Transcript Patricia Ryan, Project Manager, Limerick City of

PROGRAMMEPresentation
CALL TO
ACTION
All cultural activity is
accessible, be it arts, sports,
heritage, community or craft.
www.limerick.ie/cityofculture
PROGRAMME STRANDS
1. INTERNATIONAL FLAGSHIP PRODUCTIONS
DESTINATION LIMERICK
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All International work programmed has never been seen before in
Ireland
Large international work will take over the city in unexpected places
Those countries we are partnering with in our International programme
are: UK, Argentina, Romania, France, Croatia, Egypt, Cuba,
PROGRAMME STRANDS
2. LEGACY AND COMMISSIONING
NEW INITIATIVES TO ANIMATE THE CITY
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New projects will take place across the city, investing in the cultural
industries
The public will be able to visit and interact with a number of these
projects
These projects will animate the city, providing new hotspots for people
to visit
PROGRAMME STRANDS
3. MADE IN LIMERICK
MADE IN THE CITY
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LCOC has provided support for 109 projects
These projects will span the year ranging from from theatre to history
and heritage, community and civic projects to architecture and young
peoples projects, arts, food and craft
This programme will provide visitors with a rich programme of Limerick
arts and cultural product
PROGRAMME STRANDS
4. LOCAL PROGRAMME
DISCOVER LIMERICK
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Limerick is host to 41 festivals throughout the year
It is estimated that 200 separate local events will take place in 2014 as
part of the programme from choral concerts to theatre, food tastings to
walks and talks
Limerick has some of the most iconic buildings and vistas in the
country from King John’s Castle to Georgian Limerick, Thomond and
the Shannon
PROGRAMME STRANDS
Streets, Stage, People & Places, Visual Art, Music, Secret Limerick,
Food, Fashion & Craft, Na Leanaí, New Generation, Architecture, The
Artists Call and Sport.
Our International Programme will host between 8-10
companies throughout the year
Our Flagship Programme will support 10 large scale
projects for the city and county
We will provide 10 Legacy and Commissioning Projects
109 Made in Limerick projects will take place in the city and
County
200 local Programme events will take place throughout the
year along with 40 festivals
FLAGSHIP
PROGRAMM
OPENING EVENT NEW YEARS
LARGE COMMUNITY EVENT
MASS PARTICIPATION KICK OFF THE YEAR
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT - FAMILY EVENT
EVE
20:14
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
INTERNATIONAL DANCE
20 TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION
IRISH PREMIERE IN LIMERICK
RIVER DANCE
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
FAUST
INTERNATIONAL WORLD CLASS THEATRE
PRODUCTION
IRISH PREMIERE
LARGE SCALE THEATRICAL WORK
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
NO FIT STATE CIRCUS AND
KNEEHIGH
WORLD CLASS
CIRCUS AND
SPECTACLE FOR
FAMILIES
“No fit state are probably the best contemporary
circus in Europe, it screams delight, skill and
beauty in one breath”
The Guardian
LARGER SCALE DANCE
EVENT
YOUNG PEOPLE 16-35
NEVER SEEN IN IRELAND
BEFORE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taBAtxasWto
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
FUERZA BRUTA
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
CLASSICAL MEETS CONTEMPORARY
PUBLIC OUTDOOR FAMILY EVENT
NATIONAL ARTISTS/INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
PROMS IN THE PARK
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
RICHARD MOSSE
NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMME
RETURNING TO IRELAND
ONE OF FOUR LOCATIONS IN IRELAND
ONE OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE VENICE
BIENALLE
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMM
OUTDOOR FILM
SCREENINGS
CONNECTING
COMMUNITIES
SCREENING ACROSS THE
CITY
SCREEN CITY/GRANBY PARK
ESTIMATED COST
ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE
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PRESENTATION FOR LIMERICK CITY OF CULTURE 2014
by Karl Wallace - Artistic Director