Griese Youth Theatre
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The Meeting House, Ballitore, Co. Kildare
- Member Since: May 2007
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- You cant teach acting. Its in your soul...
- Me, Myself, and I
- Griese Youth Theatre is a youth drama group based in Ballitore, Co.Kildare
Formed in 1999, we now have over 100 members who are divided into 4 different drama groups according to age from 8-13 year olds' who meet every Thursday night and the 14 to 22 year old youth theatre group who meet every Friday night in Ballitore.
The drama group is non profit making and relies heavily on sponsorship for its survival. It has since its set up received sponsorshiop from Kelt, The Kildare Leader Programme, Action South Kildare and Kildare County Council, for which we are very grateful.
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- The group prides itself with having a strong spirit of volunteerism underpinning its every activity. Parents and friends get involved in supporting the group in all of its activities from assisting in the building of sets to organising and supporting fund raising events.
The underlying theme of community supporting community is born through by the members annual "Hunting the Wren" on St Stephens Day, which raises funds for local charities - Plays...(So Far..)
- Taking breath, Eclispe, Understanding Marcus (Veronica Coburn) Baby Girl (Roy Williams), Ruckus In The Garden (David Farr), Alien Nation (Max Hafler), Facing up (Cynthia Mercati)Treasure Island (5th Class Group) on Saturday 9 June 07', Sleeping Beauty (Junior Group) on Friday 22 June 07, Space Junk(4th Class group) on Saturday 23 June 07'
- Website....(Under Revamp)
- http://www.grieseplayers.com/
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Cork wouldn' t of been Cork without them ....
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Stuff
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‘Atonement’ for Hidden History (RTE)
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2006 Film "Where do ya come from"
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Movie Premiere 06
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Cork 07
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Ruckus Rehearsals..
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Film Festival! Random Pictures!
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Film Festival Day 2
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Film Festival Day 3
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Film Festival Day 4! Last Day!
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Posters
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Sing a Song of Sixpence
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Western Premiere 07'
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Wrap Party!
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Wyeth Kildare Festival of Youth Drama '07
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cork 08
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Cast of Understanding Markus
Markus - Rory
Laura - Nicole
Ross - Shane
Tom- Matty
Fiachra- Charlie
Saidhbhe- Shauna
Emma- Claire
Megan- Jenni
Cliodhna- Lisa
Director - Leish
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Summary of The killings at Coolacrease for Hidden History
It was June 1921, a month before the end of the War of Independence. The bloody break with England was drawing to a close, but for the small community of Coolacrease, Co Offaly some business about land remained.
For ten years, the Pearsons, a family of low-church Protestants, had farmed 340 acres at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. There had been some resentment when they bought the land which many locals felt should have been distributed under the Land Acts, which were aimed at breaking up large Anglo-Irish estates.
Years passed and the Pearsons got on with the business of farming. In manner and appearance, they resembled the Amish, wearing plain black dress and following a simple way of life. But despite these obvious differences, the family had integrated exceptionally well into the community. They were well liked and respected by their neighbours, all seven children attended the local schools, and the four sons played hurling.
The Pearsons remained oblivious to the one deadly cloud that hovered silently on their horizon. They were a family of Protestant outsiders who had bought 340 acres, that some thought should have been theirs. When war broke out in 1919, for the discontented, all bets were off.
On a midsummer’s day in 1921, brothers Richard and Abraham Pearson were harvesting hay with their friend William Stanley, when they saw a gang of forty armed men circling towards them. Stanley (who had heard the family were targeted) realised what was coming and shouted to his neighbours to run for their lives. He out-ran the gunmen but the two brothers were captured. After trashing the family home the raiders set it ablaze. Then in front of their mother and sisters, making sure the family name would die that day, the young Pearson men were both shot in the groin. It would take many hours of excruciating pain, before Richard and Abraham finally died.
The family now had to consider their own survival. The IRA had warned them to leave, so with the help of kindly Catholic neighbours, they fled to Australia. Their arrival in Melbourne made front page news, the story told of an Irish family fleeing an atrocity.
From humble beginnings the surviving members of the family prospered as dairy farmers in Victoria. But some never recovered from the terrible events of June 1921. ‘The scar was very deep because no-one ever cared. They lost their country. They were hurt and confused as to why their neighbours had done this to them,’ says grand-daughter Jenny Turnidge. ‘They were pacifists. Yet raiders came into their house, put their brothers against a wall, shot them and then left them to bleed to death over the next 12 hours.’ A niece of Richard and Abraham’s recalls: ‘My mother was 20 when this happened. Her elder sister, Tilly, she was stronger in spirit and build, but her nerves were shattered completely.’
For years, few outside of the tiny Offaly village ever heard this terrible story because no one there ever spoke of it. Buried deep, is an uneasy knowledge that the men who fought for the nation committed an atrocity against an innocent family. The son of one man who was a member of the IRA at the time, says simply: ‘It was wrong. It was brutal. It shouldn’t have happened.’
A more vocal minority, however, remain adamant that the Pearsons were ‘spies and informers’ who got their just desserts. A row over a mass path and the felling of a tree are cited as justification for the murders. Shortly before the raid on the family home, the Pearsons challenged members of the IRA who were felling a tree on their land to block the road. According to the Pearsons, sons Richard and Abraham fired shots in the air. But according to the IRA, the Pearsons shot and seriously wounded one of their men. After this incident, a meeting was held at which it was decided that the Pearson men would be executed.
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National Theatre Connections Show Reports- Baby Girl & Ruckus In the Garden
Baby Girl
The Assessor Lee Lyford gave the following report:
"I really enjoyed this production of Baby Girl. The whole cast were very strong actors and there were some brilliant performances particulary for Yvonne Rouse a wonderfully upfront Danielle and Dierdre Burke tackled the difficult older role of Sam with great maturity. I loved the way this company found the comedy in the piece while remaining totally truthful and never playing for laughs. In this production irony and pathos were very much at the fore and I think the company were surprised by how many laughs they got. This was a moving and passionate production which really managed to connect with it's audience."
Ruckus In the Garden
"This was a solid, thoughtful, well acted production of the play. The company staged the piece fairly simply with some individual touches. I enjoyed the interpretation of cupid beautifully played by Juliet Rouse as an ethereal dancing sprit.At the back of the stage was a statue of cupid on a painted flat and at the relevant moments in the play she would emerge from behind this and dance to create the spells, modern ballet at the beginning and then modern and quite funky dancing when casting the spell to change Tamsen into Cath and vice versa.The actors produced excellent characterisations. A lot of work and exploration had obviously gone into creating their roles.Some of the female actors particularly stood out -Lisa Woods playing a lovelorn Cath had great timing and rapport with audience, and Nicole Fenner was a delightfully dippy maisy. The male actors certainly didn’t let the side down Rory Cullen was funny Rock, and Noel Donovan a gobby but almost charming Fraser. The company never shied away from the themes of the play and particularly the themes of sexuality and identity which the explored in some depth alongside the baby Girl company. The director Leish Burke was worried that I wouldn't understand what the actors were saying because of the company's regional accent, not only did I understand every word sounded beautiful"
"A really great company of actors who love what they do and treat the work respectfully and professionally while still having great fun."
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How are all you guys ?? hope all is well !
we have begun the rehearsal maddness !
check yas later
Mark
Hey how are all of ye.. well done with the film. now ye gotta watch out cos someday il be back ... just waiting for the elavator to stop. Ha. talk to ya soon..
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Kildare Youth Theatre @ Crooked House invites interested young people to audition for its forthcoming production of Shakepeare's MACBETH.
Auditions will take place in Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, County Kildare on Monday 3rd and Tues 4th September at 6.00pm.
The play will be directed by John O' Brien and designed by Paul Winters. It will be staged in Riverbank Arts Centre from 26th November to 1st December (with a matinee and evening performance each day). Reherasals will be in Riverbank Arts Centre on week-day evenings.
Those elegible to audition should be aged between 14 and 26. Auditions will be in a workshop format leading to individual and pair work. If you have an audition piece you wish to use/perform feel free to do it, but this is not essential. If you have specific questions about the audition not answered here please email John O' Brien at: manager at riverbank dot ie or Peter on crookedhouse at riverbank dot ie. P
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only twleve more days till the premiere guys and i hav nothin to wear heelllpp cant wait to c everything though