0800 CUPID
3 - 13 June 2026
Nightlife gatecrash, raucous cabaret and musical extravaganza; 0800 CUPID is a genre-defying queer countercultural opus from THISISPOPBABY that fizzes between performance and reality.
Production Credits
Text, Composition and Lyrics – Emer Dineen
Directed and Developed by – Phillip McMahon
Co-Composer and Musical Director – Tom Beech
Music Producer – Elaine Mai Choreographer – Carl Harrison
Lighting Design – Sarah Jane Shiels
Set Design – Ellen Kirk
Costume Design – Lambdog1066
Performers: Emer Dineen, Isabel Adomakoh Young, Carl Harrison Tom Beech (keys), Michael McCarthy (drums), Osazee Aiguokhian (bass)
Produced by Daniel Culleton & Carla Rogers
Press Quotes
Irish Examiner – Five Stars ★★★★★ “the highlight of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024”
The Guardian – ★★★★★ “Feverish, fantastical soup of pop-star glam”
Everything Theatre – Five Stars ★★★★★ “Unmissable” “An incredible show that doesn’t let up from start to finish”
The Arts Dispatch – Five Stars ★★★★★ “Emer’s writing is like a big hug from someone you’ve cried to in a club bathroom!” “Authentically queer, human, and life-affirming”
GCN – Five Stars ★★★★★ “0800 CUPID is an incredible piece of theatre, bringing a queer story to the stage in an appropriately flamboyant fashion.”virtuosic, life-affirming, and perfect.
Irish Times – Five Stars ★★★★★ “Hilarious, heartfelt theatre by one of Ireland’s rising stars” “Entertaining in every way”
The Arts Review – Five Stars ★★★★★ “Forget Cillian Murphy, Cork’s real superstar is Dineen!” “A talent this big can’t possibly be contained. Dineen is simply phenomenal”
Funder Credits
The Arts Council of Ireland
Preview: 3 June, 7:30pm
Performances: 4 – 13 June, 7:30pm
Matinee: 13 June, 2:30pm
No shows on 7 & 8 June
Early Bird: €15 until 21 April
Preview: €18
Weekday/ Matinee: €28/25
Weekend Evening: €32/28
Space Upstairs
70 minutes, no interval.
Themes of death. Flashing lights (not strobe).