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 THURSDAY 14 MARCH:
DOUBLE BILL #1
For Young People aged 12-13 years
10am & 12 noon / Main Auditorium Stage / Capacity: 50 per show
Ruby
A Show for Ruby
Created & Performed by John Doran
Directed by Dominic O’Brien
Trivia. Long multiplication. Cool dances. Popcorn and Frubes. This is Ruby's world.
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Khadija’s Song
A Show for Khadija
Created & Performed by Farah El Neihum
Directed by Dominic O’Brien
Sitting in on classes and spending lunchtime with Khadija and her friends; Farah & Khadija soon found they had a lot in common. Honouring their shared faith & celebrating their differences was key to the writing process, which takes us a journey of all the motions that come with keeping your faith while growing up in a culture that’s different to the one you were raised with.
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DOUBLE BILL #2
For Young People aged 13-16 years
10.15am & 12.15pm / Draíocht Studio / Capacity: 50 per show
Bongo the Birdwatcher
A Show for Rang Eanna, Colasite Pobal Setanta
Created & Performed by Samuel Yakura
Directed by Dominic O’Brien
There's a curious Birdwatcher eagerly waiting for Ms Whomp Whomp's eggs to hatch! She is as curious as Bongo, wondering what's delaying their grand arrival. There is tension in the nest. Will they hatch? Will they ever fly? Prose and Poetry collide in this short burst of exciting bird-drama!
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Scrambling
A Show for Alannah
Created & Performed by Madi O’Carroll
Directed by Dominic O’Brien
"To be a spider is to be misunderstood." - Peter Parker, maybe. We've all met a spider we didn't like. But have you ever met one you did like? Why did you like it? And what made you think to look long enough to like it? You're invited to find out.
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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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