Forgotten

by Pat Kinevane

About Forgotten

Forgotten is a captivating solo piece for theatre written and performed by Pat Kinevane. The play portrays four characters, between the ages of 80-100 years old, who reside in care facilities and retirement homes. 1943 was a curious year for this quartet – their lives have never been the same since…

Presented as a unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Forgotten is, at times, a challengingly dark and, at other times, startlingly hilarious portrayal of the challenges facing older people in Ireland today.

Pat Kinevane and Jim Culleton spent six months developing and rehearsing Forgotten with support from a number of artists, academics, designers and community and health experts. This period culminated in its first performance in 2006 for the Bealtaine Festival when it was met with an overwhelming response.

This production was developed with the help of a Dublin City Council Incubation Space Award in 2006. It opened in 2007 and was nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for that year. Since then, it has been performed in a variety of traditional and non-traditional spaces, including special performances earlier this year for World Elder Abuse Day and for the centenary of the Hugh Lane Gallery. During 2008-9, it has toured extensively in Ireland and to Paris, Prague, Sibiu, Edinburgh, and New York. Later this year will be presented at the Lokal International Theatre Festival in Reyjkavik, Iceland and, in 2010, will be presented in New York as well as continuing its Irish tour.

Pat Kinevane

Pat is a native of Cobh, County Cork. His previous plays, produced by Fishamble, include The Nun’s Wood which won the BBC Stewart Parker Trust Award ‘98 and The Plains of Enna. Pat also acted in Buffalo Bill Has Gone to Alaska for Fishamble. He wrote The Death of Herod for Mysteries 2000 at the SFX. Film and TV acting credits include: Black Day at Blackrock, King Arthur, Headrush, Beckett on Film, The Informant, Far and Away, Mystics, The General, A Soldier’s Song, My Dinner With Oswald, Ballykissangel, Fair City and The Late Late Show Murder Mystery. Pat appeared in numerous roles for The Abbey Theatre, among others: Dancing at Lughnasa, By the Bog of Cats, The Broken Jug, The Rivals, Drama at Inish and Three laws of Motion. For The Gate Theatre, among others: Waiting for Godot, Salome, As You Like It, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Christmas Carol, Sharon’s Grave, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Thrupenny Opera and What Where. In 2005 Pat played the title role in the hit musical, I,Keano.

Tour History

This boutique performance by the award-winning Fishamble: The New Play Company has been a major hit on tour in Ireland and Europe since its first performance in May 2006. Now in its fourth year of national and internationally touring, Forgotten had been performed over 80 times in both public and private performances.

2006:

• 25th May 2006, Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin 2
• 13th September 2006, An Táin, Dundalk, Louth,
• 19th September 2006, Station House Hotel, Clifden, as part of Clifden Arts Week
• 5th October 2006, The Dock, Carrick on Shannon, Leitrim
• 27th October 2006, Millbank Theatre, Rush, Dublin, in aid of The Irish Seal Sanctuary
• 24th November 2006, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow

2007:

• 12th May 2007, Tinahely Arts Centre, Wicklow, as part of the Bealtaine Festival
• 17th May 2007, Dancehouse, Dublin 1, in aid of Our Lady’s Hospice & as part of the Bealtaine Festival
• 5th October 2007, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, as part of the Irish Theatre Institute Conference
• 19th October 2007, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaise, Laois
• 16th, 23rd, 30th November 2007, Dancehouse, Dublin 1
• 7 December 2007, Dancehouse, Dublin 1, in aid of Our Lady’s Hospice

2008:

• 25th January 2008, The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin
• 30th January 2008, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow, in aid of the Alzheimer Society
• 31st January 2008, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow
• 7th February 2008, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris,
• 29th February 2008, The Helix, Dublin
• 1st March 2008, The Helix, Dublin, in aid of Care Local Charity
• 2nd – 3rd May 2008, Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, in aid of St Michael’s House
• 16th May 2008, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, as part of the Bealtaine Festival and in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation
• 27th – 31st May 2008, Prague, as part of the Prague Fringe Festival
• 5th June 2008, Sibiu, Romania,
• 20th June 2008, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin, World Elder Abuse Day
• 20th – 23rd August 2008, Dance Base, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• 3rd October 2008, GAA Playhouse, Cobh, Cork, Friends of Cobh Hospital
• 21st – 22nd October 2008, Unity Theatre, Liverpool, as part of the Liverpoool Irish Festival
• 5th – 6th November 2008, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
• 12th – 13th November 2008, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow

2009:

• 6th January 2009, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin,
• 10th – 11th January 2009, Shetler Studios, , New York, APAP Showcase
• 24th January 2009, St Mary’s Theatre, Clonakilty, Cork
• 30th – 31st January 2009, Siamsa Tire, Tralee
• 7th February 2009, Civic Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin 24
• 19th February 2009, Colaise Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork, in aid of St. Luke’s Home, Mahon
• 25th April 2009, St Louis High School, Rathmines, Dublin, as part of the Rathmines Festival
• 8th May 2009, Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, as part of the Bealtaine Festival
• 21st May 2009, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, as part of the Bealtaine Festival
• 13th July 2009, Holy Trinity Hall, Dunfanaghy, Donegal, as part of the Earagail Arts Festival
• 14th July 2009, Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Donegal, as part of the Earagail Arts Festival
• 24th July 2009, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare
• 5th – 6th September 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland, as part of the Lókal International Theatre Festival
• 24th October 2009, Gresham Hotel Ballroom, Dublin 1, in aid of the Irish Seal Sanctuary

2010:

• 5th February 2010, Civic Theatre, Dublin
• 12th February 2010, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
• 17th February – 7th March 2010, Irish Arts Center, New York
• 23rd February 2010, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
• 9th March 2010, Source Theater, Washington D.C.
• 25th April 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 27th April 2010, Smolyan, Bulgaria
• 29th April 2010, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 30th April 2010, Lovech, Bulgaria
• 5th & 7th May 2010, Trabzon, Turkey, as part of the International Blacksea Theatre Festival
• 15th May 2010, Moat Theatre, Naas
• 21st May 2010, George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow
• 27th – 29th May 2010, Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork

Touring Information for Presenters

Available for touring: 2010

Number travelling: 3/4 (1 cast, 1/2 crew & director)

Duration: 80 minutes (no interval); the Company is very happy to participate in post-show discussions with the public in response to the play and its themes.

Technical Information:

Scale: Very flexible, has played to audiences of between 40-450 in a range of traditional and non-traditional venues.

Lighting: Will respond to what the venue can offer. The production has played previously in daylight (with no stage lighting whatsoever) and in the other extreme, with over 100 lighting cues.

Sound: Sound programme is QLab, run on a Company Apple MAC, connected to each venue’s sound system.

Load-in time: One full day the day of the performance is usually adequate, unless the lighting plot is very extensive.

Set/props: It has a very manageable set, only requiring three stools and three tables. Usually, when touring internationally, the Company has purchased cost-effective tables and chairs in the city of the performance. All other props and costume are easily transportable.

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