Family Season 2015: BEES! 22 - 27 Sep 2015
This is the page for the 2015 run of BEES! Click here for the 2016 run for schools and families.
A musical for Ages 6+ filled with fun and songs, dancing and jiving, flying and hiving and absolutely no boring stuff. Part of the Dublin Theatre Festival Family Season 2015.
Did you know that there are more than 20,000 different types of bees? The bumble bee, the solitary bee, the mining bee, the spelling bee, the vitamin B...
And then there’s Mel, who is a honey bee, and she’s going in search of her colony. She got left behind, you see. In fact, she’s not even sure how to be a bee. On the journey to find her friends she has some amazing adventures, and learns an awful lot about herself and her buzzin’ cousins. She discovers just how important they are to us human bee-ings, making yummy honey and pollinating the flowers that grow half of the scrummy things we eat.
There’ll be fun and songs, dancing and jiving, flying and hiving and absolutely no boring stuff! Oh and you’ll learn lots of facts about bees along the way (and many of them will even be true).
"Sometimes it is possible to learn quite a lot without even realising it. That’s the beauty of BEES! Some buzzin friends entertain and educate in equal measure. You are bound to leave with a song in your head and a smile on your face." Maria Fleming, Family Season Curator
Have a listen to one of the songs from the show:
Autism Friendly Performance
There will be an autism friendly performance of BEES! on Fri 25 September at 12.15pm. Autism friendly performances are aimed at families or school groups with children who are on the autism spectrum or those who have sensory sensitivities. This will be a relaxed performance, that will be tailored for the comfort of your child. The sound will be at a lower volume and the lights will be dimmed rather than completely dark, we will warn you of any loud noises and we will have a special chill-out area where your child can relax.
An autism friendly information pack, with photographs and a synopsis of the play which may assist your child to prepare for the performance, can be dowloaded here.
For further information please contact The Ark on (01) 670 7788 or boxoffice@ark.ie.
Curricular Links
Attending and reflecting on theatre performances with your class will explore many of the key strands of the Drama and English curricula, particularly in relation to: examining the relationship between story, theme and life experience; using insights arising out of dramatic action to draw conclusions about life and people; receptiveness to language; competence and confidence in using language; emotional and imaginative development through language; reflection on drama and listening and responding.
BEES! also explores elements of the Science curriculum including:
Environment Awareness & Care - Develop an awareness of the interdependence of the living and non-living elements of environments. Encourage a positive environmental action and a commitment to sustainable life-styles and instil in them a sense of personal and community responsibility as custodians of the earth.
Living Things - The wide variety of living organisms both plant and animal in the local and global environments. The life process including nutrition, movement, growth and reproduction, common to animals including humans. The life process, including growth, nutrition and reproduction common to plants.
Dublin Theatre Festival
DTF takes place from 24 September - 11 October 2015. See full details of the festival at www.dublintheatrefestival.com
WillFredd Theatre
WillFredd Theatre was founded in 2011 in Dublin, Ireland. They are Co-Artistic Directors Sophie Motley and Sarah Jane Shiels and Producer Kate Ferris. WillFredd's work engages with contemporary culture, actively inviting new audiences into the theatre. Through ethical encounters between artists and communities of place, space and interest, the company develop theatre which responds to and represents elements of these communities. WillFredd believe in constant evaluation and interrogation of their work through extensive Research and Development phases where work is shown back to the communities we develop it with. The company’s previous full productions include: FOLLOW (2011) , FARM (2012), CARE (2014) and JOCKEY (2015). WillFredd would like to acknowledge the support of Rough Magic and Irish Theatre Institute.