Pilgrims in the Park
Written by Jim O’Hanlon Directed by Jim Culleton
Fishamble produced Jim O’Hanlon’s first play The Buddhist of Castleknock. Pilgrims in the Park was Jim’s subsequent play for the company.
This searingly honest play was set during the Pope’s visit to Ireland in 1979. As the Pope travels around Ireland in his Popemobile, the Wood Quay debate surrounding building work on the site of a Viking settlement rages and U2 release their first single, Out of Control.
The Ireland of 1979 is a country caught between tradition and progress. The Foley family is at a similar crossroads. Nothing will be the same after this weekend.
The play is set at the end of 2004, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Pope’s visit.
Reviews
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‘a gifted writer…excellent company’
Irish Times -
‘very entertaining ’
The View -
‘excellent cast…inspired direction…entertaining and provocative…very funny’
The Village -
‘don’t miss’
unison.ie -
‘comic script…inventive design…crisp direction ’
Sunday Times
Cast
Enda Oates
Enda Oates has a long association with Fishamble going back to 1999 when he appeared in Joseph O’Connor’s True Believers at Andrew Lane and its subsequent Irish tour and its run at The Tricycle London. Other Fishamble productions include, The Plains of Enna (Pat Kinevane), Whereabouts and Pilgrims in the Park by Jim O’Hanlon. Enda is delighted to be returning in Fishamble’s 30th year with this show.
At the Abbey Theatre, credits include, Curse of the Starving Class, The Corsican Brothers, Big Maggie, Colours, The Devil’s Disciple, St. Joan, A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Blinded by the Light amongst others. He played Prospero in Corcadorca’s open air production of The Tempest for Cork’s Year of Culture in 2006 and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice for Second Age.
Other theatre: Philadelphia Here I Come (Lyric/Gaeity Theatre), The Field (Gaeity), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well (Noel Pearson Productions/Gate Theatre), Uncle Vanya (Field Day) The Plough and The Stars (Young Vic), Studs/Buddleia (Passion Machine Project Arts/ Donmar Warehouse), Juno and the Paycock (Gate Theatre/Broadway), The Ha’penny Bridge (Point Theatre) , The Country Boy, The Chastitute (Ed. Farrell Prod) Further than the Furthest Thing (Hatch Theatre , Project Arts).
In 2015 Enda won Best Actor IFTA for his role as Pete Ferguson in the RTÉ production Fair City.
Radio credits include, The Hit List, written and directed by John Boorman, Charlois, Ma (Elaine Murphy), Goodnight Irene (Jenifer Johnson) and The Thriller Series, Grave Danger amongst others.
Film and Television: Secret Scripture (Voltage Productions), Striking Out (Blinder Films), Glenroe, Upwardly Mobile (RTE), Tri Sceal, Wrecking the Rising (TG4), Moone Boy (Sky 1), Raw, Rebellion 2 (RTE), Val Falvey, Superhero (Grand Pictures), The Bailout (TV3), Stardust (Media Films), Ordinary Decent Criminal (Littlebird), An Everlasting Piece (Dreamworks), Eden (Samson Films) and Damo & Ivor (Granno Productions).
Productions
Creative Team
Jim Culleton
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.
Productions
Sabine Dargent
Sabine Dargent has won two Irish Times Best Set Design Awards and been nominated for two others. She is a freelance Set and Costume Designer, working mostly in theatre, with various directors and companies.
Sabine has designed a few times for Jim Culleton and Fishamble Theatre Company which she always enjoys! As well as other shows for Jim, including Monged, Strandline, Tiny Plays for Ireland 1 & 2, and Spinning, she designed set and costumes for The Pride of Parnell Street, also written by Sebastian Barry, and designed by the same team. Sabine works with Mikel Murfi very often, also for Michael Keegan Dolan, Conall Morrison, Enda Walsh, Paul Mc Enaney, Selina Cartmell, and a lot of others in Ireland and abroad. Some productions she has designed have been very successful and toured for a long time, such as Swan Lake, The Walworth Farce, Rian, The Pride of Parnell Street… S
he loves theatre, dance, and physical theatre, but has also designed for exhibitions, films, and has designed big events, such as the GAA 2016 celebration in Croke Park, and street theatre, such as the St Patrick’s Dublin Parade sections City Fusion and Brighter, taking care of the visuals for costumes, floats, props, and make up, for about 200 participants.
Productions
Mark Galione
Mark Galione’s designs in Ireland include works for Irish Modern Dance Theatre, CoisCéim, Dance Theatre of Ireland, The Peacock, Fíbín, Hands Turn, Classic Stage Ireland, Barabbas, Vesuvius, The Derry Playhouse, The Ark, Peer to Peer, Gonzo, Theatre Lovett, Second Age Theatre Company, Barnstorm, Riot and I’m Your Man for THISISPOPBABY and Fishamble: The New Play Company most recently Swing and Inside The GPO.
Recent TV includes Jack Lukeman 27 Club, All Ireland Schools Talent Search, TG4 – Country Music Legends and The All Porter Christmas Show RTE2. Mark is a staff Lighting Designer at High Res Lighting.