Tinderbox Theatre

Irish Times Theatre Award Nomination for Guidelines Lighting Designer

tinderboxtheatre — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:14:06 +0000

Ciaran Bagnall has been nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for his lighting design on Tinderbox’s Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life. Click on the heading for further details.

Girlband by Stacey Gregg for Autumn 2012

tinderboxtheatre — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:41:39 +0000

Tinderbox is working with playwright Stacey Gregg and composer / performer Katie Richardson on Girlband, a new play with original live music. Click on heading for further details.

Tinderbox to Perform at Stormont

ciaran — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:52:55 +0000

Tinderbox has been specially commissioned to create and perform a new work in Stormont on behalf of the Pilgrim Trust. Written by Julie Dutkiewicz the piece will highlight issues regarding women in the criminal justice system. Click the post to find out more.

New Year for Turning the Page

ciaran — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:12:27 +0000

The second stage of Tinderbox’s innovative community writing exchange programme, Turning the Page starts in February. Groups from East Belfast Mission will be taking part in writing workshops to create their own monologues which will be exchanged and performed by their partner group. Click the post for more information.

Revolution Gets Under Way

ciaran — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:12:09 +0000

The second year of Tinderbox’s youth theatre programme Revolution has got under way with youth groups from across Belfast and North Down. Last year’s Revolution saw the performance of RJ’s Leaving Day in the Grand Opera House and The Long Gallery in Stormont. This year Groups including the Frank Gillen Centre, The Foster Carers Association and Holywood AEP are devising new scripts and performing them in a showcase later in the spring. Click on the post for more information.

360º Script Writing Festival 2012

hanna — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:59:28 +0000

The booking are now open for this years’ 360º Script Writing Festival organised by Tinderbox Theatre Company and BBC NI. The festival runs 25th to the 27th of January and features a range of talks and workshops. The workshops are free but it is essential to book your place. For the full programme details and how to book go to our workshops page.

David Ireland wins Meyer Whitworth Award for Everything Between Us

hanna — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:45 +0000

Tinderbox’s winning streak continues with another award for playwright David Ireland

David Ireland has been awarded with the prestigious 2011 Meyer-Whitworth Award for Best New Play by an Emerging Writer for his stage play Everything Between Us which was commissioned ...

Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life

hanna — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:48:22 +0000

Tinderbox Theatre Company presents a new play by Paul Kennedy.

For full details go to www.guidelinestheshow.com...

Rehearsals start for Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life

hanna — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:14:08 +0000

Actors, community chorus members, designers and technicians have begun rehearsing Paul Kennedy’s new play Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life which will open on October 14th and run until October 28th. Together the company will transform a vast ex industrial space in East Belfast to create an immersive, intimate theatre experience that will transport audiences to a terrifying post-apocalyptic world where only a few survivors remain. For more information click here

Tinderbox writers on the Meyer Whitworth Award Shortlist

hanna — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:58:56 +0000

Tinderbox’s award winning playwrights Jimmy McAleavey and David Ireland have both been shortlisted for the Meyer Whitworth Award for best new play by an emerging writer 2011. Joining them on the short list of seven plays is Plan D by Hannah Khalil, which Tinderbox presented as a rehearsed, reading at the Pick n Mix festival 2009. To find out more click on this post