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Fishamble is an Olivier Award-winning Irish theatre company that is passionate about discovering, developing, and producing new plays.

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🎭 REFUGE is coming to Dublin Theatre Festival this Autumn 🎭

“All war… it starts with stories, starts with lies.”

Fishamble: The New Play Company and Staatstheater Mainz in Germany, in association with Pavilion Theatre and Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable are thrilled to present REFUGE by Deirdre Kinahan as part of Dublin Theatre Festival this Autumn.

Returning from an outstanding run in Mainz, we are so excited to finally be bringing this co-production home to Ireland.

REFUGE is directed by Jim Culleton, and is an Irish/German co-production with an international cast that includes Mary Murray (Cosima, Holy Mary) and Aidan Kelly (Say Nothing, Killing Eve, Poor), and Matthew Williamson (The Dead, Hammam) with music by Steve Wickham (The Waterboys).

It is a thrilling new play that weaves past, present and future: music and magic. Stories of longing, love and loss tear at the human need to find a place, a home, a refuge.

“Outstanding…incredibly powerful” - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“It’s quite a story, and one that hasn’t yet been told…” - Die Deutsche Buehne

“nuanced, emotional story with a socially critical edge… leaves a lasting impression” - SWR

🗓️ September 30 - October 11, 2026.

🎟️ Tickets on sale now via @paviliontheatre.

The performances of REFUGE in Germany are supported by the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin and the Irish Consulate in Frankfurt. The performances in Ireland in October are presented as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency culture programme. Reading events supported by the Goethe-Institut.

Image credit: Andreas J. Etter

#Fishamble #DeirdreKinahan #DublinTheatreFestival #PavilionTheatre Cultúr202 by @fishamble

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Thank you everyone who joined us for our post-show talk this afternoon as part of German Unity Day with Deirdre Kinahan, writer of REFUGE, theatre director and academic Dr Kunle Animashaun, Fishamble Literary manager & dramaturg Gavin Kostick and Jörg Vorhaben, dramaturg and Artistic Producer at the @staatstheatermainz.

This event was supported by the @goetheinstitut_irland. by @fishamble

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★★★★ "Fearlessly engaging with questions of culture, identity, power and immigration" - The Arts Review

Following two incredible performances and receiving instant praise, including a four star review, REFUGE continues tonight and throughout the weekend, with two performances on Saturday and a matinée on Sunday.

See why the critics are raving and book your tickets via our website today!

📅 Until Sun 11 Oct

@fishamble
@staatstheatermainz
@dublintheatrefestival_ by @fishamble

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for REFUGE from The Arts Review!

“An enriching theatrical experience, Refuge offers a brave beginning to some unsettling, yet rewarding, inter- and cross-cultural conversations. Here’s hoping for many more to come.”

🗓️ Running until October 11th
📍 @paviliontheatre as part of @dublintheatrefestival_
🎟️ Tickets available now via Pavilion Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival

#fishamble #theatre #dublin by @fishamble

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✨ Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening night of REFUGE by @dee_kinahan last night at the @paviliontheatre as part of @dublintheatrefestival_ ✨ by @fishamble

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📣 Tonight, we wish all the cast and crew at Fishamble a very warm break a leg on this SOLD-OUT opening night of REFUGE! 🎭

The Irish Premiere of this incredible co-production from @fishamble: The New Play Company and @staatstheatermainz runs until 11 October as part of @dublintheatrefestival_ .

We’re thrilled to welcome this incredible production to Pavilion Theatre.

Tickets are selling fast across the run, book yours now via our website. by @fishamble

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💥 It’s opening night for REFUGE by Deirdre Kinahan at @paviliontheatre as part of @dublintheatrefestival_ 💥

Sending all our cast and crew best wishes - break a leg! ✨

We can’t wait to share this play with you all!

📸 photos by Andreas J. Etter

#fishamble #theatre by @fishamble

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As we open REFUGE at Pavilion Theatre this week as part of Dublin Theatre Festival, we’re delighted to share a very special post with you ✨

The journey of REFUGE began in the rehearsal rooms of the Staatstheater Mainz in Germany. While we were there creating the world of the play, Fishamble’s Artistic Director and the director of REFUGE, Jim Culleton kept a diary, capturing his observations on the differences and similarities between making theatre in Ireland and Germany, from funding and rehearsal processes to language, expectations and the day-to-day experience of working across cultures.

Ahead of the show, we’re sharing some of Jim’s reflections from Mainz with you.

Read on to discover what he observed, what surprised him, and what he brought home from the experience.

🗓️ Running from tonight, Sept 30 - October 11
📍 @paviliontheatre as part of @dublintheatrefestival_
🎟️ Tickets available - link in bio

#fishamble #theatre #dublin by @fishamble

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✍️ NEW BLOG: REFUGE is Here! From Mainz to Dún Laoghaire

Learn about the journey behind this production in the director’s own words, and discover how a pretzel came to symbolise the differences between Irish and German theatre infrastructure during our trip to the premiere in Mainz.

Read the full article via the blog section of our website.

REFUGE opens today and runs until 11 October as part of @dublintheatrefestival_ . Tickets on sale now.

@fishamble
@staatstheatermainz by @fishamble

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𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲

Wednesday 14 October, 8pm
Tickets €20/€18

Directed by Jim Culleton

“Hopeless, helpless, in-the-way person”

SILENT is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all - including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of his past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino. Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave, bleak, beautiful production for which Fishamble and Pat Kinevane won an Olivier Award in 2016.

WINNER Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Performer - Visiting Production, 2020
WINNER Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, OLIVIER AWARD 2016
WINNER Scotsman Fringe First and The Herald Angel, Edinburgh Festival 2011
WINNER Argus Angel, Brighton Festival 2012

Runtime: 90 mins
Age restriction: 14+

#silent #patkinevane #olivieraward #theatre by @fishamble

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✨ Upcoming REFUGE events as part of our run at @paviliontheatre as part of @dublintheatrefestival_ ✨

💬 Oct 3: Post-show talk as part of German Unity Day after this Saturday’s 2.30pm performance, with Deirdre Kinahan, writer of REFUGE, theatre director and academic Dr Kunle Animashaun, Fishamble Literary manager & dramaturg Gavin Kostick and Jörg Vorhaben, dramaturg and Artistic Producer at the @staatstheatermainz. This event is supported by the @goetheinstitut_irland.

🙌 Oct 7: ISL performance of REFUGE with Irish Sign Language interpreter Ela Cichocka.

🎟️ Tickets available now via @paviliontheatre and @dublintheatrefestival_

🗓️ REFUGE kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday 30 Sept and runs until Oct 11.

#fishamble #dublin #theatre by @fishamble

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What does it mean to leave one home behind and search for another?

REFUGE moves between past and present, tracing the journey of the Palatines fleeing persecution in Germany and the echoes of their story in the lives of those seeking safety today.

Written by Deirdre Kinahan and directed by Jim Culleton, this new international collaboration from Fishamble: The New Play Company & Staatstheater Mainz weaves together music, magic and stories of longing, love and loss.

REFUGE | 30 Sept–11 Oct
Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Book now at dublintehatrefestival.ie by @fishamble

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