babyGROOVE

a smiling baby dressed in yellow with a tiny yellow heart on its cheek

A chilled out 70’s-inspired adventure for babies under 12 months and their adults, full of gorgeous harmony singing specially composed by David Goodall and immersive video created by Conan McIvor.

babyGROOVE is part of the 2022 and 2023 programmes from The Network For Extraordinary Audiences and is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.

For 2023, we were delighted to partner with The Gate Theatre, Dublin as the very first show in their GATECRASHES programme.

babyGROOVE’s 2022 rehearsal residency was a new collaboration with The Foundations of Cognition (FOUNDCOG) project, (a Cusack Lab project) which is a longitudinal observational study designed to investigate the exploratory behavior and visual brain development of infants in their first 2yrs of life. They are a research group of neonatologists, neuroscientists and developmental psychologists located in Trinity College Dublin. The creative consultation sessions during rehearsal were hosted by Trinity in collaboration with FOUNDCOG and The Global Brain Health Institute‘s Creative Brain Week.

2022 rehearsal residency in partnership with

baby reaches for the mouth of a smiling performer dressed in orange. geometric projections light up the darkness behind them

in a space filled with lava lamp type projections, a baby looks up openmouthed at a performer holding a tiny light high above her head

baby in a pink jumper and bibbed skirt sits on a white rug supported by her parent who can be just see behind her in the darkness. The baby is lit by purple projection and watches something off camera intently

smiling baby lit by blue projection light reaches for a tiny light in the hand of a performer

baby in a spotty top lies on a carpet lit up with geometric projections

in a space lit by different coloured light pools, a very serious baby watches a performer in orange move her hand