Podcasts about fishamble

The one man show "The Black Wolfe Tone" looks at the identity of a Black Irishman named Kevin, who is a "guest" at local psychiatric hospital. How did he end up there? The solo role is performed by Kwaku Fortune. "The Black Wolfe Tone" was commissioned through Dublin's Fishamble: The New Play Company and the Irish Rep, which is hosting its world premier.

Glór will play host to a powerful play next week. Fishamble: The New Play Company will present Deirdre Kinahan's Outrage on Friday, the 15th of November at 8pm. The play centres around two sisters during Ireland's revolutionary period. For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by one of the cast members, Catriona Ennis. Picture (c): by Monica Silvestre from Pexels via Canva

Our Arts Correspondent Evelyn O'Rourke has the story.

Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble appeals for the return of their Olivier Award.

Join Artistic Director, Jerome Davis, for a captivating discussion with Conall Morrison - the ORIGINAL director of HAUGHEY/GREGORY when it played in Dublin presented by the company Fishamble.   Come experience HAUGHEY/GREGORY!

Odyssey Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company present: King @ Odyssey Theatre Ensemble - 8.2 out of 10! Good Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! April 18 - May 5, 2024. www.latheatrebites.com

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with playwright Ciara Elizabeth Smyth about her new show Lie Low which is on at the Traverse Theatre 3rd-27th August 2023 & Abbey Theatre 17th -29th July 2023. We discuss the play, changing focus from preforming to writing, the importance of Government support for the arts and much more. Tickets for Traverse Theatre https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/lie-low-festival-23 Abbey Theatre Tickets https://booking.abbeytheatre.ie/events/16365?hidedate TRIGGER WARNING: brief mentions of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. LIE LOW Faye's Afraid. She's not sleeping, she doesn't trust ducks and all she's had to eat this week is a box of dry Rice Crispies. Award-winning new writing, Lie Low makes its Scottish debut as part of the Traverse Festival 2023. Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed by Oisín Kearney, Lie Low is a surreal comedy that offers a theatrical exploration into the human brain via the genitals. After a break-in at her home, Faye is working through trauma, but it's not moving fast enough. A doctor recommends a form of exposure therapy, so she asks her semi-estranged brother Naoise to help. But Naoise has problems and secrets of his own, and soon the power dynamics are shifting about like mercury on a fork. Lie Low is a darkly funny play that looks at how trauma manifests in the body, filled with bizarre humour, striking visuals and brave, whip smart writing and performed by Charlotte McCurry and Michael Patrick. Lie Low is supported by the MAC and Lyric Theatre Belfast. Originally developed with the support of FRINGE LAB, Fishamble, The Mill Theatre and An Táin Arts Centre. Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. Her plays have been presented by the Abbey Theatre, Fishamble, Dublin Fringe, the MAC and Project Arts Centre. She is under commission with several television production companies and theatre companies across the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 play, LIE LOW, was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Actress and Best New Play, two Dublin Fringe Awards, Fishamble New Writing Award and Best Performer (won) and is due to go on an international tour 2023/24. Ciara's debut short film, SLAY + PREPARE, is due to premiere in late 2023. She is a recipient of the Next Generation Award 2020, the Abbey Theatre's Commemoration Bursary 2021 and a Sharp Shorts 2022 awardee. She has also received funding from Short Circuit's First Features to develop a debut feature film. Ciara is represented by Nick Marston and Katie Battcock in Curtis Brown. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk ED FRINGE FORM NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/

On the 6th of December 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was agreed, paving the way for the creation of the Irish state. A century later, we explore how it was negotiated, the impact it had then and its legacy today. Conor Pope talks to playwright Colin Murphy, author Gretchen Friemann, historian Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh and Irish Times journalist Ronan McGreevy.Produced by Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne Brennan.www.irishtimes.com/podcasts Clips from ‘The Treaty' with thanks to Colin Murphy and the Fishamble theatre company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seán Rocks previews the Dublin Theatre Festival, with a special guests includling Enda Walsh & composer Donnacha Dennehy, ANU's Louise Lowe, Thommas Kane Byrne, Philip McMahon, Caitríona Daly & Fishamble's Jim Culleton. Further details,    dublintheatrefestival.ie.

Welcome back to TBOTA! Today on the show is Eva O'Connor, an award winning writer and performer from Ogonnelloe, Co.Clare. She writes and produces work for stage screen and radio. Her plays include My Name is Saoirse, Overshadowed, The Friday Night Effect (co-written with Hildegard Ryan) Maz and Bricks and MUSTARD (winner of Scotsman Fringe First Award 2019). Overshadowed was adapted for television for BBC and won the Mind Media Award for best drama 2018. She is currently under commission with Fishamble. Her play MUSTARD will be touring virtually with Fishamble from April 2021. We catch-up and talk...a year of the podcast, going grey and crooked teeth, bank holidays, living in a 2 bed house with 13 people, Edinburgh memories, rotting Norwegian shark,work/life balance, The Money, split or steal, the usefulness of regrets, the dawn of reality tv, The Science of Sleep, productivity, The Artist's Way, Hamnet, handstands, mondays/tuesdays/wednesdays.... and Sundays child and more! Support the show: Give us a rating & review Become a patron and help me make this show Like and follow us on facebook or instagram Rent the award-winning One Jewish Boy © Robert Neumark Jones

The Writers Michael Patrick & Oisín Kearney wrote the play ‘My Left Nut’ which they also adapted as a BBC Three series in 2020. Their recent play ‘The Alternative’ was the winner of Fishamble’s A Play for Ireland initiative. They were also part of BBC Writersroom’s ‘Belfast Voices’ 2019 development scheme. A BBC Northern Ireland production.

The chat continues this week as BPA’s Siobhán Maguire and Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company discuss the work of Pat Kinevane and their plans to bring theatre from Ireland to Bainbridge Island.  PAT KINEVANE 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 Writer. This prestigious award was shared with Fishamble and Jim Culleton who have been integral to the Production and Direction of Pat’s four 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. Since 2006 Pat has been touring extensively with his four solo pieces, which were commissioned, developed and produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company. They are Forgotten (since 2006, Irish Times Theatre Award Nominee), Silent (since 2011, Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel and Brighton Argus Angel Award) Underneath (since 2014, Forbes' Best Theatre on Broadway and Beyond List), and Before (Since 2018, Herald Archangel Award, Edinburgh Festival) all directed by Jim Culleton.   FORGOTTEN ‘Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?’ 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 “A piece of theatre not easily forgotten.” — THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE SILENT 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 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. “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 UNDERNEATH WINNER ADELAIDE FRINGE BEST THEATRE AWARD, ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2015 WINNER SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2015 WINNER STAGE RAW BEST SOLO PERFORMER AWARD, LOS ANGELES FORBES' BEST THEATER ON BROADWAY AND BEYOND LIST CRITICS’ CHOICE, LOS ANGELES TIMES Following the runaway international success of Forgotten and Silent, Fishamble presents Pat Kinevane’s third solo play, Underneath, directed by Jim Culleton. This stunning new play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life. It explores the surface, and what lies underneath. “MESMERIZING… guaranteed to open your eyes to your own life as well as the world around you.” — BROADWAY WORLD BEFORE WINNER HERALD ARCHANGEL AWARD, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2019 Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. He will meet her in an hour.  This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his Midlands home, to the madness of O’Connell Street. Some folk are impossible to buy for… Before was commissioned by Fishamble and has been in development with the support of the Arts Council, National Theatre Studio (London), and The Strollers Touring Network.  “Incomparable… with boundless, heroic energy… he sings like a god… superb… Kinevane displays a complete, perfect mastery of his actor’s instrument… don’t miss this show.” — LA TIMES UPCOMING PERFORMANCES Photo by Dan O'Neill INSIDE THE GPO By Colin Murphy Fishamble's Inside the GPO by Colin Murphy was a must-see cultural event at the heart of the 1916 commemorations. This unprecedented documentary drama, directed by Jim Culleton, was a once-in-a-century opportunity to experience the Easter Rising, in the main hall of the GPO itself.  STREAM ONLINE APRIL 1 - 5  2021  BOOK NOW NOTE: The show must be watched between 7pm April 1st and midnight April 5th. (All times are Irish time GMT.) JIM CULLETON 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 many Irish and international awards, including Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First, and Irish Times Best Director awards.  Jim has also directed for Audible, the Abbey, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, Draíocht, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTÉ Radio 1, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, RTÉ lyric fm, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center 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, and TCD.  SIOBHÁN MAGUIRE Born and raised in Ireland, Siobhán has been a professional Theatre Practitioner for over twenty years, and has a wealth of experience as a producer and venue manager. For BPA she has produced The Tempest (Islandwood), Twelfth Night (Bloedel) and A Midsummer's Night Dream (Bloedel). She is also responsible for creating the popular Irish Play Series at BPA. FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright. It harnesses the imaginative power of theatre to provide audiences with a diverse range of contemporary, compelling and heartfelt dramatic works, and typically supports over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble thinks nationally and reaches globally, touring its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and the world. Visit online at www.fishamble.com.

This week we are transported to Dublin, just in time for St Patrick’s Day. Listen in as BPA Operations Manager Siobhán Maguire chats about life in Ireland with longtime friend and collaborator Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company.  JIM CULLETON 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 many Irish and international awards, including Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First, and Irish Times Best Director awards.  Jim has also directed for Audible, the Abbey, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, The Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, Draíocht, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, RTÉ Radio 1, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, RTÉ lyric fm, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center 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, and TCD.  Fishamble’s Pat Kinevane and Jim Culleton after winning an Olivier Award for SILENT SIOBHÁN MAGUIRE Born and raised in Ireland, Siobhán has been a professional Theatre Practitioner for over twenty years, and has a wealth of experience as a producer and venue manager. For BPA she has produced The Tempest (Islandwood), Twelfth Night (Bloedel) and A Midsummer's Night Dream (Bloedel). She is also responsible for creating the popular Irish Play Series at BPA. FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY Fishamble is an Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing and producing new plays of national importance with a global reach, while championing the role of the playwright. It harnesses the imaginative power of theatre to provide audiences with a diverse range of contemporary, compelling and heartfelt dramatic works, and typically supports over 50% of the writers of all new plays produced on the island of Ireland each year. Fishamble thinks nationally and reaches globally, touring its productions to audiences throughout Ireland, and the world. Visit online at www.fishamble.com. President Higgins congratulating Fishamble’s Jim Culleton and Pat Kinevane on their Olivier Award win “During the three decades since your establishment you have received acclaim at home and on the international stage, garnering many prestigious awards. You have also staged many brave and groundbreaking plays which have challenged, surprised and delighted audiences around the world. As you look back over thirty years of artistic endeavor you have much to regard with pride. I wish you every success as you continue to nurture new and emerging talent, and to introduce another generation of theatre goers to truly innovative drama, theatre and performance.” — PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND 2011 – PRESENT CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED “ON BLUEBERRY HILL” IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE! On Blueberry Hill by Irish Fiction Laureate and award-winning writer Sebastian Barry Directed By Jim Culleton | Produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company Now available on AUDIBLE “Fishamble is to be congratulated on bringing original material to the public. It is ploughing in a risky furrow to produce fresh, innovative and modern Irish writing for the theatre. I wish the company continuing success.” — MARY MCALEESE, PRESIDENT OF IRELAND 1997 – 2011 Above: Fishamble’s EMBARGO by Deirdre Kinahan; Photo by Anthony Woods FISHAMBLE: THE NEW PLAY COMPANY IS SUPPORTED BY:    

Mark O’Connell’s Prize winning To Be A Machine & Bush Moukarzel, Theatre for One at The Abbey with Marina Carr & Emmet Kirwan, Louise Lowe discusses The Party to End All Parties from Anu Theatre Company & Fishamble, Embargo is a new play by writer Deirdre Kinahan, a story of three people caught up in the violent winds of change in Dublin in 1920.

Mark O’Connell’s Prize winning To Be A Machine & Bush Moukarzel, Theatre for One at The Abbey with Marina Carr & Emmet Kirwan, Louise Lowe discusses The Party to End All Parties from Anu Theatre Company & Fishamble, Embargo is a new play by writer Deirdre Kinahan, a story of three people caught up in the violent winds of change in Dublin in 1920.

Gavin Kostick is the literary officer at Fishamble theatre company in Dublin. There, he works with new writers for theatre through script development, readings and a variety of courses.  Gavin is also an award-winning playwright. He has written over a dozen plays which have been produced in Dublin, on tour around Ireland, the UK, New York, Philadelphia and Romania.  His most recent works are The End of the Road for Fishamble, This is What we Sang for Kabosh (Belfast and New York), The Sit and Fight Night on tour 2011 and An Image for the Rose outdoors for Whiplash Theatre Company. He is currently working on new plays for Fishamble and Whiplash, and an Opera with composer Raymond Deane for RTÉ Lyric.  As a performer he performed Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: Complete, a six hour show for Absolut Fringe, Dublin Theatre Festival and The London Festival of Literature at the Southbank.

We discuss "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Roma," "The Connors," and review the stage shows "Choir Boy" and "On Blueberry Hill." Plus: Karen tries to remember the name and star of a movie she saw years and years ago. Can you help us figure out what it was!?

On Personality Bingo this week; Ali Hardiman, an actress of both stage and screen. Ali will perform in DISCONNECTED, a play she has written, which will run nightly @ 7.30pm in The New Theatre from January 21st to February 2nd inc. She plays 'Scarlett' in another one of her plays 'ELECTRIC' alongside fellow agency actress Ericka Roe who plays 'Joni'. It ran at several theatre festivals over the summer including the Electric Picnic in September having enjoyed a sell-out 2 week run in The Theatre Upstairs in Dublin earlier in 2018. 'ELECTRIC' is written by Ali and directed by Clare Maguire. Screen Acting wise Ali reprises her role of 'Professor X' (and other characters) in the second IFTA Award Winning series of "BERNARD DUNNE'S MYTHICAL LEGENDS" for RTE2 Television which is currently in post-production. Also in post-production is Jumper Productions Irish Film Board funded short "SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT" in which Ali plays 'Stacey'. The film is directed by Fergal Costello and produced by Fiona Kinsella. Ali also plays the supporting role of 'Miranda' in Treasure Entertainment's feature film "METAL HEART" directed by Hugh O’Conor, 'Becca' in the IADT graduation short 'BREASTFRIENDS' directed by Eleanor Rogers, a role in "LEAVE TO REMAIN" also for Treasure Entertainment/RTE Storyland, 'Ali' in the short film "A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY" directed by Maria Doyle Kennedy and 'Sarah Dunne' in Tile Films "ASSASSINS" for TV3. Her theatre credits also include "INSIDE THE GPO" (Fishamble), "FIZZY DRINKS WITH TWO STRAWS" (Theatre Upstairs), "PROCLAMATION" (Smock Alley Theatre) and "Re:THINK" which Ali wrote and performed herself (Smock Alley Theatre).

Ste is a photographer and an actor from Dublin. He studied Architecture in UCD, getting involved with the Drama Society during his time there. Since graduating, Ste has been a freelancing as a photographer at www.ste.ie, and as an actor on stage and screen projects. His recent work includes ‘BlackCatfishMusketeer’ at Camden People’s Theatre and Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe with Malaprop , ‘Sunder’ with Anu Productions, ‘Carmen Disruption’ at the Beckett Theatre, ‘Panned’ at Theatre Upstairs, a tour of ‘Angels in the Park’, ‘Cornerstones’ at Civic Theatre, ‘The 24 Hour Plays’ at The Abbey, ‘Fused’ at Project Arts Centre, ‘Tales from Briar Hall’ at Theatre Upstairs, and Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Dundrum. Previous work with WeGetHigh Collective includes ‘Narf!’ and ‘Sluts’ at Smock Alley and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, respectively. On screen, he has appeared in TV Series ‘Eipic’ and ‘Corp + Anam’, short films ‘Summon Her Children’, ‘A Long Shot’, as well as web series ‘The Goo’. His next appearance will be in Caitriona Daly's 'Panned' - a one man show that looks at mental health issues. It runs at Project Arts Centre from the 12th-17th of November 2018. ***

This week, Tom chats to actor John Doran. John holds a BA (hons) in Drama Performance from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Some of his theatre work includes HARBOUR and CARE with Willfred Theatre, FIGHTING WORDS and ME MICHAEL at The Abbey Theatre, ROMEO AND JULIET at The Gate Theatre, THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE which he wrote himself as part of ‘Show In The Bag’ with Fishamble and FORGOTTEN WORDS with Theatre Lovett. He often works with Devious Theatre Company, highlights which include SOME FLOOD, WAR OF ATTRITION and HELLFIRE SQUAD. John has also appeared in many commercials and has been in the short SWERVE with Microfilms. He plays guitar, ukulele , bass and percussion and is a very accomplished singer.

It's the halfway point of Season two, and we're marking it by sitting down with the great Jim Culleton. We chat about his beginnings as a child actor, his time studying at TCD, the formation of Pigsback and its evolution to Fishamble, his dedication to new writing, and marking 30 years in business. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 26 – Enjoy!

Jeda de Brí is a director, writer and Artistic Director of Sickle Moon Productions. Directorial Credits include: GPO 1818 (Fishamble), 24 Hour Plays Dublin (The Abbey Theatre), The Egg is a Lonely Hunter (Nominated: Little Gem Award, First Fortnight Award & Fishamble New Writing Award, Dublin Fringe 2017), TRYST (Nominated: Fishamble New Writing Award, Fringe 2016) Mimes in Time (Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Dublin Fringe 2016 - Nominated: Little Gem Award), Cirque Des Reves (Smock Alley & Bewleys Café Theatre). Her short film, Procession will shoot in March as part of The Irish Film Boards Short Stories Scheme. In April, TRYST will return for a full run at Project Arts Centre.

In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin chats to Geraldine McAlinden. Originally from County Armagh, Geraldine trained originally as a solicitor and worked in the UK and Ireland. She trained and worked part-time as an actor and director for theatre until 2012 when she left law to take up a place in the first one year Screen Acting programme run by the Factory now Bow Street Academy. During that time she trained with Kirsten Sheridan, Shimmy Marcus, Lance Daly and Maureen Hughes during the one year Screen Acting Programme in The Factory (now Bow Street) and with the Gaiety School of Acting and the Focus Theatre. She is a member of The Actor’s Studio in Bow Street. Film credits include the features The Secret Scripture, The Truth Commissioner, How to be Happy, ANTON and Portrait of a Zombie (Winner of the 2013 Underground Film Festival’s Best Independent Feature award). Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV acting credits include the IFTA winning Red Rock and Cumann na mBan 100 as well as Scup and RTE’s children’s show Spooky Stakeout. Geraldine’s recent theatre credits include One Day by Dick Walsh, Remember to Breathe (Dublin Fringe 2015), Friendly Fire, Mary Stuart, Beyond Therapy!, Philidelphia Here I come!, and various characters in the longplay improv Spoonfed (Dublin Fringe 2005). Geraldine’s directing credits include the plays Orphans, The New York Monologues and The Cripple of Inishmaan and the short film Helmets and Thorny Island. Her writing credits include the tiny play Knowing (which was published and produced by  Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland) and the short films The Crack and Any Given Night (which she co-wrote). Her film production credits include Enough (selected for screening at the 2015 Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival). Geraldine is one of the two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions whose production of Orphans was highlighted as one of the theatre highlights in Dublin for 2015. Geraldine can be seen soon in the new season of Striking Out   on Rte and in the upcoming feature films Zoo, Dark lies the island and Black 47. Currently she can be seen playing Jennifer in the web-series Fix Me by Tom Moran. http://filmireland.net/ http://filmireland.net/category/the-actors-room/

Thursday 30 August 2012When it comes to the development of new Irish writing, no-one comes close to Fishamble’s Gavin Kostick. Here he chats about his arrival in Ireland, his time with D.U. Players, the international success of his first play, his early days as a TV presenter, the inspiration behind the Show in a Bag initiative, the phenomenal response to Tiny Plays for Ireland, and his hugely popular playwriting courses. It’s episode 43 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!

Thursday 31 May 2012With landmark shows like World’s End Lane and Laundry, Louise Lowe has firmly established herself as one of the most important theatre makers in the country. Here, we chat about getting a start in the business with Peter Sheridan, the importance of going to London for her M.A, the formation of Anu, recent freelance work with Fishamble, Performance Corporation and Prime Cut, her work with Project Brand New, and the phenomenon that is The Monto Cycle. It’s episode 30 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!

In this recording from 2012 theatre maker Pat Kinevane talks to friend and fellow actor Olwen Fouéré about the process of writing and developing Silent with Fishamble, the new play company. Pat Kinevane's Trilogy plays on the Peacock stage until 15 April 2017. Recorded on the 7 June 2012 at the Peacock Theatre. Sound Editor: Lisa Farrelly Sound Operator: Ben Delaney

We continue our short season of programmes in our series Youngbloods looking at Theatre Professionals and the Company they keep. Tonight it's the turn of Fishamble: The New Play Company as Director Jim Culleton, Dramaturg Gavin Kostick, Producer Marketa Dowling and Actor Pat Kinevane discuss the work of Fishamble in Youngbloods.