fight back 2020 festival
An initiative of The New Theatre & TakeYourSeats.ie
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
“Write about now, your backdrop, your fears, your happiness - plays can be happy, energetic, odd, abstract and entertaining - whatever feels right to you now.Backdrop can be a door, bookshelves, a mirror, a kitchen, outside...it can be anything. As these short plays are one actor to camera, the intensity of the script is important.Each short play must be original material.”
