Welcome to Fit-up Theatre Festivals 2024
The core essence of the Fit-Up Theatre Festival nods to the tradition of Fit-Up theatre of the 1950s, when professional companies travelled the length and breadth of Ireland reaching a wide variety of towns, villages and rural areas bringing all members of the community together through the act of theatre.
Established in 2009 in West Cork by Geoff Gould, the Fit-Up Theatre Festivals provide rural communities, where there is a lack of accessibility to professional theatre, an opportunity to sample some of the wealth and talent professional theatre has to offer. The Three Rings started the North East Galway Fit-Up in 2021 with the support of Galway County Arts Office and are proud to have the opportunity to bring rural audiences in County Galway the very best of professional Irish theatre for 3 weeks in a venue near you.
There are currently four Fit-up Theatre Festivals annually: the Blackwater Valley Fit-up Theatre Festival in late January early February; the West Waterford Fit-up Theatre Festival in May, the West Cork Fit-up Theatre Festival which runs during July and August and the North East Galway Fit-up Theatre Festival in September and October.
The Fit-up Theatre Festival is based on the Fit-up’s of the 1950’s when professional theatre companies travelled to rural villages performing in make shift venues during the summer.
Performances from previous Fit-up Theatre Festivals:
![The Parish](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Parish-Image-Priest-HRes-510x382.jpg)
![Gombean](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/297553648_5599125973478957_4328386082062474685_n-510x382.jpg)
![Wake](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WAKE-3-web-510x382.jpg)
![SEAN MOYLAN IRISH REVOLUTIONARY](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sean_moylan-Custom-510x382.jpg)
![OH BROTHER](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ohbrother-copy-510x382.jpg)
![THE BALLAD OF MOSSY FLOOD](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Show-The-Ballad-of-Mossy-Flood-510x382.jpg)
![EVERY BRILLIANT THING](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/every_brilliant-Custom-510x382.jpg)
![In the Middle of the Fields](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ITMOTF-copy-Custom-510x382.jpg)
![THE CABINET OF CURATROCITIES](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cabinet-of-Curatrocities-Custom-510x382.jpg)
![KING](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1.-Fishambles-KING-by-Pat-Kinevane-Imag-by-Leo-Byrne-Publicis-portrait-copy-Custom-510x382.jpg)
![SEA WALL](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sea-Wall-510x382.jpg)
![Gombean](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/297553648_5599125973478957_4328386082062474685_n-510x382.jpg)
![Turf / Gombean (Double Bill)](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Turf-gombean-combined-510x382.jpg)
![Words Lies & Stories of D’Unexpected [Cancelled]](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2018-06-09_ent_41534257_I2-copy-510x382.jpg)
![The Rocks Abawn](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aindraisw-510x382.jpg)
![Gombean](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/297553648_5599125973478957_4328386082062474685_n-510x382.jpg)
![TURF](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Turf-IMAGE_Photo-Rowan-Tolley-510x382.jpg)
![The Parish](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Parish-Image-Priest-HRes-510x382.jpg)
![The Humours of Bandon](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Humours-of-Bandon-Photo-by-George-Carter-510x382.jpg)
![Fishamble’s Silent](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pat-Kinevane-in-Fishambles-Silent-photo-mariafalconer.co_.uk_-e1465587024959.jpg)
![Handyman](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image2-510x382.jpeg)
![Around the World on 80 Quid](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/A_MC_5903_PRINT.web_-510x382.jpg)
![Super Star Circus](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Trio-in-Hoop-1-510x382.jpg)
![The Handyman](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image2-510x382.jpeg)
![The Parish](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Parish-Image-Priest-HRes-510x382.jpg)
![Indigestion](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/indigestionw-510x382.jpg)
![Wake](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WAKE-3-web-510x382.jpg)
![Victor’s Dung](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Victors-Dung-1-510x382.jpg)
![Valentines Night with Vladimir](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Vladimir-copy-510x382.jpg)
![Victor’s Dung](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Victors-Dung-1-510x382.jpg)
![Wake](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WAKE-3-web-510x382.jpg)
![Handyman](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image2-510x382.jpeg)
![Charolais](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/charolais2019-510x382.jpg)
![Padraig Potts](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Padraig-Potts-Image-web-510x382.jpg)
![Indigestion](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/indigestionw-510x382.jpg)
![The Story](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_20200812_140434-web-01-510x382.jpeg)
![In One Eye Out The Other](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/In-One-Eye-Out-The-Other-portrait-510x382.jpg)
![Wake](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WAKE-3-web-510x382.jpg)
![The Man from Moogaga](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aindraisw-510x382.jpg)
![Around the World on 80 Quid](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/A_MC_5903_PRINT.web_-510x382.jpg)
![The Words Are There](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Words-image--510x382.jpg)
![Appropriate](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/approw-510x382.jpg)
![Crowman](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jon_Kenny-Crowman-20190405-097-BWw-510x382.jpg)
![Maura Laverty This Was Your Life](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/maura_lavertyw-510x382.jpg)
![The Experience of Being](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/the_-experiencew-510x382.jpg)
![Before](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pat-Kinevane-BEFORE-photography-by-Gerard-Blanch-_-landscapew-510x382.jpg)
![Indigestion](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/indigestionw-510x382.jpg)
![The Man from Moogaga](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aindraisw-510x382.jpg)
![Appropriate](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/approw-510x382.jpg)
![Spliced](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SPLICED-Timmy-Creedw-510x382.jpg)
![Before](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pat-Kinevane-BEFORE-photography-by-Gerard-Blanch-_-landscapew-510x382.jpg)
![Spliced](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SPLICED-Timmy-Creedw-510x382.jpg)
![Crowman](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jon_Kenny-Crowman-20190405-097-BWw-510x382.jpg)
![The Cat’s Mother](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/thecatsmother_highres-12w-510x382.jpg)
![The Man from Moogaga](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/aindraisw-510x382.jpg)
![The Sand Park](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/The-Sand-Park-West-Corkw-510x382.jpg)
![The Man in the Woman’s Shoes](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TheManInTheWomansShoes-45_preview-510x382.jpg)
![I Hear You and Rejoice](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/I-hear-you-and-rejoicew-510x382.jpg)
![From Under the Bed](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/under_bed2019-510x382.jpg)
![Silent](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/silent-2019-510x382.jpg)
![Forgotten](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/forgotten2019-510x382.jpg)
![Small Halls and Potholes](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/small_halls-510x382.jpg)
![Charolais](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/charolais2019-510x382.jpg)
![Charolais](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/charolais-510x382.jpg)
![No Smoke Without Fire](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/no_smoke-510x382.jpg)
![From Under the Bed](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/from_under-510x382.jpg)
![The Man in the Woman’s Shoes](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/womans_shoes-510x382.jpg)
![The Quiet Land](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the_quiet-510x382.jpg)
![Silent](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web_silent-featured2-510x382.png)
![Sharon](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web_sharon-featured2-510x382.png)
![The Humours of Bandon](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web_bandon-featured2-510x382.png)
![End of Day](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web_end_of_day-featured2-510x382.png)
![Sharon](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sharon-resized-510x382.jpg)
![The Humours of Bandon](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Humours-of-Bandon-Photo-by-George-Carter-510x382.jpg)
![Green & Blue](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/James-Doran-Vincent-Higgins-Green-Blue-510x382.jpg)
![End of Day](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/JM_Beckett_cafe_Photograph_by-_John_Minihan_©-University_College_Cork-510x382.jpg)
![The Man In The Woman’s Shoes](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Man-Womans-Shoes-BWV-2016-1440x900.jpg)
![My Real Life](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/My-Real-Life-e1465587131253.jpg)
![Grenades](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Grenades-3-510x382.jpg)
![Charolais](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/charolais-510x382.jpg)
![Green & Blue](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-blue-brochure-landscape-510x382.jpg)
![Forgotten](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Pat-Kinevane-in-Fishambles-FORGOTTEN-hi-res-photo-by-Ger-Blanch-768x577.jpg)
![Silent](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pat-Kinevane-in-Fishambles-Silent-photo-mariafalconer.co_.uk_-e1465587024959.jpg)
![Underneath](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/underneath.jpg)
![Harder Faster More](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HFM_Image-e1465587213681.png)
![Forgotten](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Pat-Kinevane-in-Fishambles-FORGOTTEN-hi-res-photo-by-Ger-Blanch-768x577.jpg)
![Silent](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pat-Kinevane-in-Fishambles-Silent-photo-mariafalconer.co_.uk_-e1465587024959.jpg)
![Underneath](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/underneath.jpg)
![Those You Pass On The Street](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Those-You-Pass-BWV-2016-1440x900.jpg)
![My Real Life](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/My-Real-Life-e1465587131253.jpg)
![The Man In The Woman’s Shoes](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Man-Womans-Shoes-BWV-2016-1440x900.jpg)
![Those You Pass On The Street](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Those-You-Pass-BWV-2016-1440x900.jpg)
![Under Milk Wood](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Under-Milk-Wood-FULL-BWV-2016-1440x900.jpg)
![Jimmy Titanic](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jimmy-titanic.jpg)
![Nipple Jesus](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nipple-jesus.png)
![The Centre of the Universe](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-centre-of-the-universe.jpg)
![How to Keep an Alien](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/how-to-keep-an-alien.jpg)
![The Lonesome West](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/play-the-lonesome-west.jpg)
![Catalpa](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-catalpa.jpg)
![Under Milk Wood](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-under-milk-wood-bg.jpg)
![Jezebel](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-jezebel.jpg)
![Maeve’s House](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-maeves-house.jpg)
![Beowulf: The Blockbuster](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2014-beowulf.jpg)
![Love, Peace and Robbery](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SMALL-Love-Peace-Robbery.jpg)
![Witness](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SMALL-Witness.jpg)
![This Ebony Bird](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SMALL-This-Ebony-Bird.png)
![Fred & Alice](http://www.fit-uptheatrefestival.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/LARGE-Fred-Alice.jpg)