ABBEY THEATRE

This DECEMBER, the Abbey Theatre will present Abbey Calling - a new initiative, bringing brilliant pieces of literature directly into the homes of those feeling ...

A modern day fairy-tale, Into the Dark Woods is Charlene Kelly’s debut play. Through the familiar archetypes of fairy-tale, Charlene deftly entices us into rare ...

ollowed by a national tour. ‘Paul, darlin’, this isn’t a democracy. It’s a residents association.’ On a quiet street in leafy, suburban Dublin, local residents ...

Me, Mollser puts the character of Mollser from Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars, centre stage. This compelling, funny and poignant performance is designed ...

Frank Hardy. Faith Healer. Travelling through remote and isolated areas in Scotland and Wales, Frank Hardy offers his unique cure to the most desperate and ...

What shapes them and entices them to a life of crime? Examining issues of class, religion and identity, Ireland’s Call is an unflinching exploration of ...

Their paths cross in the ruins of an old theatre, set to be the site for a banking centre, which promises to bring wealth to ...

The lure of a gingerbread house. The frightening hocus pocus of the predatory Witch. And the smarts of the children who triumph in the end… ...

Don’t shout about it but Cecilia Maria thinks they make her look fascinating and has whispered her thanks. They Called Her Vivaldi is an upbeat ...

This daring adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic re-imagines Victor Frankenstein as a gene-splicing molecular biologist who creates human life from his own DNA with catastrophic ...

A fishing family leads a desperate fight to defend their coastal community from the imminent threat of offshore fracking – but as the constant pressure ...

Michael hasn’t been home in almost twenty years. Having been kicked out of the seminary and exiled from his family home, he found himself in ...

Bloom’s odyssey is a pandemonium of live music, puppets, dancing, clowning, bowler hats and kazoos. It’s Ulysses as you’ve never imagined it before, a superbly ...

Oskar is a lonely, bullied teenager who lives with his mother on the edge of town. Eli just moved in next door. She doesn’t go ...

William Shakespeare had one son. He named him Hamnet. He then left home to pursue his career in the theatre, effectively abandoning his family. In ...

A new stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed Ken Loach film, Jimmy’s Hall....

Olive, Alison and Tilly tear through a landscape of sex, drugs and violence in an unstoppable stream of poetic verse. Their stories converge in one ...

A new stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s international bestselling novel, Room, with a haunting score by Kathryn Joseph and Cora Bissett....

Actor and playwright Noelle Brown was born in a mother and baby home in Cork in the 1960s and adopted at eight weeks old. Postscript ...

‘Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, ...

This three day symposium will be a unique gathering of artists, journalists and academics discussing the world’s most troubling conflicts from a global, contemporary and ...

Major Barbara probes the undercurrents of a firebrand Salvation Army major’s relationship with her arms-manufacturing, millionaire father. On a mission to save, Major Barbara must ...

Breda is newly separated, facing retirement and feeling a bit invisible, she doesn’t want a birthday party! But her friends are determined to cheer her ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally. Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a ...

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, ...