BRANAR Téatar is a children’s puppet and theatre company, sometimes working in collaboration with international companies and touring with these adorable shows. Bualadh Bos Children’s Festival 2015 will run October 9 to 11, organised from Lime Tree Theatre to embrace No. 69 O’Connell Street. No. 69 will be host venue to Branar’s ‘Bláth’ (blossom).
Designed by artist Maeve Clancy and set to its own composition by Colm Mac Con Iomaire of The Frames, ‘Bláth’ will appeal to ages six up but it really took a hold of this hack’s heart when seen last year. Do not abandon your child to puppet world while you coffee downstairs.
In PRO Conleth Teevan’ words, “‘Bláth’ is like poetry made by puppetry. This evocative, beautifully paced piece of children’s theatre is a visual and aural feat for all to experience.
“Set in a world hued with its own decidedly dull-greyish colour and where plants are no longer present, a young boy finds a magical book which changes his life and outlook forever…
“As he makes all these new discoveries, he unearths a packet of flower seeds in a junk shop tucked away in the old part of town. With the help of the shopkeeper, he learns how to grow and nurture his own flower to life, transforming the world he knows as if by
