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Star Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley reflects on eight years of performing Brian Foster's acclaimed solo play, humanizing street life, and taking the stage at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.…
A smartly written, tense, and painfully relevant examination of belonging, identity, and the quiet frictions beneath Irish welcome.…
Eileen Walsh and Marty Rea deliver towering performances in Druid's striking production of Eugene O’Neill's final play at the Dublin Theatre Festival.…
An overstuffed narrative and unrefined musical score leave Xnthony's world-premiere pilgrimage musical struggling to deliver emotional resonance or consistent comedy.…
Fishamble's dual-timeline migration drama is handsome and full of noble intent, but a static staging keeps its emotional urgency at arm's length.…
Erica Murray’s witty, grounded world premiere at the Gate Theatre balances laugh-out-loud humor with deeply recognizable domestic tension.…
ANU Productions delivers extraordinary acting and thrilling, close-quarters boxing choreography in Cyclone, though its fragmented narrative structure makes the complete story hard to grasp.…
Brokentalkers and Andy Smith present a live, immersive gallery installation that resists standard theatrical classification at Dublin Theatre Festival.…
The Goat Exchange turns Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s cinematic masterpiece into a brilliant live Lux Radio Theater illusion at the Dublin Theatre Festival.…
A delightfully absurd, dystopian pop opera that turns supermarket convenience into a tragic, hilarious love triangle between a shopaholic, a cashier, and a self-checkout machine.…
20 total · showing 11–20
25 years on, the revival of this essential, gripping work comes to the Abbey stage for three nights only. A theatrical score by Thierry de Mey and Peter Vermeersch drives relentless, risky choreography – this is not normal body language. Bricks are hurled across the stage...
HUNT is Saarinen’s heart-stopping solo set to Rite of Spring, in which he is both the hunter and the hunted. The unstoppable rhythm of the music is matched by sinuous movements. Saarinen’s body acts as a canvas for a kaleidoscope of light and live multi-media projections...
Hold tight as you are thrown into New York City’s deep and dark underworld, in this exciting new play on the Abbey stage. Man has just set foot on the moon. The streets of Brooklyn are tense. The Irish Mafia is desperately trying to hold on to their power and more importantly...
The Abbey Theatre is proud to present Ouroboros Theatre Company with Richard II, as part of the company’s exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays. A timely examination of the nature of kingship, power and corruption, Richard II draws us into a world of Machiavellian deceit in...
Both children and adults will take delight in this story of lost dignity, prudery, practical jokes and bullying, Malvolio draws his audience into the madness of Shakespeare’s play and makes it his own. Written and performed by multi award winning playwright/actor Tim Crouch, I...
For the first time in over 80 years the Abbey Theatre presents King Lear. King Lear is determined to transfer power to his three daughters. He will divide his kingdom between them, giving the largest part to the daughter who loves him most. Owen Roe stars as the monarch whose...
As part of our Shakespeare season at the Abbey we are delighted to introduce the work of The Bard to our young audiences. This one man show, written and performed by multi award winning playwright/actor Tim Crouch, gives an exciting introduction into his work. The magical story...
For the sixth year running, the Abbey Theatre has commissioned exciting playwrights to write 20 minute plays for two actors. Following on from the previous short play reading series 20:Love, The Fairer Sex, Gach Áit Eile, Something Borrowed and Into the Woods, we now present you...
As part of our Short Play Season, and for 10 nights only, the Peacock stage plays host to two 20 minute plays about love, life and relationships in modern Ireland. These bite-size plays are the perfect opportunity to see the work of two exciting playwrights Nancy Harris (No...
This Christmas Roddy Doyle returns to the Abbey Theatre with his version of Nikolai Gogol’s satirical comedy, The Government Inspector. ‘Ah now. Let’s just say, when a big gun goes off, we’d all want to be ducking the bullet.’ The Mayor, the Judge, the Chief of Police and a host...
