Kwaku Fortune

5 Reasons to See THE BLACK WOLFE TONE at Irish Repertory Theatre
by Team BWW - May 19, 2025

The Black Wolfe Tone is a semi-autobiographical journey into the mental health journey of a mixed-race Irish man, written and developed over two years by Kwaku Fortune in collaboration with Ireland’s own Fishamble: The New Play Company and Irish Rep.

Photos: Inside the the 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards
by Jennifer Broski - May 5, 2025

The 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed in 16 categories, with three honorary awards also bestowed. Big winners included Here There Are Blueberries, Three Houses, Vanya, and more. Check out photso from the red carpet here!

Video: THE BLACK WOLFE TONE at Irish Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2025

Check out a new trailer for the World Premiere of The Black Wolfe Tone at Irish Rep, written by and starring Kwaku Fortune (It’s Cool In The Shade) and directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey (Belfast Girls). Watch the video!

Alana Raquel Bowers Joins Producing Team for THE BLACK WOLFE TONE at Irish Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 3, 2025

Alana Raquel Bowers has joined the team as Associate Producer of the World Premiere of The Black Wolfe Tone at Irish Rep. Learn more about this play and see how to purchase tickets.

Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Kate Burton, And More Cast In IRISHTOWN At Irish Repertory Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2025

Irish Repertory Theatre has announced casting for Irishtown, a new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (Lie Low, recent winner of the Playwrights '73 Scheme bursary), directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey.

World Premieres of IRISHTOWN and THE BLACK WOLFE TONE to be Presented at Irish Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 13, 2025

Irish Repertory Theatre will present two World Premiere productions for their Spring 2025 Season, Irishtown and The Black Wolfe Tone. Learn more and see how to attend.

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!

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.

Baptiste Programme to Present First Look Rehearsed Readings At Dublin Theatre Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 27, 2022

The Baptiste Programme is a paid and mentored script development programme for Black Irish theatre makers and writers of colour. Performances will take place in September and October at Smock Alley Theatre, Boy's School.

Dylan Coburn Gray's New Play ABSENT THE WRONG Will Premiere at Dublin Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2022

Awoman looking for her child is lied to. An artist pitches a memorial that's never built. A landlord raises rents. A parrot disappears. (Or does it?) Thousands of children disappear. (No question this time.) There's family reunions, collective actions, inexplicable Mormons.

Irish Repertory Theatre And Fishamble: The New Play Company Announce Transatlantic Commissions Program
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 8, 2022

Irish Repertory Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company announced today their first collaboration, the 2022 Transatlantic Commissions Program, an endeavor that aims to address head-on the historical inequalities in representation that have existed in the theatrical canon.

BWW Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Lyric Hammersmith
by Jonathan Marshall - Oct 15, 2021

Martin McDonagh may be best known for his cinema successes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges, but he made his name as a playwright. It was in 1996 that the then twenty something writer's debut The Beauty Queen of Leenane premiered in Ireland before going on to enjoy Broadway and West End acclaim. Lyric Hammersmith Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan now brings her revival from Chichester Festival Theatre to her home ground.

BWW Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
by Gary Naylor - Sep 10, 2021

This landmark play in Anglo-Irish drama gets a superb revival in a space that could have been designed exactly for its claustrophobic tale of familial obligations and missed opportunities

Photos: First Look at THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE from Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2021

Production photos are released today for the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre co-production of the award-winning play The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).

Full Casting Announced For THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE at the Minerva Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2021

The show will mark the fourth Main House production of the Lyric's reopening season following the critically acclaimed production of Out West, the upcoming community play Heart of Hammersmith celebrating West London stories (12-14 August) and the summer family classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (17 to 28 August).

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE Revival Will Open This Autumn at Chichester's Minerva Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2021

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre today announces a major revival of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the Tony Award-winning play by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; The Lieutenant of Inishmore), directed by Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan in a new co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre.

ASKING FOR IT Returns to The Everyman
by Julie Musbach - Sep 18, 2019

Audience reaction to the acclaimed stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel was overwhelming. The initial run in The Everyman broke every box office record and the run at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin also sold out well in advance of the production even opening and drewan extraordinary reaction on social media. This timely production returns to the Everyman next week when audiences will have the chance to experience it for themselves.

Graffiti Theatre Company And Fighting Words Cork Bring Young Talent To The Everyman Stage
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2018

Seven months ago nine young people were given the exciting news that they had been selected for the Young Playwrights Programme at Graffiti Theatre Company. A project supported by Landmark Productions, the Everyman and Cork Midsummer Festival, the programme would see their work developed for a staged reading alongside the world premiere stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's 'Asking For It'.

Previews Of The World Premiere Stage Adaptation Of ASKING FOR IT Begin This Week At The Everyman
by Stephi Wild - Jun 4, 2018

The stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence. One night in a small town in Co. Cork, where everyone knows everyone, things spiral terrifyingly out of control. What will happen now? – to Emma? To her family? To the others?