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- Anthem For Dissatisfaction<\/b> by Gina Donnelly with SkelpieLimmer Productions<\/li>\n
- Consumed<\/b> by Karis Kelly, a Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and Women\u2019s Prize for Playwriting production in association with the Lyric Belfast<\/li>\n
- Shame Show<\/b> by Colm McCready and Fergus Wachala-Kelly with SkelpieLimmer Productions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The event will be delivered by Theatre and Dance NI (TDNI) in collaboration with Belfast International Arts Festival, supported by British Council Northern Ireland and The National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be supporting this initiative,\u201d comments Gilly Campbell, director of arts development with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic opportunity for our local companies to be going over there presenting work where there\u2019s going to be lots of international and national programmers coming to see the work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this now seven years. So, we know from previous experience that this is an invaluable opportunity for Northern Irish artists because their work gets seen. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey will hopefully will get booked to go to other international festivals, and the quality of the work that\u2019s going over really is very specific type of niche festival work which we know will go down well with audiences both at home and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n
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We know from previous experience that this is an invaluable opportunity for artists because their work gets seen – they will hopefully will get booked to go to other international festivals<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u00a0Gilly Campbell, Arts Council NI<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Pictured (l-r): Seon Simpson, Simon Sweeney, Molly Rose Street, Colm McCready, Gilly Campbell, Arts Council NI, Fergus Wachala-Kelly, Karis Kelly, Niamh Flanagan, Theatre & Dance NI, Jonathan Stewart, British Council NI, Colette Norwood, British Council NI and Siobhan Molloy, Arts Council NI (Arts Council NI\/PA Wire) <\/p>\nIn addition, four Northern Ireland artists will travel to Edinburgh as part of the Fellowship Programme, designed to support artists, directors and producers who are exploring future opportunities at the Fringe.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s fellows are Carley Magee, Ronan McManus, Gemma Mae Halligan and Lisa May.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past seven years, Spotlight at the Edinburgh Fringe has demonstrated the strong national and international appetite for theatre and dance from Northern Ireland,\u201d explains Niamh Flanagan, executive director of Theatre and Dance NI.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe festival has created invaluable opportunities\u2014drawing attention from national and international programmers leading to touring, collaboration, and other opportunities both at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis recognition continues to elevate Northern Ireland\u2019s reputation on the global cultural stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Spotlight programme now extends beyond Edinburgh, providing support to artists and companies as part of both the Belfast International Arts Festival and Belfast Children\u2019s Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
She adds: \u201cWe are delighted to present three exceptional artists as part of this year\u2019s Spotlight at the Edinburgh Fringe programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir work exemplifies the innovation, ambition, and artistic excellence that define Northern Ireland\u2019s creative sector. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to support them in showcasing their talent at the world\u2019s largest arts festival and marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Richard Wakely, Belfast International Arts Festival artistic director and chief executive <\/p>\nRichard Wakely, artistic director and chief executive of the Belfast International Arts Festival says: \u201cThe Spotlight at the Edinburgh Fringe programme continues to celebrate Northern Ireland artists who are working across performance disciplines and wish to create deep and sustainable international partnerships and collaborations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProviding Northern Ireland artists and companies with opportunities to showcase their work on international stages not only broadens their reach but also strengthens our local creative community,\u201d offers Jonathan Stewart, director of the British Council Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis exposure helps fuel a vibrant, thriving creative economy in Northern Ireland, benefiting artists, companies and audiences alike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Siobhan Molloy, festivals, venues and international arts development officer at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, adds: <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Arts Council is proud to help spotlight the incredible theatre and dance work being made in Northern Ireland at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and funding from The National Lottery has been a game changer in helping us achieve that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is vital that these works are seen, and so it is really exciting that a huge potential market is opened up to these theatre makers by attending the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three works created by theatre, dance and arts organisations based in the north will be spotlighted as part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[94338,748,12975,1102,96580,93764,4884,712,32744,2764,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-250219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-arts-council","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-dancing","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-edinburgh-festival","13":"tag-fringe","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-spotlight","17":"tag-theatre","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114822234040841156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Consumed<\/b> by Karis Kelly, a Paines Plough, Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and Women\u2019s Prize for Playwriting production in association with the Lyric Belfast<\/li>\n