Iseli/Choidi Dance Company – Official Opening Wednesday 19th August
Iseli/Choidi Dance Company perform their creation ‘Me Seeing You’. Collaborating with visual artist Elaine Hurley, Jazmin Chiodi and Alexandre Iseli create a work where video and recorded political discourse emphasize the artificial aspects of performance, questioning the universe that video, light design or stage settings can create. ‘Me Seeing You’ finally brings the attention back to the essential beauty of dance that resurfaces after the skeleton of the show has been taken apart. Human movement then becomes inviting, and brings the spectator back to his/her own physical sensations and memory.
Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company is supported by the County Council – Excel Dance Residency, funded by the Arts Council, South Tipperary County Council and Tipperary Excel Arts and Culture Centre.

Piggy Bank Competition
Following on from the success of last year’s Bloomin’ Wellies Competition you are this year invited to invest, create and construct your very own Piggy Bank. Entries must be delivered to Terryglass School on Wednesday 19th August from 7.00p.m. – 7.30p.m. Open to all ages. Winners will be announced and prizes presented on Sunday at 2.00p.m.

Cork Circus present Higgeldy Piggeldy Saturday 22nd August –
1.30p.m. & 8.30p.m.
Three, not so little, pigs, bravely, set off to make their fortune! Their exploits in the big city leads to adventures on the high sea. Journey with our intrepid trio through slapstick fun with puppets, pirates, juggling and a giant sea monster! Surprises galore, thrills and spills for families of all ages.

Saturday Night at the Quay
Back by popular demand is the fireworks. Saturday night will bring Terryglass Quay to life with a fireworks display, music, Streetwise and Cork Circus.

Streetwise Performance Ltd.
After a few years of a gap, Streetwise Performance Ltd. return to entertain the crowds at Terryglass Arts Festival – Jim & Dr. Nick will hold circus workshops, street walkabout and also host their two man show during the festival. In their show Jim & Dr. Nick brings together a comic display of juggling, unicycling, fire juggling and ladder balancing. A problematic PA system, a fear of heights combined with an inability to concentrate and total lack of forward planning, make Jim and Nick the perfect double act to juggle fire on 8 foot unicycles. Full of laughs and stuffed with skills this act will be enjoyed by young and old alike. Everyone will be laughing…. just not necessarily at the same things.

Dulsori – Village Square, Sunday 23rd August
South Korean troupe Dulsori present performances of mesmerizing synchronised drumming interspersed with singing, dancing and oriental clowning. Summoning and celebrating the elements, Dulsori use rhythms created by the people of Korea using their instruments to imitate the sounds of the natural world - thunder, lightning, rain and wind. The performers encourage the audience to participate during the performances, so come along and join in the fun!

 

Storytelling Caravan – Sunday 23rd August – 2.00p.m. – 6.00p.m.
Melissa Baker’s Storytelling Caravan is full of twisted yarns and tall tales! Old and new fuse as this “Moragolithian’ storyteller spins you from legend to leaping heart, through the keyhole of your front door into strange lands and day glow dreams, riding the hiccups of laughter like bronco bulls! The caravan seats approximately 20 children at a time. A treat for parents and kids alike!
Sponsored by Ballyfinboy Bookshop – Superb Books & High Quality Giftware, Borrisokane.

World Cafe – Building Resilience Saturday 22nd August
The Derg Inn will come to life on Saturday afternoon with the world cafe conversation and discussion on the topic of Building Resilience. A world cafe is an opportunity to meet others, discuss a shared topic, deepen our understanding and decide on actions that we can take individually or collectively around the topic. The cafe is organised by Tipperary Institute. Tipperary Institute is Ireland’s only third level institute particularly dedicated to rural development in many forms.

Hubcap Creatures Exhibition by Ptolemy Elrington
Ptolemy Elrington creates sculptures out of hubcaps. His Hubcap creatures are made entirely from re-cycled materials. All of the hubcaps are found, usually on the side of the road, and therefore bear the scars of their previous lives in the form of scratches and abrasions. These marks add texture and history to the creatures they adorn. Hubcap Creatures will be on display throughout the festival in the Old Church Garden and Ptolemy will also create a new hubcap creature at the festival.

Gerardine Wisdom, Rush Sculptures at Terryglass Quay
Gerardine is a local artist who works with rushes she picks from the lake, making sculptures with an aquatic theme. Her floating figures are well known on Lough Derg including The Mermaid, Equus, The Lough Keeper and this year’s creation yet to be revealed!
Sponsored by Inland Waterways Association of Ireland.

Terryglass Irish Night 8.00p.m. –
Main Hall Sunday 23rd August
A celebration of music, song and dance with plenty of opportunity for participation.