NEWS

SPRAOI PARADE 2013:  - Posted 01.07.2013

Nicholas is delighted to announce that he has been asked to direct this year's Waterford Spraoi Parade. 2013 is a very special year for Spraoi as they are celebrating their 21st birthday. The creative team at Spraoi is currently creating the magnificent floats and costumes. Nicholas and his team have begun handpicking the performers for the parade and rehearsals will soon commence at Spraoi studios. The parade is entitled 'Flotsam and Jetsam'. Below is a blurb, which will give you a little flavour of what is to come.

The flood is upon us with ‘Flotsam and Jetsam’ – Ireland’s biggest festival parade this summer. So grab what you can and ride the crest of this creative wave along the streets of Waterford.

The Spraoi Parade features hundreds of costumed performers, wonderful floats, live-music and special effects.

Created in the Spraoi Studios the Spraoi Parade brings a spirit of edgy-carnival to Waterford City’s ancient medieval streets. Be one of the

30,000 spectators and be amazed by a procession of imaginative fun and creativity.

It starts at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday August 4th and climaxes with fireworks.

Parade route: Johnstown, John’s Street, Michael Street, Broad Street, John Robert’s Square, Barronstrand Street, Merchants Quay (To Dooley’s Hotel).

ACTOR TRAINING: Theatre Lovett at the Abbey Theatre - Posted 27.02.2013

Nicholas was recently chosen to attend Theatre Lovett's Actor Training workshop at The Abbey Theatre. It was a five-day practical workshop for professional actors led by the wonderful Louis Lovett. Its aim was to introduce actors to theatre making for both young and old. A fantastic workshop, which prepared the actor both physically and mentally for live performance. There were incredibly detailed chorus and voice exercises. Muireann Ahern gave a presentation on the European models of theatre practice for children and young audiences. The week-long workshop was a brilliant opportunity, unbelievably affordable and thoroughly rewarding. A wonderful collaboration between Theatre Lovett and The Abbey Theatre and long may this winning relationship last.

FILMING: Miners of Bunmahon - Posted 27.01.2013

Nicholas has just finished a three-day film shoot with Copper Coast productions, the highlight of the shoot was filming on location in a preserved copper mine in West Cork. The short films are due for release later in the year. Below is some info that will give you a taster of the project.

The Miners of Bunmahon; Copper Coast Productions based at The Art Hand is delighted to announce that it has been commissioned to create a series of films called The Miners of Bunmahon. The films are being directed and produced by Sean Corcoran and Angela Mulcahy and have been commissioned by The Copper Coast Geopark. The main film tells the story of a day in the life of a mining family in the 1800′s. There will also be 5 shorter films that cover specific elements of Bunmahon’s mining heritage.

WATERFORD HARVEST FESTIVAL - Posted 10.09.2012

THE HUNGRY HORDES

2 pm, 3pm and 4pm

Sunday 16th September, The Plaza, Waterford.

Free Event

On Sunday 16th September the history of Waterford’s food heritage will come to life at the Plaza as Fadó presents ‘The Hungry Hordes – A Brief History’.

Nicholas will be one of the many local actors selected by Fadó to bring this wonderful performance to life. Period characters will perform a twenty minute re-enactment at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm, reminding us of our proud food tradition and the events linked to their beginnings.

Set in Waterford and beginning in 1170, the story will follow a timeline demonstrating the influences of other cultures and world events on food and the food industry in Waterford through the ages. Meet Anglo-Normans, French Huguenots, Quaker Merchants and the inventors of the rasher! A narrative and sound track will enhance the performance as the characters inform and entertain through re-enactment and audience interaction.

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMANN - Posted 03.09.2012

Nicholas will soon be working with Ben Barnes and the Theatre Royal team on their production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan. Read more about it here.

LITTLE RED KETTLE 2012 - Posted 11.08.2012

Nicholas has been working with Little Red Kettle Theatre Company for the past 4 weeks, directing 49 young actors in a play entitled Pearl's Colour Dream, written by Ben Hennessy and Liam Meagher. Little Red Kettle have been producing their annual summer show for more than 17 years. You can read more about the project here.

CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL 2012 - Posted 19.06.2012

Nicholas will be performing in a site-specific piece of theatre entitled 18-35, produced by Conflicted Theatre Company. 18-35 will be presented with Solstice as part of the Cork Midsummer festival 2012. Read more about the project here

ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE - Posted 04.03.2012

Nicholas is delighted to announce that he will be directing Spraoi's entry in this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade, Waterford. Last year Nicholas picked up the prize for 'Best Community Entry' for his wonderful creation The Rubbish Pirates, which he produced with Waterford Youth Arts.

MAPAMUNDI AT THE PARK -  Posted 01.03.2012

Nicholas recently collaborated with the world-renowned performer and theatre-maker Joan Baixas. Joan was invited to Waterford by Red Kettle Theatre Company to devise a performance with 15 participants (visual-artists/actors/musicians/dancers) from around Ireland. The performance was entitled Mapamundi and was performed in the open-air at the People's Park, Waterford City, on Sunday 26th of February, 2012.

CURIOSITY -  Posted 07.11.2011

Nicholas is in rehearsals, at the moment, for Little Red Kettle Theatre Company's new children's show, entitled, Curiosity Did Not Kill The Cat. This show will be touring the South East from November 14th 2011 until February 8th 2012.

PINTER - posted 04.10.2011

Currently, Nicholas is working with MooCow Theatre and Clinic Media on a co-production entitled A Serving of PINTER, 3 short plays by Harold Pinter...read more here.

**** 4-STAR REVIEW - posted 03.10.2011

A Serving of Pinter receives a 4-star review in the Irish Examiner; 'Impressive production...dark and menacing...this is a tense unsettling piece of theatre'

AWARD WINNING STREET THEATRE - posted 20.03.2011

Nicholas Kavanagh, in collaboartion with Waterford Youth Arts and Waterford City Council, wins award for St. Patrick's Day Float Entry entitled the Rubbish Pirates.