Jim Culleton

Video: HEAVEN at Southwark Playhouse Borough Opens in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

Fishamble will bring HEAVEN to Southwark Playhouse Borough for its London premiere next year. HEAVEN is written by Eugene O’Brien and directed by Fishamble artistic director Jim Culleton. Watch an all new trailer here!

Interview: 'She's Her Own Worst Enemy': Actor Janet Moran on Returning to the Role of Mairead in Eugene O’Brien's HEAVEN
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 27, 2025

BroadwayWorld spoke to Janet Moran, who plays Mairead, about bringing Eugene O’Brien's play to London for the first time and what the show means to her.

HEAVEN Makes London Premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2024

Fishamble will bring HEAVEN to Southwark Playhouse Borough for its London premiere next year.  Learn more about the upcoming production and find out how to get tickets here!

Fishamble Will Present the Premiere of BREAKING This Week
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2024

BREAKING is a first play by exciting new playwright Amy Kidd which is set to burst onto stages across Ireland this autumn. 

Irish Repertory Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company Launch Transatlantic Residency
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2024

Irish Repertory Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company are launching the Transatlantic Residency, a follow-up to last year's Transatlantic Commissions Program. Learn more about the program!

Photos: Pat Kinevane's KING Opens Tonight At The Odyssey Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2024

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble welcomes back Olivier Award-winning Irish trio Fishamble: The New Play Company, writer/performer Pat Kinevane and director Jim Culleton, with the West Coast premiere of “King” for a limited, three-week engagement beginning tonight and running through May 5. Check out the photos, below.

KING Comes to The Odyssey Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2024

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will welcome back Olivier Award-winning Irish trio Fishamble: The New Play Company, writer/performer Pat Kinevane, and director Jim Culleton with the West Coast premiere of King.

59E59 Theaters Unveils Additional Productions For The 2024 Winter Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

59E59 Theaters has revealed additional productions for the 2024 winter season.

Fishamble: The New Play Company wins Fringe First Award For HEAVEN by Eugene O'Brien
by Stephi Wild - Aug 11, 2023

It has just been announced that Fishamble: The New Play Company has been awarded a Scotsman's Fringe First Award for Heaven by Eugene O'Brien starring Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran and directed by Jim Culleton. 

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: HEAVEN, Traverse
by Cindy Marcolina - Aug 5, 2023

Jim Culleton directs Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran as they take turns to open up in conversational confessional style. They do so in a liminal space designed by Zia Bergin-Holly. The set is suspended between interior and exterior: the outside wall of a building, with its stripped posters and lonely lamppost is at odds with the comfy armchair and barstools that stand in front of it. While Mairead and Mal meet old and new flames, O’Brien takes the opportunity to explore the fallout of repressed homosexuality and the rampant toxic relationship with alcohol.

TravFest 2023 to Feature World Premiere of New Comedy by Isobel McArthur
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 5, 2023

TravFest 2203 will feature the world premiere of Traverse Theatre Company production The Grand Old Opera House Hotel by Isobel McArthur, with Dundee Rep Theatre.

BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 Winners Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Mar 20, 2023

Actor, producer and director Martin Jarvis OBE (Just William, The Forsyte Saga, Eastenders, Doctor Who) has won the BBC Audio Drama award for Lifetime Achievement, presented at Broadcasting House’s Radio Theatre.

Ruth Negga, Katy Davis & More to Star in 2022-23 Transatlantic Commissions Program Readings
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 15, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company announced additional casting for the west coast dates for the inaugural readings of their first collaboration, the 2022-23 Transatlantic Commissions Program.

Irish Rep And Fishamble Announce Inaugural Readings For 2022-23 Transatlantic Commissions Program
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director) and Fishamble: The New Play Company (Jim Culleton, Artistic Director) has announced the inaugural readings for their first collaboration, the 2022-23 Transatlantic Commissions Program, an endeavor that aims to address head-on the historical inequalities in representation that have existed in the theatrical canon.

Finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards Announced
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 8, 2023

The finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards have today been announced, with a wealth of talent such as Toby Jones, Danielle Vitalis and Ken Cheng all in the running for the top spots.

Review: HEAVEN by Fishamble at 59E59 is a Riveting Story of a Married Couple
by Marina Kennedy - Jan 17, 2023

Fishamble: The New Play Company is currently presenting Heaven at 59E59 Theaters, and this two hander is wowing audiences. 

Casts Announced for HEAVEN & FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER IS DRUNK & THE SHEEP HAVE ALL JUMPED THE FENCES at 59E59 Theaters
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 13, 2022

 59E59 Theaters has announced the casts and creative teams for Heaven and Frankenstein’s Monster is Drunk and the Sheep have all Jumped the Fences.  

YES, I CAN SAY THAT! Starring Judy Gold & More Added to 59E59 Theaters Winter 2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 7, 2022

59E59 Theaters has announced additional productions for their Winter 2023 Season. The 59E59 Winter 2023 Season will begin with the previously announced productions of The Immortal Jellyfish Girl, presented by Wakka Wakka; followed by two productions as part of Origin’s 1st Irish.

Origin 1st Irish 2023 Returns to In-Person Programming in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2022

The Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival, the only festival of its kind devoted to producing and presenting the theatrical work of contemporary Irish playwrights from around the world, returns to a mostly in-person format in its upcoming 15th annual edition.  

The New Play Company Presents HEAVEN By Eugene O'Brien, 25-26 October
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2022

The New Play Company will collaborate with acclaimed playwright Eugene O'Brien to present his first new play in two decades, it comes to The Everyman, Cork, 25th – 26th October as part of a nationwide tour.