A section of the audience at the Paper World performance in the Black Box Theatre earlier this week as part of Baboró.

Packed programme for final days of Baboró

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Entertainment

Arts Week with Judy Murphy

The 19th Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is in full swing since the festival kicked off on Monday, and there are a number of events over the coming days before the annual festival wraps-up on Sunday.

Baboró places children centre-stage where they can enjoy the very best of Irish and international work, and thousands of children, from Galway and beyond, will attend this year’s events.

The Wolf And Peter

Town Hall Theatre

Thursday October 15 to Sunday October 18

Ages 6+

CoisCéim Dance Theatre are no strangers to Galway but this visit to Baboró is particularly special. The Wolf and Peter marks the company’s first dance show for children and it will receive its world premiere at Baboró.

Peter and the Wolf was a musical score originally written as an engaging way to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra. For this production, the extraordinary pianist Conor Linehan will play both the classic score and his own new compositions live on stage.

This time, however, the story is also told through the eyes of the ‘Wolf. Filled with dance and live music, this fun and richly theatrical adaptation by David Bolger brings the classic characters Bird, Cat, Duck, Grandfather, Hunters, Peter, and of course the ‘Wolf’ to life.

Performances: Thursday 7pm; Friday 10am and 12.15pm; Saturday 2.30pm and 5.30pm; Sunday noon. Tickets €9 or family ticket €30.

Guess How Much I Love You

Black Box Theatre

Thursday October 15 to Sunday October 18

Ages 4 to 8

The Irish premiere of one of the world’s best-loved children’s stories, Guess How Much I Love You, which was written by Irish author Sam McBratney, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Translated into 53 languages and illustrated by Anita Jeram, this award-winning classic and timeless story about Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare has captured the hearts of children and adults worldwide.

Presented by Mermaid Theatre from Nova Scotia in Canada, the story is brought to life in an affectionate and endearing puppet show. It’s presented together with Anita Jeram’s I Love My Little Storybook, which celebrates the joy of reading.

Performances: Thursday 9.45am and 11.45am; Friday 9.45am and 11.45am; Saturday 11am and 3pm; Sunday 11am and 3pm. Tickets €9 or family ticket €30.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.