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Before

A new play with much music by Pat Kinevane
From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good.  Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years.  He will meet her in an hour.  This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street.  Some folk are impossible to buy for…
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Before was commissioned by Fishamble and has been in development with the support of the Arts Council, National Theatre Studio (London), Pavilion Theatre, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Georganne Aldrich Heller, Robert Leroy, and The Strollers Touring Network. 

'You fight back tears. Of course you do. It’s Kinevane - a rare and truly compelling talent'
★★★★★ The Herald, Scotland

'..another profoundly affecting tour de force from Kinevane.'

★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

‘Kinevane’s performance works like a spell… a real showstopper'
★★★★ Irish Times

“extraordinary collaboration... soul-searching, achingly touching gem…'
★★★★ Sunday Times

WINNER: HERALD ARCHANGEL AWARD, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 

​#FishambleBEFORE
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Created By

Written & Performed by Pat Kinevane
Directed by Jim Culleton
Composed by Denis Clohessy
Costume styled by Catherine Condell
Choreographed by Emma O’Kane
Music performed by RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Cathal Synnott
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Photography by Ger Blanch
Stage Managers Tara Doolan & Ger Blanch
Dramaturgy by Gavin Kostick
Produced by Eva Scanlan
With the voices of Clelia Murphy as the Announcer, Kez Kinevane as the Guard, and Alex Sharpe as Aster

Before by Pat Kinevane

€7.00 - €15.00

Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2018


From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour. This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street. Some folk are impossible to buy for…


'You fight back tears. Of course you do. It’s Kinevane - a rare and truly compelling talent'

★★★★★ The Herald, Scotland


'a real showstopper'

★★★★ Irish Times


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Tour Dates 2020

5 - 9 Feb
BLACKWATER FIT UP FESTIVAL
12-13 Aug
THEATRE ROYALE, Waterford
18 - 19 Sept
PAVILION THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire
24 - 25 Sept
WATERGATE THEATRE, Kilkenny
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4 Dec
AXIS, Ballymun
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Fishamble and Pat Kinevane

Fishamble produced Pat Kinevane’s first play The Nun’s Wood in 1998, followed by his second play The Plains of Enna in 1999. Fishamble is very proud to have commissioned, developed, and produced three solo plays written and performed by Pat, which continue to tour extensively.  They are Forgotten (since 2006), Silent (since 2011), Underneath (since 2014), and Before (Since 2018), all directed by Jim Culleton. The plays have been performed in over 60 venues throughout Ireland. In 2019 Pat Kinevane won a Herald Archangel Award for 'sustained and excellent' contribution to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Silent has won Olivier, Helen Hayes, Fringe First, Herald Angel and Argus Angel awards, and Underneath won Fringe First, LA Stage Raw and Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre awards, and was nominated for Offie/Off West End and Total Theatre awards.  The productions have toured throughout Europe, with partners including Dance Base (Edinburgh), Soho Theatre (London), CCI (Paris), Prague Fringe Festival, Lokal Festival (Reykjavik), International Theatre Festival (Sibiu), Tron Theatre (Glasgow), Cymru Theatr Clwyd, Irish Festival (Oulu), GLAS (Geneva), Home (Manchester), INFANT Festival (Novi Sad), Brighton Festival, Hotbed Festival (Cambridge), nu:write (Zagreb), and to Leuven, Kaiserslautern, Trabzon, and all across Bulgaria. In the US, in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller, they were presented by the Irish Arts Center, New York, and in Boston Center for the Arts, the Source Theatre in Washington D.C. and the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. In Australia, Silent toured with APA to Perth and Melbourne, and Underneath toured to Adelaide. The Pat Kinevane Trilogy continues to tour extensively in Ireland and abroad

Reviews

'You fight back tears. Of course you do. It’s Kinevane - a rare and truly compelling talent'
★★★★★ The Herald, Scotland

‘Kinevane’s performance works like a spell… a real showstopper, heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.’
★★★★ Irish Times
 
'Packs a hefty punch...[Kinevane is] a theatrical master craftsman’
★★★★ The Scotsman
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'extraordinary collaboration... soul-searching, achingly touching gem… [Kinevane is] a treasured force in Irish theatre.'
★★★★ Sunday Times

‘a singular pleasure’ 
★★★★ Sunday Business Post

‘blows you away… Kinevane really shines… a rare privilege to watch... Well worth seeing’
★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
 
'Pat Kinevane is a truly incredible performer, whose ability to reach into the darkest depths of human emotion and speak out for those marginalised in society is what truly elevates him as a masterful storyteller and a must see at any opportunity.' ★★★★ TN2 Magazine
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‘Incomparable… with boundless, heroic energy… he sings like a god… superb… Kinevane displays a complete, perfect mastery of his actor’s instrument… don’t miss this show.'
LA Times
'...an extraordinary tour de force... It is nothing less than a privilege to witness this unique talent in a show that is utterly singular and steeped in surprise. With the power to make you laugh, cry, think and feel, Before is fabulous physical theatre.'
★★★★★ The Wee Review

'...another profoundly affecting tour de force from Kinevane.'

★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

‘one of the most beautiful shows I’ve seen in a long time… shows us true theatre craftmanship is still alive and well… an absolute joy to watch… strongly recommended.’

★★★★ ½ Arthur’s Seat

​​‘often hilarious…mind blowingly brilliant…flashes of genius…a truly remarkable performer’ 
TheArtsReview

‘[a]distinct brand of intimate virtuosity’
Irish Independent

‘a raging plea to see the world in terms beyond black and white’
Sunday Independent

‘A great solo-work.… powerful.’
U.S Theater, Opera and Performance

‘Fascinating… shines in ways that only Pat Kinevane can craft… Director Jim Culleton does a superb job …[Before] should delight his fans – and… create some new ones.’
LA Splash ​




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Photographs by Patrick Redmond.

Meet the Team

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​​Pat Kinevane
​Writer & Performer
Pat Kinevane is a native of Cobh, Co. Cork. He has worked as an actor in theatre, film, television and radio for 30 years. ​In 2016 Pat won a Laurence Olivier Award in London for his Outstanding Achievement as an Actor and a Writer this year. This prestigous award was shared with Fishamble and Jim Culleton who have been integral to the Production and Direction of Pat’s three Solo Shows.  As a writer he completed his first full length play The Nun’s Wood in 1997 which won a BBC Stewart Parker Trust Award and was produced by Fishamble. Fishamble then produced his second play The Plains of Enna (Dublin Theatre Festival 1999). Pat wrote The Death of Herod for Mysteries 2000 at the SFX. In 2008 his piece Evangeline Elsewhere premiered in New York in the First Irish Festival.
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Pat has been touring since 2006 with his three solo pieces Forgotten (Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee) and Silent (Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Brighton Argus Angel Award) and Underneath (Scotsman Fringe First and Adelaide Fringe Awards) all produced by Fishamble.
Pat is deeply thankful to Fishamble for all of their work and endless support.
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Denis Clohessy
Composer

​Denis Clohessy has previously worked with Fishamble, including the productions ​On Blueberry Hill, The Pride of Parnell Street, Silent, Underneath, Spinning, Mainstream and Strandline.  He has also produced work for theatre and dance with The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre, Rough Magic, Corn Exchange, Junk Ensemble and many others. He won the Irish Times theatre award for Best Design Sound in 2011 for Rough Magic’s Sodome, My Love, he was a nominee in 2015 (for Junk Ensemble’s ‘It Folds), was an associate artist with the Abbey in 2008 and was a participant on Rough Magic’s ADVANCE programme in 2012.  His work in Film and Television includes the films Older than Ireland (Snack box Films), The Irish Pub (Atom Films), His and Hers (Venom Film), The Land of the Enlightened (Savage Film), In View (Underground Cinema), The Reluctant Revolutionary (Underground Films) and the television series Limits of Liberty (South Wind Blows) performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
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Jim Culleton
Director
Jim Culleton is the artistic director of Fishamble: The New Play Company.  For Fishamble, he has directed productions which have toured throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US.   His productions for Fishamble have won over a dozen Irish and international awards, including an Olivier Award for Silent by Pat Kinevane. Jim has also directed for companies including the Abbey Theatre, Woodpecker/the Gaiety, 7:84 (Scotland), Project Arts Centre, Amharclann de hIde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, The Ark, Second Age, RTE Radio 1, The Belgrade, TNL Canada, Dundee Rep Ensemble, TCD School of Drama, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTE lyric fm, Fighting Words, Origin (New York), Vessel (Australia), and Symphony Space Broadway/Irish Arts Center (New York).  Jim has taught for NYU, NUIM, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, TCD and UCD.

Previous Dates

2019 Touring
​1 Feb: MERMAID ARTS CENTRE, Bray
8 Feb: NENAGH ARTS CENTRE, Nenagh
15 - 16 Feb: CIVIC THEATRE, Tallaght
​21-22 Feb: PAVILION THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire
23 Feb: GARTER LANE, Waterford
11 Apr: ROSCOMMON ARTS CENTRE, Roscommon
27 Apr: RAMOR, Virginia
​2-3 May: AXIS, Ballymun
2 Jun: LISTOWEL WRITERS' WEEK
​4-5 Jun: THE EVERYMAN, Cork
27 June: TOWN HALL THEATRE, Galway
15 - 21 July: FIT UP FESTIVAL, West Cork
2 - 25 Aug: DANCE BASE, Edinburgh, supported by Culture Ireland
14 Sept: PAVILION THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire
19 Sept: DROICHEAD ARTS CENTRE, Drogheda
22 Sept: SHORELINES FESTIVAL, Portumna
25 Sept: CLIFDEN ARTS FESTIVAL, Clifden
4 - 5 Oct: THE IRISH FESTIVAL OF OULU, Oulu, Finland, supported by Culture Ireland
9 Oct: THE DOCK, Carrick on Shannon
11 Oct: MERMAID ARTS CENTRE, Bray
​​15 Oct: BALLINA ARTS CENTRE, Ballina
24 - 25 Oct: BELFAST INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, Belfast
14 Nov - 8 Dec: ODYSSEY THEATER, Los Angeles, USA, supported by Culture Ireland

2018 Strollers Network Tour
5 Oct: Dublin Theatre Festival (Preview)
7 Nov: VISUAL, Carlow
9 Nov: SOURCE ARTS CENTRE, Tipperary
13 Nov: WATERGATE THEATRE, Kilkenny
15 Nov: HAWK'S WELL THEATRE, Sligo
17 Nov: SIAMSA TÍRE, Sligo
19 Nov: SOLSTICE ARTS CENTREe, Navan
21 Nov: LINENHALL ARTS CENTRE, Castlebar
23 - 24 Nov: DRAÍOCHT, Blanchardstown
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