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Fight Back day 7 – BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS (video)

Today marks the end of the second week of Fight Back Festival. We wrapped it up with BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS by David Halpin performed by Jed Murray. To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE Suggested Donation is €5 to go toward the artists (Actors & Playwrights) UP NEXT: KING OF CATS by Oisin […]

Fight Back day 6 – PANDEMIC PANIC (video)

Tonight’s performance was PANDEMIC PANIC, a hilarious comedy by Ella Skolimowski, performed by Aneta Dina Keder. Stay at home and enjoy! UP NEXT: BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS by David Halpin Friday 17th @ 9.15pm To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE https://www.takeyourseats.ie/events/2020/4/16/pandemic-panic Suggested Donation is €5 to go toward the artists (Actors & Playwrights) 

Fight Back Day 5 – HUG (video)

The second day of week 2 brought us another fantastic offering: HUG by Ali Hardiman, performed by Madi O’Carroll. Stay at home and enjoy! UP NEXT: Pandemic Panic by Ella Skolimowski Thursday 16th @ 9.15pm To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE Suggested Donation is €5 to go toward the artists (Actors & Playwrights)

Fight Back Festival week 2 – TOFFEE (video)

Fight Back Festival 2020 tonight kicked off its second week of online performances. Over the weekend the festival got a great mention in The Independent “An absolute delight. It raises the spirits in a time of Covid-19.” – Emer O’Kelly UP NEXT: HUG by Ali Hardiman tomorrow (Wed 15th) @ 9.15pm Tonight’s offering is: TOFFEE […]

Fight Back Day 3 – SHARD and THE PLEASUREOMETER (videos)

Tonight we had a double bill of contributions to Fight Back Festival 2020 –  SHARD by Stuart Roche and THE PLEASUREOMETER by Jack Harte. Stay at home, and enjoy!            SHARD by Stuart Roche, performed by Neill Fleming.  To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE  Suggested Donation is €5 to go toward the artists (Actors […]

Fight Back 2020 Day 2 – THE ONE TREE (video)

Our second instalment for Fight Back Festival 2020 is THE ONE TREE by Tara Maria Lovett, performed by Pat Nolan To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE ➡️ Suggested Donation is €5 to go toward the artists (Actors & Playwrights) Stay at home and enjoy!    DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT Up Next: DOUBLE BILL Fri 9th April […]

Fight Back Festival begins with AN UNMADE BED (video)

We kicked off our artist-led response to the Covid-19 related closures this evening with Elizabeth Moynihan’s AN UNMADE BED, performed by Laoisa Sexton. To make a donation to the artists: CLICK HERE ➡️ Stay at home and enjoy! DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT HERE  Tomorrow night: THE ONE TREE by Tara Maria Lovett @ 9.15pm

Sold out shows end the run for Killing Grandad

Well done to all involved in Killing Grandad, which enjoyed sold out nights in the first week before Covid-19 began to dawn on us all. The show was a satirical comedy that almost became ironic, as the run finished just in time to close the doors for the health and safety of Grandparents everywhere. “A […]

Dragon is a hit

 Fizz & Chips Theatre enjoyed an audience and box office hit recently with their new musical, Dragon Below are some examples of the lovely reviews they received for the production Congratulations to this young emerging company.    “Both modern day and fantasy scenes are skilfully choreographed and the cast showcase their musical and dramatic versatility in quicksilver […]

Sold-out run for b(l)oom

B(l)oom, “the debut presentation by an ambitious new collective, tasteinyourmouth”, enjoyed a sold-out run at The New Theatre recently. The young company staged an ambitious and well-received production by audiences and critics alike. “Describing the imagined destruction of Dublin in near apocalyptic terms, the title serves as a double sided metaphor, proclaiming boom as both […]

Readings, New Plays, and Tours 2019

In 2019 we staged and supported numerous new plays with our regular play readings, our New Writing Week, New Theatre productions, hosting and co-productions. We were delighted to kick off the year with The Raven And The Crone as part of First Fortnight. We saw out January with the spectacle of Ali Hardiman’s Disconnected. In February we saw […]

PATH TO THE STAGE – playreadings 2019 announced

We are proud to announce new plays for our 2019 callout – PATH TO THE STAGE – playreadings 2019 November 4th – 7th 2019. Thank you to all the writers from all over Ireland that submitted to our New Writing callout 2019. The standard of scripts received were very high. As a result we have […]

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