Talented Kate (12) to feature on television show seeking big ideas that could save the planet
Carlow's Kate Buter with YouTube star Adam Beales on the RTE2 show 'What's Next?'
A CARLOW girl is on a mission to find the next big thing that just might save the planet, in an inspiring new RTÉ show called
Kate Butler (12) from Barrowville, Kilkenny Road, Carlow stars in the series, which pits children from across Ireland against one another in a competition to come up with the next big idea that could save the planet.
Helping them develop the ideas are influencers Adam Beales, Demi Isaac Oviawe and MC Fitzpatrick, while their ideas are judged by Ireland’s own young genius inventor Fionn Ferreira.
Each episode will focus on a different theme, such as fashion, food, waste, transport and homes, with Kate featuring in the transport episode and coming up with an ingenious idea – Food Fuel Scooters –turning yesterday’s leftovers into tomorrow’s journey to school.
The series culminates in an exciting showdown as the top ideas compete to be named series 1 champions, win the golden brainbox and get an opportunity to present their idea to a mystery millionaire investor.
Will Carlow come out on top?
A first-year student at St Leo’s College, Carlow, Kate is the daughter of David and Paula Butler and has an older brother Noel, who are all very proud of Kate’s appearance and terrific success on
It is a busy time for Kate, who is also a member of Spotlight Stage School and is part of its opening performance for the on Friday 6 December and a member of the cast for this year’s Olympia Christmas panto .
Kate is also represented by SRL Talent Management, run by Carlow’s Shauna Ray Lacey.
by HopSkip Studios is produced with support from RTÉ, Coimisiún na Meán and Northern Ireland Screen.
The six-part series is currently running on RTÉ2 every Thursday at 5.30pm and is also available to view on the RTÉ Player.
