What does a brighter future mean to you?
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Three ‘Tiny Plays’, consisting of just 600 words, have been produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company, as part of our Tiny Plays For a Brighter Future challenge, in partnership with ESB.
Three of the ten shortlisted playwrights, Signe Lury, Eva-Jane Gaffney, and Niall Murphy, have had their work produced, staged, and filmed by Fishamble at the O’Reilly Theatre on Great Denmark Street, Dublin. The challenge invited writers to imagine what a brighter energy future means to them, and to capture that in a 600-word play. Over 350 submissions were received. Shortlisted Plays: The New Friday by Grace Collender Bedtime by Aoife Delany Reade A Journey by Eva-Jane Gaffney Salvage by Joanne Hayden Cáithnín by James Ireland Selfish by Signe Lury Come on you Boys in Green by Barry McStay Our Turn by Niall Murphy Turf Smoke by Conall Ó Beoláin Big Little Changes by Sarah-Jane Scott Selection Panel: Jim Culleton from Fishamble, Bevin Cody from ESB, Manchán Magan, Annabelle Comyn, Gavin Kostick, Hanora Burke, and Jeda de Brí. |
Read the Shortlisted Plays
For ESB, a brighter future starts with a low carbon future, powered by clean electricity. One where air quality is better, energy is sustainable and affordable, communities are thriving and where the future of the planet is safe. With Ireland’s electricity system on a pathway to be carbon free within a generation, and with the growing adoption of electric cars, electric heat pumps and smart home devices, electricity will be a transformative force in the fight against climate change.
‘Tiny Plays for A Brighter Future’ is an opportunity to give creative expression to all points of view in the transition to a low carbon energy future: to look at the choices we all must make to meet our future climate goals, examine how those choices will impact communities across Ireland, and imagine what we want the Ireland of our future to be, through 600-word Tiny Plays.
This call-out was open to all residents on the island of Ireland, and Irish abroad (with the exception of Fishamble & ESB staff). In all of its work, Fishamble seeks to tell the story of Ireland, and to engage with a wide range of communities, through discovering, developing and producing plays by Irish writers, and writers living on the island of Ireland. It aims to reflect contemporary Ireland through bringing a diverse range of voices to the stage, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, or socio-economic background. Fishamble actively encourages submissions from underrepresented and marginalised voices including, but not limited to, people who identify as: BIPOC, members of the Traveller community, neurodivergent people, LGBTQI+ , migrants, and people with disabilities. People of all ages could send in their 600-word Tiny Play. Writers of shortlisted entries are paid €200 each to have their plays published online, and three chosen writers are being paid a further commissioning fee of €800 (so a total of €1,000) to have their play brought to life by Fishamble, who will produce and film multimedia pieces that will be shared online.
‘Tiny Plays for A Brighter Future’ is an opportunity to give creative expression to all points of view in the transition to a low carbon energy future: to look at the choices we all must make to meet our future climate goals, examine how those choices will impact communities across Ireland, and imagine what we want the Ireland of our future to be, through 600-word Tiny Plays.
This call-out was open to all residents on the island of Ireland, and Irish abroad (with the exception of Fishamble & ESB staff). In all of its work, Fishamble seeks to tell the story of Ireland, and to engage with a wide range of communities, through discovering, developing and producing plays by Irish writers, and writers living on the island of Ireland. It aims to reflect contemporary Ireland through bringing a diverse range of voices to the stage, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, or socio-economic background. Fishamble actively encourages submissions from underrepresented and marginalised voices including, but not limited to, people who identify as: BIPOC, members of the Traveller community, neurodivergent people, LGBTQI+ , migrants, and people with disabilities. People of all ages could send in their 600-word Tiny Play. Writers of shortlisted entries are paid €200 each to have their plays published online, and three chosen writers are being paid a further commissioning fee of €800 (so a total of €1,000) to have their play brought to life by Fishamble, who will produce and film multimedia pieces that will be shared online.
Prompts and Inspiration
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Want to write your own Tiny Play? We have some tips and advice from Fishamble's Literary Manager Gavin Kostick.
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