RoolaBoola Children's Arts Festival 2011

Age: 4 years + Saturday 29th – Monday 31st Oct

Little Shop of Horrors Drop-in Workshop 11.00am – 4.30pm FOYER, LINENHALL DURATION: 15 MINUTES TICKETS: €1 (Available only on the day)

It may look like an ordinary plant-and-flower shop, but don’t be fooled! This drop-in workshop with a difference lets you unleash your gruesome imagination and create your own puppet-alien-monster plant, ready to catch and devour its unsuspecting prey, facilitated by mild-mannered (or is she?) shop assistant and arts worker, Katy Newman. Here’s a chance to have fun and get really nasty! Feed me!

Participatory Performance 11.30am & 2.30pm THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 35 MINUTES TICKETS: €5

“Fantastic, magical songs with an Irish twist.”

- Tom Dunne, Newstalk

Age: 3+ Drop-in Saturday 29th Oct Workshop

Light Play

Age: 3+ years - 5 years Saturday 29th Oct

Age: Families 6 years+ Saturday 29th Oct

The Speks

Our House

The Speks are a six-piece traditional Irish music group for children. Hailing from Glasses Island (where everybody wears glasses!), musicians Quince, Naymon, Tommo, Pete, Ed and Rafferty perform nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music.

Recent winners of a prestigious Parents’ Choice award for their debut album, and featured regularly on RTÉ Junior and on radio stations for young people all over the US, the Speks’ shows are full of fun, singing and dancing, where everyone is invited to join in!

11.00am – 4.30pm PRINT GALLERY, LINENHALL DURATION: 15 MINUTES TICKETS: €1 (Available only on the day)

Booking

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Book NOW. Tickets may be purchased by calling to the Box Office in person or by phoning our dedicated Box Office number 094 9028886.

Please remember: If you are late for a performance or workshop, you will be allowed in only if there is a suitable interval – otherwise you will disturb everyone else.

Tickets may be paid for by cash, credit card or cheque (cheques should be made payable to ‘The Linenhall Arts Centre’).

No food or drink is allowed into performances or workshops – it’s very distracting for those around you and can be very messy.

Make sure the performance or workshop you are attending is suitable for your age – if it’s not, you will not really enjoy it and it’s not fair to the others taking part.

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Be sure to wear loose, comfortable, old clothes for your workshops – you’ll probably be getting into a right old mess!

Saturday 29th - Monday 31st October

People with disabilities are very welcome at the Linenhall and we suggest that you contact us by phone prior to your visit, so that we can make it as hassle-free as possible.

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Workshop 11.00am - 1.00pm COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL DURATION: 2 HOURS TICKETS: €6 PER PARTICIPANT

Age: 7 - 8 years Saturday 29th Oct

Hey There Roomy

Did you ever want to live in outer space, or deep under the ocean? Then let your imagination run wild in this exciting design-and-make workshop where you become your own architect and builder and create your ideal room, a den that lives up to your dreams. Then decorate it to your very own specifications, using a wide range of recycled and art materials to create your own special place to live, facilitated by artist and arts worker, Mary Noonan. Be the creator of your own Grand Design, where your only limit is your imagination!

Here’s an unusual invitation: jump into your own drawing and play in it! Make your own drawings, project them onto the wall, and then become part of them yourself! See what you can do using projectors to play with line, colour, shadow and texture in this engaging and fun drop-in workshop, facilitated by artist and art teacher, Lucy Hill, where your own drawings get up and become part of your world!

Children’s Arts Festival The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

Would you like to redesign the family home? Don’t worry about the price of land or builder’s fees, just let your imagination run wild in this exciting design-andmake workshop. Pick a room each and join together with family members to create an all-new family home.

Decorate to your very own specifications, using a wide range of recycled and art materials, facilitated by artist and arts worker, Mary Noonan. Is your bedroom too small? Or the kitchen too ordinary? Fancy a swimming pool, or a cinema - or even a ski slope? Here’s your big chance to make it happen!

Age: 5 years+ Saturday 29th Oct

Film

When his eccentric old Aunt Eleanor bequeaths her seaside house to his parents, seven year-old Nathaniel discovers a cast of heroes and villains from children’s literature hiding in her book collection! But there is more – they are actually the original characters and are counting on Nat for protection, because if they leave the library they will disappear along with their stories! And unless Nat can learn to read, all these fairy tale characters will disappear forever. In a race against time and before his parents start to sell off the books, he must fight to save his new-found friends. A charming animated film with a message from Academy Award-nominated French animator, Dominique Monfery.

4.00pm THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 75 MINUTES TICKETS: €4

Eleanor's Secret

Workshop 2.00pm - 3.30pm COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL DURATION: 1½ HOURS TICKETS: €6

Welcome!

If you think RoolaBoola looks different this year, then you think right. We have slimmed down a little from previous years, in that we no longer have a selection of international shows. The sad fact is we just can’t afford them. But, and as you can see it’s a very big But, we still have loads of brilliant stuff for you to get involved in.

As a matter of fact, this year we have the best workshops we’ve ever had. Have a look through and I bet you will find something you can’t wait to get stuck into, maybe even one of Maeve Clancy’s pop-up books. We like to think of this year’s RoolaBoola as a precious miniature, small but perfectly formed! Book now to ensure you get to be part of the fun.

A Big Thank You To our local County Councillors Henry Kenny, Michael Kilcoyne, Eugene McCormack, and Al O’Donnell, who gave extra support to RoolaBoola this year.

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www.thelinenhall.com Booking: 094 9028886

“ Imaginative… beautifully drawn.”

Variety “ A beautifully designed, rollicking animated adventure.”

San Francisco Film Society

Sunday 30th – Monday 31st Oct

The Moon Garden

Illuminated Visual Art Installation 11.00am – 4.30pm BOTH DAYS PRINT GALLERY, LINENHALL

There is a garden far away, full of stars and animals and wonders. This garden is on the Moon, where plants glow, birds fly loop-the-loops in zero gravity, and insects float from plant to plant. The Moon Garden is always flourishing. This year for RoolaBoola, artist Tom Meskell, in conjunction with trainees at the HSE Rural Training Centre, Castlebar, has created an enchanting installation in the Linenhall - a magical, light-filled world in miniature. Prepare to be amazed.

A musical addition by the Píba Ríba band @ 4.30pm on Sunday complements the exhibition.

Age: Families 7 years + Sunday 30th Oct

How Do Actors Play?

Actor Louis Lovett introduces you to his own unique style of performance - one that embraces the mischievous spirit of play – in this family workshop for children and adults. Theatre Lovett co-founders, Louis Lovett and Muireann Ahern, take you through the actor’s journey on stage: how to take hold of the moment you’re in, how to look forward to the moment coming next and, most importantly, how to look back – to the moments of play that children understand, and that adults can learn from and remember. Louis Lovett is Ireland’s most experienced and critically acclaimed performer for children. He has worked both on stage and screen (he is Killinaskully’s resident German cheese seller - Dieter Langer!).

Family Workshop

Age: 3 years + Participatory Sunday 30th Oct Performance

3.00pm THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 75 MINUTES CAPACITY: 25 TICKETS: €6

The Paper Princess 11.00am & 1.00pm THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 40 MINUTES CAPACITY: 40 TICKETS: €6

“ Monkeyshine…

Child’s play at its best.”

The Irish Times

You are invited to a party! There’s glitter and sparkles, a tiny theatre and a magical story to be told. So roll up your sleeves, open your ears and sit down and watch as the paper princess is whisked away, up into the sky, out into the world. Based on the book, "The Paper Princess", by Elisa Kleven, an enchanting and unique theatre and workshop experience for younger children, where they are encouraged to make their own princes or princesses, and then enjoy this magical puppet show, with live music accompaniment.

Age: Families 5 - 7 years Monday 31st Oct

Workshop

Age: 5 - 6 years Sunday 30th Oct

Comic Stories Be a part of your own comic-strip production team!

Artist Maeve Clancy guides you through creating a comic strip, inspired by the stories featured in her wonderfully imaginative exhibition, Paper Tales.

You will take turns working at a variety of different drawing stations, and at each one you’ll be drawing a different part of the story!

Workshop 2.00pm COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL DURATION: 90 MINUTES CAPACITY: 10 TICKETS: €6

Paper Pop-Up

11.00am THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 90 MINUTES CAPACITY: 20 TICKETS: €6

PaperTales A wonderfully imaginative interactive world of stories and characters for children and young people to discover, created by artist Maeve Clancy. Giant pop-up books, projected animation, cut paper scenes and comics combine to illustrate stories that were written by Castlebar schoolchildren in the 1930s – how they lived, worked and played, the local myths and legends. Fairyfolk, forts, banshees and superstitions also feature within a magical paper landscape in an original story written by the artist, using the archive material as inspiration. Stories, histories and characters combine to create visuals that celebrate the folklore of Castlebar in this exciting and enchanting exhibition.

Age: 8 years + Monday 31st Oct

Age: Families 5 years + Monday 31st Oct

Portraits

2pm THEATRE, LINENHALL DURATION: 2 HOURS CAPACITY: 30 TICKETS: €6

Here’s a chance to put real energy into your drawing, when artist Sharon Lynch and dramatist Fiona McDonagh combine forces to present a drawing workshop with a difference! Get back into the flow of natural creativity by combining drawing with movement in a whole lot of fun and imaginative ways to inspire and unlock the expressive artist within. Want to loosen up your style or rediscover the joy of drawing? Then give this a try!

Create a family portrait – life-size! After a short introduction and brainstorm session with artist Ashleigh Downey, family groups will work together tracing out their figures onto large scrolls of paper and then capture the characters of each family member in the group using a whole range of materials and methods, including collage, gestural drawing and mark-making, ripping, cutting and more. A great chance to try loads of different art techniques and have a whole lot of family fun in the process.

Workshop 2.00pm DURATION: 2 HOURS COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL CAPACITY: 20 TICKETS: €6

Visual Art Exhibition with Gallery Tours SUNDAY WITH THE LINENHALL'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY ARTS TEAM 11.30am & 2.30pm MONDAY WITH ARTIST MAEVE CLANCY 11.30am & 1.30pm GALLERY, LINENHALL DURATION: 30 MINUTES CAPACITY: 20 TICKETS: €1

Here’s a chance to explore the world of Pop-Up art!

Join artist Maeve Clancy for a workshop where the work literally does open up in front of your eyes! Using stories from Maeve’s gorgeous Paper Tales exhibition as inspiration, create your very own pop-up page, similar to those in the giant pop-up books in the exhibition (but child-size!). A stand-out workshop in all senses!

Workshop Family Workshop

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Age: 7 - 8 years Sunday 30th Oct

Flutterby Drawing Out, Life-size Fun Moving About Family The butterfly stands for freedom, fun and joyous times. Visual artist Sharon Lynch and dramatist Fiona McDonagh explore the world of the imagination and the senses through fun art and drama activities, including playing with drawing and colourful abstract shapes to create large collages, and using mime and improvisation to create new worlds. A family workshop that encourages curiosity, creativity, relaxation and communication, exploring how drama and art can create a memorable learning experience for young and old together.

11.45am COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL DURATION: 75 MINUTES CAPACITY: 10 TICKETS: €6

Age:5 years + Sunday 30th – Monday 31st Oct

Age: 7 years + Monday 31st Oct

PaperChain Dolls & Cut-Outs

Cut and craft a range of your very own characters complete with clothes and costumes! Have loads of fun making paper-chain dolls and cut-outs, and then decorate them up using all sorts of materials and techniques including drawing, collage, cutting and mark-making. Artist Ashleigh Downey will be on hand to kick things off and facilitate, and then it’s up to you and your imagination!

Workshop 11.00am COMMUNITY ARTS ROOM, LINENHALL DURATION: 90 MINUTES CAPACITY: 12 TICKETS: €6