File includes colour photographic prints, 6 x 4, taken during rehearsal of Performances at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, with cast members in costume and on stage. Also pictured at rehearsals with a string quartet is author Brian Friel. Black and white images taken by Vaněk and used within his programme article are also included.
Press Cutting of review of the play by Fintan O'Toole in the Irish Times (2 Oct 2003.)

Material relating to the production of Wonderful Tennessee, written by Brian Friel and produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. Includes production photographs of cast members on set and in costume, including Donal McCann and Ingrid Craigie. Also photographs of the set model-box designed by Vaněk. Also printed play programme from the Abbey Theatre production of the play; printed invitation to opening night celebration following the Broadway opening of Wonderful Tennessee (24 Oct 1993); printed season flyer from Almeida Theatre, London, with productions of Friel's Wonderful Tennessee and Synge's The Playboy of the Western World. (Oct - Dec 1994)

Colour photographs of the model box designed for the set of The Silver Tassie written by Sean O'Casey, designed by Joe Vaněk and produced at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin, directed by Patrick Mason. Produced by Opera Ireland. Libretto by Amanda Holden. Also includes press reviews and coverage of the play.

Items relating to Abbey Theatre production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, written by Frank McGuinness and directed by Patrick Mason, designed by Joe Vaněk. Includes two black and white production photographs from the play as well as a printed flyer from a touring production of the play staged at the Odeon Theatre De L'Europe, Paris.

Includes colour printed photographs of set design model-box for Dolly West's Kitchen, written by Frank McGuinness and designed by Joe Vaněk. Also includes press reviews for production of the play at the Old Vic Theatre, London.

Material from production by Druid Theatre Company of 'Oedipus, written by Sophocles, in a version by W.B. Yeats, directed by Frank Conway. Performed at Druid Lane Theatre, Galway. Included photographs taken by Amelia Stein of cast members in costume, also photographs of rehearsals/production, also original costume designs with attached fabric samples of designed by Joe Vaněk.

Material from production of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, A new version of Bertolt Brecht's and Kurt Weill's original, from a literal translation by Constance Hayes, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. Includes colour photographs, 6inch X 4inch, taken during production of the play; negatives of photographs and also colour drawing of set design by Joe Vaněk;

Material relating to production of Innocence, The Life of Caravaggio by Frank McGuinness, produced at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. File includes a range of colour photographs from production and also artwork such as [draft poster] for the play.

Material relating to production of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, directed by Patrick Mason and designed by Joe Vaněk. File includes colour photographs, 6 inch X 4 inch of the production, also includes black and white (copy) and colour costume drawings of characters by Vaněk.

Material relating to the book, 'Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics' by Joe Vaněk. The book covers thirty-four productions worked on/designed by Vaněk. Each chapter of the book features an introductory essay by Vaněk himself, and there are reproductions of relevant programme notes by such authors as Colm Tóibín, Roy Foster and Richard Pine. There are also essays by many of the artists Vaněk has worked with: Friel, Frank McGuinness, Marina Carr, John Banville, Sebastian Barry and many others.
These items represent drafts of the final book. Included are two large A3 size volumes, with content from the book pasted in, such as essays, photographs, and archival material, for proof lay-out of the book. Includes manuscript notes by Vaněk throughout.
File 37/1 includes contact sheets of photographs for assorted theatre productions designed by Joe Vaněk.