Magical theatre shows are coming to Kildare this month

One innovative theatremaker writes especially for children with additional needs
Magical theatre shows are coming to Kildare this month

Theatre in Kildare by Chapterhouse Theatre Company

Chapterhouse Theatre Company will be coming to the Irish National Stud & Gardens in Co Kildare with a production of  Beauty and the Beastas part of their 25th anniversary Summer Tour.

Join them on Friday 12 July at 7pm for a brand-new retelling of this classic fairy tale. 

Belle has always dreamed of having incredible adventures like her father, but when she is summoned to the mysterious hilltop castle surrounded by thorns and meets its transfigured residents, she soon realises that there is magic in more than just her father’s stories. 

Presented in delightful settings from picturesque gardens to sweeping country parks, Chapterhouse Theatre Company’s rollicking new adaptation of Beauty and the Beast is perfect for all the family! For more information and tickets, visit irishnationalstud.ie.

Beauty and the Beast is billed as a family show and presented in the gardens of the National Stud should be an unique and immersive experience for audience members.
Beauty and the Beast is billed as a family show and presented in the gardens of the National Stud should be an unique and immersive experience for audience members.

Meanwhile, Anna Newell Theatre Adventures is set to make a splash at a hydrotherapy pool in Kildare this summer with their immersive multisensory adventure for children and young people with complex needs.

Anna Newell is a Tonic Theatre Award winner (2017) for ‘women who are changing the face of theatre and the performing arts’. Her work Sing Me to the Sea is an immersive multisensory adventure for children/young people with complex needs. It is performed in hydropools with three audience members per show, each with an adult companion – with everyone in the water.

Anna Newell's new multi-sensory theatre experience takes place in hydropools in KIldare at Enable Naas
Anna Newell's new multi-sensory theatre experience takes place in hydropools in KIldare at Enable Naas

The successful show now in its sixth year and in partnership with Enable Ireland and St Gabriel’s Foundation is touring this summer and will be making quite the splash with its audience. It’s coming to Enable Naas from 15-19 July and is suitable for those aged 1-18 years with profound/complex needs.

The three performers take the audience on a magical journey of exquisite harmony singing and gentle water play designed especially for children with complex needs, embracing and celebrating the sensory dialogue that they have with the world around them. For more information, see annanewell.ie/work-currently-touring.

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