Penguins, Monsters and a Wicked Fairy
Dance Workshops in D15 Early Years Settings & Primary Schools
7-25 October 2024
7-25 October 2024
On the 1st of March something extraordinary happened in Dublin 15 ... we performed 23 brand new Music, Theatre, Spoken Word and Dance shows all over Blanchardstown in the homes and schools of 23 Dublin 15 children who've inspired these creations!
- 23 Brand New Shows
- Inspired by 23 young people or groups from Dublin 15, aged Under 1 year, to 22 years old
- Written, Performed & Directed by professional Theatre Artists & Makers
- Performed simultaneously in 23 locations, 3 times each, totaling 69 Performances to school & family audiences
- Captured by a team of videographers, for future broadcast
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Some of our Community Locations:
Ladyswell NS / Mary Mother of Hope NS / Pobalscoil Setanta / Luttrellstown Community College / Edmund Rice College / St John Bosco JBS / St Philips SNS / Scoil Thomais / St Patrick's NS / Rathdara Community College / TUD Blanchardstown / Coolmine Community College / Danu Community Special School / Hartstown Community College / Homestart Blanchardstown / Ashleigh House / Draíocht
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NEST HOSTS: D15 CHILDREN & GROUPS
Emily (6 weeks) | Cameron (3) | Liam (4) | Seímí (5) | Cillian (7) | Ben & Jacob (7 & 9) | Abbie (8) | Kacey (8) | Exaucee & Destinee (aged 9) | Nilas (10) | Adam (10) | Patrick (11) | Ruby (11) | Khadija (13) | Rang Eanna, Colasite Pobal Setanta (2nd years aged 13-14) | Alannah (15) | Ameerat (15) | Ajla (16) | Grace (17) | Divine (17) | Amukela (18) | Lee (18), Penny (18) & Danila (20) from TUD | Rebecca (22)
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NEST is a visionary, artistically ambitious project of scale, brought to life through collaboration with 23 leading multi-disciplinary artists - playwrights, theatre makers, spoken word artists, dance artists, and music artists - who will produce 23 new contemporary works that map our present through the eyes of our children and young people. Led by Artistic Director, Veronica Coburn, NEST's new pieces of work will first be performed in homes and schools across Dublin 15, on the 1st of March 2024 to the children’s peer audiences. Then the shows return to Draíocht for one week as part of the much anticipated Spréacha Soar Festival for Children & Young People, when the public and wider community can enjoy these new creations.
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NEST is based on HOME THEATRE, an original idea by Marcus Vinicius Faustini (Brazil) and Kerry Kyriacos Michael (UK). Draíocht’s iteration, HOME THEATRE (Ireland), took place in 2018.
NEST is funded by ART: 2023, a Decade of Centenaries Collaboration between The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
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