03rd March 2019
**** (4 stars)
Sara Keating
“Woolly’s Quest is a joyful and gentle introduction to sheep-shearing”
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How to Catch a Star visits The Egg, Bath
Branar's How to Catch a Star will visit The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath this March 2019, thanks to the support of Culture Ireland…..
Read MoreANNOUNCEMENT: WOOLLY'S QUEST ON NATIONAL TOUR 2019
Woolly’s Quest will be going on tour this February - April 2019 to 9 venues nationwide. For families with children aged 4 - 10 years and schools from Junior Infants to 4th class, the high-energy show follows the journey of the bravest sheep of all time, Woolly, on her quest to find out what happens to her fleece.
Read MoreREVIEW: The Irish Independent : "It's hard to deny Branar's elegant How to Catch a Star some extravagant praise."
What a handsome display of design. What a sparkling flash of light. What heart-rending determination. It's hard to deny Branar's elegant How to Catch a Star, based on Oliver Jeffers's picture book, some extravagant praise.
Read MoreREVIEW: The Irish Independent : Capturing the magic of a much-loved book
A beautiful stage version of children's classic 'How To Catch A Star' is now on a nationwide tour. Tanya Sweeney reports:
Read MoreNOMOREWORKHORSE: "For very small children it is an excellent introduction to going to the theatre. "
For very small children it is an excellent introduction to going to the theatre. Branar pride themselves in their work for children and creating a piece of art that will amaze these little first-time theatre goers. The story will also resonate with the big kids in the audience as it is a tale of never giving up on your dreams.
Read MoreIrish Times: REVIEW: "Visually stunning with a twinkling score"
This visually stunning stage adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’s picture book How to Catch a Star is a tonic after the chaos of the pantomime. Under the direction of Marc MacLochlainn, Branar Téatar do Pháistí eschew the easy option of reproducing the short text and embrace wordless storytelling instead, setting the inspiring, imaginative story against a magical twinkling score from Colm Mac Con Iomaire.
Read MoreRTE CULTURE: How to Catch a Star - bringing a children's classic to the stage
Theatremaker Marc Mac Lochlainn writes for Culture about his adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' classic children's book How To Catch A Star, which comes to The Ark, Dublin, this month.
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