Festival to explore the climate crisis in Limerick
Week-long, multi-disciplinary event that runs from this Saturday
CLIMATE Arts Festival, Future Limerick is a week-long, multi-disciplinary event that runs from this Saturday, May 18 to May 25, in various central locations including Belltable and People’s Park.
The festival aims to explore the climate crisis through the arts, to bring a local audience and artists together to creatively engage on how we can build a more sustainable future together.
The festival will engage with the wider community through a family fun day in People's Park this Saturday from noon to 5pm, poetry workshops in schools, screening of Emerging Limerick Filmmakers short films by young filmmakers, a scratch night of new writing showcasing Limerick’s theatre talent.
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The festival will feature multi-award winning play Chicken by Sunday’s Child, outdoor perambulating children’s play Snail’s Tale in the People’s Park, multicultural musical experience collective Music and Myth Busting, a panel discussion on fast fashion with PJ Kirby from the I’m Grand Mam podcast, a screening of BIFA nominated film The End We Start From starring Jodie Comer, playwriting workshop with Gavin Kostick from Fishamble, and a work-in-progress performance of new play The Good People by Limerick playwright Niall Carmody.
Hildegard Ryan from Sunday’s Child said the project grew from their belief that the arts can play a crucial role in helping people envisage a more sustainable future in Limerick.
“As the climate crisis escalates it’s easy to get bogged down in feelings of hopelessness. Future Limerickis an antidote to this, focusing on hope and creativity. Our festival is an engaging and entertaining way to imagine a brighter future and engage with climate issues that matter most to the Limerick community,” he outlined.
Louise Donlon, director at Lime Tree Theatre and Belltable added that the festival will help inspire positive action.
“Addressing the challenges we face through the medium of the arts will help to frame them in a way that makes them seem less daunting, and we hope this festival will inspire new & creative ideas for a local-led response to climate change,” she said.
Booking now open online at www.limetreebelltable.ie or by calling the box office on 061–953400.