Stage Beyond and Lilliput present an exciting new summer festival of music and dance starring adults with learning disabilities.
Stage Beyond, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, has commissioned The WhistleBlast Quartet to facilitate live music workshops and daily lunchtime concerts. Derry-based choreographer Laurie Schneider who has been working with Stage Beyond recently on their production ‘Unstoppable’, will facilitate dance movement workshops to accompany the performances.
The week-long festival will include lunchtime concerts from Monday to Thursday (July 17th-20th) performed in The Playhouse by the Quartet who are a partnership of professional musicians and composers: Conor Linehan (Piano), Ken Edge (Sax and Clarinet), Oonagh Keogh (Violin), and Mary Curran (French Horn).
A festival finale showcasing the collaborative creative talents of Stage Beyond and Lilliput participants will be free for members of the public to attend at lunchtime on Friday, July 21st at The Playhouse.
SCHEDULE
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (July 17-20)
The Quartet performing free half hour concerts - 12.30-1pm
Friday, July 21
Final showcase concert with the Quartet and Stage Beyond/Lilliput participants - 1.30pm (45mins-1hr)
FREE. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Stage Beyond is the award-winning resident theatre company for adults with learning disabilities based at the Millennium Forum in Derry while (the Western Trust's) Lilliput is resident at The Playhouse.
