Blue Teapot Theatre Company will be presenting a special archive exhibition celebrating fifteen years of their Performing Arts School for Culture Night.

The exhibition of works includes photographic archives from the inaugural year of enrolled students in 2010 to the current day, with displays of costumes, puppet, and theatre crafts along with screenings of theatre productions and short films.

Speaking about why this exhibition was chosen for Culture Night, Artistic Director Petal Pilley commented- “It’s incredible to be celebrating fifteen years of Blue Teapot’s Performing Arts School and all forty-five graduates that have acted, sang and danced their way through its three-year QQI accredited programme.

Their Performing Arts School was born out of the fact that in 2010 there was no quality, accredited performing arts training for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) anywhere in Ireland. So, they committed ourselves to establishing a vibrant programme, facilitated by some of West of Ireland’s finest theatre arts practitioners, to start levelling the playing field for ID artists. Today, their Performing Arts School delivers to fifteen students every year with its own premises unlocking extraordinary artistry and expanding the lives of its students”.

Also looking forward to the exhibition is Performing Arts School Manager Judith Wolf – “We are excited to open the doors to our first Culture Night exhibition to give the public a flavour of the work we do here and the amazing productions we had over the last 15 years. It is clear to see how the students have blossomed into creative and talented makers and performers.

The exhibition will be hosted by current students and graduates and is open to the public from 7pm – 9pm at Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, Galway H91 FVF9 on Friday 19th September. Everybody is welcome.