season brochure September-December 2019
1 What’s Coming This Season
DRAÍOCHT – VISUAL ARTS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES ‘Estuary’, a major exhibition celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Fingal County Council’s Municipal Art Collection, opens on 12th September (pgs 48-49). Curated by four Fingal artists, Una Sealy RHA, James English RHA, Joshua Sex and Sanja Todorovic, the exhibition is complimented by both a youth arts and adult engagement programme. Amharc Fhine Gall 12th Edition opens in ESTUARY PAGE 48 December featuring the work of Fingal artist Ann Ensor, in a new commission, which will explore the significance to the environment of kelp seaweed (pg 50). Michael McLoughlin finishes his work in Mulhuddart as Draíocht’s Artist in Residence 2017-2019, revisiting stories and conversations to put in place a plan for longer-term connections (pg 52). And we look forward to Ceol Connected’s show ‘LEAF’, developed in Draíocht during their time as Theatre Company in Residence for 2019 (pg 09).
DRAÍOCHT - CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE Our Early Years Workshops for ages 2-4 years will explore baby boogie, paint and music this season (pg 38). Take some inspiration from the range of landscapes in the exhibition ‘Estuary’ for our Free Family Days for ages EARLY YEARS ART PAGE 38 5-10 years (pg 39) and book early for our ever popular Felty Christmas Elf Workshops (pg 40). Draíocht’s Artist in Your Classroom Initiative continues for Primary Schools in D15 (pg 42) and we’ll collaborate once again with the Irish Film Institute by screening a foreign language film for senior cycle students (pg 44), as well as films supporting the Junior and Leaving Cert Exams, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (pg 17) and ‘Hamlet’ (pg 22). Art students, sign up early for our Leaving Cert Revision Day, guided by artist Bridget Flannery (pg 45). Fingal Film Club is back during Halloween midterm (pg 46) and we’ll recruit some new members for our D15 Youth Theatre with auditions taking place on 6th October (pg
47). We have a sensory friendly screening of ‘Finding Dory’ (pg 13) and two D15 YOUTH THEATRE PAGE 47 screenings for Christmas of ‘Elf’ and ‘Home Alone 2’ (pg 35). Shows for young people include ‘BigKidLittleKid’ (pg 18), and an archaeological tale ‘The Dig’ (pg 20).
DRAÍOCHT - PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME Culture Night is back and to celebrate we’re screening three FREE films on our impressive 4K cinema equipment (pg 10) as well as screenings throughout the Season of ‘Apollo 11’, ‘Love Actually’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ among others. Our 2019 project Our Place Our Stories culminates on Culture Night with 6 live performances and 6 video performances (pg 57). Theatre audiences are spoilt for choice with ‘The Alternative’ by Fishamble as part of DTF (pg 15), SPLICED PAGE 19 ‘Madhouse’ by Una McKevitt & PJ Gallagher (pg 23), ‘Eggsistentialism’ by Joanne Ryan (pg 25) and a GAA story like you’ve never seen, in Timmy Creed’s ‘Spliced’ (pg 19). Music fans can enjoy performances from Jimmy Buckley, Jake Carter and the Dublin Gospel Choir and comedy audiences will enjoy Fred Cooke, Des Bishop and Dirt Birds. Ballet Ireland presents ‘Swan Lake’ (pg 29) and CoisCéim bring us ‘Francis Footwork’ (pg 26). Local group Coolmine Musical Society bring us ‘Made in Dagenham’ (pg 27) while Coolmine Panto bring us ‘Robin Hood’ in January (pg 36).
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02 03 REFUNDS & EXCHANGES Bookings We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase except in the event of a cancellation by the venue.
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RESERVATIONS Reservations without payment are held for 24 hours only and then released Early Bird Offers and re-sold.
CONCESSIONS Be an early bird and book before 06 September for these new season shows Draíocht offers concessions to the following customers: Students in full and get these great discounts! time education & under 18’s / Senior Citizens – Over 65 / Registered Disabled Tickets must be paid in full before 06 September to avail of these Early Bird / Wheelchair Users / Carer (when accompanying registered disabled or Offers. A maximum of 6 tickets can be bought at these prices per person. wheelchair user) / Equity Card holders / Unemployed. Proof of status for ALL concession seats purchased must be produced when collecting tickets Not applicable to group bookings. from Box Office. BOX OFFICE 01 885 2622 GROUP BOOKINGS & SPECIAL OFFERS Buy 10 tickets and get your 10th ticket free. This offer applies to selected OCT - DRAMA show tickets purchased at the full price or concession price only and is The Alternative – Fishamble & DTF not available in conjunction with any other offer. FRI 04 OCT 8PM / SAT 05 OCT 2.30PM & 8PM Full price: €20 / Early Bird: €16 / See page 15 Friends Scheme Members Offer Early Bird Offers OCT - DRAMA ACCESS MadHouse Draíocht is a fully accessible venue, with adapted toilets, wheelchair spaces in SAT 26 OCT 8PM the auditorium, lift access to all levels inside the building and disabled parking Full price: €20 / Early Bird: €16 / See page 23 spaces directly outside our front door. Please tell us when booking if you have any special requirements and we will do our best to facilitate you. Wheelchair NOV - DRAMA spaces in both our Main Auditorium & Studio Space must be allocated at the Eggsistentialism by Joanne Ryan time of booking. They are limited and are on a first come first served basis. SAT 02 NOV 8PM Full price: €18 / Early Bird: €15 / See page 25 LATECOMERS Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance at NOV – MUSIC the discretion of management. Magical Mozart by Candlelight THU 07 NOV 8PM
BETELNUT CAFÉ & THEATRE BAR Full price: €22 / Early Bird: €18 / See page 26 Betelnut Café at Draíocht is open for breakfast, lunch and snacks from 9am- 5pm Monday to Saturday. The Betelnut Café stays open until 7.30pm on DEC - DRAMA performance nights for pre theatre refreshments. Our theatre bar is open for Christmas Gothic pre-show drinks from 7.30pm and interval drinks may be pre-ordered at the TUE 10 DEC 8PM theatre bar before the show. Please note, consumption of food is Full price: €18 / Early Bird: €15 / See page 33 not permitted in either theatre space.
04 05 Season at a Glance Diary FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY (2018) 23 OCT 7.30PM 21 PHOTOGRAPH (2019) 20 NOV 7.30PM 28 SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2019 LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) 04 DEC 7.30PM 31 BOOK NOW tel: 01 885 2622 or online www.draiocht.ie IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) 18 DEC 7.30PM 36
Drama Musical & Panto EVENT DATE TIME PAGE MADE IN DAGENHAM THE MUSICAL 12-16 NOV 8PM 27 OUR PLACE OUR STORIES 20 SEP 6PM-8.30PM 10 ROBIN HOOD THE PANTO 04-19 JAN VARIOUS 36
CROWMAN STARRING JON KENNY 27 SEP 8PM 13 Family Events & Youth Workshops THE ALTERNATIVE – DTF 04 OCT 8PM 15 EARLY YEARS WORKSHOPS SEP-NOV 38 THE ALTERNATIVE – DTF 05 OCT 2.30PM & 8PM 15 CREATE DANCE PROJECT SEP-DEC 47 SPLICED 16 OCT 8.15PM 19 YOUTH THEATRE WORKSHOP 20 SEP 7PM-8PM 10 MADHOUSE 26 OCT 8PM 23 FAMILY DAY: RIP, SNIP, CUT 21 SEP 12PM-3PM 39 EGGSISTENTIALISM 02 NOV 8PM 25 PORTFOLIO PREPARATION GUIDANCE OCT-DEC 7PM-8.30PM 47 CLASS 29-30 NOV 8PM 30 D15 YOUTH THEATRE AUDITIONS 06 OCT 11AM 47 CHRISTMAS GOTHIC 10 DEC 8PM 33 BIGKIDLITTLEKID 12 OCT 12PM / 2PM / 4PM 18 Music FAMILY DAY: MEET THE ARTIST 19 OCT 12PM-3PM 39 AUTUMN SOUNDS 12 SEP 7.30PM 08 THE DIG 19 OCT 2PM & 4PM 20 THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY 14 SEP 8PM 09 MIDTERM FILM CLUB WORKSHOPS 29-31 OCT 10.30AM / 2PM 46 SINATRA - BEST OF THE BEST 21 SEP 8PM 12 FAMILY DAY: WINTER PRINTER 23 NOV 12PM-3PM 39 SONGS & POEMS OF PERCY FRENCH 24 SEP 8PM 12 BABY’S FIRST XMAS 06-07 DEC 11AM/12 NOON /1PM 32 JIMMY BUCKLEY 03 OCT 8PM 14 CHRISTMAS FELTY ELF WORKSHOP 14 DEC 12.30PM / 2.30PM 40 JAKE CARTER 18 OCT 8PM 20 School Shows, Workshops & Outreach ROUTE 66 BIG BAND 19 OCT 8PM 21 ARTIST IN YOUR CLASSROOM SEP-DEC 42 JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE 25 OCT 8PM 22 PRIMARY SCHOOL TOURS SEP-DEC 42 FRANKIE’S GUYS 31 OCT-01 NOV 8PM 24 SENIOR CYCLE FILM SCREENINGS SEP-DEC 44 MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT 07 NOV 8PM 26 LEAF 13-18 SEP VARIOUS 09 ROBERT MIZZELL 19 NOV 8PM 28 DRAWING IN A DIGITAL WORLD OCT-NOV 44 ABBA FOREVER - CHRISTMAS SHOW 26-27 NOV 8PM 29 ROMEO & JULIET - SCREENING 10 OCT 10.30AM 17 BLANCHARDSTOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 06 DEC 7.30PM 32 BIGKIDLITTLEKID 11 OCT 12PM /2PM 18 COOLMINE CHRISTMAS GALA CONCERT 12 DEC 8PM 33 THE DIG 18 OCT 10.15AM & 12.15PM 20 CLONEE MUSIC TUITION CENTRE 13 DEC 7.30PM 34 HAMLET - SCREENING 24 OCT 10.30AM 22 DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR 14 DEC 3PM & 8PM 34 CPD PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 29 OCT 10AM 41 Comedy EXPLORING THEATRE CRAFT NOV-DEC 45 ROSS BROWNE – BOJANGLE 28 SEP 8PM 14 LEAVING CERT REVISION DAY 05 NOV 10.30AM 45 FRED COOKE – FRED SPACE 05 OCT 8.15PM 16 FRANCIS FOOTWORK - COISCÉIM 06 NOV 10AM & 12 NOON 26 DES BISHOP - TAKE THE POINTS 08 NOV 8PM 27 FOCUS ON DRAWING 14 NOV 10AM / 12.30PM 41 DIRT BIRDS SELF HELP TOUR 05 DEC 8PM 31 ELF - SCHOOL SCREENING 16 DEC 11.30AM 35
HOME ALONE 2 - SCHOOL SCREENING 17 DEC 11.30AM 35 Dance FRANCIS FOOTWORK - COISCÉIM 05 NOV 7PM 26 Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Residencies SWAN LAKE - BALLET IRELAND 22-23 NOV 8PM 29 ESTUARY & ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME 12 SEP-16 NOV 48-49 AMHARC FHINE GALL 12TH EDITION 11 DEC-22 FEB 50 Film INCUBATE STUDIO RESIDENCIES VARIOUS 51 APOLLO 11 (2019) 11 SEP 7.30PM 08 MICHAEL MCLOUGHLIN – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2017-2019 52 CULTURE NIGHT FREE SCREENINGS 20 SEP 4PM-10PM 10 CEOL CONNECTED – THEATRE COMPANY IN RESIDENCE 53 FINDING DORY (2016) 28 SEP 3PM 13 ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS 54-58 RED JOAN (2018) 09 OCT 7.30PM 16 ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS 47-50 06 07 FILM SCHOOL & FAMILY Apollo 11 (2019) LEAF - Ceol Connected
WED 11 SEP 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc / €5 children FRI 13 SEP 10AM & 12 NOON SAT 14 SEP 2PM & 4PM / TUE 17-WED CERT: G Language: English Dur: 93 mins 18 SEP 10AM & 12 NOON Draíocht Studio €5 Per Child (Accompanying adults free) / Age 3-8 yrs / Dur 45 mins
Crafted from a newly discovered trove of never-before seen footage and audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most What is it like to live on a giant leaf? Prepare for whooshing winds, gigantic celebrated mission - the one that first put men on the moon, and forever raindrops, busy bugs, and bursts of colourful canopy in this joyful multi- made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names. Immersed sensory performance designed for children with complex needs. With the in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team in Mission Control, and gentle unfurling of a leaf, a soothing sensory world is brought to life through the millions of spectators on the ground, we vividly experience those music and song, light, smell, movement, and touch. Each show is limited to momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into 6 children and is suited to special needs crèches & pre-schools as well as for the future. ‘Astonishing … takes your breath away.’ Indie Wire children and their guardian/carer.
MUSIC MUSIC Autumn Sounds 2019 The Legend of Luke Kelly with Chris
THU 12 SEP 7.30PM Main Auditorium €12 / €8 conc Kavanagh SAT 14 SEP 8PM Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc
Duo Chagall, the celebrated partnership of Fingal-born violinist Gillian Williams and French cellist Arun Rao, are proud to present The Fingal On 30th January 1984, it is said that the whole of Dublin grieved the early Ensemble, a sensational 16-piece string group, officially launched in March death of Dubliner legend Luke Kelly, who has left an indelible mark as being 2019 for the 25th Anniversary Celebrations of Co. Fingal. Audiences can the greatest folk artist of the 20th Century and whose music is widely look forward to Vivaldi’s ever-popular ‘The Four Seasons’, Mozart’s ‘Eine regarded as one of Ireland’s cultural treasures. Singer-songwriter and multi- Kleine Nachtmusik’, as well as works by Tchaikovsky and Dublin-born instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh has a love and passion for Luke Kelly’s music composer Arthur Duff’s ‘Irish Suite for Strings’, written in 1940. and when Chris sings, his talents capture the depth and passion of the great man that he was so heavily influenced by.
08 09 Culture Night at Draíocht 2019
FRI 20 SEP 4PM-10PM All Events are Free but Ticketed Pre-booking advised tel 01-8852622 or Register On The Day/Night
FREE SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN
4PM / Shorts for Wee Ones / Dur 45 mins / Ages 3+ / CERT: G SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN 5.30PM / Shorts for Middle Ones / Dur 55 mins / Ages 8+ / CERT: G
Enjoy tales of a mystery fish who will only swim at the surface of the sea, a large green bird having some difficulties with a big bell and a very frisky egg, plus the coolest, funkiest Tyrannosaurus Rex of all time. See how an old, forgotten Rubik’s Cube finds a whole new audience and visit a chic Parisian restaurant with a truly unique menu. YOUTH THEATRE CULTURE
7PM-8PM Ages 14-18 Yrs Draíocht Workshop Room YOUTH THEATRE CULTURE
D15 Youth Theatre members welcome you into their world … bring a friend, introduce them to Draíocht and dip your toe into the waters of a fun Youth Theatre Workshop. GALLERY TOUR & TALK
7PM-8PM Draíocht Galleries
Join us for a curator’s tour of ‘Estuary’ exploring key themes and artworks in this major exhibition. The curators Una Sealy RHA, James English RHA, GALLERY TALK & TOUR Joshua Sex and Sanja Todorovic will guide you through the collection. OUR PLACE OUR STORIES
6PM Draíocht Foyer & Studio / 7.30PM-8.30PM Draíocht Studio
Experience live performances and video stories from our 6 artist partners and their groups. Mulhuddart Men’s Shed (Shaun Dunne), Mulhuddart Boxing Academy (Junk Ensemble), Daughters of Charity, Blakestown (Jody O’Neill), Foroige (Colm Keegan), Olaedo - Nigerian’s Women’s Group and
Maureens’ Group (FeiliSpeaks), Hartstown Community College and Pobal OUR PLACE OUR STORIES Scoil Setanta (Dylan Coburn Gray). Read more pg 57. FREE MOVIE SCREENING: Gloria Bell (2018)
8.30PM / Dur 102 mins / Cert 15A
Gloria (Julianne Moore), a free spirited divorcée, spends her days selling insurance and her nights dancing to disco anthems at an LA singles club for the over fifties. She finds romance with newly-divorced Arnold (John Turturro), and embarks on the complicated, joyful journey of new found
love. GLORIA BELL
10 11 MUSIC DRAMA Sinatra - Best of the Best Crowman starring Jon Kenny Ken Kirwan & his Swing Band FRI 27 SEP 8PM Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc Age 15+ Dur 65 mins SAT 21 SEP 8PM Main Auditorium €22 / €20 conc
Following the sell-out success of The Matchmaker last season, Jon Kenny Ken Kirwan & his Swing Band will take you back to the days of Vegas with his (D’Unbelievables) is back with his intimate one-man show. Crowman is a ‘Sinatra – Best of the Best’ show. From full-throttle belters that will bring the window into the soul of lonely bachelor, Dan. Feeling like an outsider looking house down to whispered speech level songs Frank was famous for. Ken’s in on the community, Dan soon discovers that he is not as much an outsider delivery is always right and befitting of the originals, featuring hits such as as he thinks. At times poignant and tragic but filled with warmth and ‘My Way’, ‘Lady is a Tramp’, ‘That’s Life’, ‘New York, New York’, ‘Mac the humour, Jon slips seamlessly in and out of numerous, uproariously funny Knife’, ‘Leroy Brown’ and many more. With very special guests on the night characters with his own unique and hilarious humour. ‘Kenny is brilliant in and a 12 piece Gospel Choir, this show is a must see! the role.’ Irish Examiner ‘Brilliant.’ ARENA, RTE 1
MUSIC FILM The Songs & Poems of Percy French Finding Dory (2016) TUE 24 SEP 8PM Main Auditorium €15 Sensory Friendly Family Screening
SAT 28 SEP 3PM DraÍocht Studio €5 adults & children Dur: 97 mins
Laugh, sing and maybe even shed a tear with the 18 strong Percy French Troubadours, who invite you to join with them again for this evening of songs, poems and sketches by Percy French. Featuring all-time favourites Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from ‘Are ye right there Michael?’, ‘The Darling Girl from Clare’, ‘To The West’, memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is ‘The Four Farrellys’ and ‘Abdul Abulbul Amir’ (Percy’s first successful song), that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help they’ll even give you a sheet with all the words to sing along! The Percy from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure French Troubadours have clocked up an impressive number of gigs as they to find them. Enjoy our Sensory Screening with lowered volume, lights on continue fundraising for a variety of local charities. Having already raised at low level, small audience size and the ability to make noise and move over €80,000, this night will be in aid of CASA. around freely during the screening if you wish.
12 13 COMEDY DRAMA Ross Browne – Bojangle The Alternative - A PLAY FOR IRELAND SAT 28 SEP 8PM Main Auditorium €18 / €16 conc Age 15+ Fishamble: The New Play Company Dublin Theatre Festival 2019
FRI 04 OCT 8PM / SAT 05 OCT 2.30PM & 8PM Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc / Groups 10+ €16 €16
Sit back and enjoy the tragedy of a man struggling to cope with the world around him. Physically out of step, mentally off balance and instinctively at odds with everything around him. Whether it’s responsibilities, parenting, marriage, death, losing the ability to dance, or coming to terms with a body that feels like a melting candle; Ross Browne shines a comedy torch on the world and brings light to any situation.
‘He’s going to be huge.’ The Sun ‘Genius!’ Jason Byrne ‘Outstanding.’ David MacSavage ‘Utterly bonkers.’ Lucy Kennedy
MUSIC Jimmy Buckley with Special Guest Claudia Buckley What if Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom? What if Home Rule THU 03 OCT 8PM Main Auditorium €25 had passed? What if there was no War of Independence? No Civil War? No partition? What if the island had only one soccer team? The year is 2019 and it is the eve of the Referendum. British Prime Minister Ursula Lysaght is returning to her hometown of Dublin to convince voters to Remain. With the threat of chaos in the streets, and personal conflict behind the scenes, the final debate is set to begin at BBC Dublin: Should Ireland leave the UK?
The Alternative by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney is the chosen play from the A Play for Ireland project. As part of its 30th year in 2018, Fishamble set out to find one big, ambitious play, that bursts with humanity, and tackles a subject about which the playwright feels passionate - A PLAY FOR IRELAND. This was a two-year process, in association with Draíocht, The Everyman, Jimmy Buckley is without a doubt one of Ireland’s best loved and most Lime Tree Theatre/Belltable, Lyric Theatre, Pavilion Theatre, and Town Hall respected performers. Jimmy possesses a very rare talent, not only as a Theatre, which encouraged writers to create ambitious plays that burst with phenomenal singer but also as a hilarious mimic of other major stars. His humanity. Starring: Karen Ardiff, Lorcan Cranitch, Maeve Fitzgerald, Fionntan show contains a wide variety of material, from country, big ballads and Larney, Rory Nolan, Rachel O’Byrne and Arthur Riordan. Written by Michael tribute medleys to the greats of country music Hank Williams and Charlie Patrick and Oisín Kearney. Directed by Jim Culleton Pride. Along with his magnificent band, Jimmy will entertain you superbly and looks forward to meeting friends old and new. Jimmy’s Special Guest on the Age suitability: 14yrs+ (contains scenes with strong language and depictions night is his daughter Claudia Buckley. of violence)
14 15 COMEDY SCHOOL FILM Fred Cooke - Fred Space Romeo & Juliet (1996)
SAT 05 OCT 8.15PM Draíocht Studio €15 Age 15+ THU 10 OCT 10.30AM Main Auditorium €7 adults / €5 children / 2 teachers free per class of 20+ CERT: 12 Language: English Dur: 120 mins
Fred Cooke has left his twinkle toes behind him from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and has taken to the road. ‘Fred Space’ has brought Cooke to a whole new level of comical mayhem placing him in the ‘Premier league of Irish funnymen’ (Hot Press), while his famous guitar plucking panache enables him to paint comical situations before delivering unexpected killer punchlines that leave his audience ‘elevated to hilarity’ (The Scotsman). Sit back and enjoy a performer with enough ‘energy to power a small village in the west of Kerry’ (The Laughter Lounge).
FILM Red Joan (2018) The classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by director Baz Luhrmann to a post-modern Verona Beach where swords are merely a brand WED 09 OCT 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc of gun and bored youths are easily spurred toward violence. CERT: 15A Language: English Dur: 110 mins Longtime rivals in religion and business, the Montagues and the Capulets share a page from the Jets and Sharks of West Side Story when they form rival gangs. At a party thrown by the Capulets, their teenage children, Romeo Montague (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet Capulet (Clare Danes), meet and quickly fall in love. They race towards a secret marriage, and when it seems that there may be some hope to bring the two warring sides together, events take a tragic turn.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite.
This season Draíocht collaborates with Access Cinema to bring ‘Romeo & In a picturesque village in England, Joan Stanley (Academy Award winner Juliet’ for Secondary School Students. Recommended age: 12+ Dame Judi Dench), lives in contented retirement. Suddenly, her tranquil existence is shattered as she’s shockingly arrested by MI5. For Joan has been hiding an incredible past; she is one of the most influential spies in living history. Inspired by an extraordinary true story, Red Joan is the taut and emotional discovery of one woman’s sacrifice in the face of incredible circumstances. A woman to whom we perhaps all owe our freedom. From Director Trevor Nunn. Starring: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Hughes.
16 17 SCHOOL & FAMILY DRAMA BigKidLittleKid SPLICED Anna Newell Theatre Adventures Chalk it Down Productions
FRI 11 OCT 12 NOON & 2PM SAT 12 OCT 12 NOON, 2PM & 4PM WED 16 OCT 8.15PM Draíocht Studio €18 / €16 conc Draíocht Studio €7 adults / €5 children / 2 teachers free per class of 20+ / Age 3-6 yrs / Dur: 30 mins + 10 mins playtime
In a handball alley between three concrete walls, a conversation is taking place between a hurler, an artist and a musician. Timmy is contemplating life BigKidLittleKid is a quirky, playful, energetic and engaging look at being on outside the sporting institution that raised him: the GAA. Must he go back to your own and being with someone else; and how size can really matter. Are fully understand? Where is the individual within the team? Why are emotions you a big kid or a little kid? Or both? BigKidLittleKid promises to delight suppressed for a stronger exterior? Can we talk about this? and enchant its audiences with its unique take on the complicated world of ‘Spliced’ is an autobiographical multi-disciplinary piece from one of the sibling rivalry. country’s most exciting upcoming writers and performers, Timmy Creed. This new show for audiences aged 3-6 years and their adults is created by Hard-hitting, honest and brave; this new collaboration by Creed, along with Anna Newell, described by The Guardian as ‘a hero of children’s theatre’ and David Mathúna (visual artist), Chris Somers (composer), produced by by the Irish Times as an ‘early years theatre pioneer’, with music by David Mags Keohane, and directed by Gina Moxley, shines a light on the fragility of Goodall, with whom Anna has created shows for early years audiences that the sportsman behind the mask, and begins a conversation about identity have been seen on 5 continents and off-Broadway. and mental health in Ireland’s largest sporting institution, the GAA.
2019 full production funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon Written & Performed by Timmy Creed in partnership with The Civic, Tallaght; the Mermaid, Bray and Draíocht, Directed by Gina Moxley Blanchardstown. (Initial R&D funding by the Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire & the Age 14+ / Dur: 60 mins Mermaid, Bray). ‘A love song to the GAA.’ Tim Crouch
18 19 SCHOOL & FAMILY MUSIC The Dig by Paul Curley Route 66 Big Band Live in Concert
FRI 18 OCT 10.15AM & 12.15PM SAT 19 OCT 2PM & 4PM SAT 19 OCT 8PM Main Auditorium €22 / €20 conc Draíocht Studio €7 adults / €5 children / 2 teachers free per class of 20+ / Age 7-10 yrs / Dur: 45 mins
The 16 piece Big Band Route 66, with special guest singers, make a welcome return to Draíocht following their great success last year. Their show takes All his life Mac has wanted to be an Archaeologist, to be an expert in finding you on a magical musical tour from the 40’s right up to date with numbers things and working out what they mean. If only he could stick to the facts made famous by Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Glen Miller, Tom Jones, Adele, and not get carried away with his highfalutin stories. But in a world where Joe Dolan, Tina Turner, Van Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald and many more. facts and figures mean so much more than fairy tale and fantasy, Mac has to Made up of experienced musicians from Dublin, Meath and Kildare, with a dig deeper to prove what he finds is what he thinks it is. Will people believe fabulous brass and saxophone section, they are perfectly blended together him, or is this just another of his tall tales? to produce the very best in Big Band entertainment.
FILM
MUSIC Float Like A Butterfly (2018) Jake Carter WED 23 OCT 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc CERT: 15A Language: English Dur: 101 mins FRI 18 OCT 8PM Main Auditorium €22
Francis (Hazel Doupe) is a 15 year old Traveller girl who, as a huge fan Fresh off the back of what has been a roller coaster 18 months for Jake of Mohammad Ali, trains herself into a state of boxing excellence. She is Carter, the pop singer and Dancing With The Stars 2018 winner has enjoyed determined to make her ex-convict father Michael (Dara Devaney) proud. enormous success in recent times with his recent single releases, as well Patriarchal and controlling, he is too defeated himself to imagine any better as packing out venues across the country including Dublin’s Vicar St. and for his daughter and demands that Francis adhere to tradition and leave her Cork Opera House. With multiple TV projects also on the go, the 20 year love of boxing behind. But Francis was not born to be broken. In the mother old pop singer is delighted to be getting back on stage with his live band and of all fights, she must dig deep to find in herself the champion her father showcasing his latest music in what promises to be a fun filled live concert once knew her to be. with plenty of surprises!
20 21 SCHOOL FILM DRAMA Hamlet by William Shakespeare MadHouse by Una McKevitt & PJ Gallagher National Theatre Live Screening (2015) Starring Katherine Lynch & Shane O’Reilly
THU 24 OCT 10.30AM Main Auditorium €7 adults / €5 children / 2 teachers SAT 26 OCT 8PM Main Auditorium €16 Free per class of 20+ CERT: 12A Language: English Dur: 170 mins €20 / €18 conc / Groups 10+ €16 / Dur: 65 mins
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. This production renders Shakespeare’s protagonist identifiable to a new generation. Lyndsey Turner directs with visual flair and gothic sensibility while Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a masterful interpretation of a Hamlet profoundly torn. This screening is presented in association with IFI Education, for TY and senior cycle students.
MUSIC When Bobby was 10, his Ma moved 6 men with schizophrenia into the family Just for Old Times Sake - The Farewell Tour home to look after. Like things weren’t mad enough already. Confronted with memories of his childhood after his Da dies, Bobby’s past begins to An Evening of Variety with Dickie Rock & Friends collide with the present. It’s raining outside and he’s stuck indoors; Ma’s FRI 25 OCT 8PM Main Auditorium €30 / €27.50 conc restocking the industrial-sized pill cabinet, Da’s in the pub, Martin’s doing laps of the garden, Marv is missing and Mump can see a gorilla in the hall. Madhouse is based on the true life story of comedian PJ Gallagher.
‘Madhouse is crazy good. It’s a pacy, brilliantly written production full of PJ’s trademark humour - honest and observational without ever being cruel.’ www.dublinlive.ie ★★★★★ ‘Comic coming of age story.’ The Irish Times ★★★★ ‘A joyously kind, touching piece and very funny.’ Sunday Independent Dickie Rock is one of Ireland’s most loved and recognised singers and still attracts a huge following of fans from all around the world. He has been performing and packing out venues throughout Ireland and Europe for over Age 14+ (contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature) fifty years and is still going as strong as ever! Joining Dickie, is Star of Sunshine Madhouse premiered at the Abbey Theatre on the Peacock stage during Dublin Fringe Radio, Paddy Cole, legendary in Irish show business, ever since he first came Festival 2018 and is supported by The Arts Council, Project Arts Centre and The to prominence in the 1960s with the Capitol Showband. Very special guests on the night include Funny Friday’s Sil Fox with host and compere George Hunter. Pavilion Theatre.
22 23 MUSIC DRAMA Frankie’s Guys Eggsistentialism A celebration of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Written & Performed by Joanne Ryan
THU 31 OCT - FRI 01 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €25 SAT 02 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €18 / €16 conc €15
Back by popular demand ... ‘Frankie’s Guys - A celebration of ‘Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons’ is a fast paced, energetic production with an authentic live concert feel. Putting their own charismatic stamp on timeless classics such as, ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, ‘Walk Like A Man’, ‘Sherry’ & ‘Oh What A Night’, the boys take you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane and remind you exactly why ‘The Four Seasons’ sold over 100 million records and earned themselves a place in the prestigious ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’.
Joanne Ryan’s internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning show is a funny, tender and moving exploration of reproduction in 21st-Century Ireland. Looking down the barrel of her final fertile years, one modern Irish woman goes on a comical quest to uncover the ifs, hows and crucially the whys of reproducing her genes. Mixing animation with stand-up, monologue and hilarious recorded interjections from Ryan’s mother, Eggsistentialism takes a light-hearted but unflinching look at one of life’s most compelling dilemmas: should making a life for oneself involve making another?
Dur 60 mins /Age 14+/ Some strong language.
Directed by Veronica Coburn.
Winner of The Lustrum Award, The Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award, Sydney Fringe’s Critics’ Pick Award, Best Storytelling Bouquet at Edinburgh Festival and nominated for Best Performance at Melbourne Fringe. Funded by The Strollers Network Touring Production Award. Supported by Limerick Culture and Arts Department, Limerick City and County Council.
‘Deeply relatable. Universally political.’ The Scotsman ★★★★ ‘Close to a masterpiece; intelligent, thoughtful, wry, funny, and above all, loving.’ The Sunday Independent
‘An absolute gem of a show … A must-see; a deeply personal play with universal appeal. Don’t miss it.’ Bouquets and Brickbats ★★★★★
24 25 DANCE COMEDY Francis Footwork - CoisCéim Dance Theatre Des Bishop - Take The Points Written & Directed by David Bolger FRI 08 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €25 / €23 conc TUE 05 NOV 7PM / WED 06 NOV 10AM & 12 NOON Main Auditorium / €7 adults / €5 children / 2 teachers free per class of 20+ / Age 6+ yrs / Dur: 55 mins
That’s good advice on the pitch but an even better metaphor for life, especially when you don’t take advice well. How hard can it be for a man to say “point taken!” Des Bishop’s new show tries to digest the incredible changes we have seen in society in the last year and a half. Me too, consent, Once upon a dance floor … in a kingdom not so far away, lived Francis trump, the 8th and how divided everyone is online. Everyone welcome, Footwork. Now, Francis Footwork is no ordinary girl - she is an extraordinary snowflakes, the easily offended, those that complain about people being dancer. When young King Two Lefties ascends to the throne, he is convinced offended, PC and non PC people, religious people and atheists. We all have by trusted adviser Colonel Headbanger to rule the land with an iron fist. He points to take and goals to come! wants to end all dancing. Francis and her friends come together to teach him a dance lesson he will never forget! CoisCéim is proud to be funded by the
Arts Council and supported by Dublin City Council. MUSICAL MUSIC Made in Dagenham The Musical Magical Mozart by Candlelight Coolmine Musical Society European Baroque Ensemble TUE 12 - SAT 16 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €25
THU 07 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €22 / €20 conc €18
Set in the swinging sixties, Made in Dagenham is based on a real life strike in From the producers of A Viennese Strauss Gala, this sumptuous fully the Ford Factory in Dagenham in June 1968. It is more than 50 years since costumed show immerses us in the wonderful music and the classical baroque these amazing characters stood up for their rights, which led to the Equal world of one of the world’s greatest romantic composers - Wolfgang Amadeus Pay Act of 1970. Coolmine Musical Society is delighted to be taking to the Mozart. With beautiful settings, costumes, lighting, and of course candles, the stage with the Dublin Premiere of this show. This witty and fun show will bring European Baroque Ensemble and world class opera singers transport you back everybody out for a great night’s entertainment! to the sumptuous past.
‘A sublime evening … magical, it certainly was!’ Jersey Evening Post
26 27 MUSIC DANCE Robert Mizzell and the Country Kings Swan Lake - Ballet Ireland
TUE 19 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €25 / €23 conc FRI 22 - SAT 23 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €25 / €23 conc / €18 (under 16s)
Robert Mizzell has made Ireland his home for over 20 years. He served his apprenticeship in Country Music since he first arrived here and is now one This most famous of ballets, combines romantic themes, classical technique of the top Country Music Artists in Ireland, enjoying huge success all around and ethereal imagery together with Tchaikovsky’s majestic score, to ensure the country. He has released 12 solo studio albums and 2 full length DVD’s this masterpiece’s immortality. Swan Lake tells the story of Odette, a to date and is constantly touring Ireland and the UK with his band. ‘Kick Ass beautiful princess, who by day is turned into a swan by evil magician Von Country’ was Robert’s first major hit, but it was the song ‘Say You Love Me’ Rothbart, only to regain her human form at night. Out hunting by the that made him a household name in Ireland. Lakeside, Prince Siegfried encounters her and falls madly in love with her. But will he be able to break Von Rothbart’s spell…?
‘Moving production … beautifully choreographed.’ FILM The Sunday Business Post
Photograph (2019) ‘Exuberant and beautiful production.’ Irish Mail on Sunday
WED 20 NOV 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc CERT: 15A Language: Indian (English Subtitles) Dur: 110 mins MUSIC ABBA Forever - The Christmas Show
TUE 26 - WED 27 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc
A struggling Mumbai street photographer pressured to marry by his grandmother convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develop a surprising connection that challenges their worldviews in a wistful and funny romance from Ritesh It’s always party time when ABBA are about, but when it’s the Christmas Show, Batra (The Lunchbox). Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra. then that’s a real excuse for a party! This happy sing-a-long tribute celebrates with a loud and proud fanfare! It’s the perfect way to start your Christmas ‘A quiet charmer’. The Hollywood Reporter celebrations! So, MAMMA MIA, here we go again! My My How can we resist ‘ … feels like a throwback to the old-fashioned big screen romances of you! A cracker of a show. Great vocals from singers Lucinda and Marie, great yore.’ Screen International playing from Denis and Rae and terrific audiovisuals to bring you back in time to seminal ABBA moments!
28 29 DRAMA FILM CLASS Love Actually (2003) by Iseult Golden and David Horan WED 04 DEC 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc FRI 29 - SAT 30 NOV 8PM Main Auditorium €18 / €16 conc CERT: 15PG Language: English Dur: 129 mins
Love Actually is the ultimate romantic comedy from the makers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Notting Hill. Funny, irresistible and heart-warming, an all-star cast (Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson, to name a few!) will take you on a breathtaking tour of love’s delightful twists and turns. Fall under the spell of Love Actually and share the laughs and charm again and again.
COMEDY
A parent-teacher meeting goes very wrong in CLASS - a new play about Dirt Birds Self Help Tour learning difficulties: in school, in life, wherever. Brian and Donna’s son is nine With Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins years old, and he’s struggling. That’s what his teacher says. Says he should see a psychologist. But Brian and Donna – recently separated – never liked THU 05 DEC 8PM Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc school, never liked teachers. So are they going to trust this one? And should they?
CLASS is an explosive triple confrontation in a classroom over learning difficulties, love and entitlement. Funny, heartbreaking and beautifully observed, with rave reviews and a sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre, CLASS is new Irish writing at its finest. The show sold out before opening in Dublin and Galway and has had an extraordinary response from audiences and critics alike wherever it plays.
Cast includes Stephen Jones and Will O’Connell.
If making the school lunches, doing the jaysus homework and dodging the ‘With an outstanding cast, a laugh-out-loud yet gut-wrenching story, guards because your NCT is out by two years is sending you over the edge, you this thoroughly enjoyable show reflects our fractured zeitgeist are not alone. This rip-roaring two hours of comedy gold is a unique blend of brilliantly.’ Sunday Times Ireland ★★★★★ hilarious sketch comedy and stand up. Brand new characters take to the stage ‘Three terrific performances, two exceptional writers and directors, along with some of the well-known favourites. and one extraordinarily brilliant script’. The Arts Review ★★★★★ ‘Sinead and Sue … are passionate mothers themselves and have first- hand experience of life’s challenges.’ The Independent
30 31 FAMILY DRAMA Baby’s First Xmas Christmas Gothic Anna Newell Theatre Adventures Dyad Productions starring Rebecca Vaughan
FRI 06 - SAT 07 DEC 11AM / 12 NOON / 1PM TUE 10 DEC 8PM Main Auditorium €18 / €16 conc €15 Draíocht Studio €5 Per Child (Accompanying Adult Free) / Ages 0-12 months / Dur: 20 mins + some playtime
Christmas: a time to remember the past, celebrate the present, and look to the future; a time of feasts and festivities; of holly and mistletoe; a time of visits and visitations. A time of ghosts. Come in from the cold and enter Baby’s First Xmas is a gentle magical wonderland of gorgeous harmony into the Christmas spirit as a dark and spectral woman tells haunting tales singing, little lights and enticing textures. Created for babies under one year of the festive season, lighting a candle to the frailties of human nature and old by Anna Newell and David Goodall, whose work for Early Years audiences illuminating the cold and chilling depths of the bleak, wintry dark … has been seen on five continents. This brand new Xmas show promises to delight and entrance the very tiniest of audience members. Each baby can ‘A macabre masterpiece. Ghostly, grisly and gorgeous. Don’t miss it.’ bring one adult guest (max capacity 8 babies / 8 guardians per show). Three Weeks ★★★★★
MUSIC MUSIC Blanchardstown School of Music Christmas Coolmine Christmas Gala Concert – Showcase Merry Christmas
FRI 06 DEC 7.30PM Main Auditorium €8 THU 12 DEC 8PM Main Auditorium €15
Blanchardstown School of Music return to Draíocht for their Christmas Coolmine invites you to join them for what has become a Christmas tradition, Showcase, featuring the talent of their students ranging from Singing, Piano, a night of yuletide music and some other favourite songs from the stage and Drums, Violin and Guitar. With some festive inspired pieces along with some screen. All are welcome to this evening where the importance of community, of the students exam preparation work, it will be an evening of fantastic friends and family will be celebrated with fantastic musical acts such as the music and upbeat performances! Blanchardstown School of Music is based in Blanchardstown Brass Band, Mary McGahann, Bob Linehan, the St Brigid’s Coolmine Industrial Estate. Established in 2008 it has steadily grown since then Choirs and other surprise acts on the night. All proceeds on the night will go with a wide variety of music lessons available in all instruments. towards the vital addiction recovery services provided by Coolmine.
32 33 MUSIC SCHOOL FILM Clonee Music Tuition Centre – Elf (2003)
10th Anniversary Concert MON 16 DEC 11.30AM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc / €5 children / 2 FRI 13 DEC 7.30PM Draíocht Studio €10 teachers free per class of 20+ CERT: PG Language: English Dur: 97 mins
Clonee Music Tuition Centre returns to Draíocht to celebrate 10 years of Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human baby raised in the North Pole to be an music making in the community. Join them for what promises to be a most Elf. After wreaking havoc in the elf community due to his size, Buddy heads enjoyable evening of music showcasing the talents of current and former to New York City to find his place in the world, and track down his father. students. Celebrating their 10th Anniversary, soloists and ensembles will But everyone has forgotten the true meaning of Christmas, and it’s up to perform an exciting selection of music and songs from different genres with Buddy and his simple elf ways to win over his family, realise his destiny and some Christmas favourites for audience participation! Clonee Music Tuition ultimately, save Christmas! Centre, established in 2009 provides instrumental and vocal tuition for students of all ages and Pre-Instrumental Courses for younger children.
MUSIC SCHOOL FILM Christmas with The Dublin Gospel Choir Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
SAT 14 DEC 3PM €15 / 8PM €20 / €18 conc Main Auditorium TUE 17 DEC 11.30AM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc / €5 children / 2 teachers free per class of 20+ CERT: PG Language: English Dur: 120 mins
Start the Christmas season in style with Dublin Gospel Choir who bring us a selection of Christmas favourites; some joyful, some uplifting, some Child-star Macaulay Culkin returns, in the role that made him famous, as nostalgic and some just downright funky! Dublin Gospel Choir have long been Kevin McCallister, a precocious Chicago boy who mistakenly boards a plane a household name in Ireland – versatile, passionate and vibrant, they uplift to New York while the rest of his large family wings to Florida. In Manhattan, and energise with powerful voices and rich harmonies They have shared the he takes up residency at the Plaza Hotel, but his posh holiday is disrupted stage with industry heavyweights such as Rod Stewart, John Legend, Kodaline, when he discovers that the Sticky Bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) are on Outkast, Damien Rice and Ennio Morricone, to name but a few. the loose. Can he foil their plan to rob an elderly man’s toy store just before Christmas?
34 35 FILM Coming Next Season – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Now Booking WED 18 DEC 7.30PM Main Auditorium €7.50 / €6 conc / €5 children CERT: G Language: English Dur: 129 mins
JANUARY - MUSIC The Bee Gees Story FRI 24-SAT 25 JAN 8PM Main Auditorium €25 / €23 conc
JANUARY - MUSIC Reeling in the Showbands THU 30-FRI 31 JAN 8PM This moving and beautifully told film is a true masterpiece of cinema. George Main Auditorium €32 / €30 conc Bailey (James Stuart) is in turmoil, having been framed by his arch rival. He’s torn between his own desires and aspirations, but struggling to always do the FEBRUARY - DRAMA right thing. This inner conflict proves too much for Bailey, who sees suicide The Matchmaker as the only option. In classic Hollywood style, Heaven sends a guardian angel SAT 01 FEB 8PM to remind him how worthwhile his life has been and to treasure the good times. Main Auditorium €20 / €18 conc
PANTO FEBRUARY - COMEDY Robin Hood The Panto Jason Byrne - Wrecked but Ready THU 06 - FRI 07 FEB 8PM Coolmine Panto Group Main Auditorium €23 SAT 04-SUN 19 JAN Main Auditorium €22 / €19 conc SAT 04 2PM & 7.30PM / SUN 05 1PM & 5.30PM WED 08 7PM (RELAXED PERFORMANCE €19) / THU 09 7.30PM FEBRUARY - MUSIC FRI 10 7.30PM / SAT 11 2PM & 7.30PM / SUN 12 1PM & 5.30PM Sharon Shannon WED 15 7.30PM / THU 16 7.30PM / FRI 17 7.30PM SAT 08 FEB 8PM SAT 18 2PM & 7.30PM / SUN 19 2PM Main Auditorium €23 / €20 conc
FEBRUARY - COMEDY Neil Delamere - End of Watch FRI 14 FEB 8PM Main Auditorium €25 / €23 conc
MARCH – COMEDY Catherine Bohart - Lemon SAT 07 MAR 8PM Join in the fun as Sir Robin of Locksley together with his Mother, Lady Main Auditorium €15 Rose Bud, draw swords and arrows with the money grabbing Sheriff of Nothingdoing. Can Sir Robin rescue Maid Marion from the evil Sheriff? Fun and laughter are guaranteed with Robin’s Merry Men, Friar Tuck and his Snoring Book Now tel 01-8852622 Monks and the Singing Nuns of Mirth. Full show details available on www.draiocht.ie
36 37 Draíocht and Families FREE FAMILY DAYS This Season of family days are funded by Fingal County Council’s Arts Exploring More With Early Years Arts Office, as part of the ‘Estuary’ Exhibition programme. This series of individual monthly workshops is intended to allow you and your child to explore different art mediums in an open and undirected way. There will be mess but there will also be fun! Cost: €5 per child per workshop (accompanying adult is free). Box Office on 01-8852622.
Family Day: Rip, Snip, Cut, Create
SAT 21 SEP Draíocht Galleries 12PM-3PM
Taking inspiration from the range of landscapes in the exhibition ‘Estuary’(see pg 48) our artists we help you to create real and imagined Baby Boogie collaged mix media landscapes by gluing, ripping, cutting, sticking, thinking, chalking. WED 25 SEPT 10.20AM-11.10AM & 11.30AM-12.20PM (50 MINS) Family Day: Meet The Artist, Make Some Art Baby Boogie is a fun movement class lead by Jo Quinn, with musical instruments, parachutes, bubbles, feather blowing and scarf dancing. SAT 19 OCT Draíocht Galleries 12PM-3PM
Splish, Splash, Squash Families are invited to spend time in the Gallery, interact with the artworks and respond to the compositions, materials, patterns, textures and themes TUE 15 OCT 10AM-10.50AM & 12PM-12.50PM (50 MINS) that they encounter through creative and interactive workshops facilitated by exhibiting artist Catherine Barron. Anne Cradden will lead you on this journey of experimentation … splishing, splashing and squashing with paint, paint brushes, fingers … and toes! You need to dress for mess for this one! Winter Printer SAT 23 NOV Draíocht Galleries 12PM-3PM Exploring Sound & Music Create your reindeer and print him green, etch an elephant and add a red FRI 08 NOV 10.15AM-11AM & 11.30AM-12.15PM (45 MINS) nose, stamp a tree with purple snow. Our artists will be on hand to show you the techniques to print a Christmas Card and you can show us just how crazy See and play music in a free and open environment with musician Eamon your festive imagination can be! Sweeney, using gongs, chimes, bells, ocean drums, simple percussion instruments and song.
FAMILY DAY NOTES
WORKSHOP NOTES: Sessions are free, but space is limited. Max 50 per workshop
These workshops are designed for children aged 2-4 years. Please respect age limits SESSION 1: 12PM-12.50PM / SESSION 2: 1PM-1.50PM / SESSION 3: 2PM-2.50PM
as each workshop has been designed especially for this age range. All children must Dress for Mess. Unless otherwise stated workshops are designed for children from 5-10 be accompanied by an adult and all adults must be accompanied by a child. Where years, though younger and older siblings are welcome to take part. Please be aware that indicated please DRESS FOR MESS and bring a change of clothes. These sessions are Draíocht’s Family Days are not designed for groups. All children must be accompanied only suitable for one parent / guardian and accompanying child (without siblings). by an adult … and all adults must be accompanied by a child!
3838 39 A Creative Crèche Project Draíocht & Primary Schools
SEP-OCT CPD FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Early year’s artist Lucy Hill will bring the current exhibition ‘Estuary’ to life (see page 48) for early years children and educators from local community TUE 29 OCT 10AM-3PM Draíocht Workshop Room crèche services, through a series of explorative workshops. Together they will creatively explore art materials and prominent themes of nature and Primary school teachers are invited to encounter the contemporary the environment, igniting curiosity and the imagination along the way. The artworks featured in the current exhibition ‘Estuary’(see page 48) and project will include a series of workshops that take place in the Gallery and participate in a responsive workshop led by professional artist, Clare Breen. Teachers will be supported to enhance their artistic skills and expand off-site in local crèche services. If you are a crèche in Dublin 15 and are their approach to teaching in the classroom by exploring the potential interested in getting involved in a future creative crèche programme please of the gallery context as an educational resource for the Primary School get in touch with Sarah, 01-809 8029 or [email protected] curriculum. Fingal Arts Office is offering a stipend to support Fingal teachers attend. For more information please contact [email protected]
Look, Talk, Draw, Play
CHILDREN’S GALLERY GUIDE
Come and pick up Draíocht’s new Children’s Gallery Guide (free from Box Office) to help you and your family explore our exhibitions and building at your own pace and in your own time. Our Box Office staff will assist you with paper, clipboards, colouring pencils and a cushion! Look around the building, talk about the artwork, draw with the viewfinder, play a game in the gallery! This gallery guide was designed and created with generous FOCUS ON … Drawing With Atsushi Kaga support from Creative Fingal’s Cruinniú na nÓg 2019 programme, an An Appetite For Adventure initiative of Creative Ireland, in collaboration with Kotryna Kotoviciute from TU Dublin Blanchardstown’s, Creative Digital Media Degree course. THU 14 NOV Draíocht Workshop Room Cost: FREE 10AM-11.30AM OR 12.30PM-2PM Age Range: 5th-6th Class Pupils
As Part of the ‘Estuary’ exhibition programme (see pg 48), join us in the gallery for ‘An Appetite for Adventure’. Exhibiting artist, Atsushi Kaga, Christmas Felty Elf Making Workshop is here to guide you on an adventure that explores the development of fictional characters through drawing. You will create and develop your SAT 14 DEC Draíocht Workshop Room own unique fictional character, revealing their individuality through the exploration of symbols, line, form, tone, texture and narrative. €5 Per Child (Accompanying Adult Free) Image: Atsushi Kaga Workshop 1: 5-7 Years: 12.30PM-2PM (accompanying adult) Workshop 2: 8-10 Years: 2.30PM-4PM (no accompanying adult)
Make your own Christmas Elf decoration with felt artist Gina Faustino, WORKSHOP NOTES: creating and learning about felting from scratch, create your own piece of Limited to 1 class per school but other classes are welcome to be part of a waiting list. material from lamb’s wool and end with a unique Christmas creation! Early Cost per class is FREE as this programme is funded by Fingal Arts Office as part of the booking advised. Estuary Exhibition programme. Booking is essential, tel Box Office on (01) 8852622 / Max of 30 students per class.
40 41 Draíocht’s Artist in Your Classroom Initiative Print In Your Classroom
Workshops In Your Classroom With Draíocht’s Artists Age Range: 3rd-6th Class Duration: 2 Class Groups get 2 hr Workshop Each MON 16 SEP - FRI 13 DEC Artist: Deirdre O’Reilly
Deirdre will introduce your pupils to a number of different print making This programme aims to provide a range of high quality arts experiences for techniques, before they work together to plan, create and produce a series pupils and teachers in your own classroom, using Draíocht’s professional of limited edition original prints. Print making allows pupils to explore artists, at Primary level. Your school can choose from the range of specially the endless possibilities of shape and colour, line and pattern and offers selected and purposefully created school workshops below. This Season, opportunities to create individual and collaborative works of art. All materials pupils will have the opportunity to perform, print and sing. Workshops are will be provided. A must-do cross curricular creative workshop for your class. tailored to your class’s age and abilities.
Music And Singing In Your Classroom
Age Range: Adaptable To All Age Ranges Duration: 3 Class Groups get 60 min Workshop Each Artist: Dónal Kearney
This music and singing workshop introduces pupils to the potential of making music with their own voice. The workshop focuses on building listening skills, encouraging creative play, and creating music using the voice and the instruments available in each school. Based on years of research in music education and practical choral training, Dónal and his team at Fingal Academy of Music, believe in the power of music engagement to transform lives.
Workshop Notes & Bookings
Workshops can take place from 16 September - 13 December 2019 on a date of your choosing. Closing date for Bookings is Friday 08 November 2019 through Draíocht’s Box Office tel: 01-8852622
The programme is offered on a first come first served basis and is restricted Drama In Your Classroom to schools within the Dublin 15 area. Each day is subsidised by Draíocht and costs the school €120 including all materials. Schools are welcome to Age Range: Adaptable To All Age Ranges Duration: Junior/Senior Inf: 4 Class make multiple bookings, subject to artist availability, but due to budgetary Groups get 45 min Workshop Each or 1st Class Upwards: 2 Class Groups constraints, the above subsidised workshop rate is limited to two days per get 1.5 hr Workshop Each Artist: Eimear Morrissey school. For further details please contact Sarah on 01-809 8029 or email Using a theme of your choice as a starting point, Eimear Morrissey [email protected]. (pictured above)introduces pupils to the wonderful world of theatre through imaginative fun collective group games. The workshop will explore Explore More - Primary School Tours different ways of engaging the imagination, of thinking creatively, seeing, listening, new ways of communicating and expression, as well as building If you would like your class to visit Draíocht’s two exhibitions spaces, to confidence. Pupils will work together towards a common goal of creating encourage students to examine and voice their opinion about the artist a short improvised performance piece, giving them the opportunity to and their work as well as exploring the rest of the buildings including our experience the creation of something from nothing! two theatre spaces, backstage and dressing rooms please get in touch with [email protected]. Tours will take 50 mins, are free and subject to availability, max 30 pupils with accompanying teacher.
42 43 Draíocht & Secondary Schools
Leaving Certificate Art History Appreciation Revision Day
Senior Cycle Film Screenings TUE 05 NOV 10.30AM-1.30PM FREE Draíocht Studio
SEP-DEC This unique revision day is designed for Leaving Certificate art students and teachers. Using the exhibition ‘Estuary’ (see page 48), we will explore Draíocht will collaborate once again with the Irish Film Institutes Education and support art student’s preparation for the Leaving Certificate Art Programme as well as with Access Cinema, by screening a selection Appreciation section, through a series of talks and practical activities. of foreign language films for Senior Cycle Students, along with films supporting the Junior and Leaving Certificate Exams, like ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Guided by artist Bridget Flannery, as well as ‘Estuary’ exhibition curators, (see pg 17) and ‘Hamlet’ (see pg 22). Keep an eye on our website for Una Sealy and Joshua Sex, participants will gain an understanding of the further date information and showings. Sign up for our teacher Ezines on curatorial process and installation considerations. Students will then meet www.draiocht.ie to be sure you’re sent all our up to date news and offers. with artist Martin Gale, whose work features in the exhibition and on the Leaving Certificate curriculum, to hear about his processes, techniques and inspiration. A facilitated tour of the exhibition will focus on two art works, to compare and contrast style, subject matter and artistic techniques.
Places are free, but limited and must be booked in advance with Draíocht’s Box Office 01-8852622.
Image: Martin Gale
EXPLORING THEATRE CRAFT
NOV-DEC
Over a six week period, theatre professionals Eimear Morrissey and Jo Drawing in a Digitally Mediated World Quinn will once again work with transition year students from Hartstown Exploring Estuary With Sean Molloy Community School and Riversdale Community College to introduce them to the magic of theatre. This year we are concentrating on the creation OCT-NOV Age Range: Transition Years Students of physical theatre, from the perspectives of performer and audience. Students will attend workshops, create their own performance, as well as Exhibiting artist Sean Molloy invites your students to explore the exhibition attend CoisCéim’s new show ‘Francis Footwork’ (see pg 26). If you are a ‘Estuary’ (see pg 48) and re-imagine drawing, as he guides you on a journey secondary school in Dublin 15 and are interested in finding out more about from the baroque era to the present day, exploring traditional old-master this project please contact [email protected] drawing techniques. For information on available dates and times, please contact Draíocht’s Box Office at 01-8852622 or email [email protected] Image: Sean Molloy
44 45 Draíocht and Youth Arts
MIDTERM HALLOWEEN WORKSHOPS Funded by Fingal County Council Arts Office, Fingal Film Club offers young people the opportunity to learn all about film through a series of programmes and short courses throughout the year. Booking is through Draíocht’s Box Office 01-8852622.
D15 Youth Theatre Auditions
SUN 06 OCT 11AM-1PM Draíocht Age: 14-18 Years
Auditions will be held for new members for Draíocht’s highly successful Youth Theatre (D15YT), for those aged between 14-18 years with a love of theatre and trying new things. D15YT runs on Tuesday evenings, 7pm- 9pm, during schools term times, starting in October. All are welcome to audition, please visit www.draiocht.ie or drop into Draíocht to pick up an application form. If you are interested in finding out more about D15YT, Fingal Film Club: Make A Scare! contact [email protected] or on 01 8098029. Before the Auditions, why BRICK FLICKS STOP MOTION COURSE not dip your toe into a Free Youth Theatre Workshop on Culture Night on 20 September? (see pg 10). TUE 29, WED 30, THU 31 OCT 10.30AM-1PM With Create School Age Range: 8-12 Years Cost: €15 Create Dance Project What if your favourite LEGO mini-figure came back to life as a zombie, a This innovative dance project sees dancers and facilitators Mark Rogers and vampire, a mummy … and they are coming to get you! We can show you Antje O’Toole work with a group of children with an intellectual disability, how to make that happen by using the magical art of stop motion animation. plus their parents and siblings, over the autumn in weekly workshops. After Working with like-minded young animators, participants will create short films their exciting showcase as part of the Irish Youth Dance Festival in June, and learn some of the basic skills of stop motion or master existing ones. Create dancers will continue to develop their solo and group work. If you Bring along your favourite mini figures to star in your film! have a child aged between 5-16 years with a love of dance and music, and an intellectual or physical disability please get in touch with sarah@draiocht. Fingal Film Club: Make A Scare! ie. MOVIE MAKER COURSE Portfolio Preparation Guidance TUE 29, WED 30, THU 31 OCT 2PM-5PM With Create School Age Range: 13-16 Years Cost: €15 TUESDAYS 7PM-8.30PM 01 OCT, 05 NOV, 03 DEC FREE
Over these three days, participants will collaborate to script, rehearse, shoot Are you in 5th or 6th year and planning on going to art college? On the and edit their horrifying ideas to create a finished film that will strike fear into first Tuesday of every month, Draíocht will facilitate Portfolio Preparation all that watch it. Working closely in groups with experienced facilitators, you Guidance sessions with artist Andrew Carson during October-December. will learn skills and techniques that you can continue to develop after the Bring along your portfolio every month for review and suggestions, drawing course in order to make films with your own mobile technology. sessions and a suggested task to complete between sessions. All levels are
Draíocht has a number of Access Places available on all its courses. If you would like to welcome and these sessions are designed to be informal, drop in sessions. nominate someone to participate who may not have the fee, please contact sarah@ Sessions are free but space is limited, so please pre-register at the Box draiocht.ie in confidence. Draíocht is committed, within its resources, to access to the Office each month, tel 01-8852622. arts for all.
46 47 Visual Arts Estuary – Adult Engagement Programme All events are free. For bookings and further information contact the Box Office 01 885 2622. Estuary Exhibition Tour
FRI 20 SEP 7PM-8PM
Join us on Culture Night for a curator’s tour of ‘Estuary’, exploring key themes and artworks in this major exhibition. The curators Una Sealy RHA, James English RHA, Joshua Sex and Sanja Todorovic will guide you through the artworks from the collection. Estuary An exhibition celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Fingal Estuary Exhibition Tour & Visit to The Hide County Council Municipal Art Collection. Sculpture SAT 28 SEP 12PM-2PM THU 12 SEP - SAT 16 NOV 2019 Ground & First Floor Galleries Join the curators of ‘Estuary’ for a tour of the exhibition followed by a site Fingal County Council is proud to present this major exhibition curated by visit to The Hide Sculpture, Rogerstown Park for an artist talk with Garett Una Sealy RHA, James English RHA, Joshua Sex and Sanja Todorovic. The Phelan and the opportunity to observe birdlife along Rogerstown Estuary collection comprises of works by national and international artists, graduates, with the Fingal branch of Birdwatch Ireland. Courtesy bus provided for emerging artists and local artists. Over 160 artworks have been acquired return journey from Draíocht to The Hide Sculpture. since the collection began in 1994 and it has been continually evolving since, www.thehideproject.com with new acquisitions being added when the opportunity and resources present themselves. The curators are all Fingal artists, whose art also features in the collection. They describe their process of selecting work for Where the Tide Meets the Stream this exhibition as taking in the physical and natural landscape of Fingal and Printmaking Workshop in Association with celebrating local and visiting artists that have arrived to the county through Graphic Studio Dublin the collection. The official motto of Fingal County Council is Flúirse Talaimh is Mara — the abundance of land and sea, which is reflected in some of the SAT 26 OCT 12PM-4PM artworks featured in the exhibition. Create your own handmade intaglio print. Join Clare Henderson for this ‘Fingal has three estuaries, special places where the tide meets the stream. drypoint and monoprint workshop which will focus on the horizon line. Such a simple phenomenon in nature carries powerful potential, both Clare will guide participants through the drawing and making of a drypoint metaphorically and as a prism through which to view art. In other words, the plate, finishing with monoprint techniques. All levels welcome. All materials collection could be described as a mixing point or a meeting point. While the provided. collection features plenty of significant works by national figures, the four Estuary Life - Still-Life Painting Workshop of us agreed, quite instinctively, to focus primarily on Fingal artists. There is a strong flow of nature imagery: skies, birds, harbours, trees. We have also THU 07 NOV 10.30AM–1.30PM chosen works that we intend as counterpoints to this theme. These include unexpected pieces by artists such as Robert Russell and Eva Rothschild. It is This still-life painting workshop with Una Sealy RHA will look at objects and our hope that this show will prove playful, thought-provoking and inspiring.’ aspects referencing the ‘Estuary’ exhibition. Participants will be led through Joshua Sex the painting process from composition planning, tonal underpainting, second pass with colour, to finishing touches. Una will demonstrate each The exhibition will be accompanied by ‘Not in Alphabetical Order’ Vol 2, a step of the process and guide participants individually. All levels welcome. publication highlighting this significant collection’s latest acquisitions, as well All materials provided. as programme of engagement for adults and young people .
Image: Dianne Whyte, Wheatfield, 2006, Medium format archival print mounted on dibond.
48 49 Amharc Fhine Gall 12th Edition 2019 DRAÍOCHT INCUBATE 2019 Ann Ensor. Curated by Sharon Murphy Draíocht continues its INCUBATE 2019 Studio Residency programme for THU 11 DEC 2019 - SAT 22 FEB 2020 Ground & First Floor Galleries emerging and early-career visual artists, curators and writers offering them time and space to research, test new ideas and develop new work in a supportive and dynamic environment.
INCUBATE Sara Muthi
JUN/JUL Draíocht Artist’s Studio
Sara Muthi is a visual arts writer, researcher and curator with a particular interest in performance art and contemporary dance. She is currently researching and commissioning a new performance work in collaboration with various institutions, artists and scholars surrounding her research into ‘Post-Dance’. ‘Post-Dance’ is a “source concept”, it lacks a theory and Draíocht, in collaboration with Fingal County Council Arts Office, is delighted defined content, it is a container of sorts that Sara is using to open new to announce a new commission from Ann Ensor for the 12th edition of Amharc Fhine Gall. Ann Ensor is an installation artist based in Dublin 15 who initiatives into the melding of dance and performance art. This project is combines sculpture, paint and sound and is influenced by new concepts funded by Fingal County Council’s Artists’ Support Scheme. on materiality. Environmental issues are central to her practice. Ensor has www.saramuthi.com just completed a residency at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, North Mayo. Recent exhibitions include Matter Has No Density, Pallas Studios (2018); Heavy Weather at The Complex (2018); RHA Summer Show (2018); and INCUBATE Sarah Mooney Kfest, Kerry (2018). In 2017 she was a finalist in the RDS Visual Arts Awards JUL/AUG Draíocht Artist’s Studio Exhibition, curated by Nick Miller. Ensor holds an MFA Degree in painting (2017) from NCAD where she originally graduated in 2015 with a BA (1st Hons) in Fine Art/Sculpture. We are delighted to announce Sarah Mooney as the winner of Draíocht’s Creative Digital Media Graduate Award 2019 in association with TU Dublin For this new commission, Ensor proposes to make an installation (drawing, Creative Digital Media Blanchardstown Campus. sculpture, sound and performance) which explores the significance to the environment of kelp seaweed. Kelp has been around for millions of years and Sarah Mooney is an emerging creative digital media artist and a prominent is hugely important in reducing and sinking carbon from the atmosphere and well established DJ based in Dublin. Her award winning graduate work to the sea floor bed. Kelp acts as a wave barrier and helps prevent coastal ‘Serenity’ is an installation exploring mental health and states of mind in erosion. It shelters and feeds hundreds of marine entities in its holdfasts Ireland’s club culture through an immersive, mixed media, audio-visual and fronds. Kelp is now coming under threat from excessive storm damage, experience. Sarah will further develop this work for site specific public pollution and mechanical cutting. This new commission continues to explore contexts, in particular across Ireland’s festival scene through her 6-week the aesthetic properties and the environmental significance of this natural material. INCUBATE studio residency at Draíocht this season. Amharc Fhine Gall (Fingal Gaze) is a bi-annual exhibition commissioned by Fingal County Council’s Arts Office and presented at Draíocht. Amharc Fhine Gall supports ambitious new artworks from artists at all stages of their career seeking to expand their practice through exploring new ideas, different media or variations in scale so as to take their work in new directions. The exhibition was initiated in 2004 by Fingal County Council Arts Office to celebrate the wealth of artistic talent in the county. This exhibition will be accompanied by a public engagement programme and a publication/catalogue.
Images: Ciara McKeon, Leann Herlihy, Paula Fitzsimons performing at Anticipation: Actualisation (2018), NCAD Gallery. Curator Sara Muthi. Photos Misha Beglin.
50 51 Artist Residencies Ceol Connected Theatre Company in Residence 2019 Michael McLoughlin Artist in Residence 2017-2019
Draíocht is delighted to work with Ceol Connected as Theatre Company in Residence during 2019 to develop LEAF, a multi-sensory performance for children with complex needs. In doing so, we are responding to our 2018- 2022 Strategy ‘Space for the Arts’ and in particular our commitment to expand equality of access to more children.
Ceol Connected is a young and impassioned theatre company that strives to create meaningful, beguiling, virtuosic, fantastical, and gloriously joyful work for young audiences that is of the highest quality and that draws inspiration and intrigue from the world of traditional arts. They are the makers of ‘The Quiet Tree’, The Far Field’, ’The Wonderful Tune’, ‘A Winter Wish’, ‘Whistle in the Wind’, and most recently ‘Return of Spring’. Michael McLoughlin has been Artist in Residence in Draíocht since 2017. The journey began with an invitation to take on the role of ‘diviner’ (coined A core creative team comprised of Ceol Connected’s Dr. Thomas Johnston by Sharon Murphy, Curator in Residence); to spend time in Mulhuddart, (traditional artist and theatre-maker), Orla Kelly (visual artist), and Joanna developing an understanding of the communities within it and in turn begin Williams (Director) are developing, with Draíocht’s support, a new inclusive to suggest possible linkages between Draíocht, Mulhuddart residents and the and highly participatory theatrical performance, specifically designed for participations that could build potential points of connection. This project, young children with complex needs. At the heart of this process is their Mulhuddart Satellite, has been the main focus of McLoughlin’s art making for exploration of how multisensory experiences - sound, touch, taste, smell, the last few years. light, movement, etc. – can be meaningfully embedded in a theatrical performance to most effectively engage children who have a range of The Mulhuddart Satellite exhibition earlier this year was a midpoint in this additional needs. This journey began at Draíocht in January 2018 with Ceol journey and reflective on the learning, the exchanges and the conversations Connected’s development of ‘A Winter Wish’, a multisensory traditional that have happened along the way. The show featured a series of mappings music performance. Importantly, Ceol Connected’s residency at Draíocht of Mulhuddart; exploring place, belonging, friendships and the connections will also involve close collaboration with Oakridge Preschool to ensure that we have to the people around us. This year, McLoughlin’s focus is on children’s voices and experiences are central to the creative process. the long-term; continuing to build from the exhibition and look at how connections between Draíocht and Mulhuddart can be developed further Ceol Connected’s Draíocht Residency is supported by The Arts Council with and sustained. Over the next few months, Michael will be revisiting stories additional funding given by Fingal County Council. and conversations with participants in the project since 2017. The hope in doing this is to imagine what this longer-term connection might look like and what we could do to help build it. This new focus, as with all McLoughlin’s work during the residency, continues to highlight the work of the Mulhuddart Priority Task Group and is reflective of the local participation focus of Draíocht’s Strategy (2018-2022). More information can be found at mulhuddartsatellite.ie.
52 53 Artistic Collaborations
Included in Draíocht’s 5 Year Strategy 2018-2022 ‘Space For The Arts’ (available on our website), is our commitment to building strong and effective collaborative partnerships and supporting artists to develop their practice and work.
Draíocht and Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMME 2019-2020 Draíocht & Fishamble: The New Play Company Draíocht is delighted to continue our partnership with CCI supporting A PLAY FOR IRELAND an artist to travel to Paris to participate in the 2019/2020 Residency October 2019 sees the culmination of Draíocht’s collaboration with Programme, tapping into the resources of the CCI and the city of Paris, as Fishamble: The New Play Company and 5 other venues across the island of well as having the opportunity to showcase their work on an international Ireland on ‘A PLAY FOR IRELAND’ (2017-2019), a major new playwriting stage. The recipients of Draíocht supported residencies are artists working initiative, supported by Tesco Finest. This initiative supported new writing in any discipline with a clear focus on children and/or young people. Sian Ní and encouraged the citizens of Ireland and non-Irish citizens living on the Mhuirí (pictured above), a writer and theatre maker has been awarded the island of Ireland, to write plays, engaging people from all communities 2019/2020 Residency. While there, Sian will develop her piece, Knapsack, a throughout the country. Fishamble’s A PLAY FOR IRELAND was the survivalist romp for children aged 8+. search for an idea for one, big, ambitious play that captures the zeitgeist www.centreculturelirlandais.com of the country.
2019 began with 30 brand new finished scripts being submitted to the Draíocht and Slingsby (Australia) programme, which have been developed during 2019 with the support of 03-07 JUN 2019 dramaturgs, directors and designers from around the country.
Draíocht supported a week long development (3-7 June 2019) of In Phase 2 of this programme, 6 plays were shortlisted, one per venue. One a new theatre piece for children and adults, by acclaimed Australian play has now been chosen for full commission and production. theatre company, Slingsby, based on the memoir ‘The Boy Who Talked To Dogs’. This tells the true story of Martin McKenna growing up in We look forward to the performances of ‘The Alternative’ by Michael Patrick Garryowen, Limerick in the 1970’s. It is a powerful story of redemption and and Oisín Kearney on 4th and 5th October 2019 as part of Dublin Theatre transformation from a boy who grew up in Ireland and eventually made Festival. (see page 15 for early bird tickets and more details) his way to Byron Bay, Australia, where he now lives as a best-selling author and radio personality - celebrated as the ‘Dog Man’. The Irish creative team which includes Amy Conroy (writer) and Lisa O’Neill (songwriter) worked with the Australian Creative team in Draíocht’s Studio and explored further the themes of the piece while working on script and song development. The piece will be a highlight of Draíocht’s Autumn 2020 programme.
54 55 Draíocht’s Network Collaborations OUR PLACE, OUR STORIES
Venue Networks and Partnerships Supported as part of the Creative Ireland Programme’s National Creativity Fund, with additional funding being provided by Fingal County Council, OUR Draíocht is an active member of two venue networks. PLACE, OUR STORIES is a project which facilitates a collaboration between ShortWorks is a four member Network that focuses on multidisciplinary 6 leading artists and 6 key communities of interest in Dublin 15, under the work for children from 0 to 12 years. artistic directorship of Veronica Coburn (Home Theatre Ireland; Hallelujah!, Draíocht’s Community Clown Choir). Strollers is a 10 venue nationwide venue Network. An annual Production Award is granted to a company or artist to assist in the making and touring OUR PLACE, OUR STORIES, is about facilitating people to explore themes of work. The application process for the 2019 Production Award took place that are relevant to them, to recognise their uniqueness, their shared experiences and to see their community in a way they wouldn’t have done in the Summer of 2018 with the award going to Joanne Ryan to support before. a remount and tour of her show ‘Eggsistentialism’ (pictured above). This piece will tour to all Stroller venues in Autumn 2019 and will be here in Over 2019, our 6 artist partners have been working with their groups. Draíocht on November 2nd 2019 (see page 25 for more details). Mulhuddart Men’s Shed (Shaun Dunne), Mulhuddart Boxing Academy (Junk Ensemble), Daughters of Charity, Blakestown (Jody O’Neill), Foroige Draíocht, Civic Theatre and Mermaid Arts Centre came together in 2018 (Colm Keegan), Olaedo - Nigerian’s women’s group and Maureens’ Group to support an 18 month long programme of work by Early Years Theatre (FeiliSpeaks), Hartstown Community College and Pobal Scoil Setanta Artist, Anna Newell. Funded by The Arts Council, ‘Baby’s First Xmas’ and (Dylan Coburn Gray). A variety of performing art forms (spoken word, ‘Little Tiny Xmas’ were the first productions (December 2018) supported theatre, dance) have been used in the workshop process and the groups by this partnership. 2019 sees the development and tour of a new show represent different communites of place or interest. Because of the young ‘BigKidLittleKid’ (see page 18 for further details), a non verbal show for 3 demographic of Dublin 15 and Draíocht’s subsequent commitment to this to 6 year olds. Tours of extant work ‘Sing Me To The Sea’, a show designed age group, three groups are made up of young people (14yrs +). Each group explored what stories they needed and wanted to tell and how those for children up to 12 years with complex needs took place with Draíocht stories can be told to ensure they achieve their full potential when they working in partnership with the CRC to present same. ‘Sing Me To The Sea’ meet their audiences in Draíocht. was originally funded by Wicklow County Arts Office with design funded by Riverbank Arts Centre, in consultation with Mid Kildare Network Disability OUR PLACE, OUR STORIES culminates on Culture Night (see pg 10). With Team and St Catherine’s School, Newcastle, County Wicklow. the empasis for participants on articulation rather than performance, each outcome has been recorded and will be shown in Draíocht’s foyer as well Our three venues and Axis Ballymun, have also come together with Helium as a special screening in our Studio Space at 6pm. This will be followed at Arts, an organisation whose mission is to empower children living with 7.30pm by live performances of our 6 artists, who have been commissioned illness through their creativity and the arts, to examine provision and as part of the project to create a new 10 minute piece in repsonse to their supports in our three catchment areas. group(s).
56 57 A Big Thank You From Draíocht To All Our Friends
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Aidan & Jo Bannon O’Keeffe Jeff Murphy Betelnut Café Teresa & Kevin Murray Mairead & Christy Boylan Mairín & Tadgh O’Conchubhair Bernard & Maria Brogan Michael & Maeve O’Donoghue Draíocht And Room 13 Inquiry Dermot & Anne Byrne Michael & Carol O’Riordan MIDTERM ART SCHOOL Roma & Niall Byrnes Paul & Mary Quinn Maurice Carbery Jim Ryan Room 13 Inquiry is in its fifth year in two primary schools in Fingal. Aine Cody Catherine & Andrew Shirran Developed by Fingal Arts Office, the programme sees artists share an art Rory Coghlan Bernie Sullivan studio space with children in the school environment, and the children visit Rachel Devlin Grainne Uí Chaomhanaigh exhibitions and places of cultural interest throughout the academic year. A Elaine Dooley Leo Varadkar partnership with Draíocht has resulted in some wonderful opportunities for James & Teresa Dunne Michael & Helen Walsh the children and artists this year. Paula Galvin Una Waters Once again we will partner to host a ‘Room 13 Midterm Art School’ for Esther Gray Penny Wilson children wishing to pursue their interest in art outside of school time, with Joan Greene artist workshops, gallery visits and artist talks. Michael & Mairead Kelly Maree Lynott Further information contact Julie Clarke, Youth & Education Officer, Fingal Michael & Catherine Mooney Arts Office, [email protected] or Sarah Beirne, Children & Youth Arts Officer, [email protected] www.room13inquiry.ie
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58 5959 Season Brochure September-December 2019
Since opening in 2001 Draíocht has reached right to the heart of the people it serves in Dublin 15 and its environs to provide stimulating and accessible arts programming. Over 50,000 people a year attend performance events including a mix of professional, national, international and local work. In addition, thousands more attend our two exhibition galleries, use our conference facilities and of course many enjoy the facilities of our Bar and Betelnut Café. We aspire to reaching as wide an audience as possible and our commitment to access for all, to the facilities and activities of the Centre, forms the backbone of all our endeavours. By presenting an exciting line-up we hope to offer you, our audience, a programme which will be entertaining and exciting as well as at times challenging and provocative. Programme details are published in good faith but changes may occasionally be necessary.
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