Event of the Week: June 13th - 19th

A few weeks back, Culch was invited to take part in the launch event for the Where’s Wally Guinness World Record attempt that’s going to take place during Street Performance World Championships in Dublin next weekend. The plan was a simple one…a Where’s Wally flashmob of 200 people dressed as Wallys, singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life as the LUAS pulled into Stephen’s Green before marching to Bewley’s and following the instructions of the head Wally on the balcony from jumping jacks to lying on the ground and taking a rest. Naturally, we were well up for it, and 5 of us trekked out to Sandyford LUAS stop one chilly Friday morning to receive our instructions…. A few hours of practice later we managed to achieve this: If it looks like fun (and it should, because it was!) then don’t despair that you weren’t there. The proper … There’s more

SPWC ’10 will make you want to run away with the Circus!

On Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the first day of the annual Street Peformance World Championships in Dublin’s Merrion Square. Much like their stint in Cork the week previous, the SPWC boasts thrills of fire-breathers, sword swallowers, magicians and balloon animals. However, this is no ordinary day at the zoo. We spent the day seeing some great acts including: Les Vitamines - a French-Candian duo who contort and perform the most amazing acrobatics including ‘the throwing of the dwarf’; zany, funny and incredibly talented the two had the crowd in tears and got involved by spraying them with water pistols. Quick Change - delightfully cheesy American couple, Quick Change’s street performing talent is costume changes. But these are no mere human costume changes, oh no, these changes take place at super-human speed in the blink of an eye. Set to the most retro disco hits Quick Change would … There’s more

Photos from the Big Day Out on Merrion Square

Out and about volunteering on the Big Day Out for St Patrick’s Festival, I somehow managed to grab these shots which I’m rather fond of, despite not having any fancy photo lens (yes, I’m jealous of the journos and of Phil O’Kane) … click each photo for bigger version. It was a brilliant day and thank you to everyone who posed for a photo. Don’t forget that there are more great St Patrick’s Festival photos over on Pix.ie