Opening the door to next generation of arts-workers

Arts Week with Judy Murphy

Three students at NUIG, Lisa Mannion, Oisín Parslow and Emily White, have been chosen by Galway’s Town Hall Theatre to curate a series of events for Lasta, a national festival for young people and children that will take place next month.  The three are among 21 young curators who’ve been brought on board by NASC, the network of eight Irish regional theatres that’s involved in creating Lasta – the Irish for ignite. The Town Hall is a key player in NASC.

The innovative Lasta project is part of Brightening Air (Coiscéim Coiligh), a series of events taking place across the country from June 11-20 that’s being funded by the Arts Council. The curators selected for the eight venues were chosen through an Open Call process.

Here in Galway, Lisa, Oisín and Emily will be mentored by theatre artists, Maisie Lee and Fionn Foley, as they join forces to deliver an ambitious line-up of events as Town Hall Manager Fergal McGrath explains.

The result should be “a fresh, fun, diverse, accessible and exciting festival of events”. That’s the short-term goal. There’s a long-term plan too.

“This pioneering project, with multiple disciplines reflects the diversity of modern Ireland and offers a unique opportunity to develop our future arts programmers and producers,” Fergal says, adding that 70 young people responded to the Open Call.

“The standard was excellent, making selection almost impossible – we had intended to select two, but went to three and, even then, there were 67 others who were more than capable of being on the panel.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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