Companies

Graffiti Theatre Company

OVERVIEW

Description

Graffiti is a professional theatre company which specialises in making exciting theatre for children and young people. Based in Cork, the company creates performances in English and Irish for audiences aged from 6 months to 18 years. Graffiti presents in theatres, schools and crèches, offering work of outstanding artistic quality, work which understands the needs of each particular age group and which supports teachers and parents with innovative resource materials.

In addition, Graffiti's Creative Learning Department runs three youth theatres for young people (Activate Youth Theatre (Senior/Pre Senior/Junior), who meet for workshops on a weekly basis and create their own productions. The Creative Learning Department also run an impressive range of programmes including workshops about bullying, racism, identity and personal and educational development in and out of the school setting. Through Youth Theatres and/or active workshops in schools, young people gain a sense of self-worth and citizenship.

One of the most fascinating projects of recent years is theatre for very young children and babies, including full-scale professional performances and the interactive workshops of the BEAG team.

Graffiti is both nationally and internationally recognised for the range and depth of its work which also includes influential research, mentoring of young artists and an active commitment to the development of Theatre for (and by) Young Audiences.

Address

Assumption Road,Blackpool,Co. Cork

Email

graffiti@eircom.net

Website

www.graffiti.ie

Phone

+ 353 (0)21 439 7111

New Irish Plays Produced By Graffiti Theatre Company

Play Title	Playwright
A Day in the Life of a Pencil	Raymond Scannell
A Deadly Weapon	Laurie Brooks
A World of a Difference	Roger Gregg Devised by Roger Gregg and Graffiti Theatre Company.
After Dark	Mike Kenny
An Garraíodóir	Síle Ní Bhroin Mike Kenny
An Páiste Caillte	Síle Ní Bhroin Mike Kenny Aistriúchán ar 'The Lost Child'
Céim ar Chéim	Síle Ní Bhroin Mike Kenny Aistriúchán ar 'Walking the Tightrope'
Closed Circuit	Raymond Scannell
Cloud Pictures	Mike Kenny
Control	Roger Gregg
Crossing the Boundary	Roger Gregg
Curtain Calls	Devised by Graffiti Theatre Company
Dorchadas Draíochta	Síle Ní Bhroin Mike Kenny
Fishy Tales	Enda Walsh
Forget-me-not	Devised by Graffiti Theatre Company from an original concept by Emelie FitzGibbon, Edie Demas and Myles Breen. The play includes an adaptation of 'My Father's Father' by Edie Demas.
Generation Revolution	Raymond Scannell
Infidel	Roger Gregg
Is Iomaí Slí	Bairbre de Barra
Jackie	Síle Ní Bhroin Sarah FitzGibbon
Jackie - An tOspidéal	Síle Ní Bhroin Sarah FitzGibbon
Jackie's Day	Sarah FitzGibbon
Jackie's Day - The Hospital	Sarah FitzGibbon
Meal Ticket	Emelie FitzGibbon Devised by Emelie FitzGibbon and Graffiti Theatre Company.
Messer	Emelie FitzGibbon
Permutations and Palpitations	Raymond Scannell
Rudie Bits	Sarah FitzGibbon
Scamallán	Síle Ní Bhroin Mike Kenny Aistrithe ón mBéarla - 'Cloud Pictures'
Scéal Faoi Bhláth	Fiadhnat Ní Mheara Mícheál O Súilleabháin (3) Leagan Gaeilge é seo ar phíosa a chruthaigh Graffiti féin i 1997 dar teideal 'Forget-Me-Not'.
Silence the Ravens	Roger Gregg
Síscéal an Chroí	Máire Nic Mhaoláin Mícheál O Súilleabháin (3) Philip Ridley Aistriúchán agus athchóiriú ar 'Fairytaleheart'.
Striking Distance	Raymond Scannell
Strong as Horses	Emelie FitzGibbon Devised by Emelie FitzGibbon in association with Graffiti Theatre Company.
Teanga	Ba iad Graffiti a chuir an script le chéile.
Tears from a Long Time Ago	Martina Lynch
That's Typical	Devised by Graffiti Theatre Company
The Changeling	Emelie FitzGibbon Devised by Emelie FitzGibbon and Graffiti Theatre Company.
The Dogs of Chulainn	Roger Gregg
The Happy Prince	Oscar Wilde Devised by the company.
The Lost Ones	Laurie Brooks
The Riddle Keeper	Laurie Brooks Adapted from the short story Imaginary Friends by Terry Brooks.
The Snow Queen	Mike Kenny
The Tangled Web	Laurie Brooks
Walking Man	Jody O'Neill
White Heat	Roger Gregg