Men complain about not have a day of celebration all to themselves, but as us women reply — every day is Men’s Day!
International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women’s achievements locally, nationally and internationally and in Kilkenny on March 8 next a series of events will take place to do just that.
A wonderful evening of film, song and theatre will take place in the Set Theatre beginning at 5.30pm with a film of Feminist Fairy Tales read by Susie Lamb, Geraldine Plunkett and Dorothy Cotter.
Following Feminist Fairy Tales, Barnstorm Theatre Company in association with Trish Brennan of the Barn Owl Players, kindly supported by Kilkenny Arts Office present ‘Women in Our Lives’ — an evening of Playback Theatre. A unique form of theatre, where there is no script, but stories are told and they are immediately made into theatre. The performance involves, a group of actors, a musician, a conductor and a ‘cloth tree’ and is both entertaining and moving. The theme for this event is the celebration of Women in our lives and what they mean to us.
The evening will finish with performances by Thuloko Gospel choir, Kilkenny Music Academy and Lisdowney Choral group interspersed with women from the business, local, sports and voluntary communities telling their stories.
All the activities taking place through out the day are open to all, men and women, young and old. The day is about celebrating the women in your life. It is a day to remember the achievements of those brave women of the past, to celebrate the achievements of the women in our lives today and to look to the future for our daughters, granddaughters, sisters and nieces.
But it is also about accepting that the rights of very many women in Ireland and worldwide are not met and that we, as a community, recognise that we must do more to remove the inequalities that still exist for women worldwide
Kilkenny Women’s Network are also hosting a lunch to celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8 in the Ormonde Hotel.
The guest speaker is Maureen Forrest from the Hope Foundation. Lunch costs €20 with all proceeds going to the charity.
To see the days full event programme visit www.kilkennynetwork.com OR see the Community and Enterprise page on www.kilkennycoco.ie
