Talks featuring Sara Ahmed, Emma Dabiri, Natasha Tripney and more… |
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Hi Studio NI, This year at Dublin Theatre Festival, our talks programme, renamed Dublin Theatre Festival Thinks features dynamic conversations with guests from outside the world of theatre to reflect on some of the big issues and stories present in the programme. It creates spaces for critical reflection and conversation for you, the audience, to frame your own thoughts and experiences of the festival this year. |
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DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL THINKS |
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| COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE
10 years after #WakingTheFeminists took over the stage at The Abbey Theatre to host an urgent conversation about the exclusion of women from the Abbey’s centenary programme, Complaining For Good, on Tuesday 7th October at 12.30pm features an extraordinary lineup of feminist thinkers.
It celebrates the launch of Sarah Durcan’s brilliant book WTF Happened? #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre alongside the launch of another great book by feminist philosopher Sara Ahmed, No is not a lonely utterance: The art and activism of complaining.
Ahmed will examine the anatomy of a complaint, drawing on diverse testimonies to show how complaint can foster collective action and better working environments. The event will be chaired by the fantastic scholar and broadcaster Emma Dabiri and the panel will rounded out by Catríona Crowe.
7 Oct 12:30pm Abbey Theatre, on the Abbey Stage €10 |
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How Was It For You?
How Was It For You? on Friday 10th October at 4pm brings together a host of local and international critics for an animated conversation about the work featured in this year’s festival and what it might mean for audiences in Dublin, and for the artform of theatre here at home and internationally.
Natasha Tripney, who’s writing in The Stage, and on her substack Café Europa, has provided huge inspiration to the team at the festival, will be joined by Guardian critic Helen Meany, and chaired by Karen Fricker.
If you’ve seen one show or 10 shows at the festival this year, this event is a chance to think alongside some great critics and share your experiences of the festival this year. Like a book club but for shows!
10 Oct 4pm €5 |
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Young Critics Panel
Rounding out Festival Thinks this year is the much loved and deeply treasured Young Critics Forum. Guided by the brilliant Karen Fricker and Youth Theatre Ireland, come and hear the thoughts and reflections of a bunch of really smart and insightful young people on their experiences at the festival - mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí.
12 Oct Project Arts Centre (Cube) Free but ticketed |
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One week til the festival opens! |
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Whitewashing - Rebecca Chaillon and Aurore Déon
In this work, Chaillon and Déon investigate the ambivalent tension experienced by a black woman within a white-dominated society between being a cleaning lady and taking care of her body and her self.
25-27 Sept Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) |
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Hamlet - Teatro La Plaza
A group of actors with Down syndrome take to the stage to share their desires and frustrations through a new version of Hamlet. The play weaves together Shakespeare’s text and the actors’ lived experiences, taking as its starting point his timeless question about existence: To be or not to be?
25-27 Sept O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College |
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The Making of Pinocchio - Cade & MacAskill, Artsadmin
A true tale of love and transition told through the story of Pinocchio.
In this ‘funny, clever and thoughtful two-hander, rich in playful imagery’ (The Guardian) their tender and complex autobiographical experience meets the magical story of the lying puppet who wants to be a ‘real boy.’
25-27 Sept Samuel Beckett Theatre |
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Become a Friend
Becoming a Friend is integral to the success of the festival.
Friends enjoy free and discounted tickets, priority booking, year-round exclusive friends events and much more.
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