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New Play Clinic

Created in 2010, the New Play Clinic is Fishamble's ongoing initiative to support the dramaturgical development of new plays for production in Ireland. 
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 ​Do you have a new dramatic work lined up for production this year? Would you like help and support in developing your script before rehearsal? The New Play Clinic has supported dozens of new productions for Irish audiences and offers a flexible and focused package for each project. The New Play Clinic also offers payment for professional artists for the development period.
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The New Play Clinic 2020 is supported by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. This supports plays which have definite production plans, at a stage where dramaturgical help can most benefit the process. Every participating theatre artist, who benefits from the initiative, is paid for his/her participation, and receives support from Gavin Kostick and/or another dramaturg from the panel.
***Applications are open all year round. To apply, please read the guinelines below***
We passionately feel that the success [was] in no small way due to our involvement once again in the New Play Clinic…We totally reimagined how we approached this piece as part of the New Play Clinic and this proved vital in how we made the completed piece.
​Louise Lowe, ANU
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What Is On Offer?
The objective of the New Play Clinic is to help maximise the potential of new plays which are scheduled for production in Ireland through practical dramaturgical support. Fishamble seeks to work flexibly with artists in the way most suited to the development of their new work for production. Workshops can be delivered live or online.

Support through the scheme is likely to include:
  • Fishamble hosting a 1-3 day workshop to aid script development
  • Professional rates of pay for key artistic contributors (eg: writer, director, actors) for that workshop period
  • Provision of dramaturgical support
  • If participants need to travel to Dublin or the New Play Clinic is being delivered outside Dublin, the scheme may support travel and accommodation
The artists selected may request the input of an independent dramaturg, through discussion with Fishamble, or choose to work with Gavin Kostick (Literary Manager, Fishamble).

Similarly, the artists may provide performers connected with the project, or may seek Fishamble’s guidance in casting actors for the workshop.
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Important: 
  • New Play Clinic workshops/developmental work will take place in 2020-2021, for works to be given a professional production in 2021-22. Dates of presentation must be scheduled at the time of application. In this instance, a ‘production’ is considered to be any professional presentation open to the general public
  • The definition of ‘new play’ is quite broad: it can be anything from an authored script to physical dance theatre to varieties of post-dramatic work

Who Is It For?
  • Theatre makers working as individuals on a specific project
  • Two or more writers working together or devising in some other manner
  • Professional performance companies that are developing new work to production
  • Presenting organisations that are programming new works and are actively engaged with their development for production

The New Play Clinic Is Not Intended For:
  • New plays in development for presentation outside Ireland
  • Projects for which there is no production yet planned, or production dates confirmed
  • Companies/organisations that already have dramaturgical/similar resources
  • To replace rehearsal, provide non-dramaturgical support for production, or in any way to off-set costs or replace other necessary elements of the production

How To Apply
Interested artists/organisations who meet the above criteria can apply by submitting a statement of interest by email to gavin@fishamble.com with ‘New Play Clinic’ in the subject line. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and are now being accepted.

This statement of interest should briefly include:
  • The nature of the project, including its current status (200 words max)
  • The timeline of development and intention for presentation, including confirmed commitments to produce (100 words max)
  • A statement on the current status of the play, with a sample of up to 8 pages of script/treatment/source material or similar attached
  • The expectation of what would be gained from engaging with Fishamble in this process, and how the New Play Clinic would best serve the artists involved (100 words max)
  • A brief biography (which may include clickable links) of the key people/organisations involved
  • A brief budget outline for the production, including a note of how much of the projected income is confirmed (small excel sheet or similar, one page max)
  • Statement of receipt of Arts Council or other funding, e.g. local authority and, if so, under which scheme

Please keep the statement of interest clear, concise and free from jargon. Fishamble really wants to know the story of the project so far, who you are, what you’re up to and how the scheme can be of most use.

Other Things To Note
  • Previous participants of the New Play Clinic may apply again
  • Public acknowledgement of the process is required at the production stage with the following statement: "Play development has been supported by Fishamble: The New Play Company’s New Play Clinic".
  • All participants will be required to fill out feedback forms evaluating the scheme

New Play Clinic Previous Participants

2019
  • The Spider's House by Roderick Ford
  • New Fish: A Musical by Grace O'Malley
  • Girl Play by The Morrigu Productions
  • Compostela by Miriam Needham
  • Everything I (Don't) Know About Autism by Jody O'Neill
2018
  • The Lost O'Casey by ANU
  • Madam Nonie's Monstrous Proposal by Paul Maher
  • Wringer by Stewart Roche
  • Remember by Sorcha Fox
  • A Holy Show by Janet Moran
  • Kiss Kiss / Slap Slap by Chaos Factory
  • Who Will Separate Us? by Tom Noone
  • Nothing But A Toerag by Aisling O'Mara/Taking the Biscuit
  • So, When Do We Begin? by Seanan McDonnell
  • Vessell by Laura Wyatt-O'Keefe
  • Wringer by Stewart Roche
2017
  • All That We Found Here by Donagh Mark Humphries
  • The Morning After the Life Before by Gúna Nua/Ann Blake
  • The Sin Eaters by ANU
  • Pupa by Emma Fisher
  • Punt by Honest Arts
  • ​All Honey by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
  • I See You by Amy de Bhrún
2016​
  • Coast by Red Bear Productions
  • ​Creaking by Noelle Brown
  • Cyclops by Peter Reid
  • Tryst by Sickle Moon Productions
2015
  • Beryl and Eejit by Billie Traynor
  • Eggsistentialism by Joanne Ryan
  • Foxy by Noelle Brown
  • The Passengers by Polish Theatre Ireland
  • The Poor Little Boy With No Arms devised by Mikel Murfi and One Duck
  • Separation by Wildebeest Theatre Company
  • The Windstealers by Jane Madden
2014
  • Beetlefang produced by The Ark
  • The Colleen Bawn Trails by Joan Sheehy
  • Levin & Levin by Aideen Wylde
  • On City Water Hill by Philip St John
  • Some Flood produced by Devious Theatre
  • Thirteen by ANU
  • Tracer by Stuart Roche
  • Vardo by ANU
2013
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngish Woman by Sarah Kinlen
  • Ciaran’s Aisling by Darren Yorke
  • Fishes by David Fennelly
  • God Has No Country by Donal Courtney
  • In Dog Years I’m Dead by Kate Heffernan
  • Lambo by David Folan
  • Market Research This by Shaun Dunne
  • Narf by Caitriona Daly
  • Postscript by Noelle Brown and Michelle Forbes
  • Strapped by Niamh Creely
  • Under Pressure by Rachel Fehily
2012
  • Boys of Foley Street by Anu Productions
  • Broken Promise Land by Mirjana Rendulic
  • Clear The Air by Hugh Travers
  • Green Street by Percolate
  • The Sylvia by Philip St John
2011
  • Beyond The Brooklyn Sky by Mick Mulcahy, directed by Peter Sheridan
  • Josie and Kate by Christiane O’Mahony
  • Laundry by Anu Productions
  • Punctured by John Morton/Devious Theatre Company
  • Story/True by Megan Riordan/Making Strange Theatre Company
2010
  • The Goddess of Liberty by Karen Ardiff, directed by Paul Meade
  • Neuropolis by Gary Duggan and Gavin Logue
  • Silent by Ray Scannell
  • Starman Fisher by Deirdre Roycroft
  • Untitled Work In Progress by David Farrell
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