Community: The Spooky Feast in the Scary Field (2010)
Barnstorm outreach; Kilkenny theatre; Kilkenny arts; performing arts; community theatre; community arts; schools outreach; heritage project; arts project;
Barnstorm's Outreach department was invited to collaborate with visual artist Alan Counihan, along with Johnswell National School, on the drama element of Alan Counihan's <b><i>The Townlands Project.</i></b><br /><br /><span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Barnstorm worked with pupils in the school to create a theatrical piece based on Alan's aim to connect local people to their local landscape. </span><br /><br /><strong><em>The Townlands Project</em></strong> is a community-based exploration of nine townlands in Rathcoole civil parish. It <span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">led to the development of the </span><a style="background-color:transparent;color:#0066cc;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:underline;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" href="https://kilkennyheritage.ie/2017/08/kilkenny-field-name-recording-project-2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kilkenny Field Name Recording Project </a><br /><br />Read more about the drama project: <a href="https://barnstorm.ie/townlands-2010/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Spooky Feast in the Scary Field</a>
Barnstorm Theatre Company
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
2010
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2000s
Youth Theatre: The House of Oedipus (2016) Abridged & adapted by Anna Galligan
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; youth theatre; performing arts; Kilkenny Youth Theatre
<em><strong>"If a person commits a crime but does not know it is a crime, are they guilty?"</strong></em><br /><br /><span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">In this epic Greek tragedy Kilkenny Youth Theatre take on the world of gods and men. <br /><br /></span><b><i>The House of Oedipus </i></b>features a cast of eighteen young Kilkenny people who present the story of Oedipus, a man who kills his father and marries his mother, with dire consequences.<br /><br />Performances from 7 - 9 April at The Barn theatre, Church Lane, Kilkenny.
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<em>Oedipus Rex</em>, <em>Oedipus at Colonus</em> & <em>Antigone</em> by Sophocles;<br /><i>Seven at Thebes</i><span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"> by Euripides</span>
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2010s
Youth Theatre: KoHL (2013) Devised by Droichead YT & Sharon Cromwell
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; Irish theatre; youth theatre; performing arts; Kilkenny Youth Theatre;
Under the auspices of Barnstorm Theatre Company, Kilkenny Youth Theatre was revived in 2007. <strong>KoHL</strong> is their 6th production since then.<br /><br />With a cast of sixteen young people, the play's setting of New York during the Prohibition years delighted audiences with gangsters, molls, illegal booze, a Private Investigator with integrity, and a newshound thristy for a story. <br /><br /><em><strong>KoHL</strong> </em>was performed with the permission on NAYD (National Association of Youth Drama) as part of their 'New Stage' programme. Kilkenny Youth Theatre is a proud member of NAYD.
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Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2010s
Scaredycats (1999) by Maeve Ingoldsby
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; Irish theatre; professional theatre; children's theatre; performing arts;
<em><strong>Barnstorm has another winner in this production -</strong> </em>Irish Times<br /><br /><em>Scaredycats</em> explores children's fears of change, of loss and 'things that go bump in the night'. Packed with fun, thrills and deliciously scary situations the play's exciting mix of live music, songs, comedy and drama explores the children's efforts to identify and deal with their fears, and their relationship with the adult world. <br /><br />For children aged 6 to 12. <br /><br /><strong>NATIONAL TOUR: </strong><br />Watergate, Kilkenny; Siamsa Tíre, Tralee; Belltable, Limerick; Town Hall Theatre, Galway; Gaiety Theatre, Dublin; Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen; Backstage, Longford; Cork Opera House; Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo ; Rialto Theatre, Derry
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Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
1999
Nuala Roche
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Curriculum Play Live (2017): The Plough and the Stars by Sean O' Casey
Barnstorm Theatre; Watergate Theatre; Leaving Cert drama; theatre for schools; Theatre in Kilkenny;
<strong>The Plough and the Stars</strong> is set during the turbulence of the Easter 1916 rebellion. It premiered in 1926 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. The first two acts take place in 1915, looking forward to the liberation of Ireland, and the last two acts are set during 1916's Easter Rising.<br /><br />The second in a series of Leaving Certificate curriculum plays, providing young people in the southeast with the opportunity to see their Leaving Cert drama brought to life on stage.<br /><br /><strong><em>Curriculum Play Live</em></strong> is a joint Barnstorm and Watergate initiative.
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Watergate Theatre
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
2017
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2010s
The Ice Child (2014) by Mike Kenny
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; Irish theatre; professional theatre; children's theatre; performing arts; contemporary fairytale;
<em>A new Irish fairytale by Mike Kenny. </em><br /><br /><strong>The Ice Child</strong> is a tale about growing up different. It's a fairy story - a story told by fairies about people. <br /><br />Using real-time video and live performance, a motely band of contemporary sídh (Irish fairy-folk) enact a dazzling 'once-upon-a-time' tale. <br /><br /><span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">For children aged 8+ </span>
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Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
2014
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2010s
The Bockety World of Henry and Bucket (2013-2019) - International Tours
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; Irish theatre; Irish theatre on tour; Irish theatre international tours; international tour; professional theatre; children's theatre; performing arts;
<p>"Bockety Brilliance!"- The Irish Times<br /><br />Poetic, humorous and rich in visual antics, the play explores friendship through a day in the life of two friends who have been likened to a modern-day Laurel and Hardy. <br /><br />Written by Sarah Argent, in collaboration with Barnstorm. For children aged 4+ <br /><br /><strong>NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2013:</strong> <br />USA - New York, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, Kansas and Arkansas. <br />CANADA - Ontario (Kitchener, Kingston, Richmond Hill, Brampton)</p>
<p><strong>UK TOUR 2015:</strong> <br />Edinburgh- Imaginate Festival; <br />Bath - the egg, Royal Theatre Bath; <br />London - Polka Theatre.<br /><br /><strong>SPAIN TOUR 2016:</strong> <br />Madrid - Tetralia;<br />Barcelona - Lasala, Sabadell.</p>
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Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
Ireland, USA, Canada, Spain 2013-2019
Nuala Roche
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Ireland, Canada, USA, Spain - 2013 to 2019
Youth Theatre: Alice in Wonderland (2015) Abridged by Anna Galligan
Theatre in Kilkenny; theatre history; youth theatre; performing arts; Kilkenny Youth Theatre
<em>Alice is 12 and a half years of age and it bothers her to be thought of as a child. Why do all these other people get to make decisions, confuse her and boss her?</em> <br /><br />With a cast of 21 young people from County Kilkenny, this abridged interpretation of <strong>Alice in Wonderland</strong> is influenced by steampunk, which incorporates technology into 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
2015
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2011 to 2015
Community: A Woman's Sphere (2006)
Scripted by Maeve Ingoldsby and Rebecca Moran.<br /><br />In 2006 over 100 Kilkenny women, from 11 diverse communities, responded to a callout to be involved in a community project asking 'what does it mean to be a woman in Kilkenny today?' Guaranteed confidentiality, some of these women participated in a series of discussions and drama workshops over 7 months.<br /><br /><strong>A Woman's Sphere</strong> <span style="float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">captured the essence of how the women defined their experience of being a woman living in Kilkenny. It was </span>performed in a sphere configuration in The Barn Theatre and the Brewery Club, Parliament Street.
Barnstorm Theatre Company
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
2006
Nuala Roche
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Kilkenny, Ireland - 2000s
Community: The 'Comer Story (1997/ 1998) by Ken Bourke, with Castlecomer community.
Theatre in Kilkenny; Kilkenny theatre; community theatre; Irish theatre; cultural history
In 1996 Barnstorm embarked on a 16-month project with playwright Ken Bourke and the people of Castlecomer to devise and present a community play unique to that community, reflective of its rich history and its people. <br /><br /><strong>The 'Comer Story</strong> was presented in Castlecomer Community Hall in 1997 and in the Watergate Theatre in 1998. The play was written in collaboration with the people of Castlecomer.
Barnstorm Theatre Company
Kilkenny County Library, Local Studies Department
1990s
Nuala Roche
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