Hullabaloo 2015

9TH ANNUAL

workshops and live performances for all the family www. h ullabaloo f estival.ie

-Term Break

October Mid

– Wed 28 Oct015 Sat 31 Oct 2

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Welcome to the 9th annual Hullabaloo! Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival.

We have a jam-packed programme full of great workshops for the under 12s plus funfilled performances to suit the whole family. Picasso said ‘Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up’. Our festival hopes that children experience new adventures in art to last for a lifetime but also that adults discover their inner child once again. HAVE A HULLABALOO!

What’s HAPPENING in Birr?

Wed 28 Oct

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Thur 29 Oct

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Fri 30 Oct

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Sat 31 Oct

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11am-11:45am 10 Pitschi

by Fideri Federa & Komedia Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

9:45am-10:45am 6 Special FX with Danielle Martin Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

10am-11am 8 Super Hero with Paul Timoney Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

9:45am-11:15am 7 Mrs Book – I Am Me with Martina McCormack Birr Library

12:30pm-2pm 4 Music Generation Glee with Danna Davis, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

11:15am-12:15pm 6 Zombify with Danielle Martin Birr Theatre and Arts Centre.

11am-12:30pm 7 Drama for Fun with Sarah & Susan Molloy Marian Hall

10am-11am 7 Ceol For Kids with Music Generation Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

2pm-2:30pm ‘Flopsy Hop’ Book Reading with George Dempsey Birr Library

12pm-2pm 5 Seeking Fairies... with Rosalind Fanning & Eileen Casey Birr Castle

11:30am-1pm 8 Postcards from Wherever with Paul Timoney Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

11:15am-12:15pm 9 Tunes From TV & Cinema with 4B Brass Band Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

1:30pm-2:30pm Sketch It Out with Tim Quinlan Marian Hall

11:45am-12:45pm 7 Mrs Book Loves Books with Martina McCormack Birr Library

3pm–4pm Origami Safari with George Dempsey Birr Library

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4pm-7pm 9 The Amazing Sporting Zoetrope

by Caroline Conway Emmet Square

12:45pm-1:45pm 6 Frog Puppets with Linda Kelly Birr Theatre & Arts Centre 2:45pm-4:15pm 6 Glass Painting with Linda Kelly Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

4:30pm-6pm 4 Hip-Hop with Sonya Cuddy Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

4pm-7pm The Amazing Sporting Zoetrope

by Caroline Conway Emmet Square

7pm-8:45pm 11 Hullabaloo Film Song of the Sea Birr Theatre and Arts Centre

6pm-6:50pm 10 Professor Plunger

by Fanzini Bros Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

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2pm-3pm 8 Alien Space Crash with Paul Timoney Birr Theatre & Arts Centre 4pm-7pm The Amazing Sporting Zoetrope

by Caroline Conway Emmet Square

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7pm-7:50pm 9 Me Too!

by Barnstorm Theatre Company Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

12:30pm-2:30pm 5 Graffiti Workshop with Adrian McLoughlin Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

What’s HAPPENING in Clara?

Wed 28 Oct

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10am-11am 7 Ceol For Kids with Music Generation Family Resource Centre 11am-1pm 9 Halloween Hand Paint Art Clara Bog Visitor Centre 2pm-3pm 6 Zombify with Danielle Martin Family Resource Centre 3:30pm-4:30pm 6 Special FX with Danielle Martin Family Resource Centre 6pm-6:50pm 10 Professor Plunger

by Fanzini Bros.

Family Resource Centre

Thur 29 Oct

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10am-11:30am 4 Music Generation Glee with Danna Davis Family Resource Centre 7 10:15am-11:15am Mrs Book Loves Books with Martina McCormack Clara Library 11:45am-1:15pm 7 Mrs Book – I Am Me with Martina McCormack Clara Library 12pm-1pm 8 Super Hero with Paul Timoney Family Resource Centre 2pm-3pm 8 Alien Space Crash with Paul Timoney Family Resource Centre 3:30pm-5pm 8 Postcards From Wherever with Paul Timoney Family Resource Centre 5pm-6pm 7 Ghostly Stories Jackie Gorry Family Resource Centre

Fri 30 Oct

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10am-11am 6 Frog Puppets with Linda Kelly Family Resource Centre 10am-12pm 5 Graffiti Workshop with Adrian McLoughlin Family Resource Centre 12pm-1:30pm 6 Glass Painting with Linda Kelly Family Resource Centre 2pm-3:30pm 7 Drama For Fun with Sarah & Susan Molloy Family Resource Centre 4pm-5pm 8 Sketch It Out with Tim Quinlan Clara Library 5pm-5:40pm 11 Little Red Riding Hood

by Little Gem Puppets Family Resource Centre

Sat 31 Oct

What’s HAPPENING in Edenderry?

Wed 28 Oct

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10am-11am 6 Zombify with Danielle Martin Edenderry Youth Café 11:30am-12:30pm 6 Special FX with Danielle Martin Edenderry Youth Café 11:30am-12:30pm 8 Alien Space Crash with Paul Timoney Edenderry Town Hall 1:30pm-3pm 4 Hip-Hop with Sonya Cuddy Community Cabin 1:30pm-2:30pm 8 Super Hero with Paul Timoney Edenderry Town Hall 8 3pm-4:30pm Postcards From Wherever with Paul Timoney Edenderry Town Hall 5pm-5:45pm 10 Pitschi

by Fideri Ferera Edenderry Town Hall

Thur 29 Oct

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11am-11:50am 10 Professor Plunger

by Fanzini Bros.

Edenderry Town Hall 12:15pm-1:15pm 8 Sketch It Out with Tim Quinlan Edenderry Youth Café 1:30pm-3pm 4 Music Generation Glee with Danna Davis Edenderry Youth Café 2pm-2:30pm 5 ‘Flopsy Hop’ Book Reading with George Dempsey Edenderry Library

3pm-4pm 5 Origami Safari with George Dempsey Edenderry Library

Fri 30 Oct

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11am-11:40am 11 Little Red Riding Hood

by Little Gems Puppets Edenderry Town Hall 12pm-1.30pm 7 Mrs Book - I Am Me with Martina McCormack Edenderry Library 2pm-3pm 7 Mrs Book Loves Books with Martina McCormack Edenderry Library

3pm-5pm 5 Graffiti Workshop with Adrian McLoughlin Edenderry Youth Café 5pm-6pm 9 Tunes From TV & Cinema with 4B Brass Band Edenderry Youth Café

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10am-11:30am 4 Hip-Hop with Sonya Cuddy Family Resource Centre 10:30am-11am 5 ‘Flopsy Hop’ Book Reading with George Dempsey Clara Library 11:30am-12:30pm 5 Origami Safari with George Dempsey Clara Library 1:30pm-2:30pm 9 Tunes From TV & Cinema with 4B Brass Band Family Resource Centre

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Sat 31 Oct

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10:30am-12:30pm 10 Family Fun Day Edenderry Library 10:30am-11:10am 4 Halloween Sing-a-long with Danna Davis Edenderry Library 10:30am- 12pm 6 Glass Painting with Linda Kelly Edenderry Youth Café 11:20am–12pm 4 Halloween Sing-a-long with Danna Davis Edenderry Library

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Hip-Hop with Sonya Cuddy

Want to pop? Want to lock?

Want to break? Learn all the moves in this Hip Hop workshop with Sonya...You may even come up with some of your own!

For ages 8-12yrs, Max 20, €3 BIRR Wed 28 Oct, 4:30pm-6pm Birr Theatre & Arts Centre 0am CLARA Sat 31 Oct, 10am-11:3 Family Resource Centre EDENDERRY Wed 28 Oct, in 1:30pm-3pm, Community Cab

GLEE with Danna Davis Have a 'glee-ful' time in this workshop while exploring the basics of music and singing to some of your favourite 'Glee' tunes.

For ages 8-12yrs, Max 15, €3 BIRR Wed 28 Oct, 12:30pm-2pm Birr Theatre & Arts Centre 0am CLARA Thur 29 Oct, 10am-11:3 Family Resource Centre EDENDERRY Thur 29 Oct, 1:30pm-3pm, Youth Café

Halloween Sing-a-Long with Danna Davis Get into the Halloween mood and learn some spooky new tunes – great for the doors you'll trick-or-treat at!.

For ages 3-5yrs (+parent), 5-7yrs Max 15, €3 EDENDERRY Sat 31st Oct 10:30am-11:10am for 3-5yrs 11:20-12 noon for 5-7yrs Edenderry Library

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G H O S T LY S T O R IE S rry with Jackie Go

Join Jackie on a short spookified walk to her spider filled dungeon.... tales of gore galore... only for the brave!’

For ages 5–12yrs (+parent), Max 30, FREE CLARA Thur 29 Oct, 5pm-6pm Meet at Pettits at 5pm and walk to Clara Family Resource Centre

Fl o p s y k Hop Boo r ea d in gDempsey with George

ORIGAMI SAFARI

Our paper-maestro has produced a beautiful book! Come explore with George the wonderful ‘Adventures of Flopsy Hop the Rabbit in Origami Wonderland’ For ages 4-8yrs, Max 20 (+parent), €3

with George Dempsey Our paper-maestro is back!

Create your own jungle through simple twists and folds. You’ll never look at paper the same again!

For ages 7-12yrs, Max 12, €3

BIRR Wed 28 Oct, 2pm-2:30pm, Birr Library

BIRR Wed 28 Oct, 3pm-4pm Birr Library

CLARA Sat 31 Oct, 10:30am-11am, Clara Library

0pm CLARA Sat 31 Oct, 11:30am-12:3 Clara Library

EDENDERRY Thur 29 Oct, ary 2pm-2:30pm, Edenderry Libr

EDENDERRY Thur 29 Oct, 3pm-4pm, Edenderry Library

i Workshop G r a ff it n McLoughlin with Adria

Back by popular demand, this workshop does what it says on the tin – or spray can.

For ages 9-12yrs, Max 10, €3 0pm BIRR Sat 31 Oct, 12:30pm-2:3 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

m CLARA Fri 30 Oct, 10am-12p Family Resource Centre

EDENDERRY Fri 30 Oct 3pm-5pm, Youth Café

Seeking Fairies in Fairy Realms with Rosalind Fanning & Eileen Casey Did you know that the fairies of Birr live at Birr Castle? Discover all the secret signs of fairy life in this magical walk through Birr's most magical Gardens.

(Wear rubber boots so the fairies won't hear you!)

For ages 8-12yrs, Max 20, €3

BIRR Thur 29 Oct, 12pm-2pm Birr Castle (meet in Courtyard)

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Frog Puppets with Linda Kelly

with Linda Kelly

Create your very own frog-puppet-friend in this magnificent make-and-do workshop, hosted by the ever-popular Linda Kelly.

For ages 5-8yrs, Max 12, €3 pm,

BIRR Thur 29 Oct, 12:45pm-1:45 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

CLARA Fri 30 Oct, Centre 10am-11am, Family Resource

SPECIALle FX Martin with Daniel

Learn new skills to apply special FX make-up to you and your friends this Halloween. This workshop will show you how to make various cuts, bruises and wounds using specialised make-up.

Wear old clothes!

For ages 7-12yrs, Max 15, €3

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Glass + Paint = A W ork of Art! Explore your own de signs and patterns and create your own unique painting on gla ss.

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Zombify with Danielle Martin Turn yourself into a zombie!

Using special make-up and some household items you can transform yourself to frighten your friends and family this halloween! Wear old clothes!

For ages 7-12yrs, Max 15, €3

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BIRR Thur 29 Oct, 11:15am-12:15 Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

EDENDERRY Wed 28 Oct, 11:30am-12:30pm, Youth Café

EDENDERRY Wed 28 Oct, 10am-11am, Youth Café

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CLARA Wed 28 Oct, tre 2pm-3pm, Family Resource Cen

Mrs Book Loves Books with Martina McCormack Mrs. Book is back!! With her funny, touching, sensory, interactive take on classic stories, Mrs Book will leave all children wanting to read more!

For ages 4-7yrs, Max 12, €3

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EDENDERRY Fri 30 Oct 2pm-3pm, Edenderry Library

Drama fo r Fu n& ! with Sarah Susan Molloy

BIRR Sat 31 Oct, 9:45am-11:15am, Birr Library

Explore drama through games, improv and mime.

Let’s have some drama.

Let’s have some fun!

For ages 5-7yrs, Max 25, €3

CLARA Thur 29 Oct, 11:45am-1:15pm, Clara Library EDENDERRY Fri 30 Oct 12pm-1:30pm, Edenderry Library

CLARA Fri 30 Oct, 2pm-3:30pm BIRR Fri 30 Oct, 11am-12:30pm Family Resource Centre Marian Hall

C eo l fo r K id s Move, Listen, Sing, Play, Explore.

Enjoy some craic and some ceol with this Music Generation workshop.

For ages 5-8, Max 12, €3

BIRR Sat 31 Oct, 10am-11am Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

CLARA Wed 28 Oct, 10am-11am Family Resource Centre

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Sketch it Out with Tim Quinlan Learn exercises and techniques that with Paul Tim will help improve oney your drawing so you can enjoy drawing Come on a journey with and art even more. this talented inventor and For ages 8-12yrs, storyteller and transform yourself Max 15, €3 into your very own Super Hero.

SUPER HERO

For ages 3-5yrs (+parent), Max 12, €3

BIRR Fri 30 Oct, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Marian Hall CLARA Fri 30 Oct, 4pm-5pm, Clara Library

BIRR Fri 30 Oct, 10am-11am, Birr Theatre & Arts Centre

EDENDERRY Thur 29 Oct, 12:15pm-1:15pm, Youth Café

CLARA Thur 29 Oct, tre 12pm-1pm, Family Resource Cen EDENDERRY Wed 28 Oct, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Town Hall

Alien Space Crash with Paul Timoney

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A fleet of invisible Space Aliens have crashed and need new rocket ships with Paul Timoney so they can get back home. You will need to make space rockets and go on If you could go anywhere, where imaginative story-making adventures would you go? Make backdrops, to help them find their way. pose for photos in your costumes For ages 6-8yrs, Max 12, €3 and write messages to the people at home, to make them think you've been to some exotic places!

For ages 9-12, Max 12, €3

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Barnstorm Theatre Company present:

The Amazing Sporting Zoetrope

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The lights dim and the Zoetrope begins to revolve, the images blur, a strobe light starts and the images jump to life forming incredible, smooth animations.

See the figures move in real time, literally in front of your eyes.

FAMILY EVENT Free, Walk in no booking required

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CLARA Sat 31 Oct 1:30pm-2:30pm Family Resource Centre

EDENDERRY Fri 30 Oct, 5pm-6pm Youth Café

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CLARA Wed 28 Oct, 11am-1pm Clara Bog Visitor Centre

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LUNGER P R O S S E F O PR Professor Plunger has travelled to America, India and Australia...but he has never been to Offaly to show off his greatest invention: his amazing hair! This award-winning show is an interactive non-verbal comedy clown show, featuring dancing, plungers, a cheeky grin and a very large head of hair!

'Talented & hilarious' THE IRISH TIMES FAMILY EVENT €3 (1 adult & 2 children: €8) BIRR Thur 29 Oct, 6pm-6:50pm Birr Theatre & Arts Centre CLARA Wed 28 Oct, 6pm-6:50pm Family Resource Centre

Family fun day

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EDENDERRY Sat 31 Oct 10:30am-12:30pm Edenderry Library

EDENDERRY Thur 29 Oct, 11am-11:50am, Town Hall

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EDENDER , Town Hall 11am-11:40am

Ha ll ow ee n at Bi rr Ca st le annual rr Castle Demesne’s Thrills and chills at Bi gazing s. Full moon and witch Halloween celebration more. or treats and much at the telescope, trick FAMILY EVENT 4 €30. per adult, Family of €12.50 per child, €5 , pre-paid event with This is a pre-booked 057 9120336. bookings available on 31 Oct BIRR Sun 25 Oct, Fri 30 Oct, Sat 5pm-9pm, Birr Castle

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Additional Information Notes for parents: Booking All Performances require a parent information: present & preschool children should be accompanied at all times. Please check individual events for additional parental attendance requirements.

All bookings for all locations are to be made through: www.hullabaloofestival.ie

Plan festival activities before you book.

Birr Theatre & Arts Centre 057 9122911 Clara Family Resource Centre 057 9331928 Offaly Arts Office 057 9357400

Due to the demand for workshops, please book early.

Children should wear comfortable clothes for activities and bring an old t-shirt for make and do workshops We have a child protection policy in place therefore age limit and participant numbers will be strictly adhered to in the interest of safety for all children.

You will be asked to sign in your child to all workshops and leave your contact details with staff.

EXCEPTIONS: Clara Bog Visitor Centre for 'Halloween Hand Paint Art', call the centre on 057 9368878.

Birr Castle Demense for Halloween at Birr Castle call 057 91 20336

Acknowledgements: Hullabaloo! Offaly’s Children’s Arts Festival is coordinated by Offaly County Council Arts Office with Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Offaly’s Library Service and Clara Family

Please ensure you are at the events at least 5 minutes before the end of a workshop to be present when your child finishes.

Many events are for both children and parents, so please enjoy them too!

Resource Centre. Many thanks to the Arts Council for support funding. We would like to thank the staff and volunteers at Clara Family Resource Centre, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, library staff and Maura Cunningham Programme Co-Ordinator.

www. h ullabaloo f estival.ie

TEL: 057 9357400 / 057 9122911 www.offaly.ie/arts www.birrtheatre.com follow us on Facebook Hullabaloo Children’s Arts Festival

Offaly County Council Comhairle Chontae Uíbh Fhailí

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