FREE "BEGINNERS DRAMA" WORKSHOP

Teaspach will be running a free "beginners workshop" for any budding actors out there. It is part of the Spiritstore Cultural Dig, which will see Catherine Street transformed into a hive of artistic activity next weekend 8th and 9th of May at the Eva Grand Finale. Karen Fitzgibbon and Stephanie O'Keeffe will host the workshop in Faber Studios (opposite Burkes Bar) on Catherine Street at 2pm, all are welcome, it won't be daunting, and you'll have lots of fun.

TWO AWARDS FOR TEASPACHS PIPED PIPER OF HAMELIN

Teaspach were delighted to be honoured with two awards at the Annual Mid-West Arts, Media and Culture Awards, held on Saturday night 24th January 2009 at the Radisson SAS Hotel . Both awards were for The Piped Piper of Hamelin..for Best Amateur Act (thought we are actually semi-professional!) and Best Director Naoimi OKelly.

CATCH MIDNIGHT COURT AT A FESTIVAL NEAR YOU!

We're delighted to be bringing "The Midnight Court" on a little road trip. Unfortunately two of our original cast members were booked for the summer, so, in place of the divine Jean McGlynn we have the lovely Sonya O'Donoghue and in place of the delectable Pat Ryan we shall have the wonderful Aidan Crowe. Luckily,we have our originals (in every way) in the form of Myles Breen, Patricia Kelly and Roisin Connolly. The play is again in the hands of our superb director Ciarda Tobin 

First off we head to Lovely Lough Gur for their Midsummer Festival on the 21st of June where we'll be performing in th HoneyFitz Theatre at 11pm.

Then we'll be performing in the woods (Yes,the type with trees!) at the "Flatlakes Festival" in Monaghan on August 23rd---they say it's the Electric Picnic for Theatre, which sounds pretty good to us.

And then off down to Kilmallock for the "Kilmallock Medieval Festival" on August 24th. 

We shall then be doing the show with a little twist for the "I Love Limerick Festival" in September. I shall just give you a little hint by letting it slip that the delightful Alternative Miss Ireland shall be our Queen in place of Patricia Kelly for this run...more details later.

EIGSE EXCITEMENT

We were delighted to be commissioned to produce Frank O'Connors adaptation of Brian Merrimans "The Midnight Court" for the Micheal Hartnett Eigse Festival in Newcastlewest in April.We were thrilled to have Ciarda Toibin working with us again directing the show. We had a superb cast with Jean McLynn  as a young girl appealing to the Queen of the Fairies for the right to take matters into her own hands as she is demented about the lack of sexual attention from the men of Ireland. Meanwhile we have Myles Breen begging the Queen for mercy as regards the horrendous trap of marraige, he has been "burnt" by a deceitful woman and is totally against the entrapment of the institution. Both plead with the Queen in the Magical Midnight Court.We had an amazing support cast with Roisin Conneely playing the Baliff, Pat Ryan the poet and Patrica Kelly playing Queen of the Fairies.

The play was performed in candlenight in the Courthouse in Newcastelwest at eleven at night which meant that the Queen was giving her ruling just as the clock struck Midnight.The language is so sinfully witty,and was delivered so skillfully that there was an instantaneous standing ovation and the crowds were simply blown away.

Thanks to everyone involved x

UNFRINGED AWARDS EXCITEMENT

TEASPACH'S "PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN" came away from the UNFRINGED AWARDS 2008 as winners of "BEST PRODUCTION" and "BEST ACTRESS" award as a collective (they couldn't split them as they had been such a unit in ensemble work)-the girls being
"Roisin Connelly",
"Karen Fitzgibbon"(co-producer),
"Cathy Walshe" and
"Stephanie O'Keeffe"(co-producer).
It was all a little overwhelming but so lovely to get the recognition for the long hours and hard work that goes into all our productions.
NAOIMI O KELLY directed the award winning show,
DAWN MCCARTHY(co-producer)assistant directed & assistant stage managed.
SHARON KIELY (co-producer)was costume designer & stage manager.
BRONA FLEMING was make-up artist.
ORLA KAVANAGH was our lighting designer and
MARILYN LENNON (co-producer)was our stage desiner and graphic designer.
WELL DONE TO ALL THE GANG

MID WEST MEDIA AWARDS

Big surprise for Teaspach on Saturday night at the Midwest Media awards, as unbeknownst to us we were nominated for 6 awards!!
Richard Lynch and Brendan Hickey were both up for "Best Actor Award" for "Dracula",
Ciarda Toibin was up for "Best Director" for "Dracula",
Alina O'Shaughnessy was nominated for "Best Actress" for her role in "100" at last years unfringed festival.
"Dracula" was also nominated for "Best amateur Production" and "Best Theatrical Experience"

Congratulations to all the nominees.

Also massive congratulatons to our very own "Karen Fitzgibbon" who won "Best Actress" for her role with Amalgamotion in " Walking Away"
Big thumbs up to the wonderful Helena Enright and Amalgamotion for their many awards and nominations for "Walking Away"
Also Congratulation to Quarry Players for their "Best Director" and "Best Amateur Production" awards.

OH MY GOODNESS..LOOK WHO'S COMING FOR THE UNFRINGED FESTIVAL!!

Teaspach Theatre Company, winner of the Spirit award for innovation at Unfringed 2007, present a staging of Robert Browning’s poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin. This is a fairy-tale for grown-ups, exploring issues of corruption, selfishness and retribution through Browning’s famous, blackly hilarious text. In a daring move, Teaspach have invited four story-tellers actually from another world to the festival this year; even as you read, the motley troupe are galloping across the universe towards Limerick in their magical carriage, taking time out to hone this extravaganza of story-telling and physical theatre. They take their job very seriously – but we promise they’ll make you laugh.
Directed by the deliciously talented Naoimi O'Kelly.
We'll keep you posted on the travellers every move...keep watching this space...you don't want to miss them