Monsters in your School
Invitation to Participate
Calling x4 D15 Primary School Class Groups
Dance in Your School
14 & 21 March 2025
Calling x4 D15 Primary School Class Groups
Dance in Your School
14 & 21 March 2025
Draíocht’s 8th Toddler Take Over Adventure - Where musicians play, singers sing, dancers dance and storytellers weave tales! Celebrate the limitless imagination of the very young child and the magic that happens when it is combined with the arts.
For this one day, Draíocht transformed its building into a big space for adventure through story, visual arts, music and dance for the very young. Children were invited to bring their insatiable curiosity and their adults to explore, see, scribble, create, listen, share, talk, move ... as they discovered exciting new art forms through dance, sound, drawing and time travel. With a combination of book-in and Roam Free Events, toddlers took the lead, as we opened up our building just for them.
Event: SENSORY FRIENDLY EVENT 10 MAY / 10.30AM-12.30PM
Suitable for Special Units/SchoolsLeading on from the success of previous toddler sensory events, this year we will also have a special sensory event. Workshops and events will be adapted to suit the needs of young children with additional needs. This event needs to be pre-booked, so if your unit or school group is interested in coming along, please contact Sarah Beirne directly (e: sarah@draiocht.ie or 01 809 8029). This event will have limited capacity & is suitable for groups only.
Event: ROAM FREE
Time: 10AM – 2.30PM
Cost: Free
Age: Walkers/Wobblers (12 months + to 4 years)
Locations: Roaming all over Draíocht / Draíocht’s 2 Galleries, Foyer & Studio
Enjoy the open spaces for self-directed, creative play and art-making in the many landscapes to colour, play, scribble and travel through, including the yellow of the desert, the green of the forest, and the snow of the mountain top. All drawing, creating, sticking, building-activities are designed for wobblers/walkers (12 months + to 4 years), but younger and older siblings are welcome in the roam-free areas too.Your Roam Free Ticket covers FREE admission across a combination of open spaces for self-directed play and inventiveness. With your Roam Free Ticket you can come and go as you please. You can also draw, investigate and discover the world of imagination we have created for you. With only this ticket your child will have lots of fun, but if you want something more, you can purchase tickets for the additional Book-In workshops or attend a music concert (see timetable below). We advise you to book 1 or max 2 Book-In events, as combined with the freedom of the Roam Free spaces there will be lots for your child to enjoy.
Event: A DIDGERI DANCER’S DOO DANCE & MUSIC WORKSHOP
An Interactive workshop with dance artist Jess Rowell and musician Alessandro Zangrando
Workshop 1: 10AM - 10.40AM
Workshop 2: 11.30AM - 12.10PM
Workshop 3: 1.35PM - 2.15PM
Cost: €5 per child with 1 free accompanying adult
Age: 2 to 4 Years
Location: Draíocht's Main Stage
Duration: 40 mins
Capacity: 12 children + 1 adult each per session
What kind of “Do” would a Dancer and a Didgeridoo player have, if they were planning a “Do” with the Didgeridoo - it’s bound to be noisy, there might be chimes there too, and surely there would be dancing! Find out in this interactive dance and music session led by dance artist Jess Rowell and musician Alessandro Zangrando.
Event: THE WORD WIZARD
A Storytelling Session with Joe Brennan
Workshop 1: 10.10AM - 10.40AM
Workshop 2: 11.00AM - 12PM
Workshop 3: 1PM - 1.30PM
Cost: €5 per child, with a free accompanying adult
Age: 2 to 4 Years
Location: Draíocht's Workshop Room
Duration: 30 mins
Capacity: 16 children + 1 adult each per session
Be transported to other places and times, across landscapes through the magic of words and the power of a good yarn. Open your ears and ready your imagination to travel to lands far, far away, while never leaving the room.
Event: C IS FOR CONCERT
A musical experience produced in collaboration with The Mobile Music School, with musicians:
Aoife Dowdall (Violin), Seamus Wylie (Clarinet), Paul Frost (Trombone) & Paul Paul Seeber (Percussion).
Concert 1: 10.50AM - 11.20AM
Concert 2: 12.15PM – 12.45PM
Cost: €5 per child, with a free accompanying adult
Age: 12 months to 4 Years
Location: Draíocht's Main Space
Duration: 30 mins
Capacity: 90 people per session
C is for Concert - B is for Brass - M is for Music - F is for Fun - This musical experience for toddlers will introduce them to the joy and loudness of live ensemble music, with an exciting range of instruments. This fun concert, where you can dance, sit, look at and hear a range of sounds and music in our main space - with all the seats taken out – allowing plenty of space for you to move about.
