Pony Panto – The Blog
The wondrous Christmas show is taking a sabbatical this year, it’s been a wild five years, magic things happened, tickets sold out, audiences were loving it, performers were having a great time…but sometimes energy runs out, money definitely runs out, and what was new and exciting gets a little safe. Maybe it was one of […]
Permalink•••Leoniepony – Summer Gigs 2017
Have a plethora of performances coming up… Quickfire Comedy – July 1st at 3pm in Black Box Belfast Comedy Lab: Quickfire Comedy Maevefest – July 1st at 9pm. Ramelton Town Hall, Donegal. MCing this brill night at the end of a brill day for a brill cause in honour of a brill woman! Say no […]
Permalink•••Sinnead….at last!
It’s finally happening, lawd I am excited. Sinnead is bringing her world arena tour to the world. About time too, I say. This gig will be a joy. Not only has she a full band, with a brass section and backing singer, lead by Donal Scullion, she also has backing dancers, projections, loadsa songs, surprises […]
Permalink•••Earagail Arts Festival – New Commission
Earagail Arts Festival are delighted to commission the international, award-winning ponydance to produce a new work inspired by the stories, anecdotes and fabulous tales of the people of Inishowen, culminating in a performance in Malin Village on July 8th and 9th. Come join Leoniepony in a two hour intensive workshop exploring ways of devising theatre, sharing stories […]
Permalink•••Things what happened in 2016…
Well, how the time flies! It’s a quarter way into 2017 already and beavering away at projects happening this year, but let’s have a quick recap of 2016. ‘Ponies Don’t Play Football’ filled a transformed St Martin’s Church for a magical Tuesday night in March. We did two shows, packed each one and it was […]
Permalink•••Ponies Don’t Play Football – Secret Venue, Belfast
We’ve been invited to perform at British Dance Edition! Brilliant news, chuffed, the only company from Northern Ireland performing and one of the minority of female choreographers…more about that again. www.britishdanceedition.com So we are gonna perform it in Belfast, two shows on one night, Tuesday 15th March at 7pm and 9pm. Email me to reserve […]
Permalink•••Things what happened in 2015
Another interesting year in ponyland. I can’t remember what happened in January, recovering from panto no doubt and February was quiet too. There was definitely a week spent in Cork working with Croi Glan, in fact there were many weeks over the year, spent in Cork with Croi Glan, praise be. March, April, May were […]
Permalink•••New show, a new show aahhhhhhhh new show!
I remember seeing Croi Glan for the first time in 2010, in the Dance House Theatre Studio performing ‘This Is’. And I remember thinking ‘by heck, this is marvellous, why would you want to look at boring regular bodies when you could be looking at these, weird, wonky bodies!’ Now I realise that the use […]
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