Little Red Kettle Summer Play 2010 Auditions! · 6 days ago
We here at Little Red Kettle are delighted to announce auditions for The Summer Play 2010. Following our fantastic performance of A Big Loada Stuff, which has just won an award for best Culture Event with The Munster Express and Dooleys Hotel, and most recently our renowned Schools Tour Programme, The Life of Riley, Little Red Kettle is back once again to give young people between 9 and 12 a fantastic opportunity to be part of one of our biggest productions. This year we hope to give 40 young people from Waterford and surrounding areas the opportunity to be involved in a fun, creative, exciting play making their summer of 2010 one they’ll never forget!
These fun filled workshops/auditions will be facilitated by Liam Meagher and Ben Hennessy and will begin the 3rd, 4th & 5th of March, 2010 in The Mercy Primary School, Military Road. There will be call backs on the 10th, 11th & 12th of March.
So, if you enjoy acting crazy, are aged between 9 and 12 and are available for one week over the Easter break and 5 weeks over the summer holidays, come along!
If you’re interested and would like to take part in these Workshop/Auditions then please call us to book your workshop time: on 051 879688 or alternatively call in to us at Little Red Kettle, 15 Broad Street, Waterford
There will be a registration fee of €3 to be paid on your workshop day.
Jim Daly RIP · 404 days ago
Red Kettle Theatre Company would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the Daly family on the death of Jim Daly, who passed away at home on Tuesday, January 28th.
Jim was a member of Red Kettle from our inception in 1985 and his contribution to the development of all our work has been immense. He worked in a variety of production roles before finding his calling as a lighting designer where he illuminated the world premieres of many plays including among others Happy Birthday Dear Alice by Bernard Farrell, Jim Nolan’s The Guernica Hotel, Jimmy Murphy’s Kings of the Kilburn Highroad in Waterford, London and New York, Donal O Kelly’s Catalpa, The Queen and Peacock by Loughlin Deegan and many of Little Red Kettle’s plays including The Four Euclids of Squid and The Festival of Imagination and Wild Fancy in Waterford, Dublin, Galway and Japan. Jim also lit many of the classics of World Theatre including a beautiful design for Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. His great spirit will also be missed around the country where many of these plays toured – his comradeship with all of the theatre workers he worked with – where he shared (with his pipe and a large bottle) in debate on all the social, literary, hurling and creative issues of the day…The Everyman Palace in Cork always got in a crate of large bottles in the theatre bar in anticipation of Jim’s arrival!!
For many years also Jim held the chair of Red Kettle – repeatedly voted in to keep his position. He saw the company through an unprecedented growth and always believed in developing the company through a policy of consensus – often over-seeing meetings that lasted two days!! – bringing everybody with him on what was a remarkable journey. His great social conscience, natural human warmth, his love of learning, his belief in the value of the arts to all of our lives, his love of the underdog and his willingness and ability to share all of his talents and love to all of us that worked with him enlightened all our lives and helped shape the people and company that we have become.
– I know also that his plays touched the hearts and minds of the many young people that shared in bringing his work to the stage and indeed to the many of us that shared in that work as audience members.He will be sadly missed by all of us that knew him – for the great quality of his work and especially for his great humanity, friendship and uplifting spirit.
Ben Hennessy
More tributes to Jim Daly can be seen on the Waterford Youth Arts site: www.waterfordyoutharts.com/jimdaly.htm
Clem Jacob Hire and Red Kettle win major Award · 622 days ago
Clem Jacob Hire and Red Kettle Theatre Company have won a prestigious Allianz Business to Arts Award for their collaboration in staging Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker in November 2007.
Their success in the category Best Sponsorship by a Small to Medium Enterprise was announced at the Business to Arts Awards ceremony last Tuesday June 17th. Guest of Honour at the Awards was our new Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen.
Riddley Walker was the biggest production ever staged by Red Kettle and one of the biggest artistic undertakings in the history of arts events in Waterford. It was the product of a great partnership between one of Waterford’s best loved and established arts groups and one of the most successful hire companies in the South East. The participation of Clem Jacob Hire in this partnership genuinely enabled Red Kettle to stage this epic production, having begun with a cast, a lumpy field, a tent, and little else: no power for lights or sound, no heat, no dressing rooms, no toilets, security, machinery, or seats for the audience. Enter Clem Jacob Hire from stage left to provide the production with generators, three marquees, floors, heaters, a Teleporter, diggers, toilets, floodlights, fences, two hundred gold padded chairs… the list goes on …
The acclaim that this accolade brings to the partnership is significant, with the Arts in Waterford being recognized on a national level, and with Clem Jacob Hire achieving such success after only two years in business. There was stiff competition in this category from other nationally well-respected companies. Other Awards on the night went to Ulster Bank, Dublin Theatre Festival and AIB.
Allianz Business to Arts Awards 2008 · 671 days ago
Red Kettle Theatre Company and Clem Jacob Hire have been shortlisted for the prestigious Allianz Business to Arts Awards for their collaboration in staging Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker in November 2007.
Riddley Walker was the biggest production ever staged by Red Kettle, with a cast of 36 alongside a live percussive band and staged in a circus Big Top.
Red Kettle entered the project with a cast, a lumpy field, a tent, and not much else – no power for lights or sound, no heating, no dressing rooms, no costume or props rooms, no toilets, no security, no machinery, and no seats for the audience. Enter Clem Jacob Hire from stage left to provide the production with generators, three marquees, floors, heaters, a teleporter, diggers, toilets, floodlights, fences, two hundred gold padded chairs, the list goes on …
Riddley Walker was one of the single biggest artistic undertakings in the history of arts events in Waterford. It was also the product of a great partnership between one of Waterford’s most loved and established arts groups and one of the most successful hire companies in the South East. This truly was a partnership – the participation of Clem Jacob Hire genuinely enabling Red Kettle to stage this epic production. The relationship between both parties was highly developed with hands on participation by Clem Jacob and his team with continuous on-site advice and guidance.
With a 55% increase in nominations and a high quality of entries, the success of the two companies in reaching the shortlist stage for these esteemed national awards is significant .
The winners are to be announced at the Business to Arts Awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 17th in the RDS.
The location in a big top indicates intention: this is big, bold and from the second the lights go up, brilliant. THE IRISH TIMES
The presentation is terrific … set design, costumes, movement, lighting and musical score are declarations of the highest values of talents and creativity in a union of shared commitment.” THE IRISH TIMES
New Appointment · 671 days ago
New Coordinator of Children’s Programmes
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jenny Clooney as our Coordinator of Children’s Programmes. Jenny has worked with Red Kettle and Little Red Kettle on numerous projects over the years. We know she’ll be a great asset to the company.
Call for New Writing · 687 days ago
RED KETTLE THEATRE COMPANY
Searching for Ireland’s newest playwriting talent …
We are inviting open submissions from new writers with a view to producing their plays as part of the 2nd Waterford Festival of New Plays, to be staged in 2010.
Red Kettle Theatre Company has been producing theatre in Waterford and throughout Ireland for twenty three years, with over 60 productions including 25 new plays and 24 national tours. We have also played in London, New York, Edinburgh and Japan.
The first Waterford Festival of New Plays was held in 2007.
We welcome submissions of plays with a running time of ten to fifteen minutes from writers who have not previously had their work professionally produced.
Closing date for submissions is Friday, October 31st, 2008.
Entries should be sent by hard copy or email (no discs please) to:
Joan Dalton,
Red Kettle Theatre Company,
15 Broad Street, Waterford, Ireland.
or joan@red-kettle.com
For further information, please contact Joan Dalton or John O Connell on (051) 879688
Boy Soldier Tour · 882 days ago
The Boy Soldier Tour will be launched in January 2008. This national tour includes dates in Waterford, Cork, Kilkenny and Galway. For full details click here
New Director of Children's Programmes Announcement. · 882 days ago
Red Kettle Theatre Co. are delighted to announce the appointment of Rebecca Moran as Director of Childrens Programmes. Rebecca comes from a strong theatrical background. Her previous position was with Barnstorm Theatre in Kilkenny.
TIME QUEST Rehearsals Begin! · 959 days ago
REHEARSALS BEGIN FOR LITTLE RED KETTLE’S TIME QUEST
Little Red Kettle, Ireland’s leading children’s theatre company, is delighted to announce that it has gone into rehearsals for an amazing new play, Time Quest, written by Ben Hennessy and directed by Liam Meagher. This year’s epic production began rehearsals at Waterford Educate Together National School on July 16th. The cast of 39 Waterford children, aged 9 to 12 years, will be working full time for the next month with a crew of theatre professionals including Costume Designer Clare Horgan, Composer Jamie Beamish and Lighting Designer Jim Daly.
Earlier this year the cast was selected from over 300 Waterford children who attended workshop/auditions at Garter Lane. Once selected, they participated in Little Red Kettle’s theatre workshops over the Easter break. They played theatrical games, did improvisations and used their imaginations in making mad artistic creations. They also had a chance to get to know each other as well as Liam and Ben, who has written this year’s play specifically for them.
The play, set in the past, present and future in Waterford, France, Italy, Mongolia and Ancient Egypt, will stretch the imaginations and acting talents of the young performers. As well as learning archery, chemistry and some ninja moves cast members will be coached to speak French, Italian, German and Polish as part of their performances.
39 Waterford children are getting ready for an incredible journey through time. Join them and meet Cleopatra at 11, Leonardo at 10, Einstein as a boy genius and many more incredible figures from history….as kids!
Time Quest opens on Tuesday 14th August and runs until Saturday 18th August, 8pm at Garter Lane. There will also be a Pay What You Can Preview on 13th August. Tickets are available at the Garter Lane Box Office: tel: 051 855038 and online at www.garterlane.ie or by email at boxoffice@garterlane.ie.
New Executive Producer Announcement · 1107 days ago
Red Kettle Theatre Company are delighted to announce the appointment of Joan Dalton as Executive Producer. Joan joined our company in 2005 as Director of Childrens Programmes. She began her new appointment in January 2007. Joan’s previous professional backround is in film and theatre production.
