This multidisciplinary arts collaboration is the result of a partnership between Sunday’s Child Theatre Company and Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable in Limerick.
Sunday’s Child Theatre Company was founded by writer and performer Eva O’Connor and director Hildegard Ryan. The pair have worked together for almost a decade, addressing social issues through their work and winning a slew of awards along the way. The aim is to use art and creativity to engage the wider community on the issues of sustainability and climate change
“When Hildy and Eva approached us it was a given that we would support them,” says Louise Donlon, executive director of Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable. At the time she had been working with a consultant to reduce both venues’ carbon footprint. Actress Elaine O’Dwyer and dancer Jean O’Donoghue at the launch of Future Limerick: Climate Arts Festival in People’s Park.
“We saw an opportunity around climate change, empowering communities to live in a more sustainable and efficient way and prompting that conversation,” she says.“The arts sector has a unique capacity to engage people in really complex conversations in a creative way. We saw an opportunity to use that creative platform to reach out and start these conversations and inspire people to take positive actions of their own.
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