Branar 2009

As most of ye know, I work in Theatre and our company's called, Branar Dramíocht based in Galway.  Here's a picture of us in recent rehearsal for our current production of "The little old man". 

This years show is "The little old man" and it's practically language free but for a few small moments.  We've been working on it all Spring, took a bit of a break during the Summer and We'll be doing some heavy duty touring from October starting with the Babóro childrens Arts festival here in Galway. 

I have some pics in my Albums on my profile and Marc posted scenes from "The little old man" on youtube.  Keep an eye out on the "Fifty things to do in Galway for free" group.  When we launch a show or need a test audience I'll be posting it on that group.  We also tour all over Ireland.  Up and coming dates that I know about are...

Oct 1st & 2nd Bluestacks festival

Oct 9th Carlow

Oct 12th-14th Galway (Babóro)

Oct 16th Mayo, Louisburg (Sonas)

Oct 21st Ballymun, Dublin

Oct 22nd Drogheda (leanbh)

Oct 23rd-25th Castlebar (Rula bula)

Oct 28th-29th, The Gathering, Dríocht, Blanchardstown

I know there's more but I don't have clear info on the other gigs yet, I hope you find this info helpful.

A great site for re-purposing/pimping junk is Monica Ewings site Crafty nest. Worth checking out

1. Measure the box and paper you’re going to wrap it in. Keep the margins fairly generous, with the paper going around the box it’ll need an inch or two more                                                                                                                        

     2.    Cut carefully the paper, take you’re time with this, you cannot wrap it like a present or you won’t be able to put the lid on, you have to make heaps of cuts to place every fold.

     3.     When you’ve glued each side, you may want to hold the tab down while it is drying with some pegs (this is especially true of stiff thick paper)

    4.      Repeat the same with the lid

My head is spinning with a couple of ideas about where to go next with my energy.  I've practically decluttered all I can and now I have to freecycle the rest.  I'm still looking around the house and it still needs organising so there are two things I gotta do. 

• Deal with shelving and storage
• Pimp my junk

Well I shouldn't say junk actually, my furniture is perfectly good, I just gotta re- upholster, cover, paint, strip and generally re-work what I've got now.  I've been telling folk where they can get old wine boxes and what they can do with them, how good postcards can look if framed right, so why not take it to the next step I say??  I'm addicted to DIY and grown up make & do sites.  I'll be sharing all of that with you over the next few weeks so keep an eye out