Highlights in Youth Arts

The Armagh Rhymers Educational & Cultural Organisation

August 3

Suffolk Day Centre, Suffolk Road, Belfast (Part of Féile an Phobail) Performance

August 6

August 22

August 29

Cahoots NI

Terrible Terrors - A ghastly, gruesome, gory make-up workshop for kids

Larne Leisure Centre

3rd August

10.30am - 11.15am

11.30am - 12.15

13.45pm - 14.30pm

14.45pm - 15.30pm

Create scars, wounds and bruises using special effects makeup and scare your friends and family with your creations. The workshop leader will demonstrate techniques used to apply the make-up then you will have the chance to try them out for yourself.

The Smallest Circus in the World - touring hospitals, hospices, respite units and special schools

9th August - 13th August 2010

Mitsy and Mac are mice. Mitsy and Mac are also magicians and work in the smallest circus in the world. Mitsy and Mac love making new friends and need your help with their circus band!

The Smallest Circus in the World is part of Cahoots NI's Magic Medicine project. It is an innovative and exciting arts and health project that tours to special schools, hospices, hospitals and respite units across Northern Ireland. It is a programme designed speci?cally for young people in special schools and healthcare settings - guaranteed to deliver bucket loads of laughter, magic, fun and delight.

Open Arts

9th to 12th August an arts based summer scheme on Newcastle Beach and the Crescent Arts Centre. Working with music, drama and visual arts the beach will be used for inspiration and then as a performance space for this inclusive summer scheme aimed at 5 to 11 year olds. 2 days will be spent on the beach and 2 days developing ideas in the Crescent Arts Centre.

Sonic Academy

Sonic Academy's SoundCamp is a series of training courses for 11-18 interested in music and music technology. From 9 - 22 August, participants will have the opportunity to try their hand at DJing, music production, making music videos, creating podcasts and recording music in a professional studio.

Courses available are:

How To DJ

Monday 9th - Friday 13th August 2010

Digital DJing

Monday 16th - Friday 20th August 2010

How To Record a Band

Monday 9th - Friday 13th August 2010

How To Make Dance Music

Monday 9th - Friday 13th August 2010

Monday 16th - Friday 20th August 2010

Produce A Radio Show

Monday 16th - Friday 20th August 2010

Scratch DJing

Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd August 2010

How to Make a Music Video

Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th August 2010

Courses are £50 for a 5 day course, £25 for 2 day courses and can be booked online at:

September 2010

Andersonstown Traditional and Contemporary Music School

Andersonstown Music School is about to start its September 2010 term and is opening its doors to new pupils of all ages. With current pupil numbers exceeding 900 and numbers increasing all the time, the school proves that the demand for affordable instrument tuition is increasing year on year.
We offer tuition in tin whistle, violin, guitar, flute, bodhran, mandolin, tenor banjo, concertina, uilleann pipes, piano and keyboards, electric and bass guitar, drums and saxophone. The school’s activities also include youth sessions, singer-songwriter events, concerts, rock nights, master-classes and workshops.

We have evening and Saturday classes beginning throughout North, East, South and West Belfast as well as Lisburn. Classes cost £40 per term (ten weeks).

If you are a budding musician and interested in becoming part of our music school or if you think you have the skills to teach and are interested in becoming a volunteer tutor contact the school’s office on 028 90434894 or email: admin@atcms.freeserve.co.uk or drop into the Westcourt Centre, 8- 30 Barrack Street, Belfast, BT12 4AH

Email: admin@atcms.freeserve.co.uk

Crescent Arts Centre

Crescent Arts Young Peoples Theatre Company: Beginning Sep 2010
A free theatre company for young people to attend every Thursday from 5.30 to 7.30 at
The Crescent Arts Centre.

The young people involved will be given professional theatre training and have their
work show cased as a professional show in ‘The Cube Theatre’ at The Crescent Arts
Centre.

No experience necessary, we only require enthusiasm, dedication and punctuality.
Age of participants 15 to 18 years of age (please note that those aged below 15 years may be considered)

www.crescentarts.org

CAHOOTS NI

Culture Night - 24th September 2010

Leon & The Place Between - 29th September 2010 - 30th October 2010
During September the production will be in the McNeil Theatre in Larne on the 29th & 30th September 2010, tel 028 28260088 for tickets

Cahoots NI
Presents
Leon and the Place Between

An entrancing, musical adaptation by Paul Mc Eneaney and Ursula Burns from the popular children’s story by the same name, written by Angela McAllister.

When little Leon goes to see a magic show with his brothers and sisters, he is the only one who truly believes in the magic. Magician Abdul Kazam appears on the stage to entertain the audience with his spellbinding illusions and fascinating conjuring tricks. So when Abdul asks for a volunteer Leon knows that it must be him. He bravely steps onto the stage, through the door and into ‘the place between’. It is a place where magic becomes real, full of mystery and illusion. But when his adventure is over will Leon be able to find his way back to where his brothers and sisters are waiting for him?

This is a delightful tale all about magic and the power of believing.

The show features a live music , magic, circus, dance, illusion and lots lots more!

This stage adaptation of LEON AND THE PLACE BETWEEN is based on the picture book LEON AND THE PLACE BETWEEN © illustrations 2008 Grahame Baker-Smith and © text 2008 Angela McAllister published by The Templar Company Ltd.

Armagh Rhymers

September 3-30 Armagh Library, Armagh (Exhibition of astro-art composed jointly by children from 6 schools in Armagh and Monaghan during cross-community/cross-border OASES project)

September 13 St. James P.S., Dromintee (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

September 14 Monaghan Collegiate School, Monaghan (Part of cross-community/ cross-border project workshops/performance with children)

September 15 Scoil Mhuire, Clontibret (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

September 16 Hardy Memorial P.S., Richhill (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

September 17 International Meteor Meeting, Armagh (Part of cross-community/cross-border project workshops/performance with children)

September 20 Lisanally Special School, Armagh (Part of cross-community/cross-border project workshops/performance with children)

September 21 St. Mary’s P.S., Granemore (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

September 22 St. James’ P.S., Drumatee (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

September 23 Monaghan Collegiate School, Monaghan (Part of cross-community/ cross-border project workshops with children)

September 28 Scoil Mhuire, Clontibret (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops with children)

September 29 Lisanally Special School, Armagh (Part of cross-community/cross-border project workshops with children)

September 30 Darkley P.S., Darkley (Part of cross-community/cross-border project
workshops/performance with children)

www.armaghrhymers.com

Bruiser Theatre Company

Bruiser Theatre Company presents “Low Pay? Don’t Pay!”
By Dario Fo, translated by Joseph Farrell. Directed by Lisa May.

"I think I'll go in for this type of shopping every day. Not just because I didn't pay for it, but because, all of a sudden, we were all in it together, men and women, and it felt right. We stood up to them!"

An uproarious brand new 2010 version, by Dario Fo himself, of his frenetic 1974 farce, "Can't Pay? Won't Pay."

Bruiser is delighted to be presenting the Northern Ireland, Republic Of Ireland and Scotland Premiere of this new version.

Housewives, Antonia and Margherita, fed up with high prices in the supermarket, take matters into their own hands and start shoplifting. Keen to keep their light-fingered antics from their husbands, Giovanni and Luigi - not to mention the police - the women are forced to resort to more and more inventive hiding places and more and more elaborate cover stories, in this new version of the legendary comedy.

For full details of touring dates, venues and booking details go to http://www.bruisertheatrecompany.com/presentshow.htm

Schools and Community Groups workshops to support this production can be booked directly from Bruiser by emailing info@bruisertheatrecompany.com or phoning 02890 243731.
www.bruisertheatrecompany.com