Blackwater Valley20th Jan - 16th Feb 2019

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Blood in the Alley Theatre Companyin association with Cork County Council and The Arts Council

presents:

★★★★

★★★★

Homeless McGoldrig has lost it all - including his mind. 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 last year.

Fishamble is an internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company, dedicated to the discovery, development and production of new work.

www.fishamble.com

Written andPerformed by: Pat Kinevane

Directed by: Jim Culleton

Produced by: Eva Scanlan

Week one: 20 – 26 January

Fishamble: The New Play Company presents:

WinnerOlivier Award

2016Argus Angel Award Brighton Festival 2012

Fringe First & Herald Angel Edinburgh Fringe

2011

Winner Winner

Hopeless, helpless, in-the-way person

‘passionate one-man show...Mr. Kinevane interprets Valentino’s highly theatrical screen pres-ence 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

‘writing and a performance of unflagging and effortless panache that grabs your heart and squeezes tightly.’ – Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

‘unflinching, intensely physical performance...bristling with black humour’ – The Scotsman

‘bawdily humorous and at times moving production…Kinevane moves around the stage with extraordinary grace’ – Irish Mail on Sunday

Age Suitability: 15+Running Time: 90min

No Interval

#FishambleSilent

Week one: 20 – 26 January #FishambleForgotten

Written andPerformed by: Pat Kinevane

Directed by: Jim Culleton

Produced by: Eva Scanlan

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.‘

Fishamble is an internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company, dedicated to the discovery, development and production of new work.

www.fishamble.com

Fishamble: The New Play Company presents:

Has no one a skitter o’ dignity left?

‘incredibly moving and unequivocally bea-utiful…immediate and compelling’ – The Scotsman

‘exceptional solo show…a bravura display by Kinevane, full of robust vitality and a roguish, twink-ling wit’ – The Herald

‘Drop everything. Book now...captivating, moving and - yes - even unforgettable’ – Irish Times

‘a piece of theatre not easily forgotten…its best moments linger in the mind and haunt you on the way home, and after, maybe…a performance of rare authority and completeness…a seductive, compelling quality, performed with grace and rigour.’ – The Sunday Tribune

Age Suitability: 14+Running Time: 95min

No Interval

Arthur Riordan

Week two: 29 January – 3 February

Big Guerilla Productions presents:

Seamus O’Rourke once again brings us a story full of heartache and humour, as a pair of aging, rural, bachelor brothers arrive at a point in their lives, where decisions have to be made about certain things...well the buying of a television for one...and one subject leads to another and the next thing, they’re bringing up all kinds of ‘auld shite’ that could have been left under the bed along with everything else.

Eugene McPartland is woken by his brotherPat in the middle of the night in 1979. Not only does Pat wake him, but he has his good suit on him too...and a light on in the bedroom and another on the landing...and as well as burning up the electric, he now wants to talk...

Age Suitability: 15+ Running time: 100min

10min Interval

Written by:Seamus O’Rourke

Directed by: Bairbre Ni Chaoimh

Performed by:Seamus O’Rourke Arthur Riordan

Seamus O’Rourke is a writer, director and actor...and an indep-endent producer with his own company ‘Big Guerilla Productions’. As a writer, his plays include ‘Ride On’ (Liven’ Dread 2011) ‘dig’, ‘Down’ and ‘The Trappe Family’ (Corn Mill Theatre) ‘dig’, ‘For Club and County’ (Moth Productions) ‘Victor’s Dung’ and ‘My Aunt Bee’ (Big Guerilla Productions) and his three One-Man-Shows, ‘The Sand Park’, ‘Padraig Potts’ Guide to Walking’ and ‘Indigestion’ (Big Guerilla Productions).

Seamus O’Rourke

Recent stage appearances include ‘Krapp’s last tape’ at the Theatre Royal, Waterford, ‘The Kings of the Kilburn High Road’ (Livin’Dred/Verdant productions), and ‘Swing’ (Fishamble, the New Play Com-pany). He has also worked extensively with Rough Magic (he is a foundingmember), as well as many other leading Irish theatre companies, including the Abbey and Peacock.

Little John Nee is widely regarded as one of Irelands leading solo theatre performers, his songs have been praised by John Prine and his theatre shows have received critical acclaim in the UK and in the US.

“Small Halls and Potholes” is an evening of eccentric songs and strange stories; “There are parts of Ireland that are less explored than the moon that’s where I go to get my songs”

Little John’s shows combine lyrical comic storytelling with original music and songs played on a variety of intriguing instruments creating magical soundscapes.

He received an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Designer for “Sparkplug” and the sub-sequent RTE Radio Drama adaption won a prize at the prestigious Prix Italia 2013. He was elected to Aosdana in 2016. A book of his haiku “The Apocalypse Came On A Friday” was published the same year. “Small Halls and Potholes” has travelled to Hungary, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Vienna as part of a “Five Cities Tour”

‘We rode a wave of emotion with him, the peaks and the troughs. And afterwards, we felt good, better than we had a couple of hours earlier. Everyone was smiling. Reflective smiles that come with having been privy to something special.’– The Budapest Times

Age Suitability: 14+Running time: 90min

No Interval

Week three: 5– 10 February

Written, Directed and Performed by: Little John Nee

Week four: 12 – 16 February

Written &Performed by: Noni Stapleton

Directed &Developed by: Bairbre Ní Chaoimh

WinnerBewley’s Little Gem Award

Dublin Fringe 2014

Stewart Parker Prize 2015

Winner

‘This hilarious take on rural life and love is a paradox: superficially crude, it’s full of wisdom and tenderness.’ – Sunday Independent

‘The last thing you would expect in an Irish rural drama is a parody of Edith Piaf. But Stapleton, is all Gallic sexiness...and conveying what an unsophisti-cated Irish girl might not otherwise be able to’– Irish Examiner

‘A fast-paced, witty, and intensely emotional tale filled with laughter, loss and despair’ – Irish Times

Age Suitability: 15+Running Time: 70min

No Interval

A surreal, black comedy, Charolais takes the age old story of female jealousy and gives it a new twist: the other woman is a cow, a literal one, a pure-bred Charolais heifer. Rarely in Irish theatre are thechallenges of farming life and the joy of sex expressed so frankly.

Noni is an Irish actress, voice over artist and playwright. She graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting beginning her theatrical career in What The Dead Want (directed by Jimmy Fay). She has cont-inued to work in theatre, tv and film over the years and has also performed in many Irish language productions. Theatre highlights include Perform-ance Corporation’s Lizzy Lavelle and The Vanishing of Emlyclough, The Laramie Project, Massacre @ Paris, Little Victories, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Good Father. Screen credits include Penny Dreadful,Inspector Jury, Vikings and Fair City.

Noni Stapleton

Week one:

Sun. January 20th - 8pmThe Palace Theatre, Fermoy Forgotten

Tue. January 22nd - 8pmMuintir na Tire, ButtevantForgotten

Wed. January 23rd - 8pmBallynoe Community HallSilent

Thur. January 24th - 8pmMeelin Community HallForgotten

Fri. January 25th - 8pmKades Kounty, GlenvilleSilent

Sat. January 26th - 8pmThe Town Hall, MitchelstownSilent

Production Venues & Dates

Week two:

Tue. January 29th - 8pmMuintir na Tire, Buttevant

Wed. January 30th - 8pmBallynoe Community Hall

Thurs. January 31st - 8pmMeelin Community Hall

Fri. February 1st - 8pmFirst Fruits, Watergrasshill

Sat. February 2nd - 8pmThe Town Hall, Mitchelstown

Sun. February 3rd - 8pmThe Palace Theatre, Fermoy

Week three:

Tue. February 5th - 8pmMuintir na Tire, Buttevant

Wed. February 6th - 8pmBallynoe Community Hall

Thurs. February 7th - 8pmMeelin Community Hall

Fri. February 8th - 8pmFirst Fruits, Watergrasshill

Sat. February 9th - 8pmThe Town Hall, Mitchelstown

Sun. February 10th - 8pmThe Palace Theatre, Fermoy

Week four:

Tue. February 12th - 8pmMuintir na Tire, Buttevant

Wed. February 13th - 8pmBallynoe Community Hall

Thurs. February 14th - 8pmMeelin Community Hall

Fri. February 15th - 8pmKades Kounty, Glenville

Sat. February 16th - 8pmThe Town Hall, Mitchelstown

Tickets at the door€15 per ticket, €12.50 Concession

€40 Family ticket (2 adults & 2 teens)Doors open 30 min. before show start time

“An excellent offering of Plays”

Sunday Business Post

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