Fishamble: The New Play Company presents NOAH AND THE TOWER FLOWER - International Tour

Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, Jim Culleton is delighted to be giving Noah and the Tower Flower a further lease of life following its hugely successful world premiere in 2007 at the Axis Theatre in Ballymun, and welcomes the opportunity to present this fresh and contemporary new Irish writing to international audiences. The cast features Darren Healy and Mary Murray, the original cast from the production in 2007.

Noah and the Tower Flower won The Irish Times Best New Play Award 2007 and the Stewart Parker Trust Award for Best First Play. The production of this 80-minute play tours to Bulgaria and Romania for four performances with support from Culture Ireland. The play will be presented in Sofia, Lovech and Ruse in Bulgaria, in association with the Irish Embassy in Sofia, and will then travel to the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, the leading arts festival in contemporary Romania.

When the Towers come down, Natalie will get a new flat and a new start. But when she meets Noah, her future is threatened by the chance of falling in love.

Noah and the Tower Flower is about two Dubliners, Noah and Natalie, struggling to leave their pasts behind as they begin to fall in love. It is a comic love story, set in the heart of the suburbs of Ballymun, in spring 2003, a time of huge transition for the community.

“I’m not walking out that door Natalie. If I walk out that door, I’m walkin’ out on the best thing that has ever happened to me and that’s not gick talk.”

DIRECTOR Jim Culleton
CAST Darren Healy & Mary Murray
DESIGN Sinéad O’Hanlon
LIGHTING Mark Galione
SOUND Ivan Birthistle & Vincent Doherty
PRODUCER Orla Flanagan

PERFORMANCE DATES & VENUES:

Thursday 28th May: Lovech Theatre, Lovech, Bulgaria
Friday 29th May: Youth Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria
Sunday 31st May: Ruse Theatre, Ruse, Bulgaria
Wednesday 3rd June: Gong Theatre, Sibiu, Romania, as part of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, http://www.sibfest.ro/

PRESS REACTION TO THE PREMIERE in 2007:

“It’s a little cracker…Mary Murray and Darren Healy are as funny, endearing and accomplished as could be hoped for…Jim Culleton directs with a great touch of liveliness and subtlety. ” --- Sunday Independent

“…Sean McLoughlin has written a fairytale of Ballymun with all the edge of Shane MacGowan’s New York version…Mary Murray is stunning as Natalie; Darren Healy brings physical comedy, a manic energy and a superb De Niro impersonation to his portrayal of Noah...Jim Culleton has clearly allowed the actors to nurse their characters into life...exhilarating, clever and disturbing.” --- The Irish Independent

“McLoughlin convincingly captures the desperation of obsession, addiction, loneliness and love, in a Dublin idiom laced with mordant humour. Darren Healy and Mary Murray make the intimacy of Fishamble’s production almost difficult to watch…the snappy Dublin banter in McLoughlin’s play is beautiful, hard poetry…” **** --- The Sunday Business Post

NOTES TO EDITOR:
Biogs and production shots available on request.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Orla Flanagan, Fishamble: The New Play Company:
Tel: 01 6704018 or e-mail orla@fishamble.com

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Fishamble is one of Ireland's most dynamic theatre comanies and is dedicated to the discovery, development and production of new dramatic works for the Irish and international stage. As well as developing and commissioning a range of innovative new writing, Fishamble provides training initiatives to serve artists’ needs, such as playwriting courses.

Touring, both nationally and internationally, and exploring new methods of engaging with theatre are particular focuses of the company.

Fishamble: The New Play Company
Shamrock Chambers,
1-2 Eustace Street,
Dublin 2,
Ireland

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