{"id":915,"date":"2026-08-09T22:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/?page_id=915"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:40:31","slug":"puppets-double-bills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/puppets-double-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"18 September 2026 &#8211; Culture Night Puppets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Double-bill event &#8211; Free Entry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bring your own puppet friend!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3989119384072812;width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-2048x1464.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/granny-slamon-850x607.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">6pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Granny and the Salmon of Knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live Puppet Show with puppeteer Carmel Balfe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Show is a current-day account of the folktale The Salmon of Knowledge where granny has<br>discovered that the Salmon of Knowledge is living in her local river and she is out to catch it, sure<br>fishing can\u2019t be that hard! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presented by Little Gem Puppets who are family friendly and have met<br>thousands of children. Their shows are very interactive with a strong emphasis on storytelling.<br>The puppets are curious and colourful and they do love to meet new people. Seen in festivals,<br>theatres, libraries, museums, arts centres and beyond. No two shows are ever the same because<br>every audience arrives with their own version of the story to share with the puppets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suitable for all ages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eugene-lambert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-917\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.500000038083501;width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eugene-lambert.jpg 960w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eugene-lambert-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eugene-lambert-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/eugene-lambert-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">7pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Pulling Strings &#8211; Eugene Lambert (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A documentary by Damien Farrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eugene Lambert entertained Irish audiences all his life. Three generations of Lamberts<br>entertained children week in, week out, in their puppet theatre in Monkstown, Co Dublin. But<br>family businesses can be difficult and the business of puppetry is no exception. In this<br>documentary, Eugene, his wife Mai and their family talk candidly about pushing buttons and<br>pulling strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double-bill event &#8211; Free Entry Bring your own puppet friend! . 6pm Granny and the Salmon of Knowledge Live Puppet Show with puppeteer Carmel Balfe The Show is a current-day account of the folktale The Salmon of Knowledge where granny hasdiscovered that the Salmon of Knowledge is living in her local river and she is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-915","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":931,"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/915\/revisions\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boylefilmclub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}