Samhain: Limerick’s Halloween Festival

DATE 29 - 31 October 2020
LOCATION Online
CREDITS Martin Shannon, Artistic Director
Giordana Giache, Lead Artist
Hodmon Giache, Designer / Programmer
WEBSITE www.samhain.lumenstreettheatre.ie/
Samhain Parade by Deirdre Power

Limerick City and County Council in association with award winning Lumen Street Theatre present Samhain, Limerick’s Halloween Festival online.

This boutique festival of story and folklore celebrates local cultural heritage and Samhain traditions through talks, fireside readings, workshops and a parade with Lumen Street Theatre. All events will take place online.

Samhain Festival Events

Thursday 29 October

11am: Workshop 1 – Lantern Making

3pm: Limerick Youth Theatre – In the Time of Covid

5pm: Storytelling with Draculally for younger children

7:30pm: Lumen Street Theatre Samhain Demo 1 – Undertakers Hat

 

Friday 30 October

11am: Workshop 2 – Mask Making

3pm: LSAD – Collaborating in Covid Quarantine

5pm: The Story so far

7:30pm: Virtual Death Café

 

Saturday 31 October

11am: Lumen Street Theatre Samhain Demo 2 – Bishop’s Lady Headdress

3pm: Limerick Youth Theatre – In the Time of Covid

5pm: Storytelling with Draculally for older children & adults

7:30pm: Mummers, Masks and Mischief – A History of Straw Masks in Ireland

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