Ireland's only festival dedicated to puppetry
Sadly, due to adverse financial constraints and limited funding opportunities,
there will be no International Puppet Festival Ireland in 2012.
We would like to thank all those who have supported
the International Puppet Festival during the past twenty years.
We hope to be able to bring the festival back at a later date.
Until then, please enjoy the site and continue to support puppetry in Ireland.
INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL IRELAND
Friday 28th October:
Family Shows
7.30pm - “Allegro Vivace” in the Lambert Puppet Theatre – a funny musical whimsical puppet show for age 5 to 105! Book Here
Adult Shows
7.30pm – “The Boathouse” in the Samuel Becket Theatre – beautiful German production for an adult audience Book Here
Saturday 29th October:
Family Shows
11am – “The Legend of Lowry Lynch” at the Samuel Beckett Theatre for adults and children from age 6 up Book Here
11am – “Clann Lir” at the Lambert Puppet Theatre – A bi-lingual production for kids age 6 and over telling the classic tale of The Children of Lir Book Here
3.30pm – “Little Red Riding Hood” at the Lambert Puppet Theatre for all ages Book Here
3.30pm – “Sinbad” at the Mermaid in Bray for all ages Book Here
3.30pm – “Puppet Circus” at the Samuel Beckett Theatre for all ages Book Here
7.30pm – “Allegro Vivace” at the Samuel Beckett Theatre for age 5+ Book Here
7.30pm – “Tchemodan Duet” at the Mermaid in Bray – Last chance to see this amazing Russian production!! Book Here
Sunday 30th October:
11am – “The Legend of Lory Lynch” at the Mermaid in Bray (see video above!) Book Here
11am – “Mise Sceal Cailín” for all ages at the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
3.30pm – “Little Red Riding Hood” at the Lambert Puppet Theatre for all ages Book Here
3.30pm – “Sinbad” at the Samuel Beckett for all ages Book Here
3.30pm – “Puppet Circus” at the Mermaid in Bray for all ages Book Here
Thanks to Everyone who supported the festival this year! Have a great weekend and a Happy Halloween!
We’re open and boy have we a load for you to do this weekend!
Today Friday 21st, you can see ‘The Mystery of the Sock Snatcher in Bray library at 11am and in Ballywaltrim Library at 3pm.
This evening at 7.30pm we have the wonderful Hong Kong Puppet & Shadow Art Centre with their production “Childhood Puppets” in the Lambert Puppet Theatre.
Saturday:
Family events:
11am – FREE show “The Mystery of the Sock Snatcher” in Drumcondra Library
11am – ”Jack and the Beanstalk” by Professor pop-up at the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
3.30pm – “Da Silva Marionette Circus” in The Mermaid, Bray Book Here
3.30pm – Lambert Puppet Theatre “Little Red Riding Hood” Book Here
7.30pm - Hong Kong Puppet & Shadow Art Centre ”Childhood Puppets” in the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
Adult/older children:
7.30pm – “A November Day” in the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
Sunday:
Family events:
11am – FREE Show “The Chancy Brothers” Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin
11am – “Jack and the Beanstalk at the Mermaid in Bray Book Here
12pm – FREE Show 5 puppet Companies in the People’s Park Dun Laghaire (weather permitting!)
2.00pm – Little Red Riding Hood at the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
4.00pm – FREE show “The Chancy Brothers” Mermaid Plaza, Bray
4.30pm – “Da Silva Marionette Circus” at the Lambert Puppet Theatre Book Here
Adult/older children:
7.30pm “A November Day” at the Mermaid Theatre, Bray Book Here
Countdown to the 20th anniversary International Puppet Festival is on!
To celebrate – why not post a picture of your favourite puppet as your facebook profile picture?
Here’s a few suggestions to get your grey matter going!
Tag the International Puppet Festival Ireland facebook page on your facebook puppet profile pic (click the profile image and put @International Puppet Festival Ireland in the box! You need to be a fan of the page to do it) and you could win 2 tickets to “The Boathouse” in the Samuel Beckett Theatre on Thursday 27th October at 7.30pm.
Book Online now open for 2011 International Puppet Festival…
The International Puppet Festival is delighted to announce the availability of its online booking facility for its 20th anniversary 2011 festival. This year’s festival featres a wide and exciting range of performances from across the world, joined by some of the best Irish puppeteers to provide some evocative and memorable entertainment for Irish audiences.
The International Puppet Festival is delighted to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year with a wide and exciting range of performances from across the world, joined by some of the best Irish puppeteers to provide some evocative and memorable entertainment for Irish audiences.
2011 also sees us extend the International Puppet Festival to Bray for the first time, with performances in the Mermaid Arts Centre. We look forward to building on this new partnership as well as maintaining our city centre presence and our original home in Monkstown / Dun Laoghaire. All three locatoins will feature some fabulous open air performances on Sunday, 23rd October. Future plans feature the extension of the festival to other parts of Ireland – watch this space!
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