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limerickcityofculture.ie 2 Streets Streets 20:14 New Summer iriSH PreMiere Year’s eve! NoFit State Circus BiANCO Limerick rings in the New Year at 20:14 on the banks of the Shannon to celebrate its An irish premier and with exclusive irish designation as the first irish performances, BiANCO is seductive, thrilling and National City of Culture . The enchanting, and is the new spectacular by NoFit State, New Year celebrations will mark the UK’s leading contemporary circus company, the first event of the year with performed in their iconic big-top tent. family friendly activities taking limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie place in locations across the city BiANCO is a return to the company’s roots and iconic including . A immersive, promenade work. An all consuming spectacular light parade will theatrical experience combining intoxicating live make its way around King music, gravity defying circus and stunning costume John’s Castle and design in a constantly evolving environment. Bridge. A special concert will be hosted near the Potato Market, Directed by Firenza Guidi, BiANCO brings together with the stunning St Mary’s the best UK and worldwide performers with a broad Cathedral as the backdrop for a range of circus skills: swinging trapeze, aerial straps star studded line up featuring a and rope, cloudswing, dance trapeze, trampoline, host of top musicians. juggling, hand-balance and acrobatics. with television coverage NoFit State Circus is the UK’s leading large-scale broadcasting live from the contemporary circus company, producing event, a special ringing out of professional touring productions and a wide variety the Bells of St Mary’s will signal of community, training and education projects for the new year celebrations and people of all ages. The company still lives, works and the start of Limerick National travels together, united by a passion for the circus arts City of Culture 2014. and a bond that brings their community together into something special and gives their work its unique heart and soul. 4 5

www.nofitstate.org Streets May CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON Stage Denis Tricot - January rendez-vous de Terre et Mer riverdance

French artist Denis Tricot gently transforms the riverside with his elegant Of all the performances to emerge from ireland - sculptures into a temporary art gallery. inspired by the immediate in rock, music, theatre, film - nothing has carried surrounding, his installations weave their way through the landscape, the energy , the sensuality and the spectacle of highlighting its beauty and sculpting the air around, creating dynamic riverdance. connections between the water, the land and the architecture. 20 years ago in May 1994 riverdance was first performed as the interval act in the eurovision His method is simple, yet monumental. He uses 3m lengths of poplar wood Song Contest in before being developed and creates the sculptures there and then. He builds curves, lines and into a full length stage show. arches that flow through this beautiful part of the city. The vistas on with its fusion of irish and international music castle, city and countryside, the ever changing waterscape and sturdy and dance, the show broke all box office records limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie bridges provide a rich canvas. His sculptures draw on this landscape during its world premiere run in Dublin in early around the 's edge, where the irish land meets the sea. 1995 and has since become a global phenomenon, being performed over 12,000 times to a live Artist: Denis Tricot audience in excess of 23 million and with three Sculpture Assistant: Mathieu Harzo companies on tour at any one time. Produced by ArtsAgenda To mark the Anniversary of this incredible production, riverdance comes to Limerick before embarking on its 20th Anniversary tour. it will be Limerick City of Culture’s inaugural flagship event and the homecoming for Limerick born composer, Bill whelan. The production will take place from the 16th-19th January 2014 at the Sport Arena in the and tickets can be obtained from the University Concert Hall Box Office on 061 331 549. www.riverdance.com

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August CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON is Your Horse Outside? Light Moves – international

is your Horse Outside? is a large community arts project which will take place Festival of Screendance across the city. A collaborative project that brings professional artists, community groups and groups of artists together, ‘is your Horse Outside’ (which The Light Moves – international Festival of Screendance is an exploration and takes its name and influence from The rubberbandits original song) pays tribute celebration of the vibrant field of screendance and dance film-making. Centred to the city’s rich and intrinsic history with horses and their relationship with the around ‘Dance Limerick’, the Daghdha Space will be transformed into a thrilling City of Limerick. The project will see the development of original design large surround sound cinema presenting over 30 films, international guest speakers sculptural horses, that will then be developed and painted by groups across the and a host of events, workshops and masterclasses. Light Moves is ireland’s first city culminating in a large horse parade and sculptural trail. international festival of its kind with artistic direction and curation by director/choreographer Mary wycherley and composer Jürgen Simpson. The festival is a collaboration between Dance Limerick and the Digital Media & Arts research Centre (UL). Stage wOrLD PreMiere Stage Fishamble The New Play Company, presents: Underneath Autumn iriSH PreMiere written & performed by Pat Kinevane Faust Following the runaway international success of Forgotten and Silent in recent years, Fishamble will premiere Pat Kinevane’s third solo play, Underneath, directed National Theatre ‘Radu Stanca’ Sibiu by Jim Culleton, as part of Limerick City of Culture. This new play explores beauty, or the lack of it, and the prejudice that haunts both. Directed by Silviu Purcǎrete This world Premiere will be part of Fishamble’s residency in Limerick city, including a programme of workshops and discussions. what would you do to achieve absolute enlightenment? Meet the man who makes the ‘So ravishing that you're almost ‘Without Fishamble, Irish theatre would be anaemic’ Brian Friel ‘passionate one-man show…carefully wrought production…Kinevane [is] an ultimate sacrifice in his search for infinite knowledge. prepared to sell your soul to the Meet Faust. And meet him in Hell. artist of the theatre’ Ben Brantley, New York Times [on Silent] limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie devil to keep the succession of lush Obsessed by a fear of growing old and driven by a images coming.... a mighty vampire-like lust for life, Faust makes a pact with the www.fishamble.com bizarrely androgynous Mephistopheles. The Devil. spectacle... that makes you feel as if Silviu Pucǎrete’s wild adaptation of this iconic tale is you've fallen into a waking dream – on a massive scale not seen in ireland since his or a nightmare.’ May MADe iN LiMeriCK Danaides at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1995. The Guardian Over 100 actors and musicians conjure up a world iCO and Ballet ireland: beyond imagination, accompanied by industrial music, ‘Quite the most blisteringly pantomime and remarkable staging. This is not for the stunning theatrical experience of faint hearted. Prepare to be assaulted by a vision of this (or, appropriately enough, any Carmen Suite After Bizet base instincts as you’re drawn (literally) into Faust’s other) life... I’d sell my soul to see apocalyptic nightmare of life and death. Agony and this Faust again.’ in May 2014 The irish Chamber Orchestra, in collaboration with Ballet ecstasy in a land of orgies, torture and murder. The Observer ireland, will present the ballet Carmen in a contemporary fashion in Macabre theatre on a grand scale. the a-typical venue of the Milk Market, Limerick. This unique choice of venue challenges the idea of the formal setting for classical dance and www.tnrs.ro adds an intimacy and immediacy to the experience of live dance. Age Suitability Please note a section of this performance is promenade and the Choreography by Morgan runnacre-Temple and lighting design by performance contains adult content and nudity. Photo Mihaela Marin Paul Keoghan. 8 www.irishchamberorchestra.com 9

Autumn MADe iN LiMeriCK river Shannon Project July MADe iN LiMeriCK Starting with T viva voce presents, a new and original piece of Theatre of Testimony, written and performed by award-winning playwright Helena enright. A multi-sensory experience, it will be performed on a boat on the river Shannon and is One of ireland’s most respected choreographers, Mary Nunan will work designed to encourage people to engage with the river in a completely new with women drawn drawn from a range of communities in Limerick. and different way. Taking inspiration from the stories and the physicality and Through a series of dance and text-based improvisational tasks women rhythms of the river, the piece will feature a montage of characters, real life will be encouraged to explore/play with some ideas generated by their testimonies, images and video footage of the river along with an original own unique stories, memories and imagination. score, live music and audience participation. it will also incorporate other each session will start with a cup of tea! texts including songs and folklore which feature the river. This is the first time that a play will be performed on the river. People&Places September iriSH PreMiere March MADe iN LiMeriCK PeopleStage&Places The Shouting Fence From Limerick

A large scale community choral project for Limerick, this international with Love collaboration is a tale of the human spirit. The village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on the border of israel and Syria is divided by fifty metres of no Unlike other provincial newspapers, the has employed its own man’s land. every Friday the villagers – families and friends separated by a never- photographers since 1954. This has resulted in a large archive documenting the ending conflict – gather on either side to converse. They have to shout to hear visual City and County. Limerick in the 1970s witnessed a lot each other: news, arguments, stories, gossip, declarations of love. of change which is reflected in this archive. Students from across the fine art The Shouting Fence is a community choral project for singers - professionals, faculty of the world renowned Limerick School of Art and Design will respond to amateurs, children - which explores communication under extreme specific images in the archive by creating their own digital, printed work in circumstances of separation. it is angry and funny and sad, and unlike any choral response. Both the original and the students’ response will be hung together in piece you’ve heard (or sung) before. . limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie

July MADe iN LiMeriCK April CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON Meet the Mobile Pub Humberto vélez Over the course of 8 days and nights in the month of July 2014, 8 different communities will play host to a unique Mobile Pub presenting a programme of events based on traditional pub culture vélez’s medium is participation and previous projects include events for the Havana activity – cards, joke-telling, pub quizzes, sing-songs and music sessions. The artists will work Biennial, Liverpool Biennial, Pompidou Centre, Shanghai Biennial and Tate Modern. with a Men’s Shed Group to create the Mobile Pub which will ‘boldly go where no pub has ever He is the catalyst for other people’s stories and ideas, enabling communities to gone before’, from remote urban sites to rural crossroads. The aim is to explore the role of the express themselves in the most positive, creative ways, culminating in spectacular local pub as a social space and cultural repository for local communities, therefore in each and transformative public events. Central to vélez’s projects is a commitment to community it visits, the programme will reflect the pub culture unique to that community and working with participants from outside of the art frame and an ethical framework the mobile pub will be adorned with knick-knacks and photos reflecting that community, in for participation where he identifies gaps in skillsets and delivers training that order to create a ‘local’ that is truly ‘local’ to that place. empowers future change. This will be vélez’s first project in ireland and will be developed through an intensive month-long residency in Limerick to work closely www.mobileirishpub.com with institutions, participants, run workshops and develop performative outcomes.

10 11 CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON Autumn Autumn LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 Bring the Happy iLeN and Other Boat Projects

A first kiss, a lost love, a longed for baby, childhood heroes, a proposal, a dance, a chance The Limerick City 1, a Sport and Legacy Project, undertaken by the ilen encounter – where did it happen and how happy did it make you feel? For four weeks School and Network, Limerick, involves the design and build of a fleet of Invisible Flock will occupy a disused city centre location in Limerick and transform it into a sailing ships for the river at Limerick City and the estuary beyond. This giant 3D map of the city. The public is invited to explore the map, discover what makes will be done within an educational context, and in conjunction with the others happy and where, and to submit their own happy memory or moment. Then the regeneration of the Gandelow boats, the return of the more seagoing AK memories collected will be transformed into Bring the Happy Live, a spectacular ilen, and the re-opening of the City towards the river, in a great performance. Somewhere between a wedding and a wake, Bring the Happy Live attempts overspilling of Limerick’s sporting tradition onto the water, in gatherings an extravagant portrait of happiness, as the 1000s of memories collected are retold in their and races, local and international, in the great arena offered by the beautiful, sometimes tragic, sometimes ridiculous and occasionally mundane glory. boardwalks and quays. The project will be helped by, as well as contributing towards, the creative revitalisation of Limerick’s riverine in collaboration with Hope & Social the live performance will be an interactive, intimate and maritime heritage, by giving expression in our own time to her and moving evening where we ask you to join us in celebrating the happiness of Limerick. impressive remnants of boat building and boat handling traditions. www.invisibleflock.co.uk www.ilen.ie People&Places Spring MADe iN LiMeriCK People&Places Lime Tree & Theatre Club Throughout the Year LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 The People’s Museum will become a large scale theatre production telling the story of the community to its present day. This will give voice to the people of Moyross and let them tell their own story instead of having their A museum created by the communities of the original five parishes in Limerick City. Located in a Georgian story told by someone else. House, the installation will tell the history of the people in their lives at home and work and will contain newspapers, photographs, audio, paintings and items of interest. www.limetreetheatre.ie Documenting the history of the city through the lives of its citizens, this collection will celebrate a city through the ages allowing visitors and local communities to remember Limerick of years past.

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Summer MADe iN LiMeriCK Are You Dancing?

Are you Dancing will focus on the lively “dance hall” movement in Limerick City from the 1940s to the 1970s, the history of dance in the city and how it brought people from all areas of Limerick together in central locations. The project will document the social history of the era, capturing the personal memories of those that attended. This will be achieved by holding public conversations in local areas (initially Moyross, Southill and weston) and culminate in an intergenerational evening of music and dance taking place on O’ Connell St., making the city itself an open cultural space.

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voices from the river City is an exciting, new six-part radio season that will be specially produced as part of Limerick City Of Culture by Powerstone Productions in association with rTÉ. it will feature specially commissioned original plays from writers, all of whom have strong Limerick connections. with subject matter that ranges from comedy to thrillers to serious drama, the season will tap into Limerick’s rich vein of artistic talent and open opportunities for creative diversity to emanate from within the city to a local, national and international listenership. voices from the river City offers an exciting, and collaborative contribution to Limerick City of Culture 2014 and will be broadcast on rTÉ radio One from July through to December 2014. March Visual Art richard Mosse April MADe iN LiMeriCK Visual Art Andrew Kearney – Direct from the venice Biennale where it received plaudits and great acclaim, richard Tell Me Something > Mosse’s evocative and immersive work comes to Limerick city in 2014.The enclaveis an immersive multiple-screen film installation, a TellMeSomething aims to reactivate Limerick’s skyline by series of photographs and a monograph - the highlighting one of its most iconic features, the 52 metre culmination of richard Mosse’s three-year chimney at Cleeve’s Factory, thereby prompting the public exploration of the conflicted landscape of the to reassess their relationship with their city. The chimney Democratic republic of Congo. Mosse reveals tower will be transformed into a giant LeD display with an unseen humanitarian tragedy by using a which the public will be able to interact using a mobile discontinued military reconnaissance film, application designed by students from UL. originally designed for camouflage detection, that registers an invisible spectrum of www.andrewkearney.net limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie infrared light. employing a psychedelic palette, he poses disturbing questions, one of which is, what does it mean to make human suffering beautiful? in 2012, Mosse and his collaborators, cinematographer Trevor Tweeten and composer Ben Frost, travelled to eastern Congo and inserted themselves into Autumn MADe iN LiMeriCK April MADe iN LiMeriCK armed rebel groups in a war zone plagued by ambushes, massacres, and systematic sexual Particles violence. The resulting non-narrative work is Land Locked an explosive fusion of photographic image, or waves?

sound, and film.ireland at venice 2013was a irish filmmaker, Christina Gangos has produced an exquisitely national representation supported by the executed video-art work showing seven individual portraits of Arts Council and the Culture ireland division individual people standing in silence. Drawing on the traditions of Cleary Connolly have developed art practice which of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the portraiture, she shows the dignity and depth of Limerick’s people. brings the public and other collaborators into ‘the Gaeltacht. This event is in partnership with The subjects are individuals and are everyone. making of their work. Scientific theory regarding Ormston House. The project highlights what we have in common as people and the paradoxical nature of light (particle or wave?) The irish tour of ireland at venice 2013 is is the underlying basis for this project which will supported by the Arts Council as part of what connects us. www.richardmosse.com its commitment to promote the visual arts run from February to December 2014. Using to irish audiences. ireland at venice 2013 running over two months in the Autumn of 2014, the work will be was a national representation supported presented in the form of a large scale outdoor projection in the city drawing and light, both atists will work closely 14 by the Arts Council and the Culture with students and local 15 ireland division of the Department of Arts, centre. Heritage and the Gaeltacht. primary and secondary schools to explore the www.gallery.limerick.ie particle/wave dichotomy. The project will culminate in an evolving series of luminous interactive wall/ceiling drawing in outdoor April-July locations throughout the city. eva international 2014 www.connolly-cleary.com

eva international 2014 takes place in Limerick City from 12 April to 6 July 2014 and will showcase works by irish and international artists that were selected from over 2000 proposals from artists in 96 countries. The 2014 programme will also include a series of public events and projects especially developed for Limerick City of Culture 2014 celebrations. The artists chosen for eva international 2014 work in a variety of different media including video, sculpture, painting, installation and performance, which will be shown in Limerick City Gallery of Art and various locations in the city centre. www.eva.ie Throughout the Year Music CiTY OF CULTUre MUSiC Music COMMiSSiON Summer The Pigtown Proms in the Park Fling & Limerick sets the stage for a Proms in the Park. in Summer 2014, Limerick City of The Music Bus Culture will collaborate with a number of musical artists from across ireland to stage an outdoor music concert for the family. The event will take place in , which will set the backdrop for an enchanting evening of song A unique music spectacular, The Pigtown and music collaboration. The concert will be an opportunity to bring the whole Fling will produce a 'home grown' body of family to what promises to be a magical summer evening as you picnic on the work based on diversity and fusion within lawns listening to some of the best musical talent in the country. Limericks expansive music circles that will limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie leave a music support infrastructure in place post City of Culture. A collaborative production led by Noel Hogan, from The Cranberries, Monoband and Gohan records this project aims at using indigenous sources, materials and partners to produce a legacy program that enhances music production and development through real time collaborations and skill sharing. This exciting project, which will also see the commission of a Music Bus, envisages a collaboration system and infrastructure to ensure continuing support for existing and emerging talent in Limerick’s music sector. in partnership with Dr John Greenwood and Music Generation Limerick.

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On Saturday 21st June 2014 in University Concert Hall, Limerick, star performers from the worlds of classical and traditional music join the rTÉ National Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the music of Grammy-winning riverdance composer Bill whelan. The evening will feature the first performances of whelan’s new work for the internationally renowned flautist Sir James Galway and orchestra and some of whelan’s most popular works including the colourful and dynamic riverdance Symphonic Suite, the evocative inishlacken and the exhilarating An Cistin, whelan’s playful interaction between fiddle, feet and orchestra. whelan’s new composition for flute and orchestra was commissioned by rTÉ Lyric FM to celebrate Limerick City of Culture 2014. www.rte.ie/lyricfm June - August Secret Limerick CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON Secret Limerick Happenings – Limerick

Happenings instant pop-up cultural events, is a creative organisation which use the latest in communication tools to run events in public spaces with 36 hours’ notice. This is a genius model for outdoor events in a climate with ‘It´s like a rave nightclub unpredictable weather such as ours! party come to life, with Using Facebook, Twitter and email limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie pounding music, spraying to notify people at short notice, this water and moments of model is exciting, instant and the only transcendent beauty.’’ way to predict the weather accurately. The Sunday Express 2013 saw Happenings present many ‘Fuerzabruta is a big, loud, events, the highlight being 1700 people cheerful burst of images.’ watching withnail and i on a The Independent balmy summer’s evening in a Dublin city park. ‘‘A mix of grungy wizardry and seamless transformations…’ Get ready for more fun and spontaneity The Sunday Telegraph than you can handle!! March iriSH PreMiere Fuerza Bruta www.happenings.ie

This show will astonish and amaze you. The fastest-selling Thousands were left disappointed in London as tickets sold show ever at London’s The roundhouse, and playing to sold out weeks in advance. Don’t miss your chance to experience out houses around the world, Limerick will host the irish this electrifying show in Limerick this March! 18 premier of Fuerza Bruta! 19 Age Suitability Featuring mind-blowing visual effects that must be seen to be FUerZABrUTA is a standing show which contains scenes of mild nudity and believed, it’s an all-standing rave of a show. Join these violence with strobe lighting and loud music, therefore is not recommended for young children. outstanding performers in a foot-stomping spectacular full of sexual energy, gravity-defying stunts and moments of real Strobe lights & Water wonder – a Kafkaesque suited figure bursting full throttle Strobe lighting is used repeatedly throughout the show. There is also water through a series of moving walls, figures swooping through involved in the performance – please keep electrical items in a safe place. the shadows, a watery world suspended immediately above Mobile phones and other small electrical devices can be left in the cloakroom the audience. This is an event where worlds collide, where free of charge. dreams are real, and reality takes a back seat. Give in to it, let go and enjoy the ride. www.fuerzabruta.net Secret Limerick Secret Limerick

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May iriSH PreMiere iriSH PreMiere - MADe iN LiMeriCK The Performance Corporation Melodica - Macnas

and ANU Productions present Macnas presents exciting, innovative and highly original theatre. Melodica tells the story of a young and desolate musical inventor, an outlaw who Beautiful Dreamers embarks upon a journey in search of his home, his limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie soul and his freedom. One of ireland’s most Beautiful Dreamers is a conversation with a city about life, and life’s journey. celebrated theatre and carnival companies will Through interactions with a place and its people, Beautiful Dreamers holds up a create a surprising and intriguing new piece of mirror to Limerick and reflects back the answers in surprising ways and in work for City of Culture set in a secret location. A unexpected places. it explores what happens when the dreams come up against beautiful and haunting piece of new installation reality. And when all is said and done, it looks at the lessons learned and the things theatre, Macnas will enchant audiences both young we want to leave behind. and old with this inventive and exciting piece of theatre. This ambitious new work for Limerick City of Culture is a collaboration between two of ireland’s most exciting and innovative theatre companies, The Performance The show takes place both indoors and outdoors. Corporation and ANU. Both companies are masters of site-specific theatrical work, June/July creating award-winning shows and events that take theatre out of its traditional www.macnas.com setting and into the streets, homes and buildings of wherever they work, creating transformative events that surprise, provoke and entertain. www.theperformancecorporation.com www.anuproductions.wordpress.com

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Throughout Summer MADe iN LiMeriCK Spring MADe iN LiMeriCK Limerick Limerick and the limerick: Cultural Garden The Missing Link Drake and Hourigan Architects will create a unique Limerick Finally, it is time to create a firm and evidence based link between Garden to be showcased at Bloom in the Park in Phoenix Park, Limerick the place and the poetic form, the limerick. This project aims to Dublin in May and June. The Garden will then be lovingly do that and allow Limerick to be promoted internationally in this regard. rebuilt at a public site in the Medieval Quarter of Limerick City Dr Matthew Potter and Limerick City Archives present an intriguing to serve as a catalyst for city centre regeneration but also as a publication, definitive proof and compelling evidence that links the city to place the Limerick citizens to enjoy. the verse that is so well known across the world. As part of the City of Culture celebrations, Limerick reclaims the Limerick verse which owes so www.drakehourigan.com muh to the people and the city. www.limerickcity.ie/Archives Food, Fashion & Cra March Food, Fashion & Cra Craft Council ‘Celebration’ of Lace May LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 ireland has a rich and diverse lace heritage reaching back to the 1800s. while detailed research has been carried out on individual lace types and regions, little Limerick School of Art and is known about the extent of these collections, or about the work and skills of contemporary lace makers. A contemporary lace exhibition will take place Design, LiT; Connecting Paris incorporating the launch of the Crafts Council of ireland and Heritage Council Lace Audit. A lace master class , creative workshops and demonstrations will also and London at the LSAD 2014 form part of the project. www.ccoi.ie FASHiON SHOw limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie April LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 LSAD, ranked in the top 50 Fashion Schools in the world will host the LSAD 2014 FASHiON SHOw, in the Milk Market on May 15 and together with its associated programme is elevating Limerick Fashion to new heights and introducing the Limerick Food Festival irish Fashion incubator Limerick, iFiL. The event will bring irish born, Paris based Designer, SHArON wAUCHOB whether you are a fanatic foodie or a keen cook, there is something for everyone together with 30 LSAD Graduate Designers to present a special collection. Key with a passion for cooking at the Limerick Food Festival. welcome in autumn national and international fashion designers, writers, stylists and bloggers will with a festival that will celebrate local ingredients, quality markets, restaurants, also form part of the event. cafes and artisan producers.

The LSAD FASHiON SHOw, supported by Bord Gáis, associated programme will Let the experts lead you in lectures and exhibitions with live cookery include mentored sessions with top Fashion Designers. Other awards include an demonstrations, food markets, master classes and exciting dining events. internship programme in Paris along with awards sponsored by Bord Gáis Networks, AiB and Blarney woollen Mills. A selection of these fashion Promoting quality food products with activities for all the family, the food collections will represent LSAD, and ireland, at the LONDON FASHiON festival will encourage the community to enjoy delicious food with producers GrADUATe weeK in June 2014. that are passionate about their craft. www.lit.ie/lsad 22 23

February-December LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 June-August MADe iN LiMeriCK Limerick Craft Hub Pop-Up Museum -

The creation of a Craft Hub in Limerick will allow the craft No.4 rutland Street community to showcase the fantastic work that is currently being produced and it will be a space where artists can create their work on a full-time basis. The studios will be open to the public, This early Georgian house will be brought back to life as a Pop-Up Museum providing them with an understanding of the work and skill showcasing Limerick’s Georgian Heritage together with the unique and specific involved in making handcrafted items. heritage of the building through its former incarnation as Glynn’s family butcher shop. Museum artefacts will also be on display on the first floor in an exhibition of with studios, exhibition space, teaching areas and a city centre local history and genealogy. Downstairs, the former butcher shop will host an location, this Legacy Project will bring a new focus to the Craft exhibition tracing the history of the meat processing industry. The shop window will Community as part of City of Culture 2014. be home to an artist’s homage to the pig. Two other exhibitions of a month’s duration each will take place, the first a Military exhibition with a focus on 1914 and the in partnership with Limerick Craft Collective. commencement of wwi and the second a display of items from the ranks Flour Mills. Na Leanaí MADe iN LiMeriCK Na Leanaí Noye’s Fludde (Noah’s Flood) at St. Mary’s Cathedral

This is a once in a generation opportunity for children and young people in Limerick to participate in this wonderful opera in the unique and historic venue of St. Mary’s Cathedral, for Limerick National City of Culture 2014. October LeGACY PrOJeCT 2014 The 50 minute piece traces the well-known story of Noah’s Ark, from the initial depiction of God’s wrath and the limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie Limerick Children’s subsequent storm and flood through to the peace of God’s covenant with his people at the conclusion, all magically Festival reflected in Benjamin Britten’s masterly score.

Limerick will, as part of the year of Culture, establish a Children’s Festival in 2014, which will support, nurture and grow its young citizens throughout the year. Many of the cultural and arts organisations in the city and county host a great many valuable events for children throughout the year and Limerick Children's Festival will be no exception, drawing focus to specialised events for the family towards the end of the year. The Festival will run in October providing an array of events from performance, installation art work for children, dance and song and provide opportunities for children to express their creativity.

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June MADe iN LiMeriCK MADe iN LiMeriCK iCO Sing Out with Strings Kids are Alright

Matthew Noone will work with local primary schools over a Limerick’s very own irish Chamber Orchestra, celebrates a new period of 8 weeks to teach basic ukulele, percussion, generation of musicians with an orchestral and choral concert for harmonic singing and improvisation techniques using Steve children and families that is exciting, engaging and relevant to Cooney’s geometric visualisation system. those living and visiting Limerick City. in collaboration with children from throughout Limerick City an artistic adventurous concert programme will be developed. This programme will then be presented with a guest of international renown.

www.irishchamberorchestra.com New Generation New Generation

July MADe iN LiMeriCK Make a Move January-July MADe iN LiMeriCK July 2014 sees an explosion of youth culture The Táin as the rich and varied expressions of art and limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie culture encompassed by street art and hip hop will be celebrated in a 4 day festival in This city is the state, the tribes collide which local, national and international - a hero emerges. artists will showcase their talents and work with young people culminating in the Park in association with Dance Limerick, The Táin Paint Parade in the Peoples Park. will draw urban artists across disciplines to make a performance in the Summer of 2014. www.makeamove.ie

MC duo icarus rising (Dublin) Bad Taste Cru (UK) Limerockers Cru (Limerick) and filmmaker Shane Serrano (Limerick) will come together to develop an indigenous Hip Hop - urban October MADe iN LiMeriCK adaptation of the irish epic tale set in the first century. The Táin explores tribalism and pride and much of its action focuses on the battles Digital Youth Media Festival between an army and a solo warrior defending his territory. The combative character of urban This two-day festival celebrates youth media and digital skills – a place to share art forms will offer an explosive re-imagining of ideas, create, connect, and be inspired. the ancient story. 26 The aim of this festival is to celebrate and exhibit the work of young people 27 engaged in creating their own original work in the digital arts and media. Not www.dancelimerick.ie only will there be an opportunity for young people to submit their work for exhibition but they will also get the opportunity to meet and learn from media and multimedia professionals, third level students and educators.

The events will include interactive workshops lead by youth and adults, a panel discussion with leaders in this ever-evolving media field and opportunities for young people to exhibit their creative outputs in the digital world. This is also a wonderful opportunity for young people to be introduced to potential careers in animation, digital art/film/gaming and App development/multimedia/design.

Schools and youth organisations from all over Limerick will be invited to get involved in early 2014. By October the Learning Hub will be overflowing with wonderful entries for all aspects of the festival resulting in an exciting and innovative exhibition both online and in the real world!

www.learninghub.ie Architecture April-December MADe iN LiMeriCK Film Fresh Film - Throughout the Year Big City Portrait MADe iN LiMeriCK Filmmaking is becoming a life skill. in Fresh Film Festival’s experience, young people are remarkably literate in the language of film, but benefit from Fab Lab particpation in focused projects. Fresh Film Festival will work with schools and youth groups across the city and countyto identify groups of young people Fablab@Limerick will transform the 1960’s Cahill May (aged 7-18) who wish to explore an aspect of their lives through filmmaking. roberts front building on Bank Place into a community hub for showcasing, learning and experimenting with cutting www.freshfilmfestival.net edge personal digital fabrication technologies. The space will be open to the public to learn and work with 3D printers, limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie computer controlled router, laser cutting and more. May MADe iN LiMeriCK The Fablab will have a continuous cultural programme for the duration of City of Culture 2014 including monthly Tres Courts – public open days as well as a programme of classes, exhibitions, talks and workshops, held weekly. L’Alliance Française Children will be invited through school tours and summer camps. Adults will be able to join Fablab workshops such as international Film Festival 3D printing and furniture building using CNC machines. Local creative professionals and artists will be able to learn and experiment with these technologies in their own This festival aims to show original universes of filmmakers from various creative projects. backgrounds, offering a wide range of emotions to the viewer. it also sets the bench mark in the promotion of creative art. This project will promote Limerick internationally through a public vote as the public are invited to choose the best short movie. www.aflimerick.org

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January-August MADe iN LiMeriCK Throughout the Year MADe iN LiMeriCK Small Town Studio The rOYAL Picture Show

Limerick City’s hinterland is a rich tapestry of small towns, Over four weekends in February, May, September and November 2014, the villages and rural communities, with their own cultural identity rOYAL Picture Show will screen a wide selection of classic and modern that is fiercely rooted in their surroundings and heritage. feature films plus locally made short films. Themes already selected for A Small Town Studio is created in Limerick’s hinterland, and a each weekend include the career of , Comedy and Musical group of architects and artists are invited to collaborate with a and romance and ireland. each weekend will also feature a film industry local community group to participate in an 8 week design/build keynote lecture. project. This project will be both visionary and ambitious in its aspirations to create a design that will resonate with the inhabi- www.limerickroyal.ie tants of the small town. it could be an information pavillion at Kilmal- lock Mart, or street furniture for Galbally’s Tidy Towns competition. www.smalltownstudioblog.wordpress.com The Artist’s Call Year-long The Artist’s Call Cultural industries Network

As part of a number of legacy projects for 2014, City of Culture will Year-long CiTY OF CULTUre COMMiSSiON continue to develop its Cultural industry Network event for those working in Culture in Limerick City and County. Following on from a successful inaugural event in July 2013, the City of Culture team have pledged to host The Park Kiosk at least three events throughout 2014 which support the Cultural industries to network, share experiences, skill exchange and discuss topics Limerick has always been a hotbed of creative talent and experimentation, from relevant to their professional development. The industry events will take our burgeoning independent music scene to a wealth of visual arts events and place throughout the year. happenings across the city.

whether you are a dancer, visual artist, theatre performer, musician, writer, limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie comedian, or film artist, there will be an opportunity to get involved in a number of innovative and exciting ‘artist calls’ in the Park Kiosk. Over a 12 month period, Limerick City of Culture will be offering artists a chance to take over The People’s Year-long Park Kiosk as a space to create and show work to the public. visionaries for Four Seasons One organisation or artist will be selected per month and provided an opportunity to re-imagine the venue that has become synonymous with Limerick's rich, dramatic and evocative past. visionaries for Four Seasons will allow theatre makers in Limerick to hone their skills with a selection of talks and workshops hosted by national and international practitioners. visionaries for Four Seasons will inspire and motivate the theatre community with events to include a public talk, practitioner focused master classes and social networking events to encourage the development of theatre makers on a local and national level. Promoting training and development will stimulate dialogue around strategies for the future development of theatre in Limerick.

The real legacy of the project will be a structure that can support the city’s diverse range of theatre artists and small theatre companies.

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Shining a spotlight on Limerick as a film destination, The Limerick Film Commission will facilitate the development of a vibrant film and television community and will market Limerick as a location choice for National and international film production. with the launch of a website and an award for two short films, the Limerick landscape will be the backdrop for film production promoting and encouraging both established and emerging film makers. inspired by the growing local film industry, this is a project that will promote and encourage Limerick to realise its potential as a film producing hub. Sport Sport

October international June Sports Literature Special Olympics - Festival Opening Ceremony limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie For the first time ever Limerick Special Olympics ireland is proud to announce an exciting National City of Culture 2014 will partnership with Limerick City of Culture ahead of the host a literature festival dedicated forthcoming ireland Games which will take place in Limerick next June. From June 12th to 15th, 1,500 athletes from all over to Sports. ireland will descend on Limerick for the Games and participate in 13 sports competitions. A magical and memorable ceremony to open the Games is currently being developed by Special Olympics ireland and the Limerick City of Culture on the 12th. This very Featuring: special event will recognise and showcase the ability of the Special Olympics ireland athletes in a way that incorporates l Book launches by sports personalities with Banter sessions: classic Olympic ceremonial elements, including entertainment, an opportunity to meet the authors, book - what makes a Bestselling sports book excitement and fun for the athletes, their family members, signings and question and answer sessions. - Gateway to Sports Journalism friends and members of the public alike. Special Olympics - Sport and mental health ireland are delighted to partner with the Limerick City of Culture l Sports Press Events – focussing on insights - Sport on the Sideline 2014 to deliver what promises to be their best Games Opening from leading Sports Authors, Newspaper - Sports entertainment Ceremony yet. and Magazine Journalists nationally and - Disability Sports internationally, - Sport as Gaeilge www.specialolympics.ie - Sports Blogging – citizen journalism 32 33 Other features of the festival will be: - Sports and exercise Psychology - Sports Comedy Night - Sports literature in education - Sports Awards Sport Sport June MADe iN LiMeriCK September 2014 european City of Culture Mountain Bike Cup – Under 19’s Marathon international Championships invitational Club

This will be the first event of its calibre to be Football hosted in ireland. The trail infrastructure is in an limerickcityofculture.ie limerickcityofculture.ie unspoiled, rural location highlighting the scenic beauty of Limerick and its environs. Tournament

Top mountain bikers from europe will compete in Some of europe’s leading football clubs will this white knuckle marathon. compete in Limerick for the inaugural City of Culture Cup.

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September MADe iN LiMeriCK September Limerick Sport Nocturne Corporate Social

Limerick Smarter Travel and Limerick Sports Partnership have joined forces to stage a responsibility in Sport compendium of sporting activity in September 2014. evoking the powerful image of children playing hopscotch on a street, where chalk is used to demarcate the playing Symposium, area, Limerick Nocturne will occupy two blocks of Georgian Limerick between 18.00hrs and 23.30hrs. This will provide the canvas for various sporting disciplines to occupy a space to demonstrate the prowess of their sport to the people of Limerick. international, national and local sports clubs and federations will it will be a night to celebrate sport and also to enjoy the beauty of Limerick city. outline best practice in CSr using Sport. The event will include UeFA, representatives of other sporting codes and some of sports most established commercial partners. Limerick City of Culture 2014 Culture House, 2 , Limerick

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