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Pigsback Theatre Company

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Pigsback Theatre Company was formed in 1988 and, between 1990 and 1996, it produced 10 new plays by Irish writers, presented 5 Dublin Theatre Festival Premieres, 4 national tours and tranferred to the Abbey Theatre and to the UK.

New Irish Plays Produced By Pigsback Theatre Company

Play Title	Playwright
Buffalo Bill Has Gone To Alaska	Colin Teevan
Don Juan	Michael West Molière An adaptation of Molière's original.
Howling Moons, Silent Sons	Deirdre Hines
Jack Ketch’s Gallows Jig	Gavin Kostick
Red Roses and Petrol	Joseph O'Connor (1)
Sardines	Michael West
The Ash Fire	Gavin Kostick
The Flesh Addict	Gavin Kostick
The Tender Trap	Michael West Pierre De Marivaux After ‘La Double Inconstance’ by Marivaux.
This Love Thing	Marina Carr

Premiered In 2022

The Blackwater Lightship

Luke

This Sh*t Happens All the Time

Walking with Ghosts

Ghostlight

Premiered on this day

The Mai

Premiered 05 Oct 1994

Playwright
Marina Carr
Company
Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

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Irish Theatre Institute
Registered Office: 17 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 F293
Tel: +353 1 670 4906

Registered Charity Number: CHY 20847
Company Registration Number: 338199
VAT Number : IE6358199D