Draíocht is delighted to deliver the Spréacha Soar Festival for Children & Young People, an exciting week of 23 brand new shows inspired by young people from Dublin 15, aged just days old to 22 years old, the culmination of months of work and our project NEST.
WHAT'S ON TUESDAY 12 MARCH:
DOUBLE BILL #1
For Children aged 6-8 years
10am & 12 noon / Main Auditorium Stage / Capacity: 60 per shw
Ro-be and Jo
A Show for Cillian
Created By Darragh O’Donnell
Performed by Emma Rose Creaner
Directed by Jim Culleton
Jo Ventor is an inventor. The world is experiencing a climate crisis Cork is a desert and chameleons are everywhere. R0-be is a robot who knows everything well when he works he does. Can Jo fix R0-be in time to save the world and do two heads work better than one?
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The Abbie that Saved Football
A Show for Abbie
Created & Performed by Brigid Leahy
Directed by Jim Culleton
Mandarin Translation by Michelle Chan Schmidt
Abbie and her friends love playing football. Gaelic football to be exact! But when a big mean cat comes to town and has plans to turn their pitch into a kitty palace, Abbie must come up with a way to stop him.
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DOUBLE BILL #2
For Children aged 7-9 years
10.15am & 12.15pm / Draíocht Studio / Capacity: 60 per show
BAKING YOU EVERYTHING!!
A Show for Kacey / 给方欣的表演
Created By Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng
Performed by Hazel Clifford
Directed by Jim Culleton
Mandarin Chinese translation by Michelle Chan Schmidt
Join bubbly chef Bea on a quest to fulfill a special order for a new customer. Will Bea make it in time for the birthday party? An enchanting tale filled with fun, friendship and a sprinkle of stardust. Featuring English, Irish and Mandarin Chinese.
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Tales of the Inventor and the Pirate
A Show for Ben & Jacob
Created by Eimear Hussey
Performed by Callum Maxwell
Directed by Jim Culleton
This is a story about inventions, pirates, brothers, and cuddles! When the inventor’s creations aren’t quite working as he’d hoped, their pirate brother goes on a journey to find some answers on how to cheer him up. In true Ben and Jacob fashion, this show has songs, dances, lizards, drawings - and Woody of course
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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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