CALL FOR PLAYS / 100 Minutes 2009

Painted Filly Theatre will stage “ten new plays about now” as part of its fourth annual 100 MINUTES production in Dublin. Submissions are open to all. Each play should meet the following criteria:

1) It is no more than ten minutes in duration
2) It requires no more than ten bodies to stage
3) It is possible to stage with minimal technical budget
4) It is “about now” — i.e. it speaks to the current political or cultural moment

Painted Filly Theatre welcomes ten-minute plays which include formal innovations. In 2009 submissions involving music, dance/physical theatre, and performance art will be considered along with more traditionally defined dramatic texts.

Submissions should be made electronically in .PDF or .DOC format to info@paintedfilly.com. A jury will shortlist and select ten plays in January of 2009.

REVIEWS & IMAGES / The Common Will

Painted Filly Theatre and Hungry Ghost Theatre were delighted with the success of The Common Will, which was staged during the Dublin Fringe Festival 2008 in Bewleys Cafe Theatre. This one-man show, written and performed by Phil Kingston and directed by Nick Johnson, received positive feedback from audiences and critics alike, and was nominated for the Bewley's Cafe Theatre Award (best show under 60 minutes). Read some of those reviews here: [Irish Independent] and [Irish Times]. You can also see images from the production courtesy of photographer Zoltan Barothi here.

STAFF CALL / 100 Minutes 2009

Painted Filly Theatre is currently recruiting staff for its next production, 100 Minutes 2009. We are seeking a stage manager, assistant stage managers, light and sound operators, and a publicity/marketing coordinator. If you are interested in any of these positions, we would love to chat further with you about the production, so please send us an e-mail with a CV or expression of interest.

Watch this space for further information, which will be posted as details of venue, date, and specific staffing requirements become public.

100 Minutes 2008 Press Features

Nicholas Johnson and Jennifer Killelea were interviewed on Artzone by Aedin Gormley on 29 February 2008. Listen to the broadcast and hear two previews of plays from 100 Minutes. You need RealPlayer to click the link below.

Artszone Interview with Painted Filly Theatre [download RAM]

Painted Filly Theatre and the cast of 100 Minutes 2008 featured prominently in a feature about new "short form" writing in Ireland in the Spring 2008 issue of Irish Theatre Magazine. A high-quality TIFF image of the article is available here. The article is © Irish Theatre Magazine (Published in Irish Theatre Magazine Volume 8, Number 34, Spring 2008). www.irishtheatremagazine.ie

100 Minutes 2009: Dublin Calling

WRITERS: Will this year be the year that you finally work that definitely crazy, possibly brilliant theatrical idea into a ten-minute script format and submit it? Will it be the year that you pass on our 2009 Call for Plays to the genius you just know needs to get a break? We would like to think so. 100 Minutes 2009 promises to be our most adventurous offering yet. The deadline for writer submissions has been extended to 15 December 2008.

ACTORS: Will this be the year that Painted Filly Theatre auditions over 100 actors for the ten-member ensemble? Will this be your lucky year to be one of the ten? We are still seeking new talent and flexible, brilliant actors. Start preparing contrasting one-minute monologues, and wait for the announcement of audition dates in 2009.

AUDIENCES: Will this be the year that you make it out to city centre to see ten new plays about now? Will this be the year that you try your hand at the diabolical Painted Filly Pub Quiz, or purchase a minute to sponsor new theatre in Dublin and new writing around the world? We'll keep you posted...

Nicholas Johnson directs in Berlin's Volksbuehne

Nicholas Johnson, producer and director for Painted Filly Theatre, staged his version of Ernst Toller's Masse Mensch in the 3. Stock theatre in Berlin's Volksbuehne this June, as part of an exchange between the 2nd Year BA students in the Trinity College Department of Drama and the Volksbuehne's youth ensemble, P14. For more information, see the TCD Drama website here. The German press information is available here.