{"id":15246,"date":"2017-10-16T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15246"},"modified":"2017-10-16T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:41:26","slug":"theatre-lovett-present-they-called-her-vivaldi-from-national-tour-to-national-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/theatre-lovett-present-they-called-her-vivaldi-from-national-tour-to-national-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Lovett present  \u2018THEY CALLED HER VIVALDI\u2019   FROM NATIONAL TOUR TO NATIONAL THEATRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Due to popular demand, family favourites Theatre Lovett are once again touring Ireland with the upbeat comedy-adventure <em>They Called Her Vivaldi<\/em>.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15247\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15247\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/press2-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Ros Kavanagh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Performing at MAC Belfast \u2013 30 October 6pm, 31 October 11am &amp; 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themaclive.com\/\"><strong>https:\/\/themaclive.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For schools and families ages 7+ and adults of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The tour culminates at the Irish National Theatre on the Peacock Stage, 30 November \u2013 23 December 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Theatre Lovett, one of the most imaginative and indispensable companies at work today.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>\u00a0The Irish Times 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Judges Special Award nominee\u00a0<\/em><strong>Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About the show:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sensitive musical-prodigy makes a quiet name for herself in a cacophonous world. As our young heroine journeys over cobblestones and canals, we learn about love, loss, the place of salt in our diet and the courage\u00a0to lose our footing without losing our way.<\/p>\n<p>This acclaimed production was selected from 100\u2019s of performances for young audiences to showcase in the USA at IPAY (International Performing Arts for Youth) in January 2017 and will undertake an extensive US tour in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The production stars the inimitable Louis Lovett, Ireland\u2019s most experienced and critically acclaimed performer for young audiences and well known on the adult stage. Renowned for his natural, playful ability to entertain, engage and enthral, Louis most recently starring in \u2018Dublin By Lamplight\u2019 with Corn Exchange and \u2018The Train\u2019 with Rough Magic both at The Abbey Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About Theatre Lovett:<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theatre Lovett produce work for all ages, both child and adult, young and old, chicken and egg. \u00a0Artist Directors Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett believe that children and young people can enjoy and understand theatre that does not pretend the adult world is anything other than a complex and occasionally dark place where we must make moral choices for ourselves as individuals.\u00a0<strong>THEATRE LOVETT WANT TO BRING MORE THEATRE TO MORE CHILDREN, MORE OFTEN<\/strong>, touring in Ireland and raising the bar for international touring of Irish theatre for young audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Creative team:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Written by Louis Lovett<\/p>\n<p>Co-Directed by Muireann Ahern and Carl Kennedy<\/p>\n<p>Starring Julie Maguire and Louis Lovett<\/p>\n<p>Set and Lighting Design by Zia Holly |\u00a0Costume Design by Liadain Kaminska | Music Composed by Carl Kennedy| Prop Maker and Scenic Artist Molly O&#8217;Cathain |\u00a0Produced by Muireann Ahern and Jeanine MacQuarrie<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by Arts Council Touring.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to popular demand, family favourites Theatre Lovett are once again touring Ireland with the upbeat comedy-adventure They Called Her Vivaldi. &nbsp; Performing at MAC Belfast \u2013 30 October 6pm, 31 October 11am &amp; 5pm https:\/\/themaclive.com For schools and families ages 7+ and adults of all ages. The tour culminates at the Irish National Theatre &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/theatre-lovett-present-they-called-her-vivaldi-from-national-tour-to-national-theatre\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15248,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246\/revisions\/15248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}