Gallery, 6 Lombard Street Wed - Sat 12:30pm - 5:30pm FREE EVENT 28 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018

STEPHANIE LOUISE FURLONG Loko, Ardkeen Shopping Centre Selfhood: Reflections on the Sun - Thurs 10:00am - 9:00pm Nature of Personal Identity Fri - Sat 10:00am - 10:00pm

RAYLEEN CLANCY We Are Chaos

MoMo, Patrick Street Tues - Sun 12:00 noon - 11:00pm FREE EVENT

GEMMA BEST The Rogue Gallery and Studios, Michael Street 18 - 28 October Official opening Saturday 20 October 7:00pm | FREE EVENT Opening Hours: Mon Sat 12:00 noon - 8:00pm Sun 2:00pm - 6:00pm DRYPOINT PRINT CLASS ANNE MCDONNELL Come Join us for drypoint printing with Anne McDonnell. All materials supplied.

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER GOMA GALLERY | 6:30-8:30PM | €7 Booking essential through [email protected] or call 087 1961923 LIFE DRAWING UNA WALSH Join us for a life drawing class with tutor Una Walsh. This class is suitable for those interested in observational drawing from the human form.

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Imagine Arts Festival 2018 IMAGINE presents

19 - 21 OCTOBER A CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM THE DÉISE This very special night will feature a host of traditional music and song from all corners of Waterford city and county. Performing on the night will be internationally renowned uilleann piper Jimmy O’Brien Moran, respected FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER | 8:00PM traditional singer Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE fiddle trio Seán Ó Fearghail, Paddy Tutty €15 (€12 CONC.) and Neill Byrne, talented Tramore sisters Booking through Rebecca and Jana McCarthy-Kent and www.imagineartsfestival.com the vibrant up-and-coming young band from An Rinn Nuadán.

MUSIC AND DANCE WORKSHOPS SATURDAY 2O OCTOBER | 11:00AM - 2:00PM | GAELSCOIL na nDÉISE €25 FOR INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES | €15 FOR DANCE CLASS For information, contact [email protected] or 087-9664436 Fiddle: Liz Kane, Ronan O’Flaherty Concertina: Michelle Mulcahy Accordion: Conor Connolly Banjo: George McAdam Tin Whistle: Tracy Ryan Flute: Louise Mulcahy Uilleann Pipes: Pádraic Keane Sean Nós Dance: Irene Cunningham 31 GALA CONCERT WITH JOHN DWYER AND FRIENDS This very special gala concert will feature the man himself, John Dwyer who will be joined by old friends from the Castle Ceilí Band - Seán Keane on fiddle (from theChieftans ), and his brother James Keane on accordion with Charlie Lennon on piano, and Mick O’Connor and Michael Tubridy on flutes. Rarely heard together nowadays, this historic night will see members of the band come together to honour John at this special concert. The concert will also feature music from Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle), Conor Connolly (accordion) and Padraic Keane (pipes), Michelle and Louise Mulcahy (concertina and flute), George McAdam (banjo), Liz Kane (fiddle), Edel Fox SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 8:00PM (concertina) and Lia Byrne (fiddle). ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE Sponsored by Dooley’s Hotel €18 (€15 CONC.) Booking through www.imagineartsfestival.com

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FINAL OF U-18 COMPOSITION COMPETITION This competition is open to U-18 traditional musicians on all instruments. All tune types, within the traditional idiom, will be accepted. Please send mp3/digital recordings to johndwyertradweekend@ outlook.com before Friday 12th October. The winning tunes will be chosen by SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 3:30PM John Dwyer himself. DOOLEY’S HOTEL | FREE EVENT Sponsored by Custy’s For more information contact 087-9664436 Music Shop, Co. Clare. CD LAUNCHES - FREE EVENTS JOSEPHINE MARSH BARRY & MUSIC IN THE FRAME LAURA KERR SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER CASTOR BAY 6:00PM DOWNES SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER 12:00PM | DOOLEY’S HOTEL FESTIVAL CLUB DOOLEY’S HOTEL UNTIL 2AM | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT PUB SESSIONS Farewell session featuring IN VARIOUS VENUES JOHN DWYER DOOLEY’S FRIDAY 10:00PM, SATURDAY 10:00PM, SUNDAY 2:00PM AND FRIENDS TULLY’S SATURDAY 3:00PM & 6:00PM SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER | 2:00PM JORDAN’S FRIDAY 10:00PM, DOOLEY’S HOTEL SATURDAY 10:00PM DOWNES FRIDAY 10:00PM, SATURDAY 10:00PM THE REG FRIDAY 10:00PM, SATURDAY 4:00PM & 10:00PM 33 Imagine Pays Tribute to Filmmaker GEORGE MORRISON TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER Born in Tramore Co. Waterford in 1922 George Morrison is best known for his documentaries Mise Éire (1959) and Saoirse (1962) but he has a long list of work (42 films and 11 books) and indeed is credited with the creation of Ireland’s film archive through his pioneering work. He made his first film Dracula in 1942 and since then has worked mostly in documentary films - his most recent documentary on Joyce’s Dublin was Dublin Day (2007). IMAGINE INVITES YOU TO COME ALONG GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE, ALL EVENTS ARE FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL 3:00pm Mayoral Reception for George in Coastguard Culture Centre, Tramore 4:30pm Screening of These Stones Remain at Garter Lane Arts Centre (28 minutes). Shot in 1971 this beautiful documentary George looks at the artistry of stone sculpture and engraving from earliest times to the Middle Ages. 5:45pm Screening of Waiting for the Light at Garter Lane Arts Centre (67 minutes), made by director Ciarin Scott this frank, funny and intensely moving portrait of 96-year-old Irish film auteur George Morrison; pioneer and innovator of Irish Cinema.

7:00pm Q and A with George and Ciarin Scott 7:30pm Screening of Mise Éire at Garter Lane Arts Centre (90 minutes). Mise Éire tells of events leading up to and immediately after 1916 using original footage and newsreels with score by Seán Ó Riada. 34 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 A SUNDAY IN HELL In 1976, Danish film maker, Jørgen Leth, embarked on an ambitious project to capture the spirit of Paris-Roubaix, cycling’s toughest and cruellest ‘Monument’, in a new and epic way. Award winning author and journalist William Fotheringham regards A Sunday in Hell as the greatest film about cycling ever made. His book, Sunday in Hell: Behind the Lens of the Greatest Cycling Film of All Time, describes how it was made, what happened on the day, who took those dramatic images and wrote that epic soundtrack, and what became of those larger than life participants. Join William for a screening of A Sunday in Hell and participate in the post film Q&A. Signed copies of his book will be available to SUNDAY 21 OCT | 4:00PM purchase after the event. GARTER LANE ARTS CENTRE Running time 111 mins €12 (€8 CONC.) Booking through www.garterlane.ie

Brothers of Charity Services Southeast / Waterford Youth Arts SOME ENCHANTED EVENING Debut screening of new short film from the service users of Brothers of Charity Southeast. Some Enchanted Evening tells the story of two brothers, one seeking love and the other secretly in love. This funny and moving silent film follows the two brothers in their search for happiness. Directed by Enda Moran | Camera John Loftus | Songs by Bim Connors. WatYouthArts / BOC Southeast Production

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Vintners Choons & Tales Trail Oct 26th - 28th Bar Extensions all weekend

The Frank and Walters sleeze ‘n’ cheese Amber and the Bear Mufasa Dunmore Road The Boho Section The Cove Tully’s The Uluru An Uisce Beatha The River Cottage Downes The Apple Market The Cosy Ones (Big massive fancy dress The Mansion House Sunday 28th) Brady’s The Hub The Woodman The Kazbar Phil Grimes Josephine’s @ The Kazbar Revolution The Viking Triangle Geoff’s Jordans American Bar Heery’s The Munster Bar The Market Bar The Reg Shortt’s Katty Barry’s

Baya Shellakybookies Omega Three Joe Salmon-Hawk Meagher Radio performance WLRfm JETTY STARS BY NOEL KELLY Set on the deserted North Wharf on the river Suir in Waterford city. Stella (Lorraine Murphy), a middle-aged prostitute and a 'Jetty Star' on her release from prison, re-imagines the events that led to the brutal murder of her lover and pimp, Saleem, a North SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER | 7:00PM African seaman. PREMIERE BROADCAST WLRfm

BOOZE, BLAA’S ‘N BANTER 2018 The early morning craic and whimsy is a homage to the early house dockside taverns of bygone years. This year’s talks include ‘Tides N’ Tales‘ by local writer and historian, Andrew Doherty, John Molyneux, on the 50th anniversary of the student and workers uprisings of 1968, James Doherty on the history of smuggling in the Waterford Harbour area. Other talks will include ‘The Abbey Rebels’, ‘100 years on from Votes for Women’ and ‘#MeToo Generation’. The talks will be interspersed with music, song and poetry by Waterford’s finest musicians, singers and poets. This event is sponsored by the Waterford Council of Trade Unions.

SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 9:00AM JORDAN’S AMERICAN BAR FREE EVENT 38 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 A CITY CAST ADRIFT In its early history Waterford’s only rival in importance was Dublin and this was in a 32 county scenario however now it ranks as the fifth city in the Republic of Ireland. The reason for this apparent decline will be debated by a panel of experts who will look at historical, political and economic factors that contribute to SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 4:00PM Waterford’s national position. ST. PATRICK’S GATEWAY CENTRE FREE EVENT

The Royal visit 1904 DECIES JOURNAL LAUNCH The local Waterford Archae- ological & Historical Society will launch their latest journal Decies No. 74 with talks from contributors and music provid- ed by Rachel Grace. Journal for sale at €15. All are welcome.

SAT 27 OCTOBER | 6:00PM PARNELL ROOM, GRANVILLE HOTEL FREE EVENT 39 HORRIBLY HISTORICAL TRAILS Join Waterford Youth Arts on Horribly Historical Trails as we take audiences of all ages through the historical heart of the City. Step in to the past and explore ghastly WED 24 / THURS 25 / FRI 26 / events and ghoulish history and SAT 27 OCTOBER | 6:45PM meet the ghosts of characters FRONT DOOR OF THEATRE ROYAL who walked before. Drama and €7 CHILDREN, ADULTS FREE street spectacle for all the family. Pay on the Door VIKING CHILDREN’S TRAIL FIND THE VIKING AND TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE For many years Vikings have been portrayed in comics and films - this year for Imagine Arts Festival we have a competition for all the family when we ask you to find different portrayals of Vikings in popular culture and answer some RUNNING THROUGHOUT FESTIVAL. FREE ENTRY FORMS FROM ALL MUSEUMS questions on them. These Vikings can be found in windows in the Viking Triangle. To enter the competition please pick up an entry form in Reginalds Tower / Medieval Museum / Bishops Palace and submit answers to the questions by 28th October. Note: All children must be accompanied by an adult to take part. Three winners will be selected and they can bring up to nine friends to the King of the Vikings Virtual Reality Experience and also a snack in a local cafe. 40 Book online www.imagineartsfestival.com Imagine Arts Festival 2018 Éilis O’Toole Presents A VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR BY ERIC CARLE Join Éilis to read and discuss Eric Carle’s famous book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The children will explore the illustrations and paper collage techniques used by Eric Carle in his picture books. Participants will design their own paper background and create their very own butterfly paper collage. Age Group: 3-8 year olds SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER | 10:30AM – 11:30AM with parents/guardians CENTRAL LIBRARY | FREE EVENT Length of workshop: Booking is essential through Central Library on 1 hour 0761 102975 PUPPET MAKING & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH VISUAL ARTIST RUTH FLYNN An interactive puppet building workshop in which you become a puppet maker and puppeteer. We will explore story and characterisation as you create your very own puppet and bring it to life on GOMA’S puppet theatre. This workshop is open to SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER | 11:00AM & 2:00PM all ages, children under 7 GOMA GALLERY | €5 PER CHILD Booking is essential through must be accompanied by [email protected] an adult. or call 087 1961923 41

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