Hi Stu, We hope you've been enjoying the festival so far. It feels so good to be back. Here's what's in store for week 2! View our full programme |
No Magic Pill by Christian O'Reilly This is the (mostly) true story of Martin Naughton AKA Michael Collins in a wheelchair. Martin is an agitator. A disruptor. A seeker of justice and planter of (truth) bombs. But will his anarchic quest for equality be derailed by dreams of love and new horizons? 📅 4-9 Oct 🎟️ €18 - €25 📍 Civic Theatre
Click here to see footage and reviews of their Galway run.
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Jezebel by Cherish Menzo Jezebel is a dance performance inspired by the Video Vixen: female models who appeared in hip hop video clips in the late 90s and early 00s. Images in the mass media — and in music videos particularly — often projected the female in a hyper-sensualized way. The repetitive images in these videos reinforce stereotypes associated in particular with women of colour. "Menzo is a force to be reckoned with, not only as a dancer, but also as a brave maker of her own work." - Movement Exposed
📅 3 - 4 Oct. 7.30pm 🎟️ €25 📍@projectartscentre
Watch the trailer here.
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G.O.D. (Good.Orderly.Direction.) by Lee Coffey G.O.D. (Good. Orderly. Direction.), guidance from a higher power, whatever helps you stay in active recovery from this day to the next. One day at a time. But what if it all starts to unravel? In the place you feel most protected. 📅 3 - 8 Oct 🎟️€14 - €16 📍 Axis, Ballymun
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Animals Louise White Performance A radical reimagining of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Animal Farm tells the story of a group of animals who rebel against their owner in the hope of creating a better society —where they work less and live more. In this energetic and irreverent interpretation, Louise White explores the spectrum of morality, injustice and the human condition. ⚡All performances are currently sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list, please call 01 6778899.
Watch Louise White and Gabriel Awedusi chat about the show here.
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Lolling
Inspired by Episode 5 of Ulysses (Lotus Eaters), Lolling reinstates part of Joyce’s seminal book back into modern-day Dublin — scaling present-day sites and locations, and observing the city’s current relationship with masculine consumptive and compulsive behaviours. ⚡All performances are currently sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list, please call 01 6778899. |
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Heaven by Eugene O'brien Set in County Offaly, during the weekend of a local wedding. Mairead and Mal are struggling to keep their marriage together. Perhaps attending a wedding will help, or it might raise questions that are difficult to answer. 📍Draíocht, Blanchardstown 📅 6 - 8 Oct 🎟️€14 - €20 📍Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 📅 12 - 16 Oct 🎟️€25 - €28
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Colic by Eoghan Quinn Aisling and Matt are exhausted. 10-month-old Leah is too. Probably. They just need to get through this evening. But with the arrival of two friends, a collection of anxious memories, dreams, and visions start to surface, prompting them to ask what is real about this relationship, and what is just in their heads... And either way, can it survive? 📅 5-8 Oct 🎟️ €23-€28 📍 Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
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The Realistic Joneses by Will Eno Meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbours, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and shared last name. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities. "Funny and moving, wonderful and weird" -The New York Times 📅 7-16 Oct 🎟️ €25-€35 📍 Smock Alley Theatre |
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Chalk About by Christine Devaney and Leandro Kees Chalk About is a playful, funny and moving look at how we see ourselves and others, featuring dance, chalk, chat and one perfect scene containing everything you could wish for! Turning the stage into a gigantic chalkboard, it explores the nature of identity and asks some BIG questions: What makes us who we are? Is it where we are from? How we talk? Our pasts or our futures? Or is it just the way we dance? ‘Brave, honest and delightful… full of a rich sense of the joy of human difference’ -The Scotsman ★★★★
Head to The Ark.ie to book tickets
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WINDOW A WORLD by Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng 吳彩萍 In every window a world shimmers. From a busy street, you are invited to make an intimate connection. A new live piece between film, installation and theatre, WINDOW A WORLD asks what happens when we listen and look in. 📅 5-8 Oct 🎟️ €5- €8 📍 Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office
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Elles Vivent by Antoine Defoort Michel has so many questions. To answer these questions, we also need to cover the basics: paradoxical magic, sylvotherapy, the placebo effect, the theory of logomorphic Pokemons™, the renewal of the modalities of democratic debate and how to surf on the rivers of fear that flow everywhere. 📅 7-8 Oct 🎟️€30 📍 Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) |
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Crowd by Gisèle Vienne On this hallucinatory rollercoaster you’ll be swept along by the intense emotions and collective euphoria of a committed party crowd, their innermost selves laid bar through intoxicating movement. “A dazzling piece, transfixing and strangely resonant” — The Guardian 📅 7-8 Oct. 7.30pm 🎟️ €30 - €40 📍 OReilly Theatre, Belvedere college
Watch the trailer here. |
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A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy Settled in Coventry with his new wife Betty, Michael Carney is attempting to lead a new life. But leaving Ireland couldn’t set him free, and once the Carneys descend there’s no way out. 📅 5 - 15 Oct 🎟️€16 - €30 📍 Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock stage ⚡All performances are currently sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list, please call 01 6778899. |
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What We Hold By Jean Butler Marking acclaimed choreographer Jean Butler’s return to working with traditional Irish dancers. What We Hold is a site-specific work which unfolds as a series of encounters with an intergenerational cast of contemporary and traditional performers set throughout the historic rooms of City Assembly House. 📅 5-9 Oct. 🎟️ €15- €25 📍 City Assembly House
We sat down with Jean Butler to chat about the piece. Click here.
⚡All performances are currently sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list, please call 01 6778899. |
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Nothing On Earth
A Stage Version Of The Novel ‘Nothing On Earth’ By Conor O’callaghan Adapted By Hildegard Ryan And Eva O'connor
As Ireland begins its downward spiral into the recession of the late 00s, a family return home from abroad to a half-finished estate in the midlands. They are hoping to find a welcoming community, but when mum Helen goes missing on a hot summer's day, their dream turns into a nightmare. While the recession bites, debts mount and disturbing unexplained events plague their deserted housing estate, the family sense a growing horror at the heart of their home. Nothing on Earth charts one family's struggle to find a sense of belonging.
📅 8 Oct 🎟️ Free but ticketed 📍 The New Theatre |
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Percolate Readings
In 2020, Bewley’s Cafe Theatre instigated a new development initiative for playwrights called PERCOLATE. Our ambition is to raise the level of discussion and engagement with dramatic writing in Ireland and to be a resource for the wider theatre community. After an open call we selected seven writers to receive ongoing support over an extended period of time (two years) from a panel of artistic advisors with a variety of experience and expertise. Percolate Readings is a showcase presentation of the plays developed in that time, offering script-in-hand readings of excerpts of the work.
📅 7 Oct 🎟️ Free but ticketed 📍 Bewleys Cafe Theatre |
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King
Olivier Award-winning Fishamble presents a special work-in-progress by Herald Archangel winner Pat Kinevane, directed by 2019 Irish Times Best Director winner Jim Culleton. KING tells the story of Luther, a man born on the day Martin Luther King was assassinated, who only leaves his apartment to perform as an Elvis impersonator.
📅 8 Oct 🎟️ Free but ticketed 📍 Project Arts Centre |
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It's Cool in the Shade by Kwaku Fortune
It’s Cool in The Shade is a new play by Kwaku Fortune exploring grief and loss in a multicultural Irish family. It takes the much-loved kitchen sink Irish drama and puts it through the lens of a mixed race, African-Irish family giving a platform to black and mixed-race Irish actors and tells a story that hasn’t been seen before on an Irish stage.
📅 7 Oct 🎟️ Free but ticketed 📍 Project Arts Centre |
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Touch ToursWe offer touch tours for some audio described performances. It's a chance to visit the set, feel the props, and enhance the enjoyment of the show. The tour is free and lasts about 30 minutes. Please let us know in advance if you would like to attend the tour by contacting our Box Office. Read our accessibility guide here. |
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Have you booked your Gala Award tickets yet? |
This year we are delighted to present the Gala Award to actor and writer, Pauline McLynn. Pauline will be joined by fellow actor and writer Amy Huberman for an exclusive conversation about her career, in what promises to be a very entertaining evening. We would love to see you there! Book your tickets by clicking the button below.
"It is a very humbling delight to be receiving the honour of the Gala Award from Dublin Theatre Festival, especially during this great national and international event. I'm feeling very blessed right now." Pauline McLynn
Event Details: Pauline McLynn In Conversation with Amy Huberman Venue: City Assembly House Date: Wed 12 Oct Time: 6-8.30pm Event also includes cocktails, canapes, award presentation, speeches |
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