Upcoming Events

A chance to see major Irish theatrical works in development before they reach full production on the stage – possibly in future Festival programmes.

Following the worldwide success of her novel Room, the award-winning author Emma Donoghue returns to the stage with a multi-layered exploration of the life and work of the extraordinary Irish-American writer Maeve Brennan.

Using their trademark macabre cabaret style this wickedly twisted new show from the multiple award-winning company behind the 2008 Festival hit Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, has been likened to a mixture of Fritz Lang, Charles Dickens and Tim Burton.

In the midst of the boom an Irish politician ignited debate by claiming that Ireland was economically and spiritually closer to Boston than Berlin.

A loose alliance of lovely outlaws raid the literary and cinematic archives and invite you to encounter beauty and danger in a dance/theatre performance inspired by anti-heroines, angelic hooligans, and notorious icons.

Love-Child was written in response to the famous x-case, when a young girl who became pregnant following a rape, was refused permission to travel to England for an abortion and after the scandal surrounding Bishop Eamonn Casey’s secret son.