​Fishamble is an Olivier Award-winning, internationally-acclaimed Irish theatre company, which discovers, develops and produces new work.

​In 2018 Fishamble celebrated 30 years of new plays through its productions and extensive development programme. Fishamble typically supports over 50% of all new plays on the island of Ireland every year.  

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WHAT'S ON

​Fishamble's #TinyPlayChallenge went global!

From March until May, Fishamble set a challenge for residents of Ireland and the Irish abroad, with a weekly prompt. Fishamble then sent a call-out for Tiny Plays from all over the world, with the global prompt of CHANGE.

Over all, over 470 600-word Tiny Plays were submitted during this challenge. A selection of these plays have now been published on the site.
 

​Read our published plays

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VIDEOS AND CHATS

Fishamble's Literary Manager Gavin Kostick will talk a little bit about the global #TinyPlayChallenge, and discuss what makes a good Tiny Play

Pat Kinevane shares his memories of St Patrick's Day from previous years, from childhood to touring with Fishamble around the world. 

Fishamble Artistic Director Jim Culleton wins Best Director, and Denis Clohessy wins won Best Soundscape, for The Alternative by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney, at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards supported by TileStyle!

With our tour of shows by Pat Kinevane currently on hold, Pat has teamed up with Alex Sharpe to record a duet from Before. 

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Make a Donation

If you would like to support Fishamble, please donate here. Your support goes directly to artists being paid by Fishamble during these challenging times. ​​

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ABOUT FISHAMBLE

PRODUCTIONS

ARTIST SUPPORTS

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​Support daring new playwriting and fearless voices

JOIN FISHAMBLE by becoming a Friend, making a donation, or encouraging your company to support Fishamble.

BUY A PLAYWRITING COURSE for someone you care about and support their talent.

GIVE THE GIFT OF THEATRE and buy playscripts of our productions. 

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NEWS

FISHAMBLE DIARIES

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30+ Years of Fishamble

Celebratory Wishes
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For our 30th year, many of our friends and colleagues sent us celebratory messages. It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and hear them share their memories of working with us. 

Sebastian Barry's
​30th Year Speech

We were honoured to have award-winning writer, playwright and Ireland's current Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, give a speech at our 30th year celebrations. 

Fishamble at 30: Playwriting for Ireland by Patrick Lonergan

Fishamble is honoured to share this essay by Patrick Lonergan, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway & Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, Spring 2019, Boston College.

A 30th Anniversary Message from President Michael D. Higgins

Fishamble was delighted to receive a message from President Michael D Higgins congratulating us on our 30th year. 
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