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‘Drop everything. Book now…captivating, moving, and – yes – even unforgettable.’ The Irish Times
‘incredibly moving and unequivocally beautiful…’ The Scotsman
‘a piece of theatre not easily forgotten’ The Sunday Tribune
‘raw, over-the-top, compassionate performance’ The New Yorker

FORGOTTEN

By Pat Kinevane

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‘Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?’
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A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Forgotten has been a huge international success for Fishamble during the past decade. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly characters living in retirement homes around Ireland.
 
Pat Kinevane’s haunting performance brings to life these sometimes forgotten voices of society.

CRITICS’ CHOICE, Los Angeles Times ​
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Written & Performed by Pat Kinevane
Directed by Jim Culleton
Costume Design by Catherine Condell
Produced by Eva Scanlan

Forgotten/Silent ​by Pat Kinevane

€10.00

Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2011


Includes 2 plays by Pat Kinevane.


FORGOTTEN

A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Forgotten has been a huge international success for Fishamble during the past decade. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly characters living in retirement homes around Ireland.

 

Pat Kinevane’s haunting performance brings to life these sometimes forgotten voices of society.


CRITICS’ CHOICE, Los Angeles Times

Drop everything. Book now…captivating, moving, and – yes – even unforgettable.’ - The Irish Times


SILENT

Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino.


WINNER: Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre OLIVIER AWARD 2016

WINNER: SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST and THE HERALD ANGEL Edinburgh Festival 2011

WINNER: ARGUS ANGEL, Brighton Festival 2012


Click here for the production pages of Silent and Forgotten.

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Reviews

‘Drop everything. Book now…captivating, moving, and – yes – even unforgettable.’
The Irish Times

‘incredibly moving and unequivocally beautiful…’
The Scotsman

‘a piece of theatre not easily forgotten’ 
The Sunday Tribune

‘raw, over-the-top, compassionate performance’ 
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The New Yorker

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 33 years. ​In 2016 Pat won a Laurence Olivier Award in London for his Outstanding Achievement as an Actor and a Writer this year. This prestigious award was shared with Fishamble and Jim Culleton who have been integral to the Production and Direction of Pat’s four 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 four solo pieces Forgotten (Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee) Silent (Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Brighton Argus Angel Award) Underneath (Scotsman Fringe First and Adelaide Fringe Awards), and Before (Herald Archangel Award winner) all produced by Fishamble.
 
Pat is deeply thankful to Fishamble for all of their work and endless support.
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Jim Culleton
Director
Jim Culleton is the Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, for which he has directed productions on tour throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. His productions for Fishamble have won Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First, and Irish Times Best Director awards.  Jim has also directed for the Abbey, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, and Baptiste Programme.  He has directed audio plays for Audible, BBC, RTÉ Radio 1, and RTÉ lyric fm. He has directed for Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua, Mosaic, and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center, New Dramatists, and 59E59 (Off-Broadway), as well as for Trafalgar Theatre Productions on the West End, and IAC/Symphony Space on Broadway.  Jim has taught for NYU, NUI, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, UM, UMD, JNU, and TCD.

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​Aldrich Heller

Co-Producer
​(UK and US Touring)
Georganne Aldrich Heller is the President of Irish Theatre and Film. The company is a not for profit, devoted to presenting the work of Irish playwrights in New York, Ireland, London and Los Angeles. Her credits include the US premiere of Fishamble’s ‘Underneath’ by Pat Kinevane, ‘Remembrance’ with Frances Sternhagen and Milo O'Shea, Pat Kinevane’s ‘Silent’ at Soho Theatre in London, which recently won the Olivier Award, NY Times Critic’s Pick ‘The Last Days of Cleopatra,’ Critic's Choice ‘Who's your Daddy’ by Johnny O’Callaghan, and the US premieres of Fishamble’s ‘Silent’ and ‘Forgotten’ both by Pat Kinevane. Other credits include the Award-winning, site-specific show ‘Ladies and Gents,’ performed in the Toilets in Central Park, Marie Jones ‘Night In November,’ Conor Lovett in Beckett’s ‘Molloy’ and ‘Red Roses and Petrol’ the Feature film starring Malcolm McDowell. She was one of the founders of the Women in Film, and served as the cultural director for the borough of Manhattan in NYC. She is on the Board of the Irish Arts Center in New York, a trustee of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, and a member of the International Woman’s Forum. 

Previous Dates

2022 Irish and European Touring
1 September ESSE Conference 2022, Mainz, Germany
26 September The Everyman, Cork
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2019: Irish and International Touring

20 - 24 Jan: Fit-Up Theatre Festival, Blackwater Valley, Cork​
4 Apr: THEATRE ROYAL, Waterford
​11 Jun: DUNDEE REP THEATRE, Dundee, Scotland, supported by Culture Ireland
​11 Sept: PAVILION THEATRE, Dún Laoghaire

​2018: Irish and International Touring
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Belltable, Limerick
Dundee Rep Theatre, Scotland
Paisley Arts Centre, Scotland
Listowel Writers' Week, Kerry
Ramor Theatre, Virginia
Clonmel Junction Festival, Clonmel
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda

2017: Irish and International Touring
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
The Peacock, Abbey, Dublin
Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
Millbank Theatre
Millbank Theatre
An Grianan

2016: Irish and International Touring
Nenagh Arts Centre, Tipperary
Belltable, Limerick
White Horse, Cork
Draoícht, Blanchardstown
Feile na Bealtaine, Dingle
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Droichead Arts Center, Drogheda
Tron, Glasgow
Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen
Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock

2015: Irish and International Touring
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Backstage, Longford
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
Oulu, Finland
The Everyman, Cork

2014: Irish and International Touring
Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles
The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
Clywd Theatr, Mold
Cavan Theatre Festival, Cavan
Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Offaly

2013: Irish and International TouringThe Dock
The Dock, Leitrim
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Linenhall, Castlebar
Brighton Dome, Brighton
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin 
axi, Ballymun
White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel 
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Theatre Royal, Waterford
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Everyman, Cork
The Grainstore at Ballymaloe

2012: Irish and International Touring
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Community Hall, Cork
The Mill, Dundrum 
Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
​2011: Irish and International Touring
An Glór, Ennis
Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
Tron, Glasgow
St. Angela's College, Sligo
Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr
Ballina Arts Centre
Odyssey Theater, Hollywood

2010: Irish and International Touring
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Irish Arts Centre, New York City
Source Theater, Washington, D.C. 
Sofia, Bulgaria
Smoylan, Bulgaria
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Lovech, Bulgaria
Trabzon, Turkey
Moat Theatre, Naas
GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow
Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork
West Cork Fit-Up Festival, Cork
Pillar Room, Mater Hospital, Dublin

​2009: Irish and International Touring
Shetler Studios, New York
St Mary's Theatre, Clonakilty
Siamsa Tire, Tralee
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Colaise Choilm, Ballincollig
St Louis High School, Rathmines 
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
Holy Trinity Hall, Dunfanaghy
Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Dance House, Dublin
Lókal International Theatre Festival, Iceland
The Gresham Hotel, Dublin

​2008: Irish and International Touring
The Mill Theatre, Dundrum 
Mermaid, Bray
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
The Helix, Dublin
Draiocht, Blanchardstown
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Prague
Sibiu, Romania
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Dance Base, Edinburgh
GAA Playhouse, Cork
Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Belltable, Limerick

​2007: Irish and International Touring
Tinahely Arts Centre,Wicklow 
Dancehouse, Dublin
Dublin Castle, Dublin
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Laois 

​2006: Irish and International Touring
Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin
An Táin, Dundalk
Station House Hotel, Galway 
The Dock, Leitrim 
Millbank Theatre, Rush 
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
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        • Before
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        • Underneath
      • The Treaty
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    • Tiny Plays for Ireland
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