Sponsored Run for Helium Children Arts and Health

Hi all im running for Helium Childrens Arts and Health. As you all know I am currently a resident arts for Helium on cloudlands one of their great projects with in hospital for young people.

When you sponsor me can you also suggest a song. I will put all the songs suggested on my mp3 player and listen to it on shuffle while running . If its your song im listening too when I cross the finish line then I will make you a piece of silhoette art like the image on my picture but with your story or incorporating anything you like.

Thank you inadvance.

Emma http://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/9431_emma-fisher-s-helium-fundraising-page.html 

TY Students workshop

Cloudlands Resident Artist in Galway Hospital

Delighted to be working for Helium again on their new art and tecnoligy project. Here is the press release about my work so far.

http://helium.ie/wordpress/index.php/medtronic-foundation-funds-cloudlands-at-university-hospital-galway/

Helium is delighted to announce that the Medtronic Foundation through its Community Programme is funding Cloudlands at University Hospital Galway. Cloudlands is a new performance arts and technology project produced byHelium for teenagers with chronic illnesses. Cloudlands Galway commenced in November 2012 and will run until July 2013.

The Medtronic Foundation was created in 1978 and is charged as the primary channel for Medtronic's strategic giving, with the majority of grant programmes thoughtfully aligning with the company's commitment to improve access to quality healthcare.

Cloudlands provides creative support for teenagers who spend long periods of time in hospital, encouraging self-expression and social interaction, and helping participants to regain a sense of control and choice over their own lives. At University Hospital Galway, adolescents are collaborating with professional artist Emma Fisher to develop new artworks based on their ideas, interests and experiences. The participants are engaging with the visual arts, storytelling, puppetry, photography, film-making and animation in the creation of their work.

The Cloudlands project is also taking place at Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin and Cork University Hospital. An online technology platform is being developed with input from participants so that artists and teenagers can share their work and collaborate across the three hospitals. This platform will continue to evolve according to the needs of participants.

 

Trilled about working with Bottom Dog Again for their christmas show

A Christmas Carol

Bottom Dog Theatre Company

Family - 10 Dec, 11 Dec, 12 Dec

at Lime Tree Theatre

Bottom Dog Theatre Company presents

A CHRISTMAS CAROL    by Charles Dickens

Directed by Myles Breen

Bottom Dog Theatre brings Dickens classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge to life for young audiences.

Using music, dance, puppets and live actors, audiences will thrill to the story of Scrooge and his visit on Christmas Eve of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Will Scrooge learn the true meaning of Christmas?

There will be four morning and early afternoon performances for schools and an early evening show for families.

School prices include the cost of transport.

Monday & Wednesday, Dec 10th & 12th: 10am & 12.30pm

Tuesday, Dec 11th: 4.30pm

A Dickens of A Life Puppet and Set Design/Puppetry Advisor

A Dickens of a Life 

Wimbledon Civic Theatre Trust presents

A Dickens of a Life

The violent yet vibrant world of Charles Dickens is brought into 

vivid life in this dynamic and moving community production. 

Using puppets, movement, music and a large ensemble cast 

to create a visual feast sure to enthral and entertain adults 

and children alike.

Set design of The Passion

Pictures of Soul by the Sea in which i designed the set for the 2012 passion play, a hugh community project in Brighton.

http://www.flickr.com//photos/76040447@N04/sets/72157629472651186/show/ 

Set and Puppet Design 2012

I am currently designing King Lear for Liam O Briens Arts Council grant for Killmallock Abbey. The Soul be the Sea fesival with the Passion Play for the Easter weekend on Brighton beach and A Dickens of a Life for the New Wimbeldon theatre opening in June. What a great start to the year.

found this video of Gullivers Travels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJd6xj22vDQ&feature=player_embedded

Come and join Niamh Lawlor and myself this Christmas at The Ark Theatre for workshop fun with Mamo Mid Winter
http://ark.ie/events/view/mamo-midwinter-puppet-theatre-workshops

 "it’s magical and original" The Irish Times

The Bright Side of the Moon at this years Absolut Fringe played to sold out audiences. More pictures and Promo to come soon

Fund it

Help bring our show to the ABSOLUT Fringe in September, become a patron of the arts and pick up one of our rewards on http://www.fundit.ie/project/the-bright-side-of-the-moon

The Bright Side of the Moon

Beyond the Bark presents "The Bright Side of the Moon" at the Old Courtroom Brighton Fringe 26-29th May 2011 at 19.40 to book tickets visit http://www.oldcourtroomproductions.com/show_details.php?pid=8

The Bright Side of the Moon

26 / 27 / 28 / 29 May 19:40

Theatre and Music
Lucy sits behind her piles of office files daydreaming of wondrous adventures. Watch as daydreams merge into nightmares, night becomes day and her demons break down the walls of reality. Using Physical Theatre and Puppetry enter the dark world of Lucy's imaginings as she faces the creatures haunting her, in the hopes of seeing the bright side of the moon.

Gullivers Travels Photos

http://www.fingalis.com/p270823050

bon voyage

hey everyone im off to work at the siem reap puppet parade and then on to the indonesian animal rescue come follow me on my travel blog at

http://www.getjealous.com//emmasianadventure

gullivers travels

http://www.fingalis.com/p270823050

Pub Quiz and Raffle

This fundraiser is to raise money for donation to the Cambodia kids project where Amanda Fitzgerald and Emma fisher are volunteering during the siem reap puppet parade and the Indonesia Animal rescue where I am going to volunteer for a month after.

STRAND HOTEL, lIMERICK

TICKETS: €10

November 6th at 8PM

Designing Set and Puppets for Gulliver's Travels

15 Dec (11:00), 16 Dec (19:00), 17 Dec (11:00), 18 Dec (15:00)

at Mermaid Arts Centre

This Christmas be the first to witness this brand new adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s fantastical adventure Gulliver’s Travels. It is also the first co-production of Wonderland Productions and Mermaid Arts Centre. Specially made for a family audience, six actor-musicians will use original song, puppetry, dance and video projection to bring the amazing voyages of Lemeul Gulliver to life. Music, fun and adventure awaits you as Gulliver meets the tiny people of Liliput, the great giants of Brobdingnag and the savage yahoos and talking horses of Houyhnhnm land. Adapted and directed by Artistic Director Alice Coghlan in collaboration with musician, composer and performer

Puppet Portal

Emma starts back as Limericks puppeteer in residence as part of the Puppet Portals second residence which starts up next wednesday with 5 puppeteers across the country working for 10 weeks. The project aims to help counter the isolation that children can feel when they are hospitalized by connecting them to a wider community in a shared creative conversation. It aims to facilitate children in accessing their own creativity and using this resource to help them better cope with being in hospital. The project offers artists the chance to share ideas and to work as part of a team as well as developing their own practice in a fascinating and challenging setting.

SOH gets 4 stars in Irish Theatre Magazine and Reviewed in irish Times

"A visually intriguing set designed by Emma Fisher provides physical representations of the onstage themes. Coloured ribbons extend long and plentifully from an old typewriter. Flashes of red, yellow and purple as they move, changing the dimensions of the space. All elements coalesce in this intimate glance at the workings of our human hearts. " Irish Theatre Magazine http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Dublin-Fringe.aspx?review=13

"A visually engaging study of revenge" Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0914/1224278818669.html

Soh

Time	11 September at 18:30 - 17 September at 19:30
Location	Smock Alley Theatre
More info	http://www.fringefest.com/event/soh This is a play about people. They meet. They try. Some talk good hellos, but some talk better goodbyes. Some hope for some small part in another’s dreams. ...Meet the Watt family - George, a charming, charismatic radio announcer, and his two step-daughters Sophie and Emily. But then there is also Will, and he’s trying to burst his way into their lives. Love, promise and beauty soon reveal hidden reasonings and menacing motives. This is a play about love missed and love messed, love made and love broken. A new work from Spilt Gin Theatre (creators of Andy Warhol's Nothing Special). Written by James Hickson,directed by Maeve Stone, lighting design by Katherine Graham, set design by Emma Fisher, sound design by Gareth Averill. _____________________________________ Preview: Saturday 11th September Dates: 12th - 17th September Time: 6.30pm Price: €13/10 (€9 Preview) ABSOLUT Fringe Bookings: www.fringefest.com 1850 FRINGE | 1850 374643 Box Office: Filmbase, Curve St. Templebar