Macnas At Home - Online
A Bram Stoker Festival commission
VENUE: YOUR HOME
Join us and The Boy Explorer and create your own magical world of Macnas at home this Halloween!
The Boy Explorer has returned and he needs your help. He had been wondering how we’d celebrate Halloween this year. Well, he’s come up with a brilliant idea: he’s inviting dreamers of every age, from 0 -100 years old, to use the magic of imagination to bring him and his friends to life.
In another year when a parade isn’t possible, join us for a series of online videos to bring the magic of Macnas right into your home. We'll guide you through the creation of your very own Macnas at home experience! From Creating Your Story, to Mask-making, Movement and Sounds & Drumming, you’ll follow step-by-step as Macnas artists and performers teach you how to create a magical 'Macnas World at Home!'
On Halloween, we invite everyone to upload their creations to social media for the whole world to see!
Credits:
Macnas At Home
A Bram Stoker Festival commission.
Produced by Macnas and Bram Stoker Festival.
Directed by Ruth Meehan.
Filmed & Edited by Allen Kiely.
Bram Stoker Festival is an initiative of Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland. Supported by RTÉ Supporting the Arts.
Macnas is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Galway City Council, Galway County Council and Culture Ireland. Plus our corporate partners: AIB Bank, Smyths Toy Superstores, Connacht Hospitality Group and PWC.
Suitable for all ages. All videos will be captioned in English for deaf/hard of hearing viewers.
Macnas At Home: Episode 1
Episode 1: Creating Your Story
Presented by Victoria McCormack
Welcome to the first video in this special four part series, from magic-makers Macnas! Today Victoria will guide you in ‘Creating Your Story’.
Inspired by the friends and adventures of The Boy Explorer, let your imagination run wild as you start to think about what wonderful, otherworldly character you want to create this Halloween. What do they look like? What’s their name? How do they walk? Where do they come from? Every character needs a backstory! What is yours?
Materials you will need:
Paper
Pencils, crayons etc and lots of imagination!
In Episode 2, we’ll learn all about Movement!
Macnas At Home: Episode 2
Episode 2: Movement
Presented by Judith Higgins & Miquel Barcelo
Welcome to the second video in this special series from magic-makers Macnas! Today Judith and Miquel will guide you in how to bring your character to life using your body!
How does your character move? Does it dance, creep, hop, wobble? Thinking creatively about movement can really bring your magical character to life!
Inspired by the friends and adventures of The Boy Explorer, let your imagination run wild as you start to think about what wonderful, otherworldly character you want to create this Halloween.
In Episode 3, we’ll learn all about making Masks!
Macnas At Home: Episode 3
Episode 3: Mask-Making
Presented by Dave Donovan
Welcome to the third video in this special series, from magic-makers Macnas! Today Dave will guide you in making masks.
Inspired by the friends and adventures of The Boy Explorer, let your imagination run wild as you start to think about what wonderful, otherworldly character you want to create this Halloween.
Masks can be a key part of your character transformation, and are easy to make from things you have at home, with a big impact!
Materials you will need:
A3 sheet of card in the colour of your mask OR two sides of a cereal box!
A4 card in assorted colours OR use a cereal box and have fun painting it bright colours.
Scissors
Pencil
Paper plate (about 9 inch diameter) or a piece of cardboard cut into a circle.
Elastic
Stapler (when stapling, close the staples on the outside of mask to avoid scraping face)
Glue (PVA [takes a while to dry but is washable] or UHU [dries quickly, does not wash out of clothes, tendency to go stringy, and smells a bit] or Copydex [dries faster than PVA, does not wash out of clothes, and smells a bit]).
Materials for decorating the mask, feathers, leaves, string, glitter, paint etc.
Lots of patience!
In our final episode, we’ll learn all about Sounds & Drumming!
Macnas At Home: Episode 4
Episode 4: Sounds & Drumming
Presented by Éimhín Cradock
Welcome to the fourth video in this special series, from magic-makers Macnas! Today Éimhín will guide you in Sounds, Drumming and Body Beats!
You’ve got the moves, you’ve got the look, but now your own personal Hallowe’en celebration needs some beats! Éimhín will teach you how to make sounds and rhythms suitable for any spectacle for your character’s very musical Macnas debut this Hallowe’en.
Inspired by the friends and adventures of The Boy Explorer, let your imagination run wild as you start to think about what wonderful, otherworldly character you want to create this Halloween.
And on Halloween upload your creations to social media using the hashtag #Macnas, for the whole world to see!!!
We’re looking forward to an online procession of magical, mischievous, mysterious and otherworldly characters to celebrate Samhain and Hallowe’en in style!
Today's the day! Happy Hallowe'en!
We hope you have all enjoyed the 4 videos in our special Macnas At Home series and let your imagination run free with The Boy Explorer and his friends Maya, Lumo and Crom.
We are so excited to see such a wonderful online procession of so many magical, mischievous, mysterious and otherworldly characters and creatures.
Thank you for celebrating Samhain with us. Huzzah!
Some of our Favourite Friends
LUMO
Lumo moves like water and is full of joy and mischief.
MAYA
Maya is very earthy and she loves to wiggle and laugh a lot.
CROM
Crom is full of fire, he can be angry and very powerful.
THE BOY EXPLORER
The Boy Explorer is very airy he loves new ideas and chasing butterfly's.