Silent Press Release - Abbey Theatre
Silent Press Release - Abbey Theatre
Silent Press Release - Abbey Theatre
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The <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> presentsFishamble: The New Play Company’sSILENTWritten and performed by Pat KinevaneDirected by Jim CulletonOn the Peacock stageWednesday 30 May – Saturday 16 June 2012Winner of The Scotsman Fringe First and The Herald Angel awardsEdinburgh Festival Fringe 2011The <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> is delighted to welcome Fishamble: The New Play Company’sproduction of <strong>Silent</strong> onto the Peacock stage following its 2011 national Irish tour andperformances in Paris and Edinburgh. This award winning tour-de-force written andperformed by Pat Kinevane will run from 30 May – 16 June.<strong>Silent</strong> is the touching and challenging story of homeless Tino McGoldrig. He has lost it all– including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of this past through theromantic world of Rudolph Valentino. Pat Kinevane’s powerful performance as Tino hasgarnered both national and international acclaim.<strong>Silent</strong> is a Fishamble: The New Play Company production written and performed by PatKinevane, directed by Jim Culleton, produced by Marketa Dowling, music composed byDenis Clohessy and costume styled by Catherine Condell.Video link to a trailer of the production: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqFd54R6dOQFiach Mac Conghail, Director of the <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> said, “I have long been an admirer ofPat Kinevane as an actor and to see him perform in his own play SILENT, is a remarkableevening of theatre. It is a great pleasure to present Fishamble: The New PlayCompany at the <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> and it continues my commitment to presenting the best ofbest of Irish theatre at the national theatre”.
The <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> is committed to showcasing the best of independent theatre talent on itsstages. Earlier this year, the <strong>Abbey</strong> presented I ♥ ALICE ♥ I, written and directed by AmyConroy of the <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong>’s New Playwrights Programme. The play then travelled to NewYork’s Irish Arts Center and received rave reviews. Last year, six visiting theatre companiespresented work at the <strong>Abbey</strong> including <strong>Theatre</strong> Lovett, The Ark, Fíbín Teo, National Youth<strong>Theatre</strong>, Silken Thomas Players and The Company.Pat is a native of Cobh, County Cork. He has worked as an actor in Ireland for the past 21years. He began to write for the stage in 1997 and completed his first full length play TheNun’s Wood, which won a BBC Stewart Parker Trust Award '98 and was produced byFishamble: The New Play Company. Fishamble then produced his second play The Plainsof Enna which premiered at the 1999 Dublin <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival. Since then he has writtenThe Death of Herod for Mysteries 2000 at the SFX. A production of his piece EvangelineElsewhere premiered in New York as part of the 1st Irish <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival in Sept. 08. Pat iscurrently touring the world with his solo theatre piece Forgotten (Irish Times <strong>Theatre</strong>Award Nominee 08) also produced by Fishamble. He has already performed Forgotten tohuge acclaim throughout Ireland and in Paris, Prague, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria,Edinburgh, Liverpool, Iceland, Washington, Boston, New York and Los Angeles.Fishamble: The New Play Company is a multi award-winning, internationally acclaimedcompany, at the heart of new writing for theatre in Ireland. Over the past 23 years,Fishamble has produced numerous plays by first-time and established playwrights andbrought this work to audiences throughout Ireland as well as to England, Scotland, USA,Canada, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, France, Germany, Iceland and the Czech Republic.Recent work includes Tiny Plays for Ireland by 25 writers, Forgotten by Pat Kinevane, ThePride of Parnell Street by Sebastian Barry and The End of the Road, a site-specificproduction by Louise Lowe and Gavin Kostick. As part of its commitment to developingnew work for the theatre, Fishamble runs a wide range of training, development andmentoring initiatives for playwrights and theatre artists.The <strong>Abbey</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.Booking details for <strong>Silent</strong>: www.abbeytheatre.ie and (01) 87 87 222.Wednesday 30 May – Saturday 16 June on the Peacock StageWednesday – Saturday and Tuesday 12 June, 8pm (no performance on Thursday 14 June)Ticket prices: €25 (conc. €18)
Follow us on Twitter, Like us on FacebookFor further information please contact:Sinead O’Doherty, Gerry Lundberg Public Relations pr@gerrylundbergpr.com / (01) 6798476 / 086 259 1070Maura Campbell, <strong>Press</strong> and Marketing Assistant maura.campbell@abbeytheatre.ie / (01)879 7268‘a striking performance under Jim Culleton’s effective direction…a moving story, whichuntil its end, pulses with the erratic noise of life’ Irish Times‘riveting’ Sunday Times‘a must-see if ever there was one’ ***** The List‘fabulous dance of whirling words..a bravura outpouring of sorrow, anger, hurt andlacerating wit’ ***** The Herald (Scotland)‘unflinching, intensely physical performance..bristling with black humour’ **** TheScotsman‘remarkable range of styles and devices…to be in that audience was to experience a raresynergy between performer and the performed-to’ Irish Independent
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