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News 2021
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The Little Mermaid: Gaiety Theatre
NOVEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022
Huge congratulations to our fabulous BBKs who have been cast in the Gaiety Panto The Little Mermaid’. The role of ‘Flounder’ will be shared by FREDDY CORNALLY and ALEXANDER BELLINTANI appearing alongside ANNA KELLY, CARLY KANE, SOPHIE O’TOOLE, AYANA O’ CALLAGHAN, LANA RICE, NIINA MULLINS McSHEA, ZOE BELLE O’CONNOR, ROBYN FARRELLY, GRACE DALTON, DANIELLE O’NEILL, CHLOE DALY and POPPY DEANS. This year sees the Billie Barry Kids feature in their 50th consecutive panto! What a celebration! The panto is directed, choreographed and written by past pupil DARYN CROSBIE, musical director PETER BECKETT and features past pupils LINZI COWAP, AISLING BREEN and CIAN O’SULLIVAN. |
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Three Christmas CommercialNOVEMBER 2021
Huge congratulations to our boy JAKE FARMER who features in the Three Christmas TV commercial . This comes in the middle of his comedy TV series shoot! (news TBA). |
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Nenagh Children's Film Festival
OCTOBER 2021
Big Congratulations to our fab student DARRAGH MALONE on receiving this award from the Nenagh Children’s Film Festival for ‘Best Voice Over’ for The Day Henry Met The Moon. This award-winning animation series from WIGGLYWOO PRODUCTIONS is shown on NickJr and RTEjr and features Darragh as the voice of Henry in all 3 Series. |
If Walls Could Talk
SEPTEMBER 2021
Congratulations to our super student LILYANNE BRIDGEMAN filming ‘If Walls Could Talk’, a web series to be shown in October. The project was funded by Creative Ireland and Galway County Council and filmed in Athenry Castle. |
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Barnardos Cookbook
September 2021:
Fantastic photos of our gorgeous students LOLA O’CALLAGHAN and CIARÁN KENNY at the launch of the Barnardos Cookery Book with Paul O’Connell. The book, in aid of the Barnardos charity, is on sale in ALDI supermarkets. Well done Lola and Ciaran!
Fantastic photos of our gorgeous students LOLA O’CALLAGHAN and CIARÁN KENNY at the launch of the Barnardos Cookery Book with Paul O’Connell. The book, in aid of the Barnardos charity, is on sale in ALDI supermarkets. Well done Lola and Ciaran!
Big Bass Drum
JULY 2021:
SO EXCITED and very proud to share this fantastic performance ‘THE BIG BASS DRUM’ from our senior students with stunning choreography and creativity from our super star teacher LOUISE BOWDEN. Louise’s words...
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all my senior students for their pure unadulterated love of dance. Your energy and passion for movement is what drives me to be a better teacher and to create work that will challenge and inspire you. You're all my inspiration! Especially through what has been a crazy tough year for you all in so many ways.
I get to choreograph for the best students around and every single week I see your talent grow and blossom. You are hard working, brilliant, talented, exceptional human beings. You make our jobs as teachers such a pleasure. What has astounded me the most is that you learned this entire routine through zoom. We only met once outdoors the week before we had to shoot this video. An impossible task some might say but not for our senior students. You were on it, you delivered a truly world class performance and now everyone gets to see that hard work, passion and talent on screen and I couldn't be more proud of you all! Thank you for being the best! Xxx”
Beautiful inspiring words from our Westend leading lady, delivering top class professional tuition to our wonderful students. Huge congratulations Louise, take a bow seniors, this is fabulous! We applaud you all.
Huge thanks to Chris Dylus and Jacek Snochowski of Fruit Frame for the wonderful video.
(We do not own the rights to this song. No copyright infringement intended).
SO EXCITED and very proud to share this fantastic performance ‘THE BIG BASS DRUM’ from our senior students with stunning choreography and creativity from our super star teacher LOUISE BOWDEN. Louise’s words...
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all my senior students for their pure unadulterated love of dance. Your energy and passion for movement is what drives me to be a better teacher and to create work that will challenge and inspire you. You're all my inspiration! Especially through what has been a crazy tough year for you all in so many ways.
I get to choreograph for the best students around and every single week I see your talent grow and blossom. You are hard working, brilliant, talented, exceptional human beings. You make our jobs as teachers such a pleasure. What has astounded me the most is that you learned this entire routine through zoom. We only met once outdoors the week before we had to shoot this video. An impossible task some might say but not for our senior students. You were on it, you delivered a truly world class performance and now everyone gets to see that hard work, passion and talent on screen and I couldn't be more proud of you all! Thank you for being the best! Xxx”
Beautiful inspiring words from our Westend leading lady, delivering top class professional tuition to our wonderful students. Huge congratulations Louise, take a bow seniors, this is fabulous! We applaud you all.
Huge thanks to Chris Dylus and Jacek Snochowski of Fruit Frame for the wonderful video.
(We do not own the rights to this song. No copyright infringement intended).
Summer Workshops 2021
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JULY 2021:
A FANTASTIC three weeks of SUMMER WORKSHOPS thanks to our hugely creative and hard working team at the BBSS. The challenges of planning and replanning continue but we’re still very much alive and well and keeping the show on the road. A wonderful 3 weeks in the great outdoors! Bravo! Huge thanks to Louise Bowden, Linzi Cowap, Robyn Hargadon Carla Purdue, our incredibly supportive parents and most importantly our fabulous BBKs. WATCH THE VIDEO > |
Get Down - Dance Track
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JULY 2021:
Huge congratulations to our fabulous past pupil DONNA BISSETT on her success with her dance track ‘GET DOWN’. It is now featuring on the Lifestyle sports commercial which airs nightly during ‘Love Island’. Watch video HERE > |
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TV Comedy Series
JULY 2021:
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND BREAK A LEG to our fantastic student JAKE FARMER who has been cast in a leading role for a new comedy series! The series will be filmed over the next 26 weeks on location in London, Belfast and Dublin. Jake starts filming mid July. |
'The Lighthouse' - Everyman Theatre, Cork
JUNE 2021:
Congratulations to our two fine actors FREDDY CORNALLY who will play young James Ramsey and DANIELLE O’NEILL who will play young Cam Ramsey in the voiceover section of the world premier of Virginia Wolfe’s ‘THE LIGHTHOUSE’. The production was video streamed on demand from the Everyman Theatre Cork on Friday 25th June to Sunday 27th June as part of the Cork midsummer festival. |
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Magical Leaders educational programme
JUNE 2021:
CONGRATULATIONS to our fabulous student ISABELLE BELLINTANI who was cast for some quite intense voiceover work for ‘Magical Leaders’, an exciting, innovative educational program for pupils in 5th and 6th Class, developed by Zeeko Education and sponsored by Enterprise Ireland. |
Garage TV
JUNE 2021:
Delighted to hear that our fabulous student Marley Peig will be performing on Garage TV on 12th June as part of Cruinniú na nÓg a national day of free creative activities for children and young people .. well done Marley Peig. |
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EMMY Nomination for Angela’s Christmas Wish
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to all at Brown Bag Films and our fabulous student BRENDAN MULLINS (who is the voice of ‘Pat’) on the double Emmy nomination for ‘Angela’s Christmas Wish’.
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Well done Disney Movie Disenchanted
JUNE 2021:
How amazing to have five of our fabulous past pupils feature as dancers in Disney’s DISENCHANTED currently filming in Ireland. What a fantastic gig! Huge congratulations CARL MAGUIRE, DANIEL ’CHEECH’ MAGUIRE, RUTH DEVINE, CHRISTEN MOONEY and GEORGINA DONOVAN. |
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The Day Henry Met the Moon
JUNE 2021:
CONGRATULATIONS to DARRAGH MALONE who won the best voiceover for 'The Day Henry Met the Moon' at the Nenagh Children’s Film Festival. Darragh is the voice of Henry in this hugely successful animation series from Wiggleywoo. Currently on air on RTÉjr, Nick Jr. UK, Australia and international, and in more than 177 countries! Ain’t no stoppin Darragh! |
A Mother’s Gift - Short Documentary by Cara Gaynor
MARCH 2021:
Huge congratulations to our past pupil CARA GAYNOR on her huge success with her documentary ‘A MOTHERS GIFT’. Cara who is a final year directing major at The National Film School IADT has won the Jury’s Special Award for BEST DOCUMENTARY at the Europe Film Festival U.K and BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR at the New York Indie Shorts Awards. The documentary was screened at their online event from March 29th - April 7th. The documentary called ‘A MOTHERS’S GIFT’ was filmed in 2020 just before the first lockdown. “Three business women share the highs and lows of keeping a family tradition alive in modern day Dublin”. It features Billie Barry Stage School Director Lorraine Barry and junior and senior students of the school. |
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Mr. Malcolm’s List - Untitled Entertainment 2021
MARCH 2021:
Congratulations to our student KATIE FARMER who has been cast in this period drama being filmed in Ireland from March 2021. Katie is featuring alongside past pupils Carl Maguire, Ruth Devine and Cian O’Sullivan. |
Hazel Doupe
MARCH 2021:
Huge congratulations to our fabulous past pupil HAZEL DOUPE who has won the Aer Lingus Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival for her performance in the title role for the short film ‘KATHLEEN WAS HERE’. See video link HERE > Hazel is currently featuring in the role of ‘Ingrid’ in the hugely successful RTÉ drama ‘Smother’ |
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BLUE - Film Festival, Riverbank Arts Centre
MARCH 2021:
Big congratulations- to our students Carly Kane, Saoirse Fitzsimons and Luke Freeman who feature in the short film Blue directed by Megan Devaney. Blue was screened as part of the Film Festival at the Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge in March. |
Cartoon voiceovers
MARCH 2021:
How amazing !!! These two fabulous students Darragh Malone and Clodagh Kane have been working together on the hugely successful animation series MYA GO since 2012! The cartoon from Piranha Bar, directed by Alan Foley, features Darragh Malone in the role of Tommy Stop and Clodagh Kane in the roles of Sophie Play and Zoe Share. Originally both were cast in the pilot series in 2012. Clodagh’s voice from the original theme tune is still used today. They started recording series 1 in 2017 which had 104 episodes and they are currently recording series 2! Even during these uncertain and difficult times these two fine actors have been so lucky to keep working! Things are a little different as they go to the recording studio just one at a time with the director on Skype! Both Darragh and Clodagh have also featured prominently on other hugely successful animation series. Clodagh plays the voice of Nelly on the RTEjr and CBeebies series NELLY AND NORA while Darragh is the voice of Henry in THE DAY HENRY MET now in its 4th series and broadcast on RTÉ jr and to 178 countries on Nick jr! The two are best friends having shared so many great experiences together within the BBSS. They are amongst the nicest, hardworking, reliable and genuinely gorgeous students in the school! |
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