The Dublin Puppet Festival, formerly the International Puppet Festival Ireland, has received clearance from air traffic controllers to fly the Wanderly Wagon in to celebrate the first Puppet Festival in the centre of Dublin. The flying caravan will swoop into Wolfe Tone Park, just off Jervis St on Saturday April 24, 2010.
Here comes the wagon, the wanderly wanderly wagon.
The Dublin Puppet Festival takes place from April 19th to 25th in the heart of Dublin’s city centre. Despite its new name and location, this year’s puppet festival will, as always, feature an amazing array of puppet performances from all over the world, with entertainment and excitement for all ages.
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The 2010 Festival will feature a weekend of free, open-air, performances on the streets of Temple Bar and in Wolfe Tone Square on April 24th and 25th. Ireland’s first International Punch Day will form part of the festivities with Punch & Judy shows from all over Europe taking place in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar.
This year’s Festival is naturally dedicated to the memory of its founder, legendary puppeteer and entertainer, Eugene Lambert who passed away in February of this year. To mark his passing, his famous flying caravan will take to the skies again and is scheduled to land in Wolfe Tone Square, off Jervis St, on Saturday April 24th.
Of course, Eugene left not only the legacy of Wanderly Wagon and the Lambert Puppet Theatre behind him, but also a wonderfully creative family who will perform on the streets of Temple Bar for this year’s festival, in his honor.
Eugene’s Grandson, the festival’s Artistic Director, Ronan Tully said “We lost our founder, my grandfather Eugene Lambert this year and have dedicated this year’s festival to him. To pay homage to him we are bringing the original Wanderly Wagon into Dublin city for the weekend of April 24th and 25th and we’re inviting everyone to come along to Wolfe Tone Square and relive their childhood.”
The Dublin Puppet Festival 2010 programme features performances for adults and children in Temple Bar’s Smock Alley and Project Theatres. Full details are available on www.puppetfest.ie. Tickets can now be booked online.
Awww! Coolness.
Dammit I’m not home that week/end.
That was a real blast from the past for a few minutes i was 8 years old again,im away that week end, But im sure you will have lots of feed back for when i return,keep up the good work Darren.
Thanks for the post Darren - we need all the publicity we an get this year!
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Well thats now in my diary - no way you could miss that!