Buí Bolg at St Patricks Festival, Dublin – Video Buí Bolg presented two pageants at the Saint Patricks Festival Parade 2013 in Dublin: “The Great Irish Welcome” and “Homeward Bound”! Check out how we prepared for this event, and what a great time we had on the day!

This May, the Buí Bolg youth arts group presented their newly devised show Bones as part of  Wexford’s Zorrofest 2013! Check out http://wexfordzorro.wordpress.com/ for more information on this exciting festival.

Bui Bolg is a strong advocate of Ireland’s art community and is involved in several different networks. Recently, Bui Bolg have played a central role in establishing the Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle Network. ISACS will have their second Annual General Meeting on Monday the 8th of April in Dance House, Dublin. The AGM will provide delegates with a [...]

The Bui Bolg Youth Arts group in conjunction with Chris Bull and Chanti Hobbit of the Invisible Circus have devised a brand new piece of work for the people of Wexford to come and enjoy! The concept for this new work comes from the Mexican day of the dead and takes its themes from within that context. They will be [...]

Last but not least… Bui Bolg would like to thank everyone who supported and helped us during the busy St. Patrick’s Day period. Without you we couldn’t have done it! We really appreciate it!

The Bui Bolg Youth Arts Group are honoured to have been invited to present newly devised performance piece ‘Solas’ at the EU Youth Conference in Kilmainham on Tuesday the 12th of March. This piece involves 14 performers from the Youth Arts Group, creating an unusual spectacle in the courtyard while spreading a little light into our lives.

As an integral part of our annual calendar, Bui Bolg will be featured at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin on the 17th of March. This time, however, we are doubling our workload, presenting not just one but two new pageants on the streets of Dublin. In our first pageant the ‘Great Irish Welcome’ Bui Bolg are hosting a [...]

  Our next stop across the world will be at the Menton Lemon Festival  in the French Riviera, on February the 17th. An amazing festival, which attracts over 230,000 visitors every year with its huge constructions made out of oranges and lemons. Our contribution to this wonderful festival will be our promenade show – “Palloncino” –complete with a larger than life [...]

Performing a hilarious street theatre show which blends music, puppetry and slapstick comedy Bui Bolg’s Chancy Brothers will add an extraordinary experience to all visitors of Mood Indigo, the biggest annual cultural festival in Bombay, India. This pair of musical rogues with dubious talents are experts in transporting people to a world of fun-filled, family-friendly entertainment through direct interaction with the audience. One thing is [...]

Bui Bolg has become a veritable elves workshop for the last month with not one but four major events producing seasonal themed dressing and installations: Wicklow town has become a feast of Victoriana with an outstanding street dressing featuring a giant tin soldier, gingerbread men and a stunning ballerina… For the Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre Bui Bolg created a special [...]