Kevin McAleer is a man of few words- mainly because most of his set consists of waiting for people to finish laughing. Tyrone's answer to the Dalai Lama brings his unique wit and wisdom to town for another evening of hilarious nonsense, in which he tackles the big serious questions: Who am I? Why are we here? You won't find the meaning of life, but you might just die laughing.
This show contains adult content and strong language.

This is a unique chance to take part in a dance project with Croi Glan, a professional contemporary dance company based in Cork, who’s work includes both disabled and non-disabled dancers. This is an exciting week long project that will conclude with a dance piece set in a professional show in Draiocht's studio space. If you are aged between 13-18 years and interested in this project please get in touch with sarah@draiocht.ie or tel 01 8098029. 

Timetable for the week:
Dates and Times: 10th-14th April 2012
Tue 10 Apr / 10am-5pm: Intro workshop/getting to know each other
Wed 11 Apr / 10am-5pm: Creating the dance material with participants
Thu 12 Apr / 10am-5pm: Creating the dance material with participants  
Fri  13 Apr / 10am-5pm: Finishing creating the performance piece, rehearsing/ production details (costumes etc)
Sat 14 Apr / 4pm-6pm: Technical details (lighting and sound) & dress rehearsal run through.

Sat 14 Apr / Performance @ 7:30pm Studio space
Cost: Project is FREE.
Tickets to the performance will be €5 for family & friends of participants, and can be purchased at the box office in person or by calling 01 8852622

“Every person with a disability - when you’re in school and you go to your career guidance teacher, dancing really isn’t put to you as an option. It would be like someone saying to you ‘sure join the Irish football team’ … its not going to happen. So I think my dream would be for people to actually realize that anything is possible and for people to be encouraged from a young age, so that if you want to be a dancer … or a ballerina … or whatever, give it a go …”Mary Nugent, core dancer with Croi Glan and one of the company’s DirectorsTaken from Groi Glan’s appearance on Imeall on TG4


Enjoy an excerpt from the finished project here ... 

These tours are intended to facilitate the understanding of what your students can see in the gallery and encourage students to explore and to voice their opinions about what the artist is doing, or issues raised by the artists work. If you would like your class to visit please contact Sarah on 01 8852622 to arrange a short tour. Tours are free and where possible can include a tour of the whole building. Class numbers are restricted to 25 students with accompanying teacher.

Born in London, Cathy Henderson grew up in Northern Ireland before moving to Paris and then to Dublin to study at NCAD from where she graduated with a Masters of Fine Art in 1993. She has since exhibited in the UK, Ireland, France and Canada.

This current body of work was made over the last two or three years all around the Irish coast. “The most dynamic and resilient influence on my landscape work is the place where land meets the sea. My aim with these pictures is to capture the transience of the coastal view, the sense of shifting skies and the constantly fluctuating mood of weather.” Cathy Henderson

In addition to her continued fascination with landscape, Cathy also focuses much time on portraiture and figurative work. In 2007 she worked as Artist in Residence in Dublin City Council and in 2009 at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. These residencies resulted in two large scale bodies of work which documented cleansing, maintenance and technical support personnel. In 2010 she joined the Blackchurch Print Studio and in the same year she received an Arts Council Artist in the Community award to fund a visual art project with a group of long-term prisoners. She was recently awarded a commission, jointly with Robert Ballagh, to design a commemorative artwork to celebrate the centenary of the 1913 Lockout and the establishment of the ITGWU. Her work is in numerous private and public collections including the Ulster Museum, ESB and Queens University Belfast.

View Exhibition Video here ... 

Dave West was born in Penclawdd, South Wales and grew up in Swansea City. He graduated from the Carmarthenshire College of Art & Design and is now settled in Balbriggan, North County Dublin. This new body of work has been in progress for the past three years and has progressed to an investigation into the relationships between place, atmosphere, light and the moods or feelings they can evoke.

Dave has held nine solo shows to date including two with the Blue Leaf Gallery. He has exhibited with Eigse Arts Festival, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Royal Ulster Academy, and in the U.K. with the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the New English Art Club. His work is featured in numerous private and public collections including the Office of Public Works, Texaco Corp. and BP. In 2007 Fingal County Council purchased a series of seven paintings for display in their newly refurbished Balbriggan Library. He is also currently studying towards a BA (hons) in the History of Art.

DAVE WEST IN CONVERSATION
Dave will discuss the exhibition and his art practice with Ian Fleming - artist, lecturer at University of Ulster, and Director of Creative Exchange Studios, on 10 March 2012 at 2.30pm. This is a free event and all are welcome.


View Exhibition Video here ... 

D15 Youth Theatre will shortly be entering into its second term of its first year. Working with Eimear Morrissey, Mark Rogers and Ann Ryan, this talented group of 13-18 year olds meet in Draíocht every Tuesday evening and work on many elements of theatre from improvisation to Stanislavski technique to dance. From March the group will begin to work towards a piece of theatre that will explore what they have learned over the course of the term. If you would like to find out more about Youth Theatre, what it is and how to get involved next year please contact sarah@draiocht.ie or log on to the D15 Youth Theatre Facebook page for updates.