A Handful of Dreams
All Ages Friday Sept 23rd 4pm & 6pm, Saturday 24th 2pm & 5pm
An Irish explosion of music, dance, and aerial with an electric ensemble of 5 aerial dancers and 2 live musicians.
A Handful of Dreams is an awe-inspiring and heart-warming outdoor show that combines aerial and circus arts with live Irish traditional music and dance. Infusing a specially designed outdoor rig with an ancient magic, this beautiful celebration will connect to the hearts of each audience member while restoring the joy of being alive.
This magical journey connecting to your heart, it will bring you to a new world where we can dance in the sky! The show is inspired by the poem The Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats (1865–1939). Also The Celtic Twilight book that ventured into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. “This handful of dreams,” as the author referred to it, first appeared in 1893.