Sticks and stones didn’t break Her bones, but words and pointing crushed Her. Is Beauty really only skin deep? Does Ugliness hide somewhere deeper?
Following the runaway international success of Forgotten and Silent, Fishamble presents Pat Kinevane’s third solo play, Underneath, directed by Jim Culleton.
This stunning new play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life. It explores the surface, and what lies underneath.
★★★★ Sunday Business Post
★★★★★ Scotsman
★★★★★ The Skinny
★★★★ Irish Times
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95 minutes, no intervalAge Guidance
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2025
28 June: Theatre Royal, Waterford
21 – 24 May 2025: Cork Arts Theatre
2023 Touring
14 February – 19 March: Holden Street Theatres, Adelaide Fringe Festival
16 May – 3 June: Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London
2022 Touring
28 April: Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, The Black Box, Belfast
3-28 August: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Summerhall, Main Hall
30 September: Theatre Royal, Waterford
2021 Virtual Touring
23 April: Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
28 April: Limetree Theatre, Limerick
29 April: Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
30 April: An Grianan, Letterkenny
04 May: Theatre Royal, Waterford
05 May: Backstage Theatre, Longford
06 May: Siamsa Tire, Tralee
07 May: Town Hall Theatre, Galway
16 – 20 Aug: Summerhall Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2020 Irish & International Touring
15 – 18 Sept: Abbey Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival
19 Sept: GLÓR, Ennis
1 – 14 Dec: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (online)