Life Outside the Box puppets on Nationwide

As a result of our appearance on RTE's The People's Angelus the Life Outside the Box project was featured on Nationwide.

It shows project faciliator Corina Duyn at her home and studio in Lismore, and interviews project participant Ann O'Grady, and shows a short clip of our film.

Thank you RTE for your support of our project.

Puppets are getting around the globe

Some exciting 'Life Outside the Box' puppet news.

After the presentation at the "Broken Puppet: A symposium on Puppetry Disability and Health in early August, Corina was contacted by several of the other speakers and others involved in puppetry.

• From Chile "... It was wonderful to be at the symposium and get to know your work. I'll show the film and the book in my Puppets and Therapy diploma course." Andrea Markovits Diplomado Muñeco y Terapia 2017 at Muñecoterapia Chile 

• From Germany:  " I think your booklet Life outside the box will find interest from my colleagues. Antje WegenerTherapeutische Figurenspielerin, DGTP e.V. And organiser of the Symposium of therapeutic puppetry in Germany 2018

• Australia: Puppetry News shared the story about the Symposium and the Project on Facebook and on other social media pages too... like Persphone Sextou's Twitter page, and on the UNIMA (Official worldwide puppetry organisation) pages.

• UK: The Festival of Puppetry in Bristol, running from 1-10th of September, has offered to highlight the project on social media during the festival. It was too late to have our film added to their schedule

• The story was also published on the Disability Arts Online (DAO) digital magazine 

Photo by Aisling Doyle of Life Outside the Box on Irish TV

• And the specially edited version of the film was shown on Irish TV again on the People's Angelus and shared with people from all over the world. See youtube , or footage below. (sorry for slightly shaky film. I am not that steady on my legs, or holding my phone up)

Goodness knows where they'll turn up next!

Will keep you posted, a

nd Thank You so much for stopping by

PS: The Full film ( 4 minutes) can be viewed HERE

IWA puppets and their makers on RTE television

The puppets and their makers made it onto TV.

On the People's Angelus

See the one minute video HERE 

The next screening is on 1st Spetember, 
and every 12 weeks after that.

Article in Dungarvan Observer
2nd June 2017
To read the article, please see Page 17 in
the online version of the Dungarvan Observer 

Few Notes:

• Copy of article  by Margaret Ann Foley, who suggested we contact RTE about our project.
• As not all the participants could be mentioned in the film, RTE named project facilitator Corina Duyn, and film maker Alan O'Callaghan, and the Irish Wheelchair Association.
• The Bells were added by RTE as this is standard for inclusion in the People's Angelus.
• The music is different from the music in the original film which can be viewed HERE  for RTE copyright reasons.
• Thank you Roger Childs for including our project.
• The film will be screened again, as it will be included in a rota.

The People's Angelus

A few months ago, before the screening of the Life Outside the Box Puppetry Film in Canada and Dungarvan Cinema our IWA group was reflecting on where to show the short film next.
One of the suggestions from Margaret Ann Foley was to ask RTE (our national broadcaster) if they would like to show it on the People's Angelus ...

The one minute daily reflective Angelus broadcast on RTÉ One is one of Ireland's longest-running programmes, having been aired daily at 6.00pm since the inception of RTÉ television in 1962.

Ireland has changed enormously over that time and the nature of the broadcasts has changed with it. They are now changing again. Since October 2015 New commissioned films create a reflective space for all in the peak-time schedule… In addition to these commissioned professional films, RTÉ One has designated one slot per week, on Fridays at 6pm, as The People’s Angelus slot

More about the People's Angelus

And you know what.
I contacted RTE's Roger Childs, Senior Production Executive & Genre Head of Religious Programmes RTE. I emailed a little bit of information, and the film. I received a Very Enthusiastic response that same day.

A few months have passed, with several edits made and contracts and permission signed. And now...

THIS FRIDAY 2ND JUNE, 6 PM

OUR LIFE OUTSIDE THE BOX 

one minute version 

WILL MAKE IT ONTO 

NATIONAL TELEVISION!

So please tune in.

It will be included in a regular rota of People's Angelus submissions

every Friday, over the coming months. 

From this early start of the puppet project...

...to dancing outside the Disability Box! and onto national television

Thank you all who were involved in this project.
Members and Staff at the IWA.
Alan O'Callaghan of The Bootleg studios.
Roger Childs at RTE.
And all who supported us along the way.

* I have also been asked to talk about the project at the upcoming The Broken Puppet:  A Symposium on Puppetry, Disability, and Health. At UCC in August

What a journey!