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Winners

Leoniepony — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:51:48 +0000

Whoop Whoop! We won Best Dance Show at the Adelaide Fringe this year. What a thrill.

Thanks and praise to Arts Projects Australia, our producers in the UK Dep Arts and to Culture Ireland who supported us financially and of course to all our families and friends who support us in every other way possible. We are very honoured and grateful x x

Audtions for ponydance

Leoniepony — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:46:36 +0000

We have lots of stuff coming up so need to get more ponies. We need dancers with strong commercial/contemporary/performance ability. Please send your CV and photos/video clips to leoniepony@hotmail.com Auditions will be by invite on March 30th and 31st in Dublin. Spread the word x

Adelaide Fringe Festival Gigs

Leoniepony — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:23:47 +0000

Ponydance_Postcard v3

Well we are doing heaps in Adelaide! We perform “Where did it all go right?” in The Stag Hotel and the The King’s Head Hotel, we make an appearance in the Fringe Parade on Feb 24th, do a short piece in the Fringe Club on Feb 25th and at the Fringe Caravan on Rundle Mall on Tuesday 28th, a roving piece in “Barrio” the purpose built venue for the Adelaide Festival Club late on Sat 3rd and Sun 4th March and rock it out with “Anybody Waitin’?'” in WOMAD form the 9th-12th of March. Busy, wha! See link below for tickets to “Where did it all go right?”

http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/search?q=ponydance&venue=&date_from=&date_to=&genre%5B%5D=&type=&go=Search

MAC Launch

Leoniepony — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:25 +0000

On panel with Owen McCafferty, Duke Special, myself, Gillian Mitchell and Mariella Frostrup

The official launch of the brand new 18 million pound Metropolitan Arts Centre – MAC

was a very swish affair in the lavish surroundings of the Harbour Commissioners Office.

There was opening speeches by First Minister Peter Robinson, Deputy First Minister Martin

McGuinness and the Director of the Arts Council Bob Collins.

Then Mariella Frostrup who presents for the BBC was the host for the panel discussions with

a small selection of Northern Irelands “top” performers and artists. in the second panel alongside

Duke Special (a singer/musician, mucker will have heard of him) and Owen McCafferty

(Northern Ireland’s greatest living playwrite) was Leonie McDonagh, Artistic Director

of ponydance! She was witty, charming, not to mention very intelligent and glamorous

and the most entertaining speaker of the afternoon.. slight exaggeration, but enough about me.

Praise of the hour goes to the MAC team, Anne McReynolds, Gillian Mitchell, Áine McVerry, Christine Bowen,

Caroline Rooney, Maeve Lewis… and they are just the ones I know… who have made this happen.

It really is something special. I’m overwhelmingly proud to be part of it. Our new show Straight to DVD is going

to rock! Buy your tickets now http://themaclive.com/whats-on/straight-to-dvd/

Upcoming gigs

Leoniepony — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Where did it all go right?

The Junction in Cambridge… Tuesday 7th Feb at 7pm www.junction.co.uk

The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal… Wednesday 8th Feb at 7.30pm www.breweryarts.co.uk

Ireland’s newest popstar!

Leoniepony — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:59:50 +0000

She’s about to kick off a tour of the U.K. and watch out for her upcoming television appearances. Everybody is talking about her, it’s Sinnead – watch her brand new video and buy her brand new single and a tracksuit from her brand new range and some perfume coming soon too! Video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDGCyNzP4dQ

Sinnead - Gotta tell you.... new single out now!

A new commission

Leoniepony — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:50:32 +0000

so yea, it’s happening. The ’I-move’ project, part of the Cultural Olympiad in Yorkshire has commissioned us to bring an outdoor show to six major towns and cities across Yorkshire next summer. This commission couples up with the one from the MAC Belfast. Exciting stuff! We’ll be making loads of new material. I’m gonna ask Justin Bieber to write the music.

I-Move

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Winner!

Leoniepony — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:20:39 +0000

Amy Conroy won Best Female Performer at the Dublin Fringe for her role in The Eternal Rising of the Sun. I take all the credit of course.

The Alices, now on during the DTF

Well done Amy, deserved win. And by the way everyone – I heart Alice heart I also by Amy Conroy is currently running in the Dublin Theatre Festival. That show won two awards at last years fringe. This woman is gonna take over the world and I’m going with her. http://dublintheatrefestival.com/programme/strands.asp?StrandID=15

We are in a magazine wha’

Leoniepony — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:46:52 +0000

Have a look at this;September’s issue of luscious Image magazine. This Derek O’Connor talks complete and utter accuracy. He is also multi-talented, check out http://www.youtube.com/user/dorismagee

Image Magazine Sept 2011

see this at the Dublin Fringe

Leoniepony — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:42:59 +0000

The Eternal Rising of the Sun

I did some work with Amy Conroy on her new show. She is more than moderately talented, I can tell you that much. Go see this show, it will bring you to your knees, then catapult you up again, well that’s what we were doing in rehearsals anyway. It runs from tomorrow Friday 9th until next Saturday 17th in The Cube in The Project Arts Centre. Go to the Fringe website, the link is below. Go Go Go!
I heart HotForTheatre.
Here is the link – http://www.fringefest.com/event/eternal-rising-of-the-sun