internatiOnal arts festival fOr children baboró17-23 October 2016, Galway #baboro www.baboro.ie Box Office 091 569777 FunDIng BODIEs Twenty years a-growing. Fiche bliain ag fás. InternationalBab Arts Festivalor foró Children I’m delighted to welcome you to this the Baboró Board and team would like year’s festival as we celebrate twenty to acknowledge the passing of the late years of wonder, inspiration and teenagh cunningham who was the MAJOr spOnsOrs creativity for children and families. festival's general Manager up until her prepare to pack your bags and be passing in August 2015. teenagh was transported into a world of fantastical passionate about the arts and above GRAPHIC DESIGN & DIGITAL MARKETING gli\eXkliXci\]i\j_d\ek journeys and voyages of discovery. all, about access to the arts for all they may be exciting, sad, hopeful, children. As Baboró was a part of pArtIcIpAtIng pArtnErs joyous… they may even be scary. Our teenagh’s journey, we would like to lives are filled with journeys that shape dedicate the 2016 literature the people we become. this year I programme to teenagh. Ar dheis Dé go invite you to pack your life’s suitcase raibh a anam. full of wonderful Baboró memories as you navigate the festival. Aislinn Ó hEocha, Executive Artistic Director MEDIA pArtnErs AccOMMODAtIOn spOnsOrs (Schools Information page 23) cEntrAl BOX OFFIcE: town Hall theatre, courthouse square, galway Boxt: +353 91 569777 Office – Mon to Sat 10am to 7.30pm Opens 5th September BusInEss pArtnErs OnlInE BOOkIng 24/7 www.baboro.ie or www.tht.ie tIckEts Performances €9 Family Ticket €30 (4 persons) Groups of 10+ €7.50pp BABOrÓO’leary insurances BusInEss | thisisgalway.ie supEr | seapoint HErOEs leisure centre | cue One | alex fernie audio BOOkIng cHArgEs Online: €1 per ticket. OnePagecrM | transitions Optical ltd In Person/By Phone: 50c Refurbishment & Development Charge per ticket. BABOrÓ BusInEss HErOEs plEAsE ArrIvE EArly at the venue and allow time for traffic and parking. MyKidstime.ie | Mcdonagh’s fish & chips | Monroes tavern | te connectivity | Martines restaurant Latecomers may only be admitted at the discretion of management. cava Bodega | the Kings head | charlie Byrne’s Bookshop | Optique Opticians | Mr Waffle Galway AgE guIDElInEs are provided to ensure the best possible experience for your child and others attending. Please trust us, and adhere to these guidelines. BABOrÓ BusInEss sIDEkIck O’driscoll O’neill ltd. | st anthony’s claddagh & credit Union | coffeewerk + Press | Wooden heart | Bryan s ryan children under 12 must be accompanied to events by a guardian. trading faces | loam restaurant | dela restaurant | Milestone inventive | Milano Galway | Mocha Beans spEcIAl nEEDs/sEAtIng rEquIrEMEnts must be highlighted at time of booking. Pure Joy Beauty | the Kitchen café | isupply rElAXED pErFOrMAncEs are presented in a supportive atmosphere to reduce Galway any discomfort or anxiety families may have in attending the theatre. Executive Baboró is a member of: Skillnets rEcOMMEnDED pErFOrMAncEs are highlighted to help special needs schools and groups with making their selection. cHIlDrEn FIrst Baboró actively promotes its Child Protection Policy which adheres to the Children First Guidelines of the Office of the Minister for Children. this publication reflects the views only of the organisers, for Arts Professionals: €60/€35 students/unwaged and the commission cannot be held responsible for any use DElEgAtE pAckAgEs which may be made of the information contained within. See www.baboro.ie/delegate or e: [email protected] t: +353 91 562667 2 BOX OFFIcE PH: +353 91 569777 www.BABORO.Ie 3 Ages 6 months to 2 years Branar téatar do pháistí & starcatchers Alle Hoeken van de kamermuziek Ages 1 to 4 theatre | Ireland & scotland Music | Holland schools Cruthanna preschool to Junior Infants The Shape of Things the world around us is made up of BABOrÓ nOtEs: This new bi-lingual show has been wonderful shapes, but sometimes there developed especially for very are so many shapes that some get lost. young children. enjoy an intimate this is the story of two shapes, cubert and joyful theatrical experience and triantán, and the adventures they with your little one. have finding their way back to one another. set in a soft and tactile OctOBEr environment, this interactive story is Mo tu We th Fr sa su told through puppetry, object theatre, 21 22 23 11.00 11.00 11.00 music and sound. 2.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 De chruthanna iontacha atá an domhan Duration: 35 min + 10 min interaction capacity: 50 seo timpeall orainn déanta. Ach, venue: Mick lally theatre, uaireanta, éirímid bréan de na rudaí Druid lane céanna a fheicimid gach lá. seo scéal BABORÓ ON TOUR cubert agus triantán agus na heachtraí go léir a tharlaíonn dóibh nuair a Date: thurs 20 October Further Info: www.baboro.ie/school mheasctar na cruthanna ar fad. Woei! Whoosh! Let three wonderful musicians transport BABOrÓ nOtEs: A joy for the senses, a heartwarming, you to a warm world of breath and wind – a humorous and gentle introduction to world where the only spoken language is live music for very young children. music and where every breath is Prepare to be blown away! transformed into beautiful sounds. This is a wordless performance in which the power of the music and the narrative of the OctOBEr movement are central. Mo tu We th Fr sa su 21 22 23 9.30 10.00 11.00 photographer saris & den Engelsman Nominee: Young Audiences Music Awards 2015 (YAMA) 11.00 12.00 1.00 3.30 4.00 Produced by Muziekvoorstelling.nl in partnership with Duration: 40 min + 10 min interaction Festival 2 Turven Hoog capacity: 75 venue: nun’s Island theatre Relaxed: saturday 4.00, sunday 1.00 4 BOX OFFIcE pH: +353 91 569777 www.BABORO.Ie 5 Ages 2 to 6 theater nuu | theatre | Austria teater pero | theatre | sweden Ages 3 to 6 schools schools preschool to senior Infants preschool to senior Infants Viduli I Pack My Bag Join sa and la as they pack and OctOBEr Mo tu We th Fr sa unpack a large and rather unusual 18 19 20 suitcase. these two mischievous 11.30 10.00 11.30 friends use humour, dance, 2.00 12.00 3.30 movement and song in a battle of Duration: 35 min + 10 min interaction wits. this playful show for young capacity: 70 children explores fantasy, venue: nun’s Island theatre Relaxed photographer José Figueroa imagination, memory, time and the : Wednesday 12.00, thursday 3.30 simple games children love to play. Family Workshop A story about a Sheep called Peep BABOrÓ nOtEs: Age: 3-6 years Enjoy playful exchanges between sa Date: We 19 3.00 and la as they prepare to journey. Duration: 60 mins can you help this crafty pair pack capacity: 20 their bag? tickets: €5 photographer laura nöbauer Astons Stenar Aston’s Stones Aston is a little dog who collects every stone BABOrÓ nOtEs: he stumbles upon. All of the stones are A simple story beautifully told, which different, one is sad, another feels cold, yet reminds us of the joy that the each one needs to be taken care of. As Aston’s simplest things, even a little stone, living room is gradually taken over by stones, can bring to our lives. his parents must help him find a new home for his friends. ‘Aston’s Stones’ is ultimately a OctOBEr story about how easy it is to love. Mo tu We th Fr sa su 18 19 20 12.00 10.00 10.00 ‘a deliciously whimsical take on childhood 5.00 12.00 12.00 obsessions… lovely live, jazzy music from Duration: 30 min three hilariously deadpan performers.’ capacity: 90 The Herald, Scotland venue: Mick lally theatre, Druid lane 6 BOX OFFIcE PH: +353 91 569777 www.BABORO.Ie 7 Ages 4+ Family Ailie cohen puppet Maker graffiti classics | Music | uk Ages 4+ Family schools schools All primary classes theatre | scotland All primary classes The Secret Life Graffiti of Suitcases Classics Meet larry: an office worker who leads a very tidy life. Everything in 16 strings, 8 dancing feet, and 4 voices with BABOrÓ nOtEs: larry’s life is in its place, and there is one aim: to make classical music wickedly graffiti classics are no stranger to a place for everything - until a funny and fantastically exhilarating. graffiti galway stages where they never mysterious suitcase appears at his classics burst the elitist boundaries of the fail to excite and delight audiences young and old. door. A suitcase with a tiny label. A traditional string quartet with their hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy tiny label with larry’s name on it. OctOBEr And this suitcase has a mission... cabaret show. It’s a classical concert, a Mo tu We th Fr sa su gypsy-folk romp, an opera, a stand-up 17 18 19 Join larry as his world gets turned comedy set, and a brilliant dance show all 10.00 10.00 12.00 7.00 upside down by a fantastical flying rolled into one! From Beethoven to Bluegrass, suitcase taking him further than he Baroque to pop, and strauss to saturday Duration: 60 min ever thought possible. night Fever, there really is something for venue: Black Box theatre everyone – and graffiti classics never fail to ‘An absorbing transformative journey.’ BABORÓ ON TOUR ★★★★ get audiences laughing, clapping, and photographer Anne Binckebanck the stage college, uk photographer Worksop singing along. Date: tues 18 October 10.00, 12.00 venue: clifden station House theatre ‘Completely delightful’ Further Info: www.baboro.ie/schools ★★★★ scotsman BABOrÓ nOtEs: Don’t miss this immersive puppet show packed with wit and whimsy when it touches down in galway.