‘passionate one-man show…Mr. Kinevane interprets Valentino’s highly theatrical screen presence to stunning effect…carefully wrought production…[he] doesn’t just demand [the audience’s] attention, he commands it. And that difference is what makes Mr. Kinevane an artist of the theater.’
Ben Brantley, The New York Times |
SILENT
By Pat Kinevane
“Hopeless, helpless, in-the-way person” 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. Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave, bleak, beautiful production for which Fishamble and Pat Kinevane won an Olivier Award in 2016. WINNER Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Performer - Visiting Production, 2020 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 ★★★★★ The List ★★★★★ The Herald ★★★★★ The Skinny ★★★★ The Scotsman #FishambleSILENT |
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Written and Performed by Pat Kinevane
Directed by Jim Culleton Music composed by Denis Clohessy Costume styled by Catherine Condell Photo by Pat Redmond Co-Producer (London, New York and Los Angeles) Georganne Aldrich Heller Produced by Eva Scanlan |
Forgotten/Silent ​by Pat Kinevane
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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. *This is a link for buying a book, not a ticket to a show.*
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‘passionate one-man show…Mr. Kinevane interprets Valentino’s highly theatrical screen presence to stunning effect…carefully wrought production…[he] doesn’t just demand [the audience’s] attention, he commands it. And that difference is what makes Mr. Kinevane an artist of the theater.’
Ben Brantley, The New York Times ‘Kinevane moves, in a striking performance under Jim Culleton’s effective direction, with the elegance of a dancer and the engaged poise of a boxer. It’s a startling combination…the caress of poetry and the disarming direct address of stand-up…a moving story, which, until its end, pulses with the erratic noise of life.’ Irish Times ‘bawdily humorous and at times moving production…Kinevane moves around the stage with extraordinary grace’ Irish Mail on Sunday ‘Fishamble, a theatre company known for its uptake of novel and challenging work…quite haunting and delivered by Kinevane in a fusion of dance and monologue that blend into a kind of theatrical extravaganza, engendering superb audience appreciation…Kinevane has an extremely acute, innate and intuitive sense of comedy that enable him to tightrope across the gross and heartbreaking circumstances of life, in jest without sacrificing the poignant sadness of a given predicament.’ Irish Theatre Magazine ‘a must-see if ever there was one’ ★★★★★ The List ‘unflinching, intensely physical performance..bristling with black humour’ ★★★★ The Scotsman ‘fabulous dance of whirling words..a bravura outpouring of sorrow, anger, hurt and lacerating wit’. ★★★★★ The Herald ‘a brilliantly crafted demonstration of everything that is possible in live performance.’ ★★★★★ The Skinny |
‘remarkable range of styles and devices…to be in that audience was to experience a rare synergy between performer and the performed-to’
Irish Independent ‘Magnificient’ Irish Independent ‘a solo tour de force… The Irish actor spellbinds… Culleton and Kinevane forge a high theatricality.. This is high-level acting, hand-in-hand with a shrewdly crafted portrait that you’ll find hard to shake off.’ The Washington Post ‘flawless performance…aches with life’ Evening Herald ‘dazzling theatricality’ The Guardian ‘terrific piece of theatre’ Reviews Off Broadway ‘beautiful, compelling, heartbreaker of a show’ Belfast Telegraph ‘sparkles with unsettling intensity and physicality…morbidly humorous…smart, perceptive direction…GO’ LA Weekly ‘sensational…amazing’ LA Post ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ as reimagined by Madonna’ LA Times ‘compelling…beautiful’ Aussie Theatre ‘engrossing from first to last…vital and entertaining…blarney that bubbles up from the gutter…mesmerising’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘A breathtaking tour de force’ DC Metro Theater ARTS ‘Extraordinary… not to be missed’ Broadway Baby ‘spectacular… riveting… an epic for all to see’ DC Theater Scene ‘gorgeously compelling… Silent is a special treat… heartbreakingly beautiful.’ MD Theatre Guide |
Production Shots
Photographs by Patrick Redmond
Photos of the 2021 filming by MediaCoop in the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin. Photos by Ste Murray.
Meet the Team
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 30 years. In 2016 Pat won a Laurence Olivier Award in London for his Outstanding Achievement as an Actor and a Writer this year. This prestigous award was shared with Fishamble and Jim Culleton who have been integral to the Production and Direction of Pat’s three 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.
Pat has been touring since 2006 with his three solo pieces Forgotten (Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee) and Silent (Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Brighton Argus Angel Award) and Underneath (Scotsman Fringe First and Adelaide Fringe Awards) all produced by Fishamble. Pat is deeply thankful to Fishamble for all of their work and endless support. |
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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Denis Clohessy
Sound Designer |
Denis Clohessy has previously worked with Fishamble, including the productions The Pride of Parnell Street, Silent, Underneath, Before, The Alternative (Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Soundscape in 2019, together with The Examination for Brokentalkers and In Our Veins for Bitter Like a Lemon/Abbey/Dublin Port Company), Spinning, Mainstream and Strandline. He has also produced work for theatre and dance with The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre, Rough Magic, Corn Exchange, Junk Ensemble and many others. He won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Design Sound in 2011 for Rough Magic’s Sodome, My Love, he was a nominee in 2015 (for Junk Ensemble’s ‘It Folds), was an associate artist with the Abbey in 2008 and was a participant on Rough Magic’s ADVANCE programme in 2012. His composition work for Film and Television includes the films Older than Ireland (Snack box Films), The Irish Pub (Atom Films), His and Hers (Venom Film), The Land of the Enlightened (Savage Film), In View (Underground Cinema), The Reluctant Revolutionary (Underground Films), and the television series Limits of Liberty (South Wind Blows) performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
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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.
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Previous Performances
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2022: Irish & European Touring:
24 March: Millbank Theatre, Rush 28 April: Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 23 June: Town Hall Theatre, Galway 5 September: Baker Street, Saarbuecken, Germany 9 September Stadhalle Weltzar, Germany 10 September English Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany 27 September, The Everyman, Cork 11-16 October: North East Galway Fit-up 2021: Irish and International Touring: 18 - 20 June: An Grianán and Dunamaise Arts Centre, as part of Lasta Festival 22 - 29 Aug: DANCEBASE, Edinburgh, as part of Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019: Irish and International Touring: 23 - 26 Jan: Fit-Up Theatre Festival, Blackwater Valley, Cork 3 - 24 Mar: SOLUS NUA, Washington D.C., supported by Culture Ireland 5 Apr: THEATRE ROYAL, Waterford 12 June: DUNDEE REP THEATRE, Dundee, Scotland, supported by Culture Ireland 24 - 27 Jul: THE HELEN, Cleveland, supported by Culture Ireland 12 Sept: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 20 Sept: Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin 2018: Irish and International Touring: 23rd - 28th January: Blackwater Fit-Up Festival 17th February: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 8th March - 1st April: Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller and supported by Culture Ireland 13th April: Civic Theatre, Tallaght as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 10th - 12th May: Belltable, Limerick as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 7th June: Mountshannon Arts Festival, Co. Clare 14th June: Ramor, Virginia as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 28th June: Draíocht, Blanchardstown 2nd July: Clonmel Junction Festival, Clonmel as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 6th July: Cambridge Junction Festival, U.K., supported by Culture Ireland 10th - 11th August: The Gap Arts Festival, Gorey 2nd - 3rd September: Rakastajat Teatteri, Poli, Finland, supported by Culture Ireland 14th September: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 21st September: Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy and supported by Culture Ireland 28th September: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 20th October: Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 10th November: Sneem Storytelling Festival, Kerry 2017: Irish and International Touring: 13th March: Town Hall Theatre, Galway. 30th March, 4th, 7th, 12th & 15th April: Peacock Theatre, Dublin as part of the Fishamble/Kinevane Trilogy 18th May: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo 1st July: Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee, Scotland 3rd July: Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley, Scotland 10th July: An Grianán, Letterkenny as part of Earagail Arts Festival 11th July: Holy Trinity Hall, Dunfanaghy as part of Earagail Arts Festival 23rd - 24th November: Warwick Arts Centre, England, supported by Culture Ireland 2016: Irish and International Touring: 12th February: Belltable, Limerick 21st April: White Horse, Cork 23rd April: Theatre Royal, Waterford 28th April: An Grianán, Letterkenny 7th May: Draíocht, Blanchardstown 14th May: Visual, Carlow 31st May – 4th June: Pavilion Theatre 15th September: Solstice Arts Centre 21st - 22nd September: axis, Ballymun 28th - 29th September: The MAC, Belfast 21st & 28th October: The Odyssey, Los Angeles – in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller and supported by Culture Ireland 20th December: Dublin Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephens Green, Dublin, in aid of Mental Health Reform. 2015: Irish and International Touring: 26th February: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 8th April: Cork Opera House 11th June: The Mill Theatre, Dundrum 7th – 25th July: Soho Theatre, London – in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller and supported by Culture Ireland 17th Sept: St Catherine’s Church, Dublin, in aid of Sophia Housing 7th Oct: The Dock, Carrick on Shannon 17th Nov: The Everyman, Cork 4th Dec: Unitarian Church, Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2014: Irish and International Touring: January 30: The Geneva Literary Aid Society, Geneva February 11: Theatre Royal, Waterford February 25: An Taibhdhearc, Galway March 7: Ennis Book Club Festival, Glór March 13 - 15: The Lowry, Salford March 19 - April 6: Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles – in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller and supported by Culture Ireland April 12: The Source Arts Centre, Thurles April 24 - 25: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire April 29, May 2 - 3: Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Wales June 1: St. John’s Theatre, Listowel Writers’ Week June 26: International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre, Novi Sad, Serbia July 17: Cavan Theatre Festival July 30: The Market Place, Armagh, as part of The John Hewitt Society Summer School September 6: Íontas Arts Centre, Castleblayney October 3 - 4: Irish festival of Oulu (Finland) |
2013: Irish and International Touring:
January 10 - 12: First Fortnight Festival, Smock Alley Theatre January 17: The Dock, Carrick on Shannon January 20: One Act Festival, Kaiserslautern, Germany January 31: The White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel February 2: Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda February 6 - 10: MTC Lawler Studio, Melbourne February 12 - 23: De Parade, Perth March 7: The Grain Store at Ballymaloe March 22: Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge April 3: Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny April 11: Linenhall Arts centre, Castlebar April 20: Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, Brighton April 26: Eigse Michael Hartnett Festival May 2: The Source, Thurles May 8: Roscommon Arts Centre May 10: Backstage Theatre, Longford June 20 - 21: Town Hall Theatre, Galway July 12: Hotbed Festival, Cambridge Junction July 16: Hotbed Festivval, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds July 19: Hotbed Festival, Mercury Theatre, Colchester September 5: Woodlands House Hotel, Adare September 13: Theatre Royal, Waterford September 20: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Belgium September 24: Clifden Arts Festival September 28: GB Shaw Theatre, Carlow October 5: Ramor Theatre, Virginia October 10: White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel October 15: The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton October 18: Friar’s Gate Theatre, Kilmallock October 29 - 30: Everyman Palace, Cork November 6 – December 7: Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage December 11 The Grain Store at Ballymaloe December 17 Lime Three Theatre, Limerick 2012: Irish and International Touring: January 20, 21: Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria January 28, 29: Hotbed Festival, Cambridge, UK February 4: Birr Arts Centre, Birr February 15: Town Hall Theatre, Galway (performance for COPE Galway) February 16, 17: Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, Dublin (performance for Dublin Simon Community) February 18: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray March 24: Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge (performance at the Samaritans Regional Conference) April 26: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo May 5 - 7: Pavilion Theatre at Brighton Dome, Brighton Festival May 9: Ulster Hall, Belfast, as part of 15 Minutes (excerpt) May 24: Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina May 30 – June 16: Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage June 19: Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford June 21 - 22: Commodore Hotel, Cobh, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival June 24 - 30: Cork Arts Theatre, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival July 12 - 13: Clonmel Junction Festival July 31: Cottage Gallery, Heir Island, as part of West Cork Fit-Up Festival August 4: Goleen Community Centre, as part of West Cork Fit-Up Festival August 5: Community Hall, Ballydehob, as part of West Cork Fit-Up Festival Sept 6 - 30: Irish Arts Center, New York, as part of 1st Irish Festival – in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller, supported by Culture Ireland Oct 4 - 5: Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Oct 7: Westport Festival Oct 10 - 13: axis, Ballymun Oct 19 - 20: The Belltable, as part of Limerick Unfringed Oct 22 - 24: Belfast Waterfront, as part of Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Oct 30: O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Dublin (performance for Crosscare) Nov 3: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo Nov 12 - 13: Teatar &TD, Zagreb, as part of nu:write Theatre Festival Nov 23 - Dec 16: Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles – in association with Georganne Aldrich Heller 2011: Irish and International Touring: 9 February: The Mill, Dundrum 18 February: Glór, Ennis 24 February: Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 5 March: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray 10 - 11 March: Draíocht, Blanchardstown 26 March: Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge 24 - 25 May: Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris 12 - 16 July: Galway Arts Festival 23 July: Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr 5 - 20 August: Dance Base, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 24 - 28 August: West Cork Fit Up Festival (Kilcrohane, Lisavaird, Sherkin Island, Bere Island, Ballydehob) 9 September: Phizzfest 23 September, Culture Night: Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (excerpt) 30 September: Moat Theatre, Naas 5 October: Balor Arts Center, Ballybofey 19 October: The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick on Shannon 22 October: Wexford Arts Centre 9 - 10 November: Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire |
