Cahoots NI presents Dan Gordon’s new show for children - Only Beelieve
Cahoots NI presents Dan Gordon’s new show for children - Only Beelieve
Cahoots NI presents an enchanting tale of adventure, friendship and very busy bees in a magical new show for children written and performed by Dan Gordon. Using black light illusion, live music and magic Only Beelieve tells the story of a very special insect….
A furry little bee wiggles out of her cocoon into the strange new world of Honeycomb Hive. Just one little bee among thousands of others but she’s a Queen in the making – her name is Princess Clara. Born blinking into the busy bee world of nectar and yummy honey, Princess Clara soon discovers her hectic home is not quite as safe as everyone thinks. For over the mound and down in the marsh the cruellest of Wood Wasps are gathering. They have heard of Honeycomb Hive with its fine fat Larvae and thick runny honey and they want to take it for their own.
Only the very cleverest, busiest and best of Bees can stop the Wood Wasps – but a Bee needs to fly and Clara can’t even hover because she doesn’t believe in herself. Clara might stop them if she could Only Beelieve – do you?
Actor and writer Dan Gordon said:
“You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time but when it comes to children – you had better be telling the truth. Cahoots NI have given me a glorious opportunity to make children laugh and cheer. I know what children want – heck I went to school with a load of them!”
Children will follow Clara’s story with amazement and meet along the way a friendly fly and not such a friendly spider, an earthworm that becomes twins, and a Caterpillar called Trevor.
Only Beelieve is supported by Belfast City Council as part of Celebrate Belfast 2006. Cllr. Bernie Kelly, Chair of the Culture and Arts sub-committee said;
“Given Cahoots’ track record for fabulous children’s theatre, and that they’re teaming up with the talented Dan Gordon, this production is sure to be an unmissable event for kids – and I bet parents and older friends will enjoy it too! Good theatre is such a magical and memorable experience – we’re very proud that Belfast is home to such high standards of creativity”.
Only Beelieve is the first show for Cahoots NI to be presented at Belfast Festival at Queen’s and will be at Tower Street Theatre, Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education who are also celebrating their 100-year centenary.
Cahoots NI and Only Believe are kindly supported by Awards for All, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council - Celebrate Belfast, the Foyle Foundation, Millennium Commission and Mi Wadi
Dates: Thursday 19 October, 9.45am & 11am
Friday 20 October, 11am & 7pm
Saturday 21 October, 11.30am & 2.30pm
Running Time: 45 minutes
Ticket price: £5 (£18 Family Ticket for four, £4 Schools & Groups)
Box Office: (028) 9097 1097
Age range: Suitable for a family audience 4-11 years
ENDS
For further information and images please contact
Paul McEneaney or Louise O’Neil at Cahoots NI.
T: 028 9043 4349
E: info@cahootsni.com
W : www.cahootsni.com
Notes to Editors
1. Cahoots NI is a professional touring children’s theatre company based in Belfast since 2001 whose productions have met with considerable critical acclaim both nationally and internationally. The company aims to inspire young imaginations through theatre; to generate new, young audiences; to enthuse children from across the social sphere about the arts and to nurture the creative potential of children.
2. Cahoots NI celebrates its fifth birthday in November 2006 in what has been a busy year with Only Beelieve the fourth major piece of work. This follows the Bedside Theatre’s return to hospitals across Northern Ireland in September following a hugely successful appearance at La Strada international street festival in Bremen, Germany in August. May and June saw the production of The Weather Watchers tour Ireland including Belfast Children’s Festival and Dundalk Arts Festival for Children.
3. Belfast City Hall and Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education are celebrating their 100-year centenary. This is Cahoots NI’s second production as part of Celebrate Belfast following the sell-out Hall of Fun, a large-scale site-specific piece performed at Belfast City in February 2006.
4. For more information please visit www.cahootsni.com
Cahoots NI presents an enchanting tale of adventure, friendship and very busy bees in a magical new show for children written and performed by Dan Gordon. Using black light illusion, live music and magic Only Beelieve tells the story of a very special insect….
A furry little bee wiggles out of her cocoon into the strange new world of Honeycomb Hive. Just one little bee among thousands of others but she’s a Queen in the making – her name is Princess Clara. Born blinking into the busy bee world of nectar and yummy honey, Princess Clara soon discovers her hectic home is not quite as safe as everyone thinks. For over the mound and down in the marsh the cruellest of Wood Wasps are gathering. They have heard of Honeycomb Hive with its fine fat Larvae and thick runny honey and they want to take it for their own.
Only the very cleverest, busiest and best of Bees can stop the Wood Wasps – but a Bee needs to fly and Clara can’t even hover because she doesn’t believe in herself. Clara might stop them if she could Only Beelieve – do you?
Actor and writer Dan Gordon said:
“You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time but when it comes to children – you had better be telling the truth. Cahoots NI have given me a glorious opportunity to make children laugh and cheer. I know what children want – heck I went to school with a load of them!”
Children will follow Clara’s story with amazement and meet along the way a friendly fly and not such a friendly spider, an earthworm that becomes twins, and a Caterpillar called Trevor.
Only Beelieve is supported by Belfast City Council as part of Celebrate Belfast 2006. Cllr. Bernie Kelly, Chair of the Culture and Arts sub-committee said;
“Given Cahoots’ track record for fabulous children’s theatre, and that they’re teaming up with the talented Dan Gordon, this production is sure to be an unmissable event for kids – and I bet parents and older friends will enjoy it too! Good theatre is such a magical and memorable experience – we’re very proud that Belfast is home to such high standards of creativity”.
Only Beelieve is the first show for Cahoots NI to be presented at Belfast Festival at Queen’s and will be at Tower Street Theatre, Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education who are also celebrating their 100-year centenary.
Cahoots NI and Only Believe are kindly supported by Awards for All, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council - Celebrate Belfast, the Foyle Foundation, Millennium Commission and Mi Wadi
Dates: Thursday 19 October, 9.45am & 11am
Friday 20 October, 11am & 7pm
Saturday 21 October, 11.30am & 2.30pm
Running Time: 45 minutes
Ticket price: £5 (£18 Family Ticket for four, £4 Schools & Groups)
Box Office: (028) 9097 1097
Age range: Suitable for a family audience 4-11 years
ENDS
For further information and images please contact
Paul McEneaney or Louise O’Neil at Cahoots NI.
T: 028 9043 4349
E: info@cahootsni.com
W : www.cahootsni.com
Notes to Editors
1. Cahoots NI is a professional touring children’s theatre company based in Belfast since 2001 whose productions have met with considerable critical acclaim both nationally and internationally. The company aims to inspire young imaginations through theatre; to generate new, young audiences; to enthuse children from across the social sphere about the arts and to nurture the creative potential of children.
2. Cahoots NI celebrates its fifth birthday in November 2006 in what has been a busy year with Only Beelieve the fourth major piece of work. This follows the Bedside Theatre’s return to hospitals across Northern Ireland in September following a hugely successful appearance at La Strada international street festival in Bremen, Germany in August. May and June saw the production of The Weather Watchers tour Ireland including Belfast Children’s Festival and Dundalk Arts Festival for Children.
3. Belfast City Hall and Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education are celebrating their 100-year centenary. This is Cahoots NI’s second production as part of Celebrate Belfast following the sell-out Hall of Fun, a large-scale site-specific piece performed at Belfast City in February 2006.
4. For more information please visit www.cahootsni.com
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