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OPENING CELEBRATION
For 1993 the Children's Festival will open with a celebration at Fr. Griffin Park July 15 at 1pm. Presided over by Littlejohn, with a spectacular puppet show by Na Fanaithe and a guest appearence by Palfi the Laughologist. Everyone welcome.
VISIBLE FICTIONS
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"A WILD WOOLLY FIELD IN THE WEST"
Galway Arts Centre, Nun's Island July 15 • 24 at 11am The irresistible Littlejohn, r eturns to invite us way out west into the wild blue yonder. You see, he's made himself a promise, he's going to pack his bags, borrow a tent, and go west into the wilds, " ....• where the cows chew the grass and spit out the snails". A great adventure is about to begin. Lots of new songs drippin' with grooviness, a new pair of boots, and a heart full of gladness. Sure nothing could go wrong? With Der mot A rrigan and Anne Learmont
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"If you wnnt to be 111i,1ded ill your old age.don·t deny tile offspri11g the 11/easure of Littlrjl,/111"' Galway Advertiser
"BILL'S NEW FROCK"
G.ilway Arts Centre , Nun's Island July 22 at 4pm; July 23 at 4.30pm and July 24 at 4pm (8 � 12 yrs) Glasgow's "Visible Fictions" w.is set up in 1991 with the commitment to be part of the movement to raise the stand.ird, quality and l evel of diver sity of Children's The.itre. The comp.iny has toured all over Scotland and the response to their style of work has been tremendous, receiving much acclaim from children .ind .idults alike. Their production "Bill'"s New Frock" w.is a sell
out success at the Scottish International Children's Festival in Edinburgh and was the first Scottish production to be performed in the North American Showcase in Windsor, Ontario. This lively and highly humorous show challenges traditional stereotyping of boys and girls through the story of Bill Simpson who wakes up one morning to find he's a girl in a pink dress complete with frills and shell buttons! Having no choice but to go to school Bill faces a nightmarish day during which everyone seems to treat him in the strangest manner. Confused by the way things are different for girls, he gets into more and more trouble!
CLASSIC BUSKERS Galway Arts Centre July 15 at 4pm For 4year olds and upwards. The Classic Buskers are Michael Copley (Woodwinds) and Ian Moore(Accordion), an accomplished duo who combine a great talent as instrumentalists, with an eccentric wit. They have their own radio series on the B.B.C., and have performed extensively throughout England (including the Royal Albert Hall) and still find the time to delight audiences in Europe, U.S.A., Canada and Japan. Their brilliant impromptu concerts include instruments of all makes, sizes, periods and shapes, on which they give the most amazing and cheeky \'ir tuoso performances of popular classical pieces.
"Classic Buskers 11rod11ced more laughter ever before i11 the history of Q11tbec Sympl1011y Orclrestra concerts". t/11111
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DR. PALFI THE LAUGHOLOGIST
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G.ilway Arts Centre, Nun's Island July 16 & 17 at 4pm 3 • llyrs Dr. Palfi hails from London, and is long established as a solo clown much loved for his gentle wit and charm. For the festival, he will perform two shows, the first being the tiny-tot friendly "famous laughology show," where children help a very silly man transform into the popular clown by finding his make-up, offering advice on how to wear his hat and shoes and standing in for his back·up band. In the second show, "The really dangerous safety show", Dr.Palfi attempts to demonstrate how to balance the world's tallest umbrella on his chin, handle Mexican jumping fleas, plays a trombone that burps balloons and lots more. Of course, all this requires plenty of assistance and advice from volunteer junior practitioners from the audience. "Dr. Palfi is 110 stereotype clown ... He prescribes wit and h11mo11r wit/, an educational content that is never patronising··. The Guardian