The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, Arad Goch Theatre Company and glór Irish Music Centre present
Winter Pictures
A treasured collection of memories, secrets and dreams regaled by two adventurous mice.
| Times: | School Performance |
Tuesday 7 November | 10.15am |
| Wednesday 8 – Friday 17 November | 10.15am and 12.15pm | ||
| Public Performance | Saturday 11 November | 1pm and 3pm | |
| Saturday 18 November | 1pm and 3pm | ||
| Class Range: | Junior Infants to Second Class | ||
| Age Range: | 4 – 8 years | ||
| Duration: | 1 hour | ||
| Prices: | (School) €6.50/€4.50 concession* (Public) €8.50/€6.50 concession** |
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| *price
for designated disadvantaged schools and schools travelling from
outside Dublin ** price for students, senior citizens, the unwaged, those parenting alone and their accompanying children |
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Two field mice, Biscuit and Frenzly, enjoy the glorious sunshine of the summer but face a winter of hardship hidden in a hole at the base of a tree. Biscuit, ever practical, collects food to sustain them over the coming months.
Frenzly, the daydreamer, collects memories and pictures of beautiful
things to cheer them through the cold winter. When their food runs
out, the mice feed on their store of treasured tales of spring, summer
and autumn, weaving for us their winter pictures… By seeing and hearing their memories,
secrets, fears and their dreams, this gentle, poetic performance touches
on experiences which are at the centre of the lives of many little
children – friendship, fear of being lost, being naughty and
being good, and hopes and dreams.
Winter Pictures was originally devised by Arad Goch in 1990. One of
the company’s most popular shows, it has now been re-created
in a joint venture with The Ark, Dublin and glór, Ennis. Accompanied
by a score of live music composed especially for this production by Emer Mayock. Directed by
Jeremy Turner.
Before Winter Pictures arrives at
The Ark, it will tour to schools and arts centres in Wales from 14
September to 3 November. Winter Pictures can also be seen at glór
Irish Music Centre, Ennis on Monday 20 November 12pm & 7pm, Tuesday
21 November 10am & 12pm.
Tickets:
€7.50 adults/€5 children/teachers free.
To book tickets for these performances, contact the glór
box office on 065 6843103 or online at www.glor.ie
Many thanks to Blooms Hotel for their kind support of this production.
Teacher’s Corner
»This programme makes links to the Scienceand SPHE Curricula. SPHE Curriculum: Myself and Others, Feelings and emotions. Science Curriculum: Living Things, Seasons
