October 2015
September 2015
Late August 2015
August 2015
June & July 2015
More Thank You letters...
I'm building up quite a collection of these now, but nonetheless, they're never expected and by no means come from every single project or workshop I give - which makes them all the more touching when they do come in. I know that they're often teacher-instigated, but the drawings and valient writing attempts never fail to put a final warm glow to a project. The letter where a child outright...
Community Artist in Residence at Coast Festival, Banff
Craobh nam Miann - Wishing Tree Project @ Coast Festival, Banff, Aberdeenshire... So for the last two weeks, I've been honoured to have been Community Artist in Residence at Coast Festival... I've never worked harder or longer hours, creating a nearly 2m tall 3D Wire Sculpted Wishing Tree whilst also delivering 6 Community Lantern-Making workshops. It has been one of the most beautiful...
Scottish Storytelling Centre!
Fantastic day at Scottish Storytelling Centre with totally sold out Gaelic Goldilocks event! Many thanks to the 30+ parents & children who came and especially to the centre for taking such lovely photos! Now to work on Big Gaelic Beasties & Adventures with the Gaelic Tree Alphabet for Blas Festival in September! Taing mhòr mhòr a-rithist do Arthur Cormack & High Life Highland...
May 2015
Ariel's going to be at the great Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh this month!
The Real Goldilocks Tale!
Do you want to find out the real story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? What about the lesser-known Purplilocks, or Goldilock's other brothers and sisters with her on that fateful trip to the Bears' House?
Gaelic storyteller Ariel Killick leads an...
March 2015
March ended up being a much busier month than planned, and though I often receive hugely strongly positive feedback, this month's collective of workshop evaluation forms and feedback stands out, with teacher comments such as "Amazing afternoon of active learning"... "Ariel will increase the number of children who would be interested in developing their Gaelic language skills". With student...
January 2015
What a year 2014 was! I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work on many wonderful projects this year, starting with another fantastic circus skills, storytelling &
December 2014
Well it's been a busy time already with the Downpatrick Christmas Lantern-Making & Parade project just finished in Northern Ireland. Down District Council were the lovely people who once decscribed me in print as 'One of Ireland's leading Stilt Performers', so it was nice to return after three years and take not only Araya but deliver a series of community engagement workshops as well....
Late November
A fantastic image just received recently from the Paisley Mòd Legacy Halloween Parade Project 2014 with the outstanding cast from PACE Youth Theatre. The image captures perfectly their energy, spirit and just how much both they enjoyed the project and were a pleasure for me to work with. As my third time working with teeenagers in this age group, it was truly a delight from beginning to end...
Mid November 2014
Tar éis beagnach dhá bhliain, tharla an sàrthionscadal Rap Idir-Ghaelach i gCorcaigh, agus mise is Ruairidh Greumach, drumadóir ón mbanna cáiliúil leictreonach Gàidhlig, Niteworks, agus ar múinteoir Gàidhlig agus file freisin é, ag taisteal go Corcaigh le bheith ag obair leis na sàr-rapadóirí Gaeilge, Bubba Shakespeare & GMC.
D'éirigh chomh maith sin leis an...
November 2014
Bhí mí na Samhna dochreidte gnóthach i mbliana! Tháinig deis iontach i mo threo freisin le cuairt mhalairte chuig Tuaisceart Éireann agus Dún na nGall tríd an gclár iontach CeangalG, ar tionscnamh é atá maoinithe ag an Aontas Eorpach faoin gclár INTERREG IVA, chun cabhrú leis an gcomhoibriú idir lucht labhartha an dá theanga Cheilteacha a chur chun cinn agus an...
October 2014 - Halloween!
The National Mòd may be over, but an exciting new legacy project from last year's highly successful Paisley National Mòd has just begun!
Ariel performed at the opening of last year's Opening Procession for the Paisley National Mòd, and is delighted to be now working in partnership with Renfrewshire Council to deliver a exciting series of bilingual Gaelic workshops in Stiltwalking,...
October - Mòd Week!
What a week the Mòd Fringe was! While I could easily wallpaper two houses with the amount of press clippings I garned over my 12 years in Ireland with my work, it's fair to say neither my solo stilt performance work or the attendant press coverage has come anywhere as quickly in Scotland. Until now. With some 9 images of my work appearing in Scottish newspapers over Mòd Week (that I know...
8th October 2014
Independent State of Happiness proudly presents its program of Bilingual Gaelic Street Theatre, Circus & more at the Royal National Mòd & Inverness Street Theatre Festival! I am deeply grateful to An Comann Gàidhealach & all its sponsors for their support for professional Gaelic street theatre, spectacle & circus and look forward to meeting all those who've worked so hard...
July 2014
