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‘Hilarious…beautiful…charming…delectable…enlightening…a triumph [by the] extraordinarily valiant (and superbly talented) group at Fishamble’ Sunday Independent |
Fishamble: The New Play Company Presents
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Performance dates
Fri 24 - Mon 3 Aug
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Available to watch online via YouTube until 3 August
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#TinyPlayChallenge
During the past few months, Fishamble, and the Irish artistic community, has been working hard to keep imaginations lively, communities engaged, and most of all offer people the opportunity of communication through creative expression. Fishamble wanted people to keep their creativity flowing by challenging people in Ireland and around the world, to write 600 word Tiny Plays.
From March to April, Fishamble set this challenge for residents of Ireland and the Irish abroad, with a weekly prompts of COMMUNITY, NATURE, TRADE, and ESSENTIAL. Fishamble then opened this challenge out to the rest of the world in May, asking people to respond to the prompt of CHANGE. Fishamble was delighted to receive over 470 submissions in total for the #TinyPlayChallenge, and published a selection of the Tiny Plays at www.fishamble.com/tinyplaychallenge, in addition to sending a prize of Fishamble playscripts to the chosen writers. The plays included in Tiny Plays 24/7 are from this selection.
From March to April, Fishamble set this challenge for residents of Ireland and the Irish abroad, with a weekly prompts of COMMUNITY, NATURE, TRADE, and ESSENTIAL. Fishamble then opened this challenge out to the rest of the world in May, asking people to respond to the prompt of CHANGE. Fishamble was delighted to receive over 470 submissions in total for the #TinyPlayChallenge, and published a selection of the Tiny Plays at www.fishamble.com/tinyplaychallenge, in addition to sending a prize of Fishamble playscripts to the chosen writers. The plays included in Tiny Plays 24/7 are from this selection.
Created byWritten by Caitríona Daly, Conor Hanratty, Lora Hartin, Grace Lobo, Julia Marks, Ryan Murphy, Eric O ‘Brien, Patrick O'Laoghaire, Maria Popovic, and Ciara Elizabeth Smyth.
Director Jim Culleton Producer Eva Scanlan Filmed & Edited by Jeda de Brí & Cal De Brí Sound Designer Carl Kennedy Lighting Designer John Gunning Costume Designer Maree Kearns Stage Manager Stephanie Ryan ASM / Props Sarah Purcell Dramaturg Gavin Kostick Graphic Designer Publicis Dublin Colour Grading by Cal de Brí Drone Cinematography by Cal de Brí Clapper Loader/Camera Assistant Daniel Culleton Lighting Crew Suzie Cummins and Eoin Lennon |
CastClare Barrett, Gill Buckle, Desiree Burch, Catherine Byrne, Matthew Cavan,
Caitriona Ennis, Fionn Foley, Kwaku Fortune, Olwen Fouere, Denise Gough, Genevieve Hulme Beaman, Ella Lily Hyland, Seána Kerslake, Pat Kinevane, Eleanor Methven, Aaron Monaghan, Clare Monnelly. Mary Murray, Rory Nolan, Jack Olohan, John Olohan, Jody O'Neill, Marty Rea, and Eileen Walsh. Marketing Manager Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan Marketing Intern Christelle Gebhardt Production Coordinator Ronan Carey Production Assistant Sibéal Ní Mhaoileoin Director, O'Reilly Theatre Laura MacNaughton Front of House Manager, O'Reilly Theatre Aoife McCollum Technical Manager, O’Reilly Theatre Andy Cummins |
Reviews
‘Short, sharp visions of life in lockdown… a gesture of hope…Fishamble’s ambitious production’
Sunday Business Post
‘Hilarious…beautiful…charming…delectable…enlightening…a triumph [by the] extraordinarily valiant (and superbly talented) group at Fishamble’
Sunday Independent
‘Resourceful director Jim Culleton and the crew from Fishamble have responded with imagination to the lockdown…lyrical…moving…powerful…deeply touching…fascinating’
Irish Independent
Sunday Business Post
‘Hilarious…beautiful…charming…delectable…enlightening…a triumph [by the] extraordinarily valiant (and superbly talented) group at Fishamble’
Sunday Independent
‘Resourceful director Jim Culleton and the crew from Fishamble have responded with imagination to the lockdown…lyrical…moving…powerful…deeply touching…fascinating’
Irish Independent
Meet the Team
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Designers
Carl Kennedy-Composer/Sound Designer
Carl trained at Academy of Sound in Dublin. He has worked on numerous theatre productions, working with venues and companies including Fishamble: The New Play Company, The Abbey, The Gaiety, Rough Magic, Landmark, Decadent, The Lyric Theatre, Theatre Lovett, ANU Productions, HOME Manchester, Prime Cut Productions, HotForTheatre, Speckintime, Guna Nua, Loose Canon, Peer to Peer, Siren, Broken Crow, Randolf SD and Theatre Makers. He has been nominated three times for the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design. He also composes music and sound design for radio, TV and video games. He was composer and sound designer for Mr Wall on RTÉJr which was shortlisted for an IMRO Radio Award in the 2018 drama category. Game titles include Curious George, Curious about Shapes and Colors, JellyJumble, Too Many Teddies, Dino Dog and Leonardo and His Cat. TV credits include sound design for 16 letters (Independent Pictures/RTE) and SFX editing and foley recording for Centenary (RTE).
Carl trained at Academy of Sound in Dublin. He has worked on numerous theatre productions, working with venues and companies including Fishamble: The New Play Company, The Abbey, The Gaiety, Rough Magic, Landmark, Decadent, The Lyric Theatre, Theatre Lovett, ANU Productions, HOME Manchester, Prime Cut Productions, HotForTheatre, Speckintime, Guna Nua, Loose Canon, Peer to Peer, Siren, Broken Crow, Randolf SD and Theatre Makers. He has been nominated three times for the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design. He also composes music and sound design for radio, TV and video games. He was composer and sound designer for Mr Wall on RTÉJr which was shortlisted for an IMRO Radio Award in the 2018 drama category. Game titles include Curious George, Curious about Shapes and Colors, JellyJumble, Too Many Teddies, Dino Dog and Leonardo and His Cat. TV credits include sound design for 16 letters (Independent Pictures/RTE) and SFX editing and foley recording for Centenary (RTE).
John Gunning - Lighting Designer
John is an alumnus of Dublin Youth Theatre and a founding member of Malaprop Theatre (Spirit of Dublin Fringe 2015, The Georganne Aldrich Heller Award 2017, Romily Walton-Masters Award 2018). Lighting design includes: HOTHOUSE (tbc), Everything Not Saved, Jericho, BlackCatfishMusketeer and Love+ (Malaprop), Venus In Fur (Rough Magic SEEDS showcase 2020), La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Royal Irish Academy of Music), We Can't Have Monkeys In The House (Sad Strippers), The Roaring Banshees (Devious), Iphigenia in Splott (Reality Check), Demons (The Lir Academy), The Egg Is A Lonely Hunter (Hannah Mamalis)
John is an alumnus of Dublin Youth Theatre and a founding member of Malaprop Theatre (Spirit of Dublin Fringe 2015, The Georganne Aldrich Heller Award 2017, Romily Walton-Masters Award 2018). Lighting design includes: HOTHOUSE (tbc), Everything Not Saved, Jericho, BlackCatfishMusketeer and Love+ (Malaprop), Venus In Fur (Rough Magic SEEDS showcase 2020), La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Royal Irish Academy of Music), We Can't Have Monkeys In The House (Sad Strippers), The Roaring Banshees (Devious), Iphigenia in Splott (Reality Check), Demons (The Lir Academy), The Egg Is A Lonely Hunter (Hannah Mamalis)
Maree Kearns - Costume Designer
This is Maree’s 5th collaboration with Fishamble, having previously designed The Alternative, Rathmines Road, Maz and Bricks and Invitation to a Journey (a CoisCeim/Crash Ensemble coproduction. Maree has worked as a set and costume designer with many of Ireland’s leading companies and directors in theatre, dance, opera and now in the world of online theatre. She is the course director for the MFA in Stage Design at the Lir Academy TCD.
This is Maree’s 5th collaboration with Fishamble, having previously designed The Alternative, Rathmines Road, Maz and Bricks and Invitation to a Journey (a CoisCeim/Crash Ensemble coproduction. Maree has worked as a set and costume designer with many of Ireland’s leading companies and directors in theatre, dance, opera and now in the world of online theatre. She is the course director for the MFA in Stage Design at the Lir Academy TCD.
Cast and Writers
Before the Storm
Written by Lora Hartin
Performed by Gill Buckle and Kwaku Fortune
Two people at a house party make a big decision the night before lockdown is implemented.
“I thought it would be interesting to explore an undefined relationship in those final hours to see how all of that tension and anxiety about the future might make people act, and be vulnerable in a way that they felt they couldn’t be before.” - Lora Hartin
“I thought it would be interesting to explore an undefined relationship in those final hours to see how all of that tension and anxiety about the future might make people act, and be vulnerable in a way that they felt they couldn’t be before.” - Lora Hartin
Lora Hartin is a soon-to-be fourth-year Drama and Theatre student at Trinity College. She has a background in theatre and film, and a special interest in writing for performance. She will occasionally perform, although each time she claims that she will never do it again. She has worked on film projects such as A Dark Song (2016), and Michael Inside (2018), as well as numerous theatre projects within DU Players and the Trinity College Drama Department, the most recent of which being Supermoon and Duck Duck (No) Goose, which featured as part of the 2020 TCD Drama Devising Festival. She hopes to continue writing in some capacity after college, although, with nothing but a drama degree under her belt, she really just hopes to be able to find work of any kind in the future. |
Gillian Buckle is a graduate of the Lir Academy. Credits include: Hecuba (Rough Magic for Dublin Theatre Festival 2019), Romeo and Juliet (The Mill Theatre), Swanson (Kilkenny Arts Festival), Scripted (Dublin Fringe Festival), The Professionals (Most Media/Spier Films), and Forever Friends (IADT). Credits at the Lir include Happyish (Juanita Wilson), The Ash Fire (Maisie Lee), The Children of the Sun (Lynne Parker), Three Winters (David Horan), Iphigenia at Aulis (Wayne Jordan) and The Garden (Mikel Murfi). |
Just Because They’re Birds
Written by Maria Popovic
Performed by Fionn Foley and Genevieve Hulme Beaman
A play about two scientists looking for a message hidden in birdsong.
“What inspired me to write this play was thinking about the way we process natural events that we can’t control, by trying to find in them, a language that we can understand." - Maria Popovic
“What inspired me to write this play was thinking about the way we process natural events that we can’t control, by trying to find in them, a language that we can understand." - Maria Popovic
Maria was born in Belgrade and raised in Italy. She is currently based in Dublin in pursuit of a Ph.D in physics at Trinity College. Despite her scientific background, Maria has found pleasure in writing, recently publishing her first poetry and writing plays. You can find her on Twitter @mariaminuszero. |
Fionn is a performer, writer and composer based in Dublin. Previous theatre credits include A Christmas Carol (The Gate, ITTA nomination; Best Ensemble), Light A Penny Candle (Gaiety Theatre & National Tour) Brendan Galileo for Europe (Ireland & UK Tour; Edinburgh Fringe, Dublin Fringe Festival; Best Actor Award) Trainspotting (Olympia Theatre), Half Light (Bombinate; Irish National Tour), Fierce Notions (Dublin Fringe; Winner, Judge's Choice Award), HOME: Theatre (Draíocht, Dublin Theatre Festival) The Harvest (New Theatre) The Grimm Tale of Cinderella (Smock Alley), The Critic (Rough Magic), Eamonn (from Menswear) (Smock Alley, Mick Lally Theatre), The Messenger (Barnstorm), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dublin Castle; Mouth on Fire), A Picture of Dorian Gray (Wonderland). Screen credits include Into the Badlands (AMC), Blasts From the Past (RTÉ), Vikings (History Channel), Ros na Rún (TG4), Dublin Oldschool (Element Pictures) Black 47 (Feenish), Procession (925 Productions) and IFTA-nominated musical comedy EIPIC (TG4). Twitter: @fionnfoley / Instagram: @fi0nnf0ley |
Genevieve trained at the Gaiety School of acting and The Philippe Gaulier school Paris Theatre includes: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (nominated for best performer at Dublin fringe festival 2019) Eliza’s Adventure in the Uncanny Valley (Pan Pan Theatre Company) They Called her Vivaldi (Theatre Lovett) Mary Mary Quite Contrary (the Cockpit Theatre London) Melt (rough magic) The Country Girls (Chichester festival theatre) The Seagull (Corn Exchange) Taming of the Shrew (The Globe) You Never Can Tell (Abbey Theatre) Pride and Prejudice (Gate Theatre) Pondling (Winner of Best Actress At Dublin Fringe Festival), Monster/Clock (Collapsing Horse) Pineapple (This is Pop Baby) Little Gem (Guna Nua) Tv includes: Dad (RTÉ, blue ink productions) Nowhere Fast (RTE, Dead Pan) Quirk (BBC) |
Wild Horses
Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Performed by Clare Barrett, Denise Gough, and Rory Nolan
A staff member is confronted about an inappropriate incident during a company-wide zoom call.
“The play is about disciplinary action after a company-wide zoom meeting. It was inspired by the access that employers had to their employees during lockdown, and how some companies took advantage of that.” - Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
“The play is about disciplinary action after a company-wide zoom meeting. It was inspired by the access that employers had to their employees during lockdown, and how some companies took advantage of that.” - Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
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Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright from Ireland. She was the chosen playwright on Rough Magic’s SEEDS programme 2018-2020 and has recently completed a commission with the Abbey Theatre for Dear Ireland 2020. In 2019 her play SAUCE was awarded the artist support initiative DUETS and presented in Dublin Fringe Festival (nominated for the Little Gem Award, Judge’s Choice Award and Spirit of Wit Award). SAUCE is due to be published by Nick Hern Books in late 2020 and is being adapted into a television series. Currently, Ciara is under commission with the National Youth Theatre of Ireland and is a resident artist in the MAC Theatre, Belfast. Ciara is represented by Curtis Brown.
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Clare graduated from T.U. Dublin in 2003. Since then she has worked with many theatre companies performing both in Ireland and internationally. Recent Theatre Includes: TRAD (Livin Dred-National Tour); Much Ado about Nothing (Rough Magic-Kilkenny Arts Festival/ National tour)-nominated for Best Supporting -I.T.T.A 2020; The Unmangeable Sisters( Abbey Theatre );The Elves and The Shoemaker(Cahoots NI/ MAC Theatre) ;The Wizard Of Oz(Cork Opera House); Minding Frankie(Lowry Theatre/Gaiety Theatre/National tour)Angela’s Ashes (LimeTree Theatre-Bord Gais Theatre/GOH Belfast.);The Train (Rough Magic-Abbey Theatre/ DTF/ MAC Thetare)-nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the I.T.T.A 2016;‘The Dead’ An Opera(Performance Corporation-P.A.C/National Tour);BigMaggie (Druid), DruidShakespeare (Druid Theatre Company-Lincoln Festival, New York/National tour),Moll (Verdant-Gaiety Theatre);Beautiful Dreamers(ANU/Performance Corporation)I♥Alice♥I(HotForTheatre-Dublin Fringe/DTF/PeacockTheatre/World Tour/National tour-Winner of Best Female Performer in the Absolut Fringe Festival; Recent radio and film work includes: Fish Climbing Trees (RTE Radio One);Wild MountainThyme(Heather Productions); The Last Right(Deadpan/CrossDay). She also plays Bronagh in RTE's Fair City. I’m @cbumble on Twitter, Clare Barrett on Facebook, @c.bumble on Instagram |
Denise Gough’s plethora of work includes People Places and Things, which earned her an Olivier Award and a Critics Circle Theatre Award for ‘Best Actress’. She also starred in Angels in America at the National Theatre where she won her second Olivier Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ before heading to Broadway with the production and also receiving a Tony Nomination. Other theatre credits include Our New Girl, The Painter, The Birds, The Royal Courts Oh Go my Man, RSC’s Ahasverus, The Plough and the Stars , The Birds, The Grouch at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Someone Else’s Shoes at Soho Everything is Illuminated at Hampstead, The Kindness of Strangers at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. Robbers, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at Trafalgar Studios, Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Chichester Festival Theatre and As You Like it and By the Bog of Cats at the Wyndham Theatre. |
Rory Nolan's theatre credits include DruidShakespeare: Richard III, Shelter, Waiting for Godot, DruidShakespeare: Richard II, Henry IV (Pts 1&2), Henry V, The Colleen Bawn, DruidMurphy – Plays by Tom Murphy (Druid). Northern Star, The Critic, Peer Gynt, The Importance of Being Earnest, Don Carlos, The Taming of the Shrew, Improbable Frequency, Is This About Sex? (Rough Magic); Chekhov’s First Play (Dead Centre); Postcards from the Ledge, Breaking Dad, Between Foxrock and a Hard Place, The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger, Sleeping Beauty (Landmark Productions); The Importance of Being Earnest, Bedroom Farce, A Christmas Carol, Death of a Salesman (Gate Theatre); She Stoops to Conquer, Aristocrats, The Government Inspector, Translations, Arrah Na Pogue, Macbeth, The Rivals, Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant, The Comedy of Errors, Heavenly Bodies, Big Love (Abbey Theatre); Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin’Dred/Nomad); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Corn Exchange); The Evils of Tobacco (Mangiare Theatre). Film & television includes: Acceptable Risk, The Delinquent Season, WILD, Charlie, Fair City, A Thousand Times Goodnight, The Baker Street Irregulars, Trouble in Paradise, Nothing Personal. Awards: Irish Times Irish Theatre Award, Best Supporting Actor (Waiting for Godot). |
Martyrs
Written by Caitríona Daly
Performed by Eleanor Methven and Marty Rea
A mother and son confront the issue of alcoholism while cocooning.
"I had to cocoon myself for a little bit… and how I had to quantify everything that I wanted to consume, and how uncomfortable and revealing that was.” - Caitríona Daly
"I had to cocoon myself for a little bit… and how I had to quantify everything that I wanted to consume, and how uncomfortable and revealing that was.” - Caitríona Daly
Caitríona Daly is a playwright from Dublin. She is an alumnus of The Lir Academy, the Royal Court’s Young Playwrights Programme and the Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic initiative. Her plays have been produced both nationally and internationally. Most recently she was nominated for the Fishamble New Writing Award in 2017 for her play Normal and an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play in 2016 for her play Test Dummy. She is currently, under commission with Fishamble: The New Play Company and has several projects in development with the Abbey Theatre. |
One of Ireland’s foremost actresses, Eleanor co-founded the award-winning Charabanc Theatre Company, with whom she toured internationally and was Co-Artistic Director until 1995. She has worked with all the major Irish Theatre Companies and received an E.M.A. and three Irish Times Awards for her Stage work. She has also been nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award and is a regular on both media. In 2017 she was awarded The Irish Times Special Tribute Award. Her recent work includes Aunt Bridie in Derry Girls, Connell’s Granny in Normal People and Mary in the forthcoming TV Drama The Deceived. |
Marty received the Lady Rothermere Scholarship in 1999 and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2002 with a BA degree in acting. He was New Writing Associate for Druid Theatre Company 2015-16 and has been an active member of their ensemble company since 2013. He has worked extensively at both the Abbey and Gate theatres in Dublin and has toured internationally with various projects - most notably with the marathon theatre events DruidMurphy and DruidShakespeare (Irish Times Best Actor), and Waiting For Godot (Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel winners). Screen work includes Citizen Lane (dir. Thaddeus O’Sullivan) and Prisoners of the Moon (dir. Johnny Gogan) |
Warpaint
Written by Conor Hanratty
Performed by Matthew Cavan
An immune-compromised artist tries to come to terms with life in lockdown, and what the future may hold.
“I wrote it in response to the prompt word ‘Change’. I’ve been thinking a lot about virus, and about artists, and the precarious place that we find ourselves in in the world…it’s quite literally about putting a brave face on things.” - Conor Hanratty
“I wrote it in response to the prompt word ‘Change’. I’ve been thinking a lot about virus, and about artists, and the precarious place that we find ourselves in in the world…it’s quite literally about putting a brave face on things.” - Conor Hanratty
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For How Janelle Monáe Once Made Me Feel
Written by Julia Marks
Performed by Caitríona Ennis, Ella Lily Hyland, and Seána Kerslake
A play about female friendships, growing up, online shopping, hip hop, and about how objects shape our identities.
“I was inspired by the forced isolation of the global lockdown, and I wanted to explore how human relationships continue even in a world that’s distant, and digital." - Julia Marks
“I was inspired by the forced isolation of the global lockdown, and I wanted to explore how human relationships continue even in a world that’s distant, and digital." - Julia Marks
Julia Marks
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Julia Marks is an actor, writer, and theatre maker originally from South Carolina. She graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2019, and previously received a BA in Theatre from the College of Charleston. She’s worked in theatres in Charleston, South Carolina, New York, Dublin, and Washington, DC. She is a founding member of iiiStates Collective, who recently produced Julia’s first original work, Cove Creek Boys and Summer Girls, at the Scene and Heard Festival 2020. She is currently participating in The Orchard Project’s Liveness Lab 2020, and working on The Love Letter Project with iiiStates Collective. You can find her on Instagram at @theconfessionrooms, or @iiiStates.
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Caitríona’s work includes A Christmas Carol, The Gate Theatre, The Fall of the Second Republic, Abbey Theatre, A Holy Show, Abbey Theatre, Ulysses and The Corn Exchange’s Dublin by Lamplight, Abbey Theatre, both of which she received Best Actress nominations for in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2018. Test Dummy, nominated Best Actress in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2016, Theatre Upstairs, The Table, Performance Corporation, Magnetic North Festival in Vancouver, Wild Sky, Irish Arts Centre New York, Scuttlers, Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, Spinning, nominated Best Supporting Actress in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015, Fishamble: The New Play Company, Sluts, Edinburgh Fringe, Annabelle’s Star, The Ark, The State Commemoration, ANU, The Boys of Foley Street, ANU, nominated Best Actress in the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2012, Thirteen, nominated Best Actress Dublin Fringe Awards 2013 (Dublin Fringe Festival 2013) and Angel Meadow, HOME Manchester. Film credits include, Kissing Candice (Venom Productions), We Ourselves, Paul Mercier, Land of Winter, Fat God Films. |
Ella Lily Hyland is 21, in her final year of training at The Lir Academy. She has been interested and passionate about story telling from a very young age. The last four years have been a very creative and exciting time for her, where she has been lucky enough to move up to Dublin, and study there. She has gotten the opportunity to expand and nourish her relationship with and appreciation for Irish theatre. She is really interested in people, and the expression of human experience through the form of writing, movement, embodiment and art. |
Theatre credits include Mood Music (Roger Michell/The Old Vic London), King of the Castle (Garry Hynes/Druid), Northern Lights (Karl Shiels/Awake&Sing), From Eden (Karl Shiels/Awake&Sing), Hooked (Don Wycherley/EvilLittleGenius), The Bruising of Clouds (Jim Culleton/Fishamble). Film Credits: My Salinger year (Philippe Falardeau/ParallelFilms), The Hole in the Ground (Lee Cronin/SavageProductions), We Ourselves (Paul Mercier/Anne Gately/), Dublin Oldschool (Dave Tynan/SI/WindmillLanePictuires), A Date for Mad Mary (DarrenThornton/Element), Dollhouse (Kirsten Sheridan) Television credits: Season 1 & 2 of RTE/BBC3’s Can’t Cope Con’t Cope (Cathy Brady/ Imogen Murphy) Seána is currently filming Smother with Treasure for BBC/RTE. She was one of Screen Daily’s ‘Screen Stars of Tomorrow’ in 2017 and was the recipient of the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh. Seána has been nominated for 5 IFTA Awards. |
Change
Written by Patrick O’Laoghaire
Performed by Olwen Fouéré, Pat Kinevane, and Mary Murray
A poetic play about the relationship between the land, the sea, and a bird.
“Carraghmore Pier in County Mayo… is where I wrote my Tiny Play, which came from watching the sea everyday changing, sometimes wild, and sometimes soft, and watching the edge of the land, always the same.” - Patrick O'Laoghaire
“Carraghmore Pier in County Mayo… is where I wrote my Tiny Play, which came from watching the sea everyday changing, sometimes wild, and sometimes soft, and watching the edge of the land, always the same.” - Patrick O'Laoghaire
Patrick O’Laoghaire is by trade a musician performing under the moniker ‘I Have a Tribe.’ This piece, ‘Change,’ is his first foray into playwriting, inspired by the changing seas of the west of Ireland. The last few months have been spent walking the west and trying to put words on the feeling the place inspires. O’Laoghaire previously studied music composition and arrangement.
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Patrick O'Laoghaire
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Olwen Fouéré is an actor, writer and creative artist whose extensive practice includes live performance, film, the visual arts and music. Recent films include 'Sea Fever,' ‘Mandy', ‘Beast' and 'The Survivalist’. Recent audio work during the lockdown includes her ‘dispatches from the desert’ for ‘Where I am now’ (part of the DDF digital capsule) and ‘I Antigone’ for a 'studio only’ electronic opera by Roger Doyle and Marina Carr. |
Pat is from Cobh County Cork and has worked for 31 years as an Actor in Theatre, Film, TV and Radio. Since 2006 Pat has written 4 solo theatre works, namely Forgotten, Silent, Underneath and Before. Each show has been produced by Fishamble and beautifully directed by Jim Culleton. These shows have won Fringe First, Herald Angel and Archangel awards at the Edinburgh Festival plus numerous awards Worldwide. In 2016 Pat won an Olivier Award in London for his performance and writing of Silent. Over the past 14 years he has toured extensively in Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand and US cities of New York, Boston, Washington DC, Cleveland, and 6 successful runs in Los Angeles.Pat is deeply grateful to Jim and all at Fishamble for their constant support, endless care and impeccable work over the years. |
Mary is delighted to be working with Fishamble again. She was in the original Tiny Plays which toured to Washington after a very successful run in Ireland. She also toured extensively with Fishamble in The Pride of Parnell Street and Noah and the Tower Flower. Mary’s stage performances have taken her to China, Europe and the United States and she’s picked up best actress and supporting actress awards with MAMCA and The First Irish Theatre Festival in New York and The Irish Times. On screen she’s best known for playing Janet in Love Hate. Other highly acclaimed productions include Penny Dreadful, Adam and Paul, The Magdalene Sisters and Dead Still which has just been released in U.S. and Canada with glowing reviews. Mary is the director of www.visionsdrama.com You can find out more about her on her website Facebook or YouTube . @marmurray |
Wonder of You
Written by Eric O’Brien
Performed by Catherine Byrne, Jack Olohan, John Olohan, and Jody O'Neill
A father, mother and son deal with death and mourning during the pandemic.
“My inspiration for writing the play was curiosity about dealing with death during the pandemic… I was curious to figure out what we do, how do we behave, and how do we begin to mourn or grieve.” - Eric O'Brien
“My inspiration for writing the play was curiosity about dealing with death during the pandemic… I was curious to figure out what we do, how do we behave, and how do we begin to mourn or grieve.” - Eric O'Brien
Eric O'Brien
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Eric hails from Drogheda, Co Louth. As a teenager, he developed a close relationship with his local theatre company Upstate Theatre Company, devising and performing in several theatrical productions.
When not acting, Eric dedicates his time to writing new works, the first of which ‘Sure Thing’ premiered as part of the Show in a Bag initiative at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2015. ‘Sure Thing’ continues to tour nationally. Eric has worked closely with ANU Theatre Company on several productions, some of which have been nominated for Irish Times Theatre Awards, he is also works closely with the Corps Ensemble, who are currently producing an international debut of ‘Sure Thing’ at The Old Red Lion Theatre. Eric most recently appeared in the role of Wayne in ‘Sure Thing’ at the Bohemian Theatre and in the role of Craner in For Saoirse, written by Colm Keegan and directed by Mark O’Brien for the Dublin Fringe Festival. |
Catherine Byrne trained at the Abbey School of Acting and has spent the last 40 years working in theatre, television and film. Appearances at the Abbey include The Field, Yerma, Whistle in the Dark and Dancing at Lughnasa. At the Gate, Aristocrats, A Month in the Country, and Molly Sweeney. TV and Film, Eat the Peach, Upwardly Mobile, The Tudors, Origins, Inspector Jury and The Las Right. She spent 4 years playing Dr. Judith Dillon in Fair City. Last year she returned to the Abbey to play in The Unmanageable Sisters and In Our Veins at the Peacock Theatre. |
Jack Olohan studied Film Production at Ballyfermot College, after college Jack worked in stage management for most of Ireland’s top theatre companies such as Abhann Productions, River Productions, The Gaiety Theatre and The Gate Theatre. He performed in two Shakespearian productions with Second Age Theatre Co which toured Ireland from 2004 - 2007. He played Sam Byk in the Rough Magic Production of Assassins at the Project Arts Centre and has worked on numerous RTE Radio plays, one of which he wrote himself called Thinking Ahead (Runner up of the PJ O’Connor Award). In other writing, Jack’s play Opened Up was a part of the Fishamble's Whereabouts Festival, this event went on to win the Irish Times Theatre Special Award. In 2015 Jack went back to study at Bow Street on a part time basis. In Film and Television, Jack has featured in Game of Thrones, Vikings, Penny Dreadful, Fair City and Kissing Candice as well as several shorts that have been screened at many film festivals both home and abroad. |
John was a member of the Abbey Theatre Acting Company from 1980 to 1990. Theatre Work includes: Da, Tarry Flynn, The Death and Resurrection of Mr. Roche, Sive, A midsummer Night’s Dream, The House, and Dancing at Lughnasa. (Abbey stage). The Duty Master, The Muesli Belt, A Little Like Paradise, Savoy and The Remains of Maisie Duggan (Peacock stage). The Threepenny Opera, Aristocrats, Sharon’s Grave, and Rough for Theatre 1and 2. A Christmas Carol (Gate Theatre). The Chastitute, Borstal boy. The Cripple of Inishmaan (Gaiety).The Buddhist of Castleknock,(Fishamble). The Lieutenant of Inis Mor, Lonesome West, (Town Hall Theatre Galway). The Playboy of the Western World, Big Maggie, Druid/Murphy Trilogy, Druid/Shakespeare, Richard 111, The Cherry Orchard (Druid) A Skull in Connemara,(Decadent Theatre). Film and Television: The Country Girls, Rawhead Rex, The Clinic, Single Handed, Amongst Women, Father Ted, Glenroe, and Trial of the Century. |
Bearhunt
Written by Grace Lobo
Performed by Desiree Burch and Eileen Walsh
A play about the complicated emotional experience of isolating with people that you love.
“I was inspired to write this because I’ve been quarantined with my family since March, and I am trying to process what that experience has been like.” - Grace Lobo
“I was inspired to write this because I’ve been quarantined with my family since March, and I am trying to process what that experience has been like.” - Grace Lobo
Grace is a writer of plays, stories, and occasionally songs, originally from New Jersey. After graduating from Georgetown University in 2018, she worked for Bruce Cohen Productions and NBCUniversal in New York. Grace moved to Dublin in 2019 where she worked as the Marketing Assistant for Dublin Theatre Festival. Before the virus, she had planned to move to New York to pursue theatre but at this stage perhaps a desert island would suit better instead. She is currently working on ‘Pandemic! The Musical’, excerpts from which can be found on her Instagram at @gklobo. |
Desiree Burch is a comedian, writer, solo performer, actor and NY-to-London transplant. She is best known as the narrator on Netflix's "Too Hot to Handle" and as a host on "Flinch". Since 2015, she has established herself as one of the foremost comedic voices of the U.K. on shows like "Live at the Apollo", "The Mash Report", "Q.I.", "Have I Got News for You" and "The News Quiz". Her live work includes "Tar Baby" which won a Fringe First Award at the 2015 Edinburgh International Fringe, as well as "52 Man Pickup", "This Is Evolution", "Unf*ckable" and "Desiree's Coming Early", all of which have had successful international tours. She is a founding member of the NY Innovative Theatre Award-winning performance art ensemble, The New York Neo-Futurists. @destheray @desireeburchcomedy |
Ragnarok
Written by Ryan Murphy
Performed by Aaron Monaghan and Clare Monnelly
A play about a young couple deciding whether to have a child in a world threatened by a climate crisis.
“I wrote the play in response to the environmental issues that are happening in the world, and my own thoughts about climate change, and how that will affect any children I have.” - Ryan Murphy
“I wrote the play in response to the environmental issues that are happening in the world, and my own thoughts about climate change, and how that will affect any children I have.” - Ryan Murphy
From Gorey in North Wexford. Graduated from University College Dublin with an MA in Creative Writing in 2017. Love everything to do with the natural world and hope to make a career as an artist, writer, and environmental activist. Through my creative work I try to challenge systems of power and accepted norms around human behaviour and society, as well as attempt to cultivate empathy for what is monstrous, misunderstood, or unrelatable to most people. My main ongoing creative project has been a novel manuscript narrated by a flying humpback whale in a future post-climate change Ireland. |
Aaron trained at the Beckett Centre, Trinity College and is the Artistic Director Livin Dred Theatre Co. Work for The Abbey Theatre includes Translations, King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, She Stoops To Conquer, Christ Deliver Us!, Tales Of Ballycumber, The Shaughraun, Arrah Na Pogue, Finders Keepers, The Burial at Thebes, The Wolf Of Winter, I Do Not Like Thee Dr Fell and Drama At Inish. Work for Druid Theatre includes The Playboy of The Western World, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Penelope, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Walworth Farce, DruidSynge, The Colleen Bawn, Year of The Hiker, DruidMurphy, Empress of India, Shelter, DruidShakespeare, Waiting For Godot, The Silver Tassie & Richard III. Other work includes The Ritual Slaughter of George Mastromas at The Royal Court & Stones In His Pockets for The McCarter Theater Princeton. Film & Television work includes Assassins Creed, Pan, The Foreigner, Ella Enchanted, Maze, ’71, Hideaways, Patrick’s Day, The Other Side of Sleep, Vikings, Love/Hate, The Tudors, Striking Out, Clean Break, Jack Taylor, LSD:73, Little Foxes amongst others. Social Media:@AaronMonaghan |
Clare Monnelly is a writer and actor. Her first play Charlie’s a Clepto was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards (Best New Play, Best Actress) and the Stewart Parker New Playwright Bursary. Her second play minefield premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2019 and was nominated for three Fringe Awards (Best Design, Fishamble New Writing Award, First Fortnight Award). As an actor she has worked with Druid, the Gate, the Abbey and Livin Dred among others and on screen for RTÉ, Sky One and TG4. She is an alumnus of Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic programme. |
Thanks to the O’Reilly Theatre, Publicis Dublin, Rachel West and all at the Arts Council, Ray Yeates and all at Dublin City Council Arts Office, Irish Arts Center, 59E59 Theaters, Origin Theatre Company, Solas Nua, Odyssey Theater Ensemble, Georganne Aldrich Heller, Carol Tambor Foundation, Abbey Theatre, Erica Campbell, Kez Kinevane, and all the 471 playwrights who submitted plays to Fishamble’s Tiny Play Challenge.