Movement & Creative Composition Workshops

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Introducing the 9 VIEWPOINTS for all levels and experience

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The Lab, Foley St., Dublin 1

Tuesdays 7pm – 9pm

6 weeks beginning May 29th

Course Fee – €80 / €15 per class

FREE UP your creativity in a Positive, Safe and Fun environment.

Explore the POSSIBILITIES of Space, Time, Shape, Movement, Logic and Emotion.

This physical improvisation practice focuses on ENSEMBLE COLLABORATION and CREATIVE COMPOSITION.

It promotes creative thinking, physical presence and cultivates a broad spectrum of EXPRESSION in the moving body.

The 9 viewpoints provide participants with an extensive vocabulary to CREATE, CONNECT and PLAY!

It is an experiential, physical and visual language that does not depend on psychology, method or material. SIMPLE in application,Viewpoints encourages a VISCERAL exploration of one’s world in ever-increasing detail!

For testimonials and images on past workshops click here

To book a place email viewpointsireland@gmail.com

Trapped by Fear – The Radio Play

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Trapped in a post – apocalyptic world.. forced to confront their deepest fears..there’s only one way out and   it’s not without consequence…..

Written by Aisling O’Leary     Directed by Aoife Connolly

Performed by transition year students from Athlone Community College; Paul Connaughton, Chris Reid and Caoimhe Crowe O’Connor

An Independent production by Alan Meaney, made with the support of the BAI, Sound & Vision funding scheme.

Watch this space for more on Trapped by Fear – The Radio Play!

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Premiere of Chasing Butterflies The Radio Play..

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Will hit the airwaves this Wednesday at 6pm on Athlone Community Radio 88. It will follow an interview with producer Alan Meaney and Director Aoife Connolly

Made with the support of the BAI’s Sound & Vision Funding Scheme.

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To Listen Live Online go to www.athlonecommunityradio.ie on Wednesday 16th of November at 6pm and Saturday 19th of November  at 2.30pm.

First review is in…

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Chris Mc Cormack from Musing in Intermissions Blogspot writes an eloquent and insightful review on Bluepatch and Dragonfly’s collaboration project ‘ Chasing Butterflies & In The Garden’  at this year’s Galway Theatre Festival 2011 .

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” …Connolly continues to be a stand-out director at Galway Theatre Festival, spelling out performance spaces where nuances are to be cherry-picked, deconstructed, and re-rendered in the spectator’s own theatre experience…..Donnellan’s might as a writer lies in her articulation of the dalliances of temporary lives, some to be celebrated and others not, and the devastating result of when such life is snatched away…”

To read full review click here

Talking Theatre with Artistic Director Aoife Connolly

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Barry Houlihan about Bluepatch’s creative process and collaboration with Dragonfly at this years Galway Theatre Festival. To read the article click here

Barry Houlihan is a professional theatre and literary archivist and blogger at Staged Reaction Blog and Writing.ie.


Galway Theatre Festival 2011

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 Bluepatch Productions in collaboration with Dragonfly Theatre present;

Chasing Butterflies & In the Garden

Two one-act plays about life, death and everyone in between

written by Dragonfly’s Siobhán Donnellan and directed by Bluepatch’s Aoife Connolly

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In the Garden will receive its World Premiere at the Galway Theatre Festival this year.

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Nuns Island Theatre, Galway

Saturday 29th October at 8pm

Sunday 30th October at 1pm

Booking : 091 569 777 or www.tht.ie

Ticket Price : €12 / €10.

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Chasing Butterflies was shortlisted for the Cork Arts Theatre Writers Week Award last year and won 3 production awards including;

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Best Director. Best Male Actor. Best Female Actor and a Nomination for Best Male Actor

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Irish Theatre Magazine described Chasing Butterflies as

‘…A great story well told…evocative and bittersweet… delicately balanced between hysteria and awe…wonderfully emotive script… excellent performances… Chasing Butterflies, introduces a brave and challenging new voice in Irish playwriting’

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Cast includes Fiachra Ó Dubhghaill, Martin Maguire, Ben Mulhern and Siobhán Donnellan.

For more information and booking see www.galwaytheatrefestival.com

We would like to acknowledge Áras na nGael, Dominick Street, Galway for their support

An Invite from Bluepatch :-)

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You are cordially invited to BROWSE the array of workshops we have on SPECIAL OFFER! We would be delighted if you would SHARE this page with your family, friends and colleagues by pressing the (Share) button below!! Do you know a SCHOOL or ORGANISATION that may be interested in our work? Please DIRECT them to our site!!

Many Thanks in advance,

Bluepatch xx

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We offer  Theatre-in-education workshops to primary and secondary school groups around Ireland. The workshop is a fun and energetic mix of in-depth discussion, role-play, forum theatre and drama games. Participants exchange ideas and share experiences in a specific themed / issue based workshop as directed by the school.  Throughout this workshop we develop critical thinking, teamwork skills and positive self-expression.The Drama workshop is an introductory to stagecraft, physical improvisation and creative storytelling

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Our Acting Workshops explore the craft of acting with particular attention on the actor’s creative abilities. It is a holistic approach to performance that incorporates exercises in improvisation, movement, voice and script work. Students will be introduced to different techniques and practices such as Michael Chekhov and Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints. These workshops are open to all levels of experience and can be delivered in-house to theatre companies, community groups and drama schools.

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The Viewpoints Workshop is a physical movement workshop exploring the nine viewpoints of space and time; Tempo, Duration, Kinesthetic Response, Repetition, Shape, Gesture, Architecture, Topography and Spatial Relationship; as articulated by Anne Bogart. Aoife Connolly & Andrea Scott of  ViewpointsIreland  regularly run eight week courses for a broad range of creative artists and individually offer bespoke workshops to Transition Year groups, Youth Theatres, Drama Colleges and Community Groups. Both can be contacted via viewpointsireland@gmail.com

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Recent Workshop Clients include; UCD Drama Dept, Balbriggan Educate Together N.S., Education Choice Training Company. and St. Colmcille’s Adult Education Community School.

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We also offer Bespoke Training  to individuals, companies and community groups. Recent Bespoke workshops include Interview & Presentation Skills and Delivering a Creative Workshop

For more INFORMATION and TESTIMONIALS on individual WORKSHOPS please click on the highlighted green links provided.

For booking contact Aoife at bluepatchproductions@gmail.com

GTF Auditions

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Dragonfly Theatre in collaboration with Bluepatch Productions are looking for actors – one male, one female – late twenties upwards for a new-one act play being staged as part of Galway Theatre Festival 2011

Auditions will take place on Tues 20th September

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NUIG ’ small acoustic room’

1pm – 3pm

Please note – Rehearsals will also take place in Galway!

Please feel free to email a CV, headshot and/or general enquiries to sdonnellan@hotmail.com

Cheers folks and looking forward to hearing from you :)