Submitting a Play to Fishamble
Fishamble welcomes submissions of new, original, dramatic work, and appreciates the imagination, time, and effort that goes into writing a play.
Due to the volume of work received, please expect 3 - 6 months for a response following your submission.
Our current window for online submissions is now closed.
Our next window will be open from February 1st to April 30th 2023.
Please limit your submissions to two plays per submission window.
Due to the volume of work received, please expect 3 - 6 months for a response following your submission.
Our current window for online submissions is now closed.
Our next window will be open from February 1st to April 30th 2023.
Please limit your submissions to two plays per submission window.
Fishamble's Aims
In 2021, Fishamble moved its script submissions system online. We hope, by doing this, to:
Fishamble seeks to tell stories 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 explore contemporary Ireland through bringing a diverse range of voices to the stage.
Fishamble is committed to gender equality and produces equal number of plays by men and women, as well as engaging with works by non-binary writers.
Fishamble is committed to inclusion and diversity in supporting and commissioning artists without regard to race, religion, colour, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurodiversity, physical disability, linguistic background, socio-economic status.
Finally, Fishamble aims to facilitate the development of new Irish plays, and welcomes work written either entirely in Irish, or that engage meaningfully with the language.
You can read Fishamble's Gender Equality & Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policies here.
- discover new voices;
- allow greater accessibility;
- offer some thoughts and guidance as to how best develop your play;
- where appropriate, offer some thoughts as to how you might pursue your writing/project further.
Fishamble seeks to tell stories 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 explore contemporary Ireland through bringing a diverse range of voices to the stage.
Fishamble is committed to gender equality and produces equal number of plays by men and women, as well as engaging with works by non-binary writers.
Fishamble is committed to inclusion and diversity in supporting and commissioning artists without regard to race, religion, colour, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurodiversity, physical disability, linguistic background, socio-economic status.
Finally, Fishamble aims to facilitate the development of new Irish plays, and welcomes work written either entirely in Irish, or that engage meaningfully with the language.
You can read Fishamble's Gender Equality & Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policies here.
For further information on Fishamble’s various dramaturgical and artist support programmes, please visit our Artists Supports page, or email Gavin at gavin@fishamble.com.
If you encounter problems with the online submission system, please email Ronan at submissions@fishamble.com for assisstance.
If you encounter problems with the online submission system, please email Ronan at submissions@fishamble.com for assisstance.
