Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Fishamble: The New Play Company is a Dublin-based theatre company specialising in new writing. Established in 1988, Fishamble became dedicated solely to the development and production of new Irish work in 1990. Originally called ‘Pigsback’, the company was renamed ‘Fishamble’ in 1997 in honour of Dublin’s Fishamble Street, where in 1784, Robert Owenson established the first theatre dedicated to producing new Irish plays.Fishamble has developed, produced and commissioned plays by many Irish writers including Maeve Binchy, Sebastian Barry, Joseph O'Connor, Mark O'Rowe, Dermot Bolger, Marina Carr, Colum McCann, Pat Kinevane and Gary Duggan. Fishamble has a history of supporting the first plays of new writers through the Fishamble Firsts Scheme. In addition, Fishamble has worked in partnership with a variety of festivals, organisations and venues, including Dublin City Council, The Arts Council, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival, Arts & Disability Ireland, Dublin Theatre Festival, Culture Ireland, Amnesty International, the British Council, Galway Arts Festival, Tinderbox Theatre Company, and the Irish Times. Fishamble has brought its productions to audiences throughout Ireland as well as to England, Scotland,USA, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, France, Germany, Iceland,Croatia and the Czech Republic. Awards for Fishamble's productions include Fringe First Awards, Herald Angel Awards, Argus Angel Awards, Irish Times Theatre Awards, 1st Irish Awards and, for many of its first-time playwrights, Stewart Parker Trust Awards. Fishamble's body of work is archived in The National Library of Ireland and at Notre Dame University. Fishamble is the theatre company in association at University College Dublin. Fishamble is staffed by Jim Culleton, the artistic director, Marketa Dowling, the general manager and producer and Gavin Kostick, the literary manager.. }
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- Fishamble:_The_New_Play_Company abstract "Fishamble: The New Play Company is a Dublin-based theatre company specialising in new writing. Established in 1988, Fishamble became dedicated solely to the development and production of new Irish work in 1990. Originally called ‘Pigsback’, the company was renamed ‘Fishamble’ in 1997 in honour of Dublin’s Fishamble Street, where in 1784, Robert Owenson established the first theatre dedicated to producing new Irish plays.Fishamble has developed, produced and commissioned plays by many Irish writers including Maeve Binchy, Sebastian Barry, Joseph O'Connor, Mark O'Rowe, Dermot Bolger, Marina Carr, Colum McCann, Pat Kinevane and Gary Duggan. Fishamble has a history of supporting the first plays of new writers through the Fishamble Firsts Scheme. In addition, Fishamble has worked in partnership with a variety of festivals, organisations and venues, including Dublin City Council, The Arts Council, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival, Arts & Disability Ireland, Dublin Theatre Festival, Culture Ireland, Amnesty International, the British Council, Galway Arts Festival, Tinderbox Theatre Company, and the Irish Times. Fishamble has brought its productions to audiences throughout Ireland as well as to England, Scotland,USA, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, France, Germany, Iceland,Croatia and the Czech Republic. Awards for Fishamble's productions include Fringe First Awards, Herald Angel Awards, Argus Angel Awards, Irish Times Theatre Awards, 1st Irish Awards and, for many of its first-time playwrights, Stewart Parker Trust Awards. Fishamble's body of work is archived in The National Library of Ireland and at Notre Dame University. Fishamble is the theatre company in association at University College Dublin. Fishamble is staffed by Jim Culleton, the artistic director, Marketa Dowling, the general manager and producer and Gavin Kostick, the literary manager.".