sat Oct 29th - Tue Nov1stBookings: Nenagh Arts Centre, Town Hall, Banba Square

Tel: 067 34400 www.spleodar.ie

COme aNd JOiN The FuN! FáilTe is FiChe gO Féile pObal ealaíNe aN aONaigh. Is mian le SPLEODAR bheith mar sholas geal ar oícheanta dorcha an gheimhridh le fuinneamh is le hobair chruthaíochta. Tá imeachtaí beartaithe againn do ghach aois. Mar sin beidh áit ann duitse más suim leat aon ghné den ealaín pobail - rince, spraoí, ceol, ceardaíocht . . .

Beimid ag súil le buaileadh leat le linn na féile.

The dark days of winter are approaching. And when they do, it’s important not just to head home and hibernate, but to get out and take part in some community activities. The Spleodar Festival is one of those events that can bring the whole community together.

Remember, Hallowe’en in Ireland is a special time, a time when we traditionally gather to create some light and noise to scare away whatever is scaring us. Arts activities, are the perfect means by which this light and noise can be achieved. Because the Arts tend to shine light into the dark corners and make music and sound that can fill any empty space.

The Spleodar Festival is in its eleventh year and this year we have our ongoing mix of Arts activities, performances and workshops. You could learn how to build a rocket, find out how sounds are made, watch a circus tumble and find out where the ‘Goldilock’s Zone’ is. Every event has a fun element to it and every event just begs you to come in and get involved.

Whether you’re six, sixteen or sixty, you get can a little bit of that Spleodar feeling sloshing around that old heart of yours.

Together we can create some memories that will last forever.

Bi Ann Gan Teip.The Spleodar Festival Committee

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To pre-book workshop & event tickets Tel: 067 34400 www.spleodar.ie• The Box Office is located at Nenagh Arts Centre, Town Hall, Banba Square • All tickets must be paid for within two days of booking to confirm your place

SATURDAY 29TH OCTOBER10.30 onwards Unfolding Stories: Mary Arrigan Nenagh Heritage Centre

10.45 The Goldilocks Zone Workshop Gaelscoil, Nenagh

11.00 onwards Creative Music Making Workshops with Shane Mckenna

Dún Mhuire

10.00 onwards Print and be Damned! With Carol Kennedy Nenagh Arts Centre

15.00 The Goldilocks Zone Nenagh Arts Centre

19.00 Film: Edward Scissorhands Nenagh Arts Centre

SUNDAY 30TH OCTOBER14.30 Spleodar Sunday Spectacular with

WhistleBlast Quartet, Tumble Circus, Graffiti Dudes, Face Painting, Hello Camera Film Screening

Nenagh Arts Centre Plaza, Banba Square

17.45 Tumble Circus presents: UpAbove Civic Offices, Limerick Road

MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER12.00 Haunted Tour Nenagh Heritage Centre

12.00 onwards Blast Off! Rocket Workshops Nenagh Arts Centre

12.30 onwards Workshops with Margriet Dún Mhuire

15.00 The Weird Science of Sound with Florence Starr

Nenagh Arts Centre

19.00 Fireworks Display Nenagh Éire Óg GAA Complex

TUESDAY 1ST NOVEMBERCORK CiRCUS PRESEnTS:

11.00 Old Father Story: Storytelling Nenagh Library

13.00 onwards Exploring Clay with Gerardine Wisdom Nenagh Arts Centre

13.00 onwards Circus Skills Workshops Nenagh Arts Centre

15.00 Cúl Crafts le Éilis Dún Mhuire

17.30 Higgledy Piggledy Nenagh Arts Centre

19.30 Storytelling with Eddie Lenihan Nenagh Heritage Centre

OTHER EVENTS25 OCTOBER - 4 nOvEMBER

9.30 - 17.00 Mary Arrigan: Exhibition of illustrations Nenagh Heritage Centre

saTurday 29Th OCTober

Theatre Space, Nenagh Arts Centre €5 (Family Ticket: €20 - two adults and three children)

Family Audience 3pm

‘…not too hot, not too cold but just right…’

“Sharp patter … an ear for the high-flying inanities of public speechifying and an eye for visual gags that are genuinely laughable.” The Herald

“pleasingly low-tech props and a rather shambolic approach,… hit a perfect note with audiences.” Spotlight

“joyous and fun, creating entertainment from tough ideas” The Skinny

Presented by RW International in association with Legitimate Bodies Dance Company

At last, two Irish astronauts take their first steps into space, which of course cannot be anything, less than a giant leap for mankind. Our nation’s space travel programme gets going as the destiny of humankind is in the balance. Nick and Damian take on a mission surely doomed to failure, to locate another planet where we can all live. Only the luck of the Irish can save them!!!

This is a zany and hilarious space journey by two unique and outlandish physical performers. How can they make sense of the mind-boggling distance to be travelled, land their spacecraft safely and use their charm to invite themselves to alien parties? First performed last year at Cork Midsummer and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and with design by celebrated artist Sean Hillen, ‘The Goldilocks Zone’ is a work for all age groups and species.

Nick bryson and damian punch in

the goldilocks zone

‘The goldilocks Zone’ WorkshopGaelscoil Nenagh

7-12 years 10.45am-11.45am €5

Find out how to move like an astronaut in space (or actually maybe just on land).

Our two intrepid space nuts want to take a willing crew on a voyage of discovery into the zone that is just right.

Orbit the planets, fly into the constellations, duck some comets. Tighten your asterioid belts; we’re about to laaauuunch...

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unfolding stories readings with mary arrigan Nenagh Heritage Centre FREE

4-7 years4-7 years8-11 years

10.30-11am11.15-11.4512-1pm

In conjuction with her exhibition taking place in Nenagh Heritage Centre, author and illustrator Mary Arrigan gives three readings for children and offers her young audience the chance to ask questions about her work.

Creative music making With shane mcKenna Dún Mhuire, 50 Pearse Street, Nenagh €5

6-8 years 11am-11.45am10-12 years 12pm-1pm8-10 years 1.45pm-2.45pm

Focussing on encourag-ing children’s participation in both performance and composition using graphic notation, participants are in-troduced to graphic notation through listening to Shane’s interpretation of a series of shapes and symbols. They then can arrange the symbols to make their own simple pieces of music. This is an exciting and experimental way of making music.

print & be damned!Nenagh Arts Centre €5

Hallowe’en Printmak-ing Workshops with Carol Kennedy.

Ink Up a Hallowe’en Styrofoam print10-12 years 10am-11.30am

Participants will be encouraged to draw their own Hallowe’en images they will then learn how to create a printing plate with Styrofoam and how to ink up the plate and pull their own print.

All the workshops will use materials that are easily accessible so that participants can continue to explore printmaking at home.

Hallowe’en Collage4-6 years 11.45am-1.15pm

A fun hands on introduction to basic object printmaking. Each participant will create their own printed Hallowe’en collage.

Hallowe’en Scene print 7-9 years 1.30pm-3pm

Participants will be introduced to and explore simple print-making techniques to create their own Hallowe’en Scene.

edward scissorhandsNenagh Arts Centre €5

Cert: PG 7pm (135mins)

Dir: Tim Burton USA 1990 Starring: Johnny Depp, Vincent Price, Kathy Baker, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest

The small-minded community of a quiet suburb is rocked when an Avon lady (Wiest) fosters Edward Scissorhands (Depp), the unfinished experiment of local Frankenstein, (Vincent Price). A pallid, wild-haired innocent with a heart of gold and fingers of steel, Scissorhands becomes the neighbourhood’s personal freakshow. He fascinates with his dextrous ability (as hairdresser, ice-sculptor etc.) but he is never accepted into their pringle swathed hearts. Only Kim Boggs (Ryder) sees the beauty behind the boy's ghostly exterior and they begin a fairytale romance.

A fantastically touching film about being different.

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Get into Banba Square on Sunday afternoon to see Tumble Circus clown around and do some death defying jumps, leaps and some high and low jinks. Listen to musicians WhistleBlast perform a lively, interactive concert for children and their families, featuring music you will recognise from a range of sources including TV! Get your face painted, spray a stencil with some of our grafitti artists and watch a film made for the Festival by young people in Nenagh.

Tumble Circus and the Film Screening are supported by The National Recreation Week

suNday 30th OCTOber

Sunday ScheduleStart: 2.30pm

Tumble Circus 3pm

WhistleBlast Quartet 4pm

Film Screening 5pm

Face Painting, Graffiti Artists and more

spleodar sunday spectacular @ Nenagh arts Centre plaza baNba square 2.30-5pm

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Tumble Circus presents

upaboveCivic Offices, Limerick Road €5/€20 Family Ticket (2 Adults & 3 Children)

5.45pm

Witness a beautiful disaster in mid-air. Forty minutes of extreme skill, inventive humour and exhausting talent. Slapstick, acrobatics, hazardous aerial and flying hula hoop - all performed around a trapeze rig.

Circus is turned upside down, shaken up, stirred a little and served with ice cool precision.

mONday 31 sT OCTOber

Nenagh Heritage Centre €2

Under 7 years 12-12.45pm

Under 7 years 1-1.45pm

8+years 2pm-2.45pm

8+years 3pm-3.45pm

Take a trip through Nenagh’s old Gaol on the scariest day of the year (that’s Hallowe’en to you and me).

Travel through the dungeons with our ghoulish tour guides and keep a firm grip on the person in front of you. You wouldn’t like to be left behind, now would you?

Visit, explore and be surprised!

a night of music & fireworks!Eire Óg GAA Complex €2

All Ages 7pm

Spleodar’s Annual fireworks event aims to light up the night sky with sparkling shards of colour. Not to mention some loud bangs.

Keep the dog at home, bring the family and a snack and watch as Hallowe’en is turned into a special community event.

If you’re going trick or treating, make sure you come in costume. Vampires, werewolves and freaks of all sort are especially welcome.

Coordinated by Nenagh youth Theatre (play yT).

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science ireland presents blast Off! rocket WorkshopNenagh Arts Centre €5

9-12 years 12pm-1.30pm12+ years 2.30pm-4pm

Here’s your mission: to boldly go and make a rocket and get it into orbit, or at least as high as it can go. The aim of this session is to work in a team to design the best rocket possible and understand the science behind getting it up in the air. Participants will build and launch water rockets to simulate a realistic rocket launch experience.

The countdown begins here…

luminous lantern making with margriet schouwenburgDún Mhuire, 50 Pearse Street, Nenagh €5

9-12 years 12.30-1.30pm

This is the darkest time of the year. That means you’ll need something to light your journey as you get past the trolls and goblins that you’ll encounter on the way.

Bring your lantern to the fireworks display for extra effect.

Funky Fabric Necklaces with margriet schouwenburgDún Mhuire, 50 Pearse Street, Nenagh €5

8-12 years 1.45pm-2.45pm

Use cloth to make some cool neckware. Let Margriet be your guide and walk out of this workshop the envy of all your friends.

magic mask making with margriet schouwenburgDún Mhuire, 50 Pearse Street, Nenagh €5

5-8 years 3pm-4pm

It’s Hallowe’en, so it’s time to get a mask.

Hey! Everyone else will have one, so why not you? Don’t be caught out this weekend. Join our workshop and make sure you get things covered (your face, I mean!)

The Weird science of sound With Florence starrNenagh Arts Centre €5

10+ years 3pm-5pm

Did you ever wonder how a sound gets from where it starts to your ear? Take part in some fun experiments that will show how sound travels.

This two-hour workshop will also cover recording techniques and sound editing methods for older children.

Tuesday 1 st NOVember

Nenagh Arts Centre 5.30-6.15pm

€5/€20 Family Ticket (2 Adults & 3 Children)

Directed by Melissa Baker

Three, not so little pigs in an epic fairytale adventure.Follow them as they brave the big city to make their fortune and get that dream home! However dreams can cause all kinds of surprises, such as battles on the high seas with pirates and giant monsters!

‘Higgledy Piggledy’ is a 40 minute, visual feast on the misuse of ladders! Includes: slapstick clown, circus tricks, puppetry and cartoon foolery.

Cork Circus presents

‘higgledy piggledy’Cork Circus presents Circus skills WorkshopNenagh Arts Centre €5

7-11 years 1-2pm12+ years 2.15-3.15pm

Open your circus kit bag and learn how to use juggling balls, scarves, clubs, spinning plates, pois, diabolos, flower sticks, and handheld stilts. You may not be able to join the circus afterwards, but you’ll have fun learning how to use these various tools of the trade.

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exploring Clay With gerardine Wisdom

Nenagh Arts Centre €5

3-6 years 1-2pm7-9 years 2.15-3.15pm10+ years 3.30-4.30pm

Create wizards and witches heads and more from clay in a fun-filled workshop.

Cúl Crafts le éilis Dún Mhuire, 50 Sr. an Phiarsaigh, An tAonach €5

3-5 years 3-4pm

An arts and crafts workshop for pre-school children using basic colours, shapes and materials to create enchanted crafts to take home. The first bilingual Spleodar workshop (for the very young) will take place in the clean, airy environment of the recently opened Naíonra ‘Ríocht na nÓg’ and will be delivered in both Irish and English by stiúrthóir, Éilis Uí Thuathaigh.

storytelling with eddie lenihanNenagh Heritage Centre FREE

Adults Only 7.30pm

Nenagh Library in conjunction with Nenagh Heritage Centre, welcomes master storyteller to the Heritage Centre for an adults only session. Come and listen to Ireland’s greatest living seanchai, described as an ‘inspired performer’ by the Irish Post. Eddie’s stories are ‘not for the faint-hearted’ say the RTE Guide, ‘but then good stories never are.’

(Note: Refreshments will be served beforehand at 7pm)

Nenagh Library FREE

Suitable for Families & Children 5-12 years old11-11.45am

The father of stories and riddles involves everyone in what he loves best: telling tall tales, getting dressed up, face-painting and going on treasure hunts. 45 minutes of light hearted, performance storytelling.

(Note: Numbers limited - places on a first come basis)

Cork Circus presents

‘Old Father story’

Mary Arrigan taught art for 18 years before starting to write for children. She was awarded the International Youth Library (Munich) White Ravens title in 1997, the Bisto Merit Award in 2000 and has also won The Sunday Times Crime Writers Association Short Story Award and The Hennessy Short Story Award. Her books include ‘Spirits In The Attic’ and Grimstone’s Ghost’. This exhibition features her illustration work for some of her published books. All works are for sale.

Other eventsNenagh Heritage Centre

Readings with Mary Arrigan will take place in the exhibition venue for children. See Sat 31st October events for details

25 October - 4 NovemberOpening hours: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm

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Film Workshop with hello CameraA National Recreation Week Project

In advance of this years festival Hello Camera will workshop with young people from Nenagh’s Foroige Youth Group to create a short film. The film will be produced, filmed and edited in Nenagh and will have its first public screening on the Sunday of the Festival.

The graffiti dudesThe Graffiti Styling’s of Sebastian and Laurence will be set up in an area in front of the Town Hall.

Sebastian says “Graffiti is a legitimate form of art. It began in New York City and quickly spread all over the world.”

Throwing their own spin on ‘Spleodar’, S&L will also be doing some of their own signature work which consists of stencils and free hand characters. The Graffiti Dudes will be situated just outside the Town Hall at Nenagh Arts Centre. All welcome to come and see.

Parents Notes• Please book early for

workshops and events to avoid disappointment.

• Make sure the performance or workshop you are attending is suitable for your child’s age - if it’s not, your child may not enjoy it.

• Places will only be kept for five minutes before the beginning of the workshops, then places will be given to people waiting.

• Age limit and participant numbers will be strictly adhered to.

• In the interest of safety for all children please ensure you sign your child in and out of all workshops (leaving your contact details)

• The festival operates a child protection policy. This policy is available to view on request and on our website.

• Make sure to collect tickets prior to events at the Box Office at Nenagh Arts Centre except for fireworks where the admission fee is on entry.

• Most of all Enjoy the festival!

Tickets for all events and workshops will go on sale on 18th October 2011.

Tickets for events such as ‘The Goldilock’s Zone’ ‘UpAbove’, ‘Higgledy Piggledy’ will be available on-line at www.spleodar.ie and at the box office and tickets for workshops will be available by calling the festival box office on 067 34400.

Pre-booked tickets should be collected from the festival box office at Nenagh Arts Centre. Tickets must be paid for in full and collected within 48 hours of booking, otherwise tickets will be resold.

Tickets for events can be purchased online or by phone booking until 26th October. Remainder of tickets not collected will go on sale from October 27th at the Festival box office at Nenagh Arts Centre.

Terms & Conditions for booking:

Tickets bought online will be subject to a 5% credit card charge and a €1 booking fee charge set by ticket provider. Max of 4 tickets can be bought per event per person.

Each event/workshop has a maximum capacity set and the festival/the artist cannot due to health an safety offer any additional spaces once the maximum number of tickets is sold.

boOKiNg iNFOrmaTiONTo pre-book workshop & event tickets Tel: 067 34400 www.spleodar.ie

• The Box Office is located at Nenagh Arts Centre, Town Hall, Banba Square

• All tickets must be paid for within two days of booking to confirm your place

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WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS AND VOLUNTEERS

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To pre-book workshop & event tickets Tel: 067 34400 www.spleodar.ie• The Box Office is located at Nenagh Arts Centre, Town Hall, Banba Square • All tickets must be paid for within two days of booking to confirm your place