“The coast in a bucket” is the name of the upcoming show CATA ISLE MIME Theatre will be putting on in Kilkee. In early 2009 Astrid Adler was supported by the Arts Council to found CATA ISLE MIME Theatre.The group welcomes their new member Emer O’Carroll to their upcoming summer show in Kilkee community centre. Emer O’Carroll recently completed two years of Lecoq training in Paris and Barcelona. Mime is talking without words, expressing yourself with your whole body which constantly expresses our emotions and feelings; the language everyone understands. With Marcel Marceau developed techniques mimes brings fantasy and imagination to life. Because the body gives the picture inside a form it turns into reality,-for yourself and everybody watching. After producing a specially tailored show for Ennis Street Festival, this show depicts scenes of life at and around the coast. Using the universal language of the body, everyday scenes and stories are enacted with absurdities and unexpected solutions. All ages are welcome on Sunday 29th of August in Kilkee Community Centre at 4pm.
CATA ISLE MIME Theatre with one of the specially tailored scenes for Ennis Streetfestival with its theme from 2010 “What a Wonderfull Life Underwater”.
This Halloween, Mime will take centre-stage in West Clare, as the mime theatre group Cata Isle perform their debut show in Kilrush. This mime trio started after Astrid Adler, an experienced mime actress, held mime lessons for Alan McNamara and Joost Bos, funded and supported by the Arts Council. The result became a mime and physical theatre show, inspired by the works of the celebrated Marcel Marceau, Michel Courtemanche and “Mummenschanz”. The production is an innovative combination of mime and simple props, for example, turning buckets into strange machines and creatures. The show will take place in Kilrush’s NatureQuest Gallery in Burton Street, a venue recently known to host several visual and musical artists. Each member of Cata Isle comes from a rich acting and performance background.
Astrid Adler got hooked on mime when Marcel Marceau visited her school in Germany when she was eleven. She went on to become a member of the mime group Theatre Tartaruga, performing in theatres, theatre festivals and children’s TV programs, while teaching various workshops in mime. After emigrating to Ireland, Astrid has continued her work, performing and winning awards in parades , and performing with theatre groups and bringing her unique talents to community and physical theatre events around West Clare.
Alan McNamara is a recent drop in to West Clare. He took took up professional acting 15 yrs ago and has gone on to perform in various plays around Dublin such as John Boyd’s The Flats,Thomas Murray’s Autumn Fire , Ibsen’s Master builder, Camus’s The Just and Checkov’s The Propasal. For 2 yrs Alan was a killer and drug dealer called “Lar” in Fair City and the same type of character in the Irish feature film “ Flick”. He was a Kerry sheep herder in the film “Durango” and has had various roles in lots of short films such as the award winning “The Black Suit “ an “ Immaculate Conception “ and “ Choppers “. Alan has played percussion for the Irish Arts Centre in N.Y. , for Merlin and “Daze of Plays” at the Sam Beckett theatre in Trinity College, The “Big Bang “ the Temple Bar Viking Adventure and “The Gold of Tradaree”
Joost Bos is still in secondary school but has already participated in several theatrical productions. Most notably, he has starred in the Kilrush Choral Society’s 2007 production of Oliver! as Oliver Twist, and more recently in Crack’d Spoon Theatre Company’s physical theatre production The Trip in 2008. You may also know him for the punk rock radio show he hosts for the local radio station in Kilkee on Fridays. The way this lad is going we can look forward to seeing him in many and varied productions around West Clare in the near future.
Cata Isle’s production promises an exciting, entertaining and tantalising way to spend your Halloween night. All the family, young and old, are welcome. The Premiere will take place on 31st October, doors open at 7:30 pm and curtain at 8:00 pm. The Matinee will take place the following day, 1st November, with doors at 4:30 pm and curtain at 5:00 pm.
The prices are: €8 waged, €5 unwaged/children, and €20 for a family ticket.
The NatureQuest Gallery, Kilrush is starting up the following unique courses:
Courses forAdults:
Art1.”Guaranteed learn how to Draw!”
Where you learn how to look at things the proper way when you want to draw them. Learn helping tricks and how to use the right side of the brain and guaranteed be able to draw after this course. This caters for people without drawing skills up to talents. You will be amazed by what you can achieve with a box full of tricks and tools and an inside into how our brain works.
9 2-hour sessions, €185, – inclusive material
Art2.”Where is my Imagination?”:
Work after Max Ernst technique like automatic drawing, frottage, cartography, ect. tapping into our subconscious as sources of imagination and inspiration.This course is for everybody who loves drawing and painting, but just does not know what to paint and where to start. Great fun.
5 2-hour sessions, € 90, – inclusive material
Felting1:”Introduction into Felting”:
Wet and dry or needle- felting with different high quality wools, their uses for different works. You will learn a range of techniques by felting small objects like a ball, puppet, snake and a piece of fabric.
The ancient craft of felting known to us from the booties ofthe people of the Aran Islands to Mongolians, felting their tents called yurts, taken into the 21st century with needle- and nano-felting. It enjoys since years a revival all over the world with new creations and techniques constantly added. People less talented with their hands can achieve easily good results as well.
5 2-hour sessions, €80, – plus material
Felting2: “The Group Blanket”:
Groups from 4 persons up can felt a blanket together. Excellent very personal gift for example Babies, made from the softest of Marino wools. This can be done in a workshop during several hours on one day. Time open to appointment. Costs depending on size of blanket. Floor rags or wall hangings are popular as well.
From €100
Courses for Teenagers (~14-18)
Mime: “The Essentials”:
A course covering all important techniques of classical mime a la Marcel Marceau.Lessons are divided into 3 parts: warm up/body awareness, mime technique, play and improvisation.Talented participants have the possibility to take part in a professional show supported by the arts council during the summer.
9 2-hour sessions, €140, -
Courses need 4 people min. to take place. More participants result into cheaper fees!
“The coast in a bucket” is the name of the upcoming show CATA ISLE MIME Theatre will be putting on in Kilkee. In early 2009 Astrid Adler was supported by the Arts Council to found CATA ISLE MIME Theatre.The group welcomes their new member Emer O’Carroll to their upcoming summer show in Kilkee community centre. Emer O’Carroll recently completed two years of Lecoq training in Paris and Barcelona. Mime is talking without words, expressing yourself with your whole body which constantly expresses our emotions and feelings; the language everyone understands. With Marcel Marceau developed techniques mimes brings fantasy and imagination to life. Because the body gives the picture inside a form it turns into reality,-for yourself and everybody watching. After producing a specially tailored show for Ennis Street Festival, this show depicts scenes of life at and around the coast. Using the universal language of the body, everyday scenes and stories are enacted with absurdities and unexpected solutions. All ages are welcome on Sunday 29th of August in Kilkee Community Centre at 4pm.
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