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Companies

Blue Raincoat Theatre Company

OVERVIEW

  • Description

    We are a venue-based professional theatre ensemble. Our company and our venue, The Factory Performance Space, were founded in 1991. We produce between four and six professional productions every year, with an emphasis on staging modern European classics, new writing and new adaptations for stage. We employ a repertory system to tour each of these productions throughout Ireland and internationally. We provide a broad range of professional arts related support for community and cultural programming within our immediate region. We implement training, teaching and cultural development programmes with relevant state agencies and third-level institutions throughout Ireland.

    • Address

    The Factory Performance Space, Lower Quay Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo

    Email

    info@blueraincoat.com

    Website

    www.blueraincoat.com

    Phone

    + 353 (0)71 917 0431

    Artistic Director

    Niall Henry

    Designer

    Barry McKinney

    Designer

    Joseph Hunt

    Ensemble

    Ciaran McCauley

    Ensemble

    John Carty

    Ensemble

    Sandra O'Malley

NEW IRISH PLAYS PRODUCED BY BLUE RAINCOAT THEATRE COMPANY

Play Title Playwright
A Brief Taste of Lightning Malcolm Hamilton
A Vinegar Fog Malcolm Hamilton
Alice Through the Looking Glass Jocelyn Clarke Lewis Carroll
After the book by Lewis Carroll.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Jocelyn Clarke Lewis Carroll
After the book by Lewis Carroll.
At Swim Two Birds Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien

Adapted from the 1939 novel of the same name.
Birdie Birdie Michael Harding
First Cosmonaut Jocelyn Clarke
Once Time Malcolm Hamilton
Sanctuary Malcolm Hamilton
Still Life Malcolm Hamilton
The Hollow in the Sand Brendan Ellis
The Last Mile Malcolm Hamilton
The Poor Mouth Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien

Adapted from the 1941 novel 'An Béal Bocht'.
The Rallying Call Bob Kelly
The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst Malcolm Hamilton
The Third Policeman Jocelyn Clarke Flann O'Brien
The West Port Murders Brendan Ellis
Time Before Sleep
Devised by the company.
Tintown Bob Kelly