Festival programme

Official programme of the Claremorris Fringe Festival 2015, Friday 27th February to Sunday 8th March.

DATE TITLE GROUP AND DIRECTOR
Fri 27th Crumbs
by William Patterson		 The Grey Lake Actors – Robbie Gallagher
Failures
by Seamus McNally		 St. Patrick’s Drama Group, Westport – Mary Carr
Sat 28th 2:18 Finchley
by Sarah Pitard		 Long Haired Freaky People Productions – Frankie Moran
The Last Waltz
by Michael Goulding		 Half A Breakfast Theatre Group – Michael Goulding
Sun 1st The Visibility
by Ken Armstrong		 The Doubles Partnership – Ken Armstrong
Hospitality
by Joe Cottrell-Boyce		 Red Card Players – John Nolan
Mon 2nd Music at The Fringe: Sarah Buckley and Shane Horgan
Tue 3rd Music at The Fringe: Linda Conway
Wed 4th Music at The Fringe: Seamus Ruttledge
Fri 6th The Ape Cage
by Paul Thompson		 Parched Brigade Drama Group – John Paul Murphy
Feline-High-Rise-Syndrome
by Rex McGregor		 Half A Breakfast Theatre Group – Richie Heneghan
Sat 7th Mr. Average
by Stephen Lancefield		 Blendiva Productions – Moira Mahony
Sleeping Dogs
by Mena Mahon		 Blendiva Productions – Moira Mahony
Sun 8th Four Decembers Ago
by Phil Pearson		 Half A Breakfast Theatre Group – Michael Goulding
Neustra Dama de las Vinas
by Bob Canning		 Pansart Drama – Christina McKeown

You can find out more each play and its author at the site’s Programme page.

Two workshops announced

The Fringe Festival 2015 will feature two workshops for budding playwrights and/or directors. Today we can announce the details of these workshops.

The first is entitled ‘The fifteen minute play – Writing for the Fringe‘ and will be hosted by John Corless, Director of the Claremorris Fringe. In this intensive two-day workshop writers will be encouraged to bring their writing materials with them, be it laptop or quill and inkwell, as the object of the exercise is that each participant will write a 15 minute play by its end. This workshop will take place on Saturday, February 28th, and Sunday, March 1st.

The second workshop will be ‘The Director as Artist‘ and will take place over two days, March 7th and 8th. Whilst set and costume designers pay a huge role, the final creators of the actual performance are the directors who draw all the pieces together on a space we call a stage. In this workshop, we will attempt to explore the nature and constitution of an ensemble using theatrical techniques and skills in the pursuit of excellence. The host will be poet and dramatist Terry McDonagh.

For more details on the Fringe Festival 2015 workshops, please visit the site’s workshops page.

Update: You can now register for either or both workshops at that same workshops page.

Shortlist announced

Great news! We can now announce the shortlist of plays for the 2015 Claremorris Fringe Festival:

  • ‘2:18 Finchley’ by Sarah Pitard, London, U.K.
  • ‘Crumbs’ by William Patterson, Bangor, Co. Down. N. Ireland.
  • ‘Failures’ by Seamus McNally, Westport, Co. Mayo.
  • ‘Feline-High-Rise-Syndrome’ by Rex McGregor, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • ‘Four Decembers Ago’ by Phil Pearson, Cardiff, Wales.
  • ‘Hospitality’ by Joe Cottrell-Boyce, London, U.K.
  • ‘Mr. Average’ by Stephen Lancefield, East Sussex, U.K.
  • ‘Neustra Dama de las Vinas’ by Bob Canning, California, USA.
  • ‘Sleeping Dogs’ by Mena Mahon, Clogher, Co. Mayo.
  • ‘The Ape Cage’ by Paul Thompson, Derbyshire, U.K.
  • ‘The Last Waltz’ by Michael Goulding, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo.
  • ‘The Visibility’ by Ken Armstrong, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Congratulations to all whose work has been chosen.