Research

Fishamble features in several publications, theses, and research projects.

Theses and Dissertations include the following:

• Universalizing the abstract: Theatre that bridges cultural gaps in the modern and the postmodern by Phoebe Moore, 2017.
• Pat Kinevane’s Trilogy:Shedding Light on the Marginalised by Kathryn Sinnott, 2018.
• Exploring the Beneficial Effects of Drama in the Irish Prison System by Hollie McHugh, 2019.
• Living on the Fringes the Written Word and the Performance in Pat Kinevane’s Trilogy
  by Sinead O’Brien, 2019 (extract).
• Breaking the Rules and Pushing the Boundaries in Silent by Pat Kinevane by Evelyn O’Sullivan, 2019.
• Voicing the Voiceless Through Theatre: An Exploration of How the Diverse Theatrical Devices Highlight the Societal Issues Expressed in Pat Kinevane’s Silent and Forgotten by Orla Scally, 2019.

Fishamble contributions have been included in the following publications:

• The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance, Palgrave Macmillan, Carysfort Press
• The Power of Laughter, Carysfort Press
• ‘Forgotten by Pat Kinevane’ in Contemporary Irish Plays, Bloomsbury 2015, Ed. Patrick Lonergan
• Fishamble and Deirdre Kinahan: Rethinking Relevance, Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950, Methuen Drama, 2019, Ed. Patrick Lonergan
• ‘Reflecting the Rising: Dublin City Centre’ in CENTENARY: Ireland Remembers 2016, Government Publications, 2018, Ed. Ronan McGreevy
• Irish University Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, November, 2021

National Library Archive

Fishamble’s own living archive is hosted by the National Library of Ireland.

In 2013, to mark the company’s 25th birthday, Fishamble donated its living archive to the National Library. The National Library of Ireland accepted its archive to assist the increasing numbers of students and theatre enthusiasts interested in studying Fishamble’s body of work. This collection comprises complete and draft scripts, production and rehearsal schedules, notes, programmes, flyers and theatrical posters for plays produced by Fishamble.
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