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    • Meet the Team
    • Board & Governance
    • Community Engagement
    • Fishamble Diaries
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  • Productions
    • 2020 Productions
      • On Blueberry Hill
      • Embargo
      • Mustard
      • Pat Kinevane Plays
        • Before
        • Underneath
        • Silent
        • Forgotten
      • Maz and Bricks
    • 30 years of Fishamble
    • A Play for Ireland
      • Playwrights
  • Artist Supports
    • Duets
    • Writing for Performance Workshops
      • FAQs - Writing for Performance Workshop with FeliSpeaks
    • Send Us Your Writing
    • Playwriting Courses
    • New Play Clinic
    • Dramaturgy Development Programme
    • Fishamble New Writing Award
    • Mentoring & Workshops
    • The New Play Conference
    • Show In A Bag
  • Support Fishamble
    • Become a Friend
    • Donate
    • Corporate Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Thank you
  • Tiny Plays
    • Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future
      • FAQs - Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future
    • Tiny Plays 24/7
    • #TinyPlayChallenge
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland and America
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland 2
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland
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Dublin 1, Ireland
D01 NV63

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+353 1 670 4018
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Registered Charity
No. CHY 20103958.
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Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright.
It harnesses the imaginative power of theatre to provide audiences with a diverse range of contemporary, compelling and heartfelt dramatic works, and typically supports over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year.

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OPPORTUNITIES

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Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future

​ESB has joined forces with Fishamble: The New Play Company to set a challenge for the Irish public, and anyone who feels they have a 600-word play in them, to capture what a Brighter Future means for people living in communities across Ireland.

Deadline 1 March 2021
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Send us your writing

Fishamble welcomes online submissions of new, original, dramatic work. In 2021, Fishamble is changing the way it receives new play submissions by creating an online submission system.
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Deadline 30 April 2021

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DUETS open for applications

Building on ten years of successful partnership, Fishamble: The New Play Company, Irish Theatre Institute and Dublin Fringe Festival are joining forces again for DUETS, an artist development scheme that supports theatre makers in the creation of their own tourable productions. This year, we are looking for one pair of artists to combine their skills to create a piece of theatre that can be made and experienced remotely.

Deadline 1 March 2021 
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Writing for Performance Workshop with Felispeaks

Fishamble is joining forces with poet, performer and playwright Felicia Olusanya (Felispeaks) to offer a Writing for Performance workshop. This playwriting workshop will consist of three sessions.The aim of the workshops is to support underrepresented voices in Irish theatre, by providing the training and tools to write for the stage.

Deadline: 7 March 2021

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​Support daring new playwriting and fearless voices. Your support goes directly to artists being paid by Fishamble during these challenging times. ​​

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VIDEOS AND CHATS

Fishamble's Literary Manager Gavin Kostick talks about ESB and Fishamble's Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future callout.
Lighting and Set Designer of Embargo Zia Bergin-Holly talks about the inspirations and processes behind this production.
Hear our TINY PLAYS 24/7 Playwrights talk about their pieces, and watch how Fishamble creates a brand new digital production during a global pandemic. 
With our tour of shows by Pat Kinevane on hold, Pat has teamed up with Alex Sharpe to record a duet from Before. 

NEWS

FISHAMBLE DIARIES


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

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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

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Fishamble was delighted to receive a message from President Michael D Higgins congratulating us on our 30th year. 
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Fishamble Theatre Company is a not for profit organisation and a registered charity with a valid charitable taxation exemption from the Revenue Commissioners. Registered Charity No. CHY 20103958.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet the Team
    • Board & Governance
    • Community Engagement
    • Fishamble Diaries
    • News
  • Productions
    • 2020 Productions
      • On Blueberry Hill
      • Embargo
      • Mustard
      • Pat Kinevane Plays
        • Before
        • Underneath
        • Silent
        • Forgotten
      • Maz and Bricks
    • 30 years of Fishamble
    • A Play for Ireland
      • Playwrights
  • Artist Supports
    • Duets
    • Writing for Performance Workshops
      • FAQs - Writing for Performance Workshop with FeliSpeaks
    • Send Us Your Writing
    • Playwriting Courses
    • New Play Clinic
    • Dramaturgy Development Programme
    • Fishamble New Writing Award
    • Mentoring & Workshops
    • The New Play Conference
    • Show In A Bag
  • Support Fishamble
    • Become a Friend
    • Donate
    • Corporate Membership
    • Sponsorship
    • Thank you
  • Tiny Plays
    • Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future
      • FAQs - Tiny Plays for a Brighter Future
    • Tiny Plays 24/7
    • #TinyPlayChallenge
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland and America
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland 2
    • Tiny Plays for Ireland
  • Calendar
  • Contact
  • Shop