Waterford Youth Arts 25th Anniversary Event Guide

16th August Monday

Youth Voices – Poetry and Prose exhibition mounted on Waterford Shop windows. Young people aged 13 – 19 years will create a new work of poetry or prose which will then be exhibited on Waterford Shop windows for two weeks

17th August Tuesday

Art and Archive exhibition opening in Greyfriars and GL Theatre gallery. This exhibition will include archival material from WYA over the last 25 years collated by Kate Mccarthy and Eimear Cheasty and also new work (including drawings, paintings and video) inspired by WYA’s history by Clare Horgan, Paddy Dwan, Anthony Mackey, Alan Ruane, Tom Casey, Eric Flavin, Robert Jackson, Carol Yelverton, Margaret O'Brien Moran, Roisin Kinsella, Clare Scott, Sam Jacob, Gerry Keane, Sue Burkitt, Linda Kavanagh, Geraldine Stafford, Niall Larkin, Jill Bouchier, Anne Genevieve Hanway, Ben Hennessy, Cormac Leane, Katie Bradley, Nick Kavanagh, Martin Kennedy, Berna Lawton, Rosie Dulson, Myra Dulson, Ger Kennedy, John Cullinan, Eileen Kennedy, John O’Connell, David Brazil, Bernie Laherty, John Gallagher, Michael Durand, Jane O’Brien Moran and Suzanne Irish

18th August Wednesday

Summer Theatre play ‘Dark of the Moon’ by Howard Richardson and William Berney opens at Garter Lane Theatre and continues each night and closes Saturday 21^st Aug. – directed by Jim Nolan and designed by Deirdre Dwyer.

19th August Thursday

1pm Lunchtime theatre in Granary 3 days of theatre by ex-members of WYA

4pm New Dance ex-members of WYA create new works that will be seen in Garter Lane over the next 3 days

6pm WYD-Eye film unit present a film night at the Granary Theatre.

20th August Friday

11am Play in the park – new play written by young writers Martina Collender and Megan Stokes presented for young children and acted by members of WYA 12 – 14 age group.

1pm Lunchtime Theatre Granary Theatre

2pm Street theatre piece directed by Nick Kavanagh travelling around City Centre

4pm New Dance - Garter Lane.

5pm Plays – rehearsed readings of work written by ex-members - The Arch, Barrack Street.

7pm Jim Daly book launch – a collection of the poetry, prose and plays of Jim Daly edited by Robert Browne, Mark Roper and Jim Nolan

9pm Celebrating Jim Dalys favourite music with an acoustic music session in Jordans Bar.

21st August Saturday

11am Play in the park – new play written by young writers Martina Collender and Megan Stokes presented for young children and acted by members of WYA 12 – 14 age group.

1pm Lunchtime Theatre Granary Theatre

2pm Street theatre piece directed by Nick Kavanagh travelling around City Centre

3pm Youth Voices - New Creative Writing from young people aged 13 – 19 years facilitated by Eimear Cheasty in Central Library.

4pm New Dance - Garter Lane.

5pm Plays – rehearsed readings of work written by ex-members - The Arch, Barrack Street.

6pm Theatre Improv – new work created over the last two days led by Patrick O’Sullivan – Garter Lane Theatre

7.30pm Official Celebration of 25 years of WYA at Garter Lane Theatre Gallery

10pm Live music celebrating WYA in Jordans Bar.

22nd August Sunday

11am Play in the park – new play written by young writers Martina Collender and Megan Stokes presented for young children and acted by members of WYA 12 – 14 age group.

1pm – 6pm LARK IN THE PARK, after a 25-year absence WYA presents a day of music in the Peoples Park with bands and musicians who all have an association with WYA. This afternoon will be aimed as a family friendly picnic day in the park. (Waiting for confirmation of bands to announce names)

Note: All events are free apart from ‘Dark of the Moon’ which is €15 and €10 conc.

12 Amazing Bands In Lark In The Park This August!!

Lark in the Park is a free entry all day music festival in Peoples Park this August, Sunday 22nd. There will be 12 bands performing, all with an association with Waterford Youth Arts, and are there to celebrate the Youth Arts 25-year anniversary. This is a family friendly picnic day in the park starting from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. The bands performing are Interplanetary Experience, Relic, Herecy, Kytte, Dirty ten to one, Siam Collective, Brendan Maher, Deaf Joe, Propellar Palms, Butterfly Band, Fighting Spiders and Solar Taxi. Throughout the week of August 16th, Waterford Youth Arts has organized street theatre events, art exhibitions, plays (Dark of the Moon in Garter Lane), and dance and movie events. For full details on the Birthday week see www.waterfordyoutharts.com. These events are not to be missed!

The paragraphs below are from singer/songwriter Deaf Joe and the brilliant band Dirty 10 to1 showing you what to expect from our great bands in Lark in the Park. For more information from the other bands check out http://www.waterfordyoutharts.com.

'Deaf Joe is the solo project of Joe Harney, who has in the past played with Deaf Animal Orchestra (where the 'deaf' part of his name comes from), Katie Kim and David Kitt. Joe is finally getting out there to perform his own music following huge encouragement from Donal Dineen and a few others he tentatively forwarded some demos to. His handful of solo gigs to date have already seen him play support to Fionn Regan, James Yorkston and O Emperor. In studio Joe treats his soulful songs with big arrangements and layers of ambience and texture; the live setup however consists of a simple combination of spanish guitar and vocals. He has recently completed his first as-yet untitled long player, due for release January 2011. Joe also works on theatre productions; he composed and compiled the soundtrack for last autumn's Red Kettle production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. You can sample some of his music at www.myspace.com/deafjoeharney.'


‘Dirty 10to1 are a band formed by four friends who don’t actually like each other that much but couldn’t find anyone else to start a band with. They have been gigging for the past two and a half years and on stage is where to catch them do what they do best, the band plays as if their very lives depend on it. They have also been described as the best band in scumbag rock today, be sure to catch them play live where you'll be sure to hear such classics like ‘Your mother's an animal’ ‘Send me auntie to Lourdes she's massive" and ‘My mouth is as dry as Gandhi’s slipper’. In the immortal words of Mike Watt, ‘This band could be your life’’