Amadan

🤡 Clown Lab is back this June! 🤡 Amadan Ensemble’s training programme returns for a full-day workshop exploring your inner clown. Led by Gemma Mae Halligan & Jude Quinn, this playful, physical session will use games and exercises to explore presence, audience connection, and what is uniquely funny about you. This workshop is perfect for building resilience as a performer whilst developing your creativity and spontaneity and finding the joy in playing the fool. Clown meets every catastrophe with a smile and every flop with delight. So come ready to play, fail, laugh, and discover. Open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels, as well as anyone curious to explore clown. 📅 Saturday 6 June ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 The Vault Artists Studios, 39 Corporation Street, Belfast 🎟️ Early bird £25 until 22 May Open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels, as well as anyone curious to explore clown. See Linktree in bio for more details. #amadanbrave #Clown #amadan #vaultartstudio #belfast

Next week we are continuing development on our new show 'Not better, first'. And as before we will be opening our doors to anyone who want to come and join us for our warm-ups throughout the week. These will consist of both a physical warm-up and short guided meditation. And open for all people regardless of your level or practise. Tue 28th, Wed 29th & Thur 30th 9:30am - 10:30am (and a quick coffee after if you wish) Amadan Studio, 39 Corporation Street Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend. With thanks to Arts Council of Northern Ireland.#NationalLotteryFunded #amadanbrave #theatreanddanceni #artscouncilni #vaultartiststudios

Today, we heard the incredibly sad news of Michael Patrick's passing. We've been reading all the magnificent tributes to him, and our hearts are full of the loss of such a wonderful human. We were lucky to work with him and Oisín on a mad little ghost hunting show we did whilst we were still in Accidental. Mick always brought hard work, care, passion, and a huge smile into the room. In fact, every time we saw him, he was like this. When My Left Nut was published, the lads sent Jude a copy, and he was incredibly touched to be included in the credits. This thoughtfulness and generosity really sums up our experience of knowing and working with Mick. How devastating the loss but how mighty it was to know him. Sending all our love to Mick's beloved wife & family, and his many, many friends.

Well, what a ride that was!? Last night saw the climax to a frantic, fascinating and exceedingly fun two weeks. Our amazing team fashioned a full-length extravaganza of political satire, social commentary, and refreshing takes on life in Belfast. We had everything you never knew you wanted... dating, a Cavehill musical, the shortest phone call to a GP surgery, interpretive dance, masks, horses, snakes, taxi drivers, Stormont payrises, water-based poetry, dehumidifiers, Mr. Chips, pints & the Imp. With huge thanks to our team: @seoniepie @gina_d0nnelly @skelpielimmerproductions @samesayswilson @iamvickyallen @nickymharley @_brendanquinn @petalreaction Sophie Thompson Thanks also to @imaginebelfast & @belfastcitycouncil for helping us stage this event, @vaultartistsni for the support and @themac for letting us in the door. And finally... thank you to the people of Belfast! To those of you who came to the shows & who told us your stories. We love you. 'Belfast, don't ever change! Stay the same!' #belfast

Bag of Excuses final day. We are open until 6pm today. Come down and experience the installation, stay for a cuppa or join Bobbi’s workshop session (link in bio). Thank you to everyone who’s visited so far, we’ve been having the most amazing conversations in the space. . . . . #Ireland #Belfast #IrishArt #Art #Women

Front page of The Tele this morning. Doesn't get much better than this. Get on it people, this is only on today and then it’s gone forever! See link in bio. #AMADAN #amadanbrave #themacbelfast #belfastcitycouncil #Belfast #theatre #quickfire #imaginefestival #ImagineFest #vaultartistsni #vaultartiststudios

In honour of World Theatre Day, get a load of these beauties! Yeah, yeah, we're late to the party but we've been grafting hard all day making... theatre!! A bunch of new peices, comedy, songs, poems, characters, issues, films - you name it, Quick Fire has got it. Want to really know the state of Belfast? Then, come to The MAC tomorrow at 3pm or 7.45pm. Quote Quick50 for a sneaky discount. #vaultartiststudios #belfastcitycouncil #amadanbrave #themac #belfast #theatre

🔥🔥 Quick Fire Plays Update 🔥🔥 We’ve released a limited number of half-price tickets for both performances using the code QUICK50. This is simply about getting as many people in the room as possible — because this show deserves a full house and anyone who is attending will understand exactly what we mean. To everyone who’s already booked at full price — thank you. You’re the reason we get to make work like this happen, and your backing and support is so appreciated and we are forever grateful.❤️ Click link in bio for more details. #AMADAN #amadanbrave #themacbelfast #belfastcitycouncil #Belfast #theatre #quickfire #imaginefestival #ImagineFest #vaultartistsni #vaultartiststudios

🔥🔥Quick Fire Plays is heating up 🔥🔥 And we have a whole clatter of characters that will be taking to the stage this Saturday for your delight. Six short performances. Nine incredible artists. Two weeks to make it happen. All rooted in Belfast. (Apart from John Joe) All about the people who live here. All about right now. See link in bio for more details. #AMADAN #amadanbrave #themacbelfast #belfastcitycouncil #Belfast #theatre #quickfire #imaginefestival #ImagineFest #vaultartistsni #vaultartiststudios

BAG OF EXCUSES Exhibition launch and artist talk with the artists Gemma Mae Halligan, Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl and special guest Dr Sophie Doherty. Tonight at PSsquared from 6pm!!!! Please come and join us for the launch of this hugely important collaborative project. Bag of Excuses is an immersive installation which blends textile work, soundscapes, film and everyday objects by Gemma Mae Halligan and Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl that explores the eight recognised stages on the femicide timeline, revealing how violence can grow from seemingly ordinary moments. Gemma and Sinéad will be speaking with Dr Sophie Doherty lecturer in Law. Dr Doherty’s research is primarily focused on the themes of, and relationship between, sexual violence, justice, law and art. The artist talk starts at 7pm. No need to book. Refreshments provided. Thanks to NIExecutive, @belfastcitycouncil and @evawuk for supporting this project. Davy and Jane @pssquaredbelfast for being incredible hosts, @imaginebelfast for including us in their amazing festival programme and to our whole team for bringing creative love and care to this project. There are still free weekend workshop spaces up for grabs. Book these and find out more about the project including how to get here tonight through the link in our bio!! See you then ❤️ Gemma & Sinéad. . . . . #Ireland #Belfast #ArtExhibition #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #ImagineFestival

⚡⚡ Quick Fire Plays rehearsals are officially underway ⚡⚡ And trust us, this is going to be an absolute blast. With this team of artists, it could be nothing else. If Belfast had its own Saturday Night Live, this might just be it — sharp, chaotic, funny, unexpected, and totally of the moment. Expect big laughs, a few shocks, and one hell of a night out. Two performances only. See link in bio for more details. #AMADAN #amadanbrave #themacbelfast #belfastcitycouncil #Belfast theatre quickfire imaginefestival ImagineFest vaultartiststudios

⚡⚡Quick Fire Play announcement⚡⚡ And our final cast member to be joining us on Quick Fire, is one of our favourite Belfast actors and all round class human, @_brendanquinn Brendan Quinn is an actor from Belfast. He trained at The Gaiety School Of Acting Dublin. Screen credits include DS Sean Mulholland in season 3 of Blue Lights. Playing Callum in Netflix series One Day in which he won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series. Other screen credits include How’s She Cuttin? (BBC NI) Hope Street ( BBC) St Mungo’s (BBC NI ), The Magic Spade (NI Screen) and IFTA winning short film Rough. Theatre credits include The White Handkerchief (The Derry Playhouse) Nutcase (The Derry Playhouse) Journeys End(The Esher Theatre) Jade City (View From Here) and A Queer Céilí At The Marty Forsythe (Kabosh). Click on bio for more details. #AMADAN #amadanbrave #themacbelfast #belfastcitycouncil #Belfast #theatre #quickfire #imaginefestival #ImagineFest #vaultartiststudios