The Ark has a range of exciting events taking place tomorrow evening as part of Culture Night 2009.

Take part in visual arts workshops with professional artist, Gina Faustino who previously worked with The Ark during Earth Explorers. With poetic verse for your sail and a walnut shell for your hull, build a Poetry Ark and creatively set sail this Culture Night. The workshops last for 15 minutes and will commence at 5pm; 5.30pm; 6pm; 6.30pm and 7pm.

Award winning dance company junk ensemble will perform excerpts from their exciting dance piece – The Rain Party. Identical twins Megan and Jessica Kennedy dance in wellies, with umbrellas and their goldfish Charlie! Performances are 15 minutes long and will commence at 6.30pm; 7pm; 7.30pm; 8pm and 8.30pm.

Question the director! Eina McHugh, Director of The Ark will answer your questions and welcome your ideas about The Ark at 8pm and 9pm.

Enjoy the exhibition of group art works made by children during Earth Explorers, The Ark's Summer Visual Arts Programme. On display will be a range of art works inspired by themes of nature, many of which use recycled materials. The exhibition will be open from 5pm – 10pm.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at Culture Night tomorrow.

For details on all Culture Night events throughout Dublin, please see http://www.culturenight.ie/

The Ark and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival have teamed up once again to present The Family Season from 3 - 11 October. With four celebrated productions from Denmark, we invite you to step into undiscovered, delightful and memorable places.

Hans Christian, You Must Be An Angel (Gruppe 38 / 3 – 5 October) is an innovative mix of theatre, puppetry, film and special effects for children aged 7+. Join a very surprising dinner party where a variety of fantastic personalities, each a fairy tale character created by Hans Christian Anderson, are celebrating a very special birthday. Gruppe 38 will also bring the darkest of The Brothers Grimm fairy tales, Hansel and Gretel, to hair-raising life in school performances on 8 – 9 October.

Goodbye Mr. Muffin (Teater Refleksion and De Rode Heste / 6 – 7 October) invites you to join a guinea pig as he reflects on his life in his last days. This charming story for ages 6+ is presented in an atmosphere of warmth and humour.

Songs from Above (Teater Refleksion and Teater My / 10 – 11 October) is a magical adventure for audiences aged 2 – 4. Discover what it means to be little in a perfectly remarkable world…

For booking and more information on all Family Season productions please call 01.6707788

The Ark is also preparing for Dublin Culture Night 2009. Free events will run at The Ark, from 5pm – 10pm on Friday 25 September. The Ark will present free visual arts workshops with artist Gina Faustino; a small exhibition of group art works made by participating children and young people from Earth Explorers, Summer Visual Arts Programme 2009; and in the theatre, award-winning company junk ensemble will perform excerpts from The Rain Party.

You can also join Eina McHugh, The Ark’s Director, in conversation where she will answer your questions and welcome your ideas about The Ark. If you’ve ever wondered how The Ark is programmed, join Eina to find out!

We'll be keeping you up to date on the blog with all our developments for Culture Night. We hope to see you in The Ark on Friday 25 September!