Shard
Fight Back 2020 Festival
FIGHT BACK FESTIVAL 2020
Presented by The New Theatre and TakeYourSeats.ie
An isolated island. A commune of like-minded people. A chance at a new beginning.
You wouldn’t think it to look at him now but Spooner was once quite the whizz in finance. Good in presentations, great at crunching numbers, a real company man. But the veneer of success hid a desire for something different in life. So when offered the opportunity to join a community by the charismatic Kemp, he jumped at the chance. However the desolation and sadness Spooner found in his new surroundings soon made him realise that some places on earth are not meant to be occupied. And some places on earth have a will all of their own…
The New Theatre and TakeYourSeats.ie are proud to present:
FIGHT BACK FESTIVAL 2020
An initiative of TakeYourSeats.ie & The New Theatre.
12 writers, 12 actors, 12 acts of defiance.
For 23 years, The New Theatre has nurtured, developed and staged new plays and provided Irish writers and artists with dramaturgical and production support. With COVID-19 closing all theatres across Ireland, emerging writers and actors have lost opportunities to have their work seen by audiences.
More pressingly, they have lost their income.
As a response, The New Theatre and TakeYourSeats.ie present FIGHT BACK FESTIVAL, an online theatre festival for Irish audiences to discover short plays written in response to these unprecedented times.
Writers that have worked with in The New Theatre over the last 12 months will present short works about now; their fears, joys, losses, love lives, secrets and pasts, futures and families, isolation and connection.
These short works provide a snapshot of this country in the here and now, shining a light on our tentative first steps into a fundamentally new world.
Each short play will premiere on The New Theatre Facebook page at 21:15, starting on Tuesday, April 7th 2020.
While each short play can be viewed for free, we strongly encourage you to use the donation option - all income generated supports the longevity of The New Theatre and the artists involved.
Stay Safe,
The New Theatre & TakeYourSeats.ie
Come Play
Submit your event for free and join our curated listings of the best of Irish online events taking place in the coming weeks. takeyourseats.ie/come-play
