20/09/2019
I'll be giving a talk on 'Landscape as Witness' as part of Culture Night 2019 at the Whale Theatre in Greystones tonight. The talk begins at 18:30, but there will also be plenty of other events on show throughout the rest of the evening. Feel free to call in if you're in the area!
ATTENTION ALL WHALE THEATRE & CULTURE FANS!
Loads of FREE events from 6.30 pm this evening at the Whale Theatre, Greystones, with a fabulous line-up of talent for Culture Night 2019, . History, Drama, Fun & Games, topped off with some amazing music. There's something for everyone tonight at the Whale! More information:
https://whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873604805
6.30 PM • LANDSCAPE AS WITNESS
Join us for this fascinating talk and slideshow by Wicklow photographer Seán Laoide-Kemp. After spending a year travelling, photographing and interviewing natives of the Burren, Seán has created a stunning series of photographs exploring and documenting the landscape and tragic history of the Famine through the Public Work Scheme constructions that were built around North Clare during the period. Be prepared to immerse yourself in a timeless and heartbreakingly evocative landscape that still resonates with echoes of this extraordinary period in Irish history.
7.15 PM • SNAPSHOTS OF GREYSTONES PAST
Greystones Players actors deliver a series of dramatic readings of pieces from the newspapers that will provide entertaining glimpses and insights into the town’s 19th and early 20th century history and social life, illustrated by photographs of the time and interspersed with songs of the period performed by the wonderfully talented Jade Phoenix accompanied by Brendan Kennedy.
8 PM • OPEN DRAMA WORKSHOP
If you’re aged 14 to 18, you’re invited to join in the fun and games at an Open Drama Workshop with the Whale’s own Making Waves Youth Theatre. Be prepared to let your hair down or simply watch and enjoy the dynamic group at work in this lively sample drama workshop facilitated by actor, writer and director Ciarán Coogan.
8.45 PM • PORTABLE ESCAPE ROOM
Engage your brain and sleuthing talents and make up a team for Fourfront Games’ launch of their exciting new Portable Escape Room! Or (if you promise to be quiet), you can watch a group of people use teamwork and creative thinking to solve the challenge.
9 PM • MUSIC GENERATION’S ELEVATION PROJECT
It’s music and song all the way. First up are the creative talents of Music Generation's Elevation Project, a collaboration of young singers and instrumentalists from across the county over 14 weeks this year. This inspiring project invited young Wicklow musicians to work on arrangements, improvisation and experimentation in different music styles and to compose their own original songs.
NICOLAAS WALLE & BAND
fter which we have the formidable talents of the phenomenal Greystones Battle of the Bands winner Nicolaas Walle and his band. At just 19 and currently a student at IADT, multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Nicolaas has already produced two albums, performed at Dun Laoghaire’s Summer of Music and is certainly destined to make his mark well beyond Wicklow. His talented band includes Sam Shepard (Drums), Emily Lannin (Vocals) and Jack Joyce (Guitar/Bass).
