POPXX

THISISPOPBABY is celebrating twenty years of radical performance and change making in Ireland and beyond. It’s been twenty years of riotous fun, and they are only just getting going. With Dublin hotwired into their hearts, the next chapter is going to be electric. Come with us – and let’s party.

3x World Premiers

3x International Tours

2x Decades Captured In A Sumptuous Art Book

1x Incredible Anniversary Year 

Directed by Jim Culleton. A co-production with Fishamble: The New Play Theatre Company.

3  – 13 February, 2027 | Space Upstairs

Previews: €18. Performances: €27/25

When a Physicist decides to take his family on a daytrip to the beach, this perfectly ordinary man is forced to confront the very nature of reality itself, all on a perfectly ordinary Sunday. 

What If We Get To Be Happy is a new play written and performed by award-winning playwright Emmet Kirwan.  

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Directed by Wayne Jordan.

12 – 27 November, 2027 | Space Upstairs 

Previews: €18. Performances €28/24

Set in the family room of a Dublin hospital, this world premiere explores grief, families, class and the city. Featuring an all-star cast and creative team, this confronting and electric piece asks: who gets to participate in society? Who gets to participate in their own family? And who gets to resolve the past in the present? 

Sweet Caroline is a major theatrical event from the acclaimed playwright Phillip McMahon, who writes authentically about the working class, building on 20 years of playmaking experience to present a bold and unflinching play about the now. 

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Directed by Jennifer Jennings & Kate Stanley Brennan. Choreographed by Jessie Thompson.

Project Arts Centre, February 2028

Framed within a science-fiction paradigm in a world and time very close to our own, Standby charts the breakdown of society over seven days via athletic spoken word, street-culture-inspired choreography and rich sonic and visual design. In a funny and moving piece that meets this moment the world is in, Standby offers a provocation to reclaim agency over our own humanity and creativity.

More info soon.

WAKE

Boston, London’s West End & more to be announced

The theatrical juggernaut based on an Irish Wake makes its U.S. premiere and returns to London’s West End.

RIOT
UK Tour
The all-star cast return for the UK premiere and tour of the show that broke the mold of Irish theatre.

And one more to be announced…

Created and designed by Niall Sweeney.

Celebrating two decades of THISISPOPBABY, one of Ireland’s most fearless and influential theatre companies, POPTOPIA XX is a landmark art book distilling twenty years of riot, ritual and reinvention into one iconic object. This visually sumptuous, thought-provoking and outrageously fun publication celebrates the company’s extraordinary impact on Ireland’s social change and wider culture, while looking ahead to the glittering tomorrows yet to come.