The Model, Sligo.

Dispatches from Belfast

Limepie Theatre group and Touch the Sky meet again but in Belfast this time at the newly re-developed Crescent Arts Centre , University Road. Here are some comments from participants and members of Touch the Sky Performance Group and Limepie Theatre. Little did I know that our journey (Limepie’s) to

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Circus Aerialist Act Extraordinaire perform at The Model

The Barren Carrousels Over 150 children turned up at The Model on Sunday to witness Ruby Two Shoes and Mizz Tulip Barren perform a comical theatrical and circus adventure in the new Model Theatre. On a wet and rainy Sunday afternoon it was certainly the place to be, as families

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Oireachtas Committee Visit to The Model

We were delighted to welcome a delegation from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Sport, Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, to The Model on July 19th. They were joined by Vincent Woods (RTE Arts) and local TD’s Jimmy Devins and Eamon Scanlon, along with CEO of the British Council

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The Model, Sligo.

Street Circus for Sligo this Sunday – watch the video

We’re very very excited to have the Barren Carrousel Street Circus troupe coming to The Model on Sunday to launch our Summer workshop programme. So excited in fact that we had to share this video so you can get excited too…. They’ll be doing a free show for all the

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The Model, Sligo.

Summer launches this weekend

We’re launching our summer programme this weekend and hope you can join us on Saturday 24th from 6pm to say hello and find out more. Duncan Campbell will be in attendance to see the irish premiere of his new work; Make It New John, and we’ll also be raising a

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The Model, Sligo.

Changes to Yeats Summer Programme

We have today announced the postponement of our planned Jack B. Yeats exhibition, The Outsider, which was set to open later this month. The exhibition, guest curated by Brian O’Doherty, will instead take place in the spring of 2011. We will be proceeding with our planned irish premiere of Duncan

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