Impressions - A Festival for Children & Families

October 9-19th 2008

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Impressions Festival for Children and Families
9 – 19 October 2007

Theatre

DROPLETS (Goccioline)

La Societa della Civetta (Italy)

Public Performances

Location: South Tipperary Arts Centre
Date: Saturday 18th October
Performance Times: 11:00 am & 1:00pm
Ages: 1 – 6 years
Tickets: € 8.00

La Societa della Civetta develops theatre for young audiences in ways that transcend language. Effective and simple actions invite the children to listen to the water, whether it flows in all its abundance or is gathered drop by drop. ‘Droplets’ is a performance of few words, where the actors interact with the audience through a game of glances, sounds, and actions which take the audience through a humorous and delicate journey. Funny and engaging, the young audiences will wonder at moments such as the thirsty camel waiting for a cloud and the moment of joy when the rain finally falls.

THE GIRL WHO WAS USEFUL

Little Red Kettle Theatre Company

Public Performances

Location: Clonmel V.E.C.
Dates: Saturday 11th October Saturday 18th October
Performance Times: 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
Ages: 5 – 12 years
Tickets: € 8.00

School Performances

Location: In the school hall or large classroom
Dates: Tues 7th October – Fri 10th October
&
Mon 13th October – Fri 17th October
Performance Times: During the school day
Ages: 5 – 12 years
Tickets: € 5.00 per student

The South Tipperary Arts Centre is delighted to present Ireland’s leading children’s theatre company Little Red Kettle. Little Red Kettle has been performing their acclaimed interactive, participatory plays in Waterford and Kilkenny for over ten years. Their unique plays are written especially for children and involve audience participation. The aim of Little Red Kettle is to introduce children to theatre in ways that will encourage their own creativity and imagination. Children are encouraged to become a part of the play, guided by the actors to play almost all of the characters, the props, and sometimes the furniture. Even the shyest children can’t help joining in!

Visual Art

‘SCRATCH!’ A Graffitti Awareness Exhibition with Graffitti Artist MAGIC
3rd – 19th October

‘SCRATCH’ is a unique graffiti awareness exhibition in the Main Gallery of the South Tipperary Arts Centre that incorporates the art of young people with a commissioned mural by established graffiti artist MAGIC (Maciek Chesiak). The exhibition illuminates the nature of graffiti and explores questions raised in the art vs. vandalism debate: When is graffitti art? When is graffiti a crime? Why to people engage in graffiti?

Graffiti Artist MAGIC (Maciek Chesiak) was commissioned to create a unique graffiti art exhibition in the Main Gallery. In addition, teen participants from the local C.Y.T.E. community training centre discussed, debated, and researched the issues and impetuses behind the issue of graffiti. The creative results of these workshops are exhibited as sculptures, images, and photographs in the Main Gallery alongside the commissioned work.

In conjunction with the ‘SCRATCH!’ exhibition, the South Tipperary Arts Centre has developed a graffiti-awareness gallery education programme designed for secondary school students that further explores the meanings and functions of graffiti in a modern context. In addition to a tour and gallery talk, the gallery education programme will allow young people to examine graffiti in all its forms. Through structured workshops and discussions, participants will develop their own artwork in response to the exhibition.

Gallery Education Programme

Location: South Tipperary Arts Centre
Dates: Mon 3rd October – Fri 17th October
Time: 10:30 am
Ages: Secondary School Students
Tickets: € 2.50 per student

‘UNITY’ – My Country, Our Country: A Flag Installation
9th - 31st October

Through our Outreach programme, the South Tipperary Arts Centre worked with the children of asylum seekers and refugees living in Bridgewater House in Carrick-on-Suir to create an inspirational exhibition ‘UNITY’ – My Country, Our Country. This flag installation will display flags created during workshops that involved creating not only individual country flags, but that encouraged cross-cultural collaboration to create a new flag that represents all of the participants, their individual cultures, and the culture of their new home in Ireland. The ‘UNITY’ flag installation will be displayed on the exterior flag poles of the Arts Centre.

MUSIC

COUNTY TIPPERARY RYAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA

The exceptionally talented young people in the County Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra will be showcasing their talents in a free performance for families.

Public Performance

Location: Clonmel V.E.C.
Dates: Sun 12th October
Time: 3:00 pm
Ages: Families
Tickets: FREE
(Ticketed event – tickets available from reception.)

LITERATURE

ROBERT LITTLE – Storyteller

Robert Little is a storyteller based in South Tipperary. In addition to storytelling, Robert is the Artistic Director of the Equinox Theatre Performance Course in Callan, County Kilkenny and was on Barnstorm Theatre Company’s Outreach panel as a drama facilitator and storyteller for several years. Robert’s unique perspective on traditional Irish legends captivates the attention of his young audiences. As a part of the Impressions Festival, Robert will be conducting storytelling sessions followed by a workshop.

Performance Workshops

Location: South Tipperary Arts Centre
Dates: Fri 10th October & Fri 17th October
Time: 4:00 pm 4:00 pm
Ages: 7 – 10 years
Tickets: € 5

CHILDREN’S WRITING COMPETITION

Impressions 1st Annual Writing Competition for Children

Whether silly or serious, funny or frightening, the South Tipperary Arts Centre is calling all children aged 8-12 to enter their silly short stories and powerful poetry in the Impressions 1st Annual Writing Competition for Children.

Any child aged 8-12 may submit a short story or collection of poems (between 10 and 24 typed pages) to the Arts Centre, along with their name, address, phone number, date of birth, and parent/guardian contact details. Submissions will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Friday, 3rd October.

The expert judges will be the fantastic librarians from the local Clonmel Library, and they will also be presenting the 1st Prize to the winner on the 12th of October at 3:00 pm in the Clonmel V.E.C. prior to the free family music event.

The winner of the competition will have 100 copies of their book published. Copies of the book will be available to read in the Clonmel Library and additional copies will be distributed to the winner and to his/her school, as well as being available in the Arts Centre.

ART Workshops

In keeping with the ‘SCRATCH’ Graffitti Awareness Exhibition in the Main Gallery, the South Tipperary Arts Centre will be hosting two workshops for younger children to develop artwork on graffitti themes: ‘Symbols’ and ‘Silouhettes’.

‘Symbols’

Location: South Tipperary Arts Centre
Dates: Thurs 16th October
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Ages: 7-12 years
Tickets: €7
‘Silouhettes’

Location: South Tipperary Arts Centre
Dates: Fri 17th October
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Ages: 7-12 years
Tickets: €7

All details are correct at time of going to print, The South Tipperary Arts Centre reserves the right to alter this programme without notice.