Paddy Doyle Paddy Doyle Is a writer/poet/archaeologist, so everything within the realms of literature and culture floats his boat. Tell him stories, show him nature and sunsets, sing him songs, and there you have the earth in all its beauty and blessedness. For a man who's greatest achievement was to witness his son being born, Paddy knows where a true man's heart lay's. |
Noelle Ní Riagáin Noelle Ní Riagáin is trained in Physical theatre and Theatrical Clown. Noelle performs and collaborates with people across many different art forms, and in her own words "I Love it ????". She is a lover of mythology, folklore and people's personal stories. She was raised in what was a traditional Irish family, farming and mass on Sunday. Noelle knows deep down the importance of 'putting the kettle on' and having a chat. |
Tom Campbell Catch Tom at: Rubbish Performance / (workshops) - 8th & 15th September Rubbish Performance / Culture Night on Coal Quay - 17th September Pregnant Men / Pure Daycent Rhymes Street Party - 26th September Tom Campbell is a Scottish born, Cork based, multi-disciplinary artist, who studied sculpture, but is largely self-taught. His visual art focuses on expressive drawing in which he works prolifically. His exhibition of 1,000 Drawings is testament to that. He paints and has a passion for papier mache sculpture, with animals often being the theme. Tom enjoys the aspect of sharing his skills and working in groups, he has worked with many community groups. A large focus in his community based work is 'The Dog Project', which has been run three times with the aim being to create 100 papier mache dogs and involve anyone who wished to collaborate. Tom's other creative outlets are music and performance, singing, playing the ukulele, guitar and harmonica he writes songs and has aspirations to record an album. In performance Tom is especially interested in clown, and mask work, and has a few solid circus skills including unicycle, juggling and walking on hands he has done a few one-man shows introducing various ridiculous characters, humour is a big part of Tom's life and art. https://tomcampbellart.com |
Tumble Circus Catch Tumble at: Culture Night at Coal Quay - 17th September Circus and Street Arts Treasure Trail - 18th September Tumble Circus is based in Belfast and is normally run from caravans, hotel rooms and a Ford Transit van. The company has toured extensively throughout Ireland, Europe and worldwide. Founded in 1998 by Ken Fanning and Tina Segner, Tumble Circus is a pioneering, professional circus company creating extraordinary, Belfast inspired, circus. We combine circus skills, comedy and social commentary to make people laugh, react and act. Ireland's first and only non-traditional big top touring circus, we also have a 20-year history of innovation in outdoor performance. Our work is high skill and all human, pushing the boundaries of possibility, and is accessible to all. With an extensive track-record and national and international reputation we are known for creating award winning work. We've collected huge praise and great reviews throughout Ireland, Britain, Europe and Australia, at festivals including Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe, Avignon, Adelaide Fringe, Belfast International Arts Festival, Galway International Arts Festival, and Longford Dog Show! Our vision of the world is one filled with joy and laughter, where people are inspired to push the boundaries of their own limits and follow their dreams. https://www.tumblecircus.com |
Grant Goldie Catch Grant at: Culture Night Cork at Fitzgerald Park - 17th September Circus and Street Arts Treasure Trail - 18th September After years of traveling the world and winning awards, Grant has put wheels on his freight crates and brings a new show to the streets of the isle of Ireland: Quality Seconds is a collection of quirky and technical object manipulation, juggling, and late night thoughts. A non verbal compilation of comedy and wow. "I have been juggling for 25 years and performing for 19 of them. I like to juggle every day, eat Broccoli, and take only 1 hour at a screen, or I get a bit depressed. I tour Internationally performing in Circuses, Cabarets and Street Theatre Festivals. I have won many awards, from Best Hair Cut to Golden Hat and Peoples Choice. In 2016 at Perth (Australia) International Fringe Festival I won 'Best Circus' for my first full length indoor show. I am mostly a non-verbal performer, which has enabled me to perform in over 30 countries, on 4 of the Continents. Sometimes the works I produce are non-verbal and highly skilled, with elements of clowning and interactiveness, at other times they are silly and funny" https://grantgoldie.com |
Slí Danu Part of Cork City Arts Office Culture Night and programmed by Circus Factory. Visit the Culture Night full programme here www.culturenightcork.ie Slí Danu brings you the wily talents of Mossy Brook, Eimear Ní Mhaoldomnaigh and Kate O Shea. This rousing new collective are passionate about sharing the untold tales of the women of Éire, through the mediums of song, story and dance. Known for their captivating performances, each member brings different multidisciplinary practises to invoke other worldly experiences. https://www.instagram.com/slidanu |
Will Flanagan as Monsiuer Gusto Part of Cork City Arts Office Culture Night and programmed by Circus Factory. Visit the Culture Night full programme here www.culturenightcork.ie |
Aisling Ní Cheallaigh Aisling is an Irish Aerialist and circus performer based in Sligo. She delights in flight and movement, specialising in aerial hoop and straps. She is one half of the award winning show 'How to Square A Circle' and performs regularly with Limerick based Fidget Feet Aerial Dance. Before the outbreak of Covid19, she performed all over the world at festivals and events such as the Complement Cirque (Montreal), Chinese New Year Night Parade (Hong Kong) Edinburgh's Hogmanay Festival (Scotland) and The Islamic Solidarity Games (Azerbaijan).\ http://aislingcircusarts.com |
Lidija Sola Lidija Sola is a contemporary circus artist and producer from Croatia, and based in Cork since 2019. Her artistic practice is based on the techniques and aesthetics of contemporary circus, experimental theatre, and extreme performance. In 2012 she joined Triko Cirkus Teatar, where she taught aerial acrobatics and performed in contemporary circus plays: "Kaleidoscope", "Snjezna Kraljica" and "Skupljacice tame". From 2016 – 2018 she was performer and coordinator for the Croatian team at the largest African street festival in Nigeria – Calabar Carnival. In 2017, she co-founded the circus and performing arts development association– Tricycle Trauma, an experimental circus collective connected to independent, underground, and subversive art forms building the aesthetics of dark circus. As a part of the collective, she produced a considerable number of collaborative plays, performances, independent events, and hybrid-performing programmes across Croatia. Some of the significant projects she has been working on are: contemporary circus play "Mala nocna mora", project "Night of the Dark Circus" which gathers musicians and artists from alternative scene and collaborations with DB Indos House of extreme musical theatre, F:I:L:M:S:K:A:T:E:K:A" and "Formed in a Stance". After moving to Ireland in 2019 she joined Circus Factory as a member and continued to create her artistic work in Cork. (Un)Holy Blood Credits: Director and performer: Lidija Sola Dramaturg / narrative director: Sadhbh Moriarty Sound and visual designer: Neil Feely Film director: Shaun O'Connor Light designer: Ronan O'Shea Movement mentor: Maria Sinnecker Costume design: Valentina Gambardella Set design: Gregorz Pietrslawoski Voice actors: Linda Cullen, Katie O'Neill, Noelle O´Regan Production: Tricycle Trauma collective Developing part of this show was kindly supported by Art Council, Cork City Council and Circus Factory Cork www.facebook.com/ tricycletrauma |
Garry McCarthy / GMC Beats Garry McCarthy will be the rhyme behind our lines as he interprets our Pure Daycent Chats collections of Stories to lyrical rap format to be performed at the Pure Daycent Rhymes Street Party by storytellers, Paddy Doyle, Noelle Ní Riagáin and surprise guests. Garry McCarthy (GMC), director of GMCBeats, has been recording music at home since the age of 12 and since 2009, has been delivering workshops designed to encourage, inspire and empower young people nationwide. In the meantime, producing his own albums along with working with other artists and commercial clients, bringing his experience into his workshop practice. https://gmcbeats.com |
Baubo Theatre We are delighted to host this year's NEST (New Emerging Street Theatre) artist Baubo Company. Selected by Spraoi Festival and supported by the Arts Council they will present their new, exciting, and exceptionally grotesque work "THE CABINET OF CURATROCITIES" Baubo is a new theatre collective committed to creating high-octane physical theatre strongly rooted in visual design and traditions of clown and buffoon. It was co-founded in 2019 by Liza Cox and Alex Herring and producer Elissavet Chatzinota. |
Gracie May Marshall / Fling Fling is a playful and emotionally charged duet between a hula hooper Gracie May Marshall and acrobat Antonio Arbues. Fling is all about personal space and the art of being together. Taking techniques from hula hoops, acrobatics, hoop diving and juggling and using a common language of movement, Fling explores the two different meanings of this word, first in the literal sense of to fling and throw our hoops and bodies in all the various ways possible and secondly 'a short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour' Fling shows the relationship between two different people from different worlds and how they interact with each other, taking the viewer through moments of frustration and peace, and trying to find coexistence. Original Idea: Cristian Fierro and Gracie May Marshall Cast: Gracie May Marshall & Antonio Arbues With the outside eyes of: Miguel Munoz Segura, Raphael Perrenoud Goos Meesewn & Helena Bitterncourt & The Artistic coaching of Jean Gaudin. Lights Design: Mateo Martinez. Costume Design: Libby Halliday |