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Tiny Plays for IrelandFishamble, in partnership with the Irish Times, asked the Irish public what can be achieved with three minutes of stage time, what are the issues that need to be addressed, and who are the people that should be brought to life in the theatre? Fishamble received over 1,700 plays from every county in Ireland and many countries beyond. Tiny Plays for Ireland combines selected works by members of the public and dramas by some of Ireland’s best loved writers to provide one dramatic picture of Ireland at the crossroads. |
Created byDirected by Jim Culleton
Produced by Marketa Dowling Set Designer Sabine Dargent Lighting Designer Paul Keogan Costume Designer Niamh Lunny Sound Designers Ivan Birthistle and Vincent Doherty Dramaturg Gavin Kostick Hair & Make-Up Val Sherlock Production Manager: Des Kenny Stage Director Diarmuid O’Quigley Stage Manager Clare Howe Directing Intern Aisling Smith Costume Assistant Tullia Giacomelli PR Sinead O’Doherty for Gerry Lundberg |
CastSteve Blount
Peter Daly Robert Donnelly Mary Murray Kate Stanley Brennan Don Wycherley |
The Tiny Plays
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Safety Announcement by Joseph O’Connor
Poster Boy by Antonia Hart White Food by Ardal O’Hanlon Beat Him Like a Badger by Rosaleen McDonagh The King’s Shilling by Mark Hennessy Don’t Take It Personally by Rachel Fehily Sure This Is It by Ciara Ní Chuirc Between Us We Have Everything by Karl O’Neill Pastoral Care by Gerald Murphy Broken by Deirdre Kinahan Commiserations by Niamh Creely Calling Time by Michael West Rainout by Jesse Weaver |
A Body by Adrienne Michel-Long
A Deal Made in Drimnagh by Sean McLoughlin A Life by Ronan Geoghegan Debris by Evan Lee D’Alton Dialogue by Gregory Rosenstock The Nation’s Assets by Michelle Read Tuesday Evening (Following the News) by Darren Donohue The Audition by Rory Nolan It’s a Lovely Day, Bill Withers by Jody O’Neill Guaranteed Irish by Colin Murphy Unrequited by Michael Cussen Where Will We Go by Dermot Bolger |
Critical Praise for Tiny Plays for Ireland
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I challenge you not to be inspired by the production as a whole which gives, through these tiny plays, a massive insight into a very talented Ireland’
entertainment.ie ‘director Jim Culleton shifts gears and changes tack admirably…(the actors are) all superb’ Irish Times ‘entertainingly performed’ Irish Independent ‘A theatrical mosaic … offering fascinating perspectives on politics and the pressures of a prolonged recession.’ The Guardian |
‘each piece is expertly realised’
Metro Herald ‘Extraordinary achievement…very funny…it’s what theatre should be about…the cast are superb under Culleton’s direction’ Sunday Independent ‘Brilliantly crafted…perfectly judged performances…small really can be beautiful’ Sunday Business Post |
