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Betty Big Shoes, By Macnas
(Sun 18th 8pm)
Betty Big Shoes, By Macnas
Company: Macnas, Ireland's masters of spectacle return to the streets of Galway
Let your imagination take you on a journey into the world of fun and games with battles of good and evil celebrating the art of playing games Macnas style! With a community cast of 500 the Parade features human dominos, spinning tops, giant insects, ostriches and street creatures who come to life through a mass of colour in costumes and floats. The Macnas Parade is supported by the Arts Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, NUI Galway, FAS and National Irish Bank.
Venue: Streets of Galway For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topBoom Family
Company:Australia; Snuff Puppets
A giant family - Mum, Dad, Grandpa and the two kids are out and about searching for the same kind of fun as everybody else. Towering over the crowds at 4m tall they are immediately recognisable icons in the landscape. Watch yourself as you may end up trapped under some massive feet. Dad falls asleep on a car, Grandpa sits down to rest his tired feet, Scotty is looking for babes and wild excitement. Kelly loves playing with strangers, but doesn't know her own strength. Mum is just happy to be out of the house.
Venue: Streets of Galway For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topCows
Company: Australia; Snuff Puppets
Our life size herd of cows goes on the rampage: grazing on pot plants, eating people's hats, nuzzling children and occasionally getting spooked by passing traffic. Hot on their heels is a line dancing cowboy who tries in vain to round them all up. An exercise in futility and craziness as our cows go where no real cows would dare.
Venue: Streets of Galway For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to topThe Spheres
Company: Australia; Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit specializes in large-scale, outdoor public performance using 4 metre high flexible poles to thrust performers high over the heads of the audience. Strange Fruit's strong visual and design elements and exceptional choreography synthesize sculpture with physical theatre. Giant illuminated orbs contain performers that gradually emerge. This piece is beautiful, reverent and sublime. The Spheres takes a whimsical look at physics, the miracle of birth and humanity's existential relationship to our planet. In the centre stands The Child, an innocent eye which beholds the baffling, comic encounters of the surrounding characters- the Evil Queen, the Sleeping Man, the Clown, the Princess, The Huntress and The Lover. The Spheres is accompanied by an original score by Not Drowning Waving co-founder, John Phillips.
Venue: Streets of Galway For booking phone +353 91 566577, email: info@galwayartsfestival.ie, or book online at www.galwayartsfestival.com Back to top |
