Companies

Tinderbox Theatre Company

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Description

Tinderbox was formed in 1988 and is one of Ireland’s leading independent companies. Tinderbox develops, commissions and produces dynamic new theatre plays that resonate strongly with audiences in Belfast, Northern Ireland and beyond. The company provides professional expertise and innovative programmes to inspire, nurture and support both emerging and established playwrights, and offers a specialised and versatile Outreach Programme to increase the value of its plays and productions for the communities it serves.

Address

Imperial Buildings, 72 High Street, Belfast BT1 2BE, Co. Antrim

Email

info@tinderbox.org.uk

Website

www.tinderbox.org.uk

Phone

+ 44 (0)28 9043 9313

NEW IRISH PLAYS PRODUCED BY TINDERBOX THEATRE COMPANY

Play Title	Playwright
All Through The House	Judith King
Bruised	Maria Connolly Stacey Gregg Rosemary Jenkinson Maria McManus
Caught Red Handed	Tim Loane
Choking the Butterfly	James Johnson
Convictions	Daragh Carville Damian Gorman Marie Jones (1) Martin Lynch Owen McCafferty Nicola McCartney Gary Mitchell Convictions comprises seven short plays by seven different writers. The seven plays were (in alphabetical order): Male Toilets by Daragh Carville, Judge's Room by Damian Gorman, Court No. 2 by Marie Jones, Main Hall by Martin Lynch, Court No. 1 by Owen McCafferty, Jury Room by Nicola McCartney and Holding Cell by Gary Mitchell.
Dumped	Daragh Carville
Everything Between Us	David Ireland
Family Plot	Daragh Carville
Fingertips	Thomas McLaughlin
Galloping Buck Jones	Ken Bourke
Girls and Dolls	Lisa McGee
God's Country	Colin Bell
Guidelines For A Long And Happy Life	Paul Kennedy
Huzzies	Stacey Gregg
Independent Voice	Gary Mitchell
Into the Heartland	John McClelland
Lally The Scut	Abbie Spallen
Language Roulette	Daragh Carville
Massive	Maria Connolly
No Place Like Home	Owen McCafferty This show was devised by the company, incorporating video, installation art and text by Owen McCafferty.
On McQuillan's Hill	Joseph Crilly
Planet Belfast	Rosemary Jenkinson
Revenge	Michael Duke
Ruby	Marie Jones (1)
Second-Hand Thunder	Joseph Crilly
Sleep Eat Party	Damian Gorman The script was largely assembled from original interview material.
Summertime	David Ireland
The Chairs	Owen McCafferty Eugene Ionesco A version of the play by Eugène Ionesco.
The Cleanroom	John McCann (2)
The Duke of Hope	Conor Grimes Alan McKee
The Gathering(2)	Michael Duke
The Green Shoot	Ian McElhinney Inspired by the life and poems of John Hewitt.
The Sign of the Whale	Jimmy McAleavey
The Virgin Father	Jimmy McAleavey
Theatre of Paranoia	Miche Doherty
This Love Thing	Marina Carr
This Other City	Daragh Carville
Unhome	Jimmy McAleavey
What We're Made Of	Jonathan Bailie Daragh Carville Vedrana Klepica Ivor Martinic John McCann (2)