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AboutFACE Ireland have announced the final selections for the 2019 NEWvember New Plays Festival Dublin – a showcase of original plays to be held cross-city at two venues, Smock Alley in the city centre and the Civic in Tallaght, November 1-3 2019. The announcement was made by AboutFACE Co-Artistic Directors Anna Nugent and Paul Nugent. NEWvember Dublin will feature these works over a three-day weekend, presented via rehearsed readings. After 5 years of NEWvember Festivals in New York, this is the 3rd year the event will be held in Dublin. The spirit of NEWvember is to provide a dynamic, interactive and welcoming place where writers can hear their plays read by seasoned actors, and discuss their work and creative process. It was also announced that many of this year's playwrights will be in attendance, and will take part in post show Q&As, including writers travelling from the US. Additionally, this year's festival will feature for the first time a playwrights roundtable discussion, mixing emerging writers with established playwrights.

Many New York City companies have toured to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF) in the last decade, and now a new play by the festival's founder is coming to NYC.

TOSOS presents the US premiere of Brian Merriman's Critically Acclaimed Play Eirebrushed: The untold story of the Irish Rebellion's gay heroes November 15 - 19 at Downtown Art. 

'He is a wretched little brat!' exclaimed George Bernard Shaw in deep frustration at the hold 'Bosie', Lord Alfred Douglas, had over Oscar Wilde. Using historical testimony, 'Wretched Little Brat' by Brian Merriman reveals the characters behind a story that scandalised a sexually hypocritical Victorian nation and went on to adversely influence law, morality and the fight for LGBT equality to this day. This frank exploration challenges the 'gay stereotypes' embedded by Wilde's public scandals as having serious consequences for the generations of LGBT people who pursued equality in the decades that followed. Running for one week only in the Sean O'Casey Theatre, St Mary's Road, East Wall, Dublin 3, this new full length play reveals the passion and politics artfully manipulated by a 'wretched little brat'.

The Break-Away Project will bring their production of It Came From Mars by Joseph Zettelmaier to the Pearse Centre, Dublin. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast below!

The Break-Away Project will present a full production of the play 'It Came From Mars' by Joseph Zettelmaier. It will be performed tonight, 20th & 21st of April in Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny and the 24th to 28th of April in the Pearse Centre, Dublin.

The Break-Away Project will present a full production of the play 'It Came From Mars' by Joseph Zettelmaier. It will be performed on the 20th & 21st of April in Cleere's Theatre, Kilkenny and the 24th to 28th of April in the Pearse Centre, Dublin.

The Break-Away Project hosted their 'one-night-only' Halloween Spectacle on Friday, October 26th, 2012 in the Crypt of Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin. The sold out event was attended by more than 100 guests, who were greeted by zombies and vampires, including Dracula's Bride and Frankenstein's Monster, upon entering the Crypt. They also enjoyed a wine reception during the show's interval. The theatre company performed 'Dr. Seward's Dracula' by Michigan based playwright Joseph Zettelmaier. Check out photos from the event below!

Following the success of their staged reading in July 2012, The Break-Away Project present DR. SEWARD'S DRACULA by Joseph Zettelmaier in the Crypt, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin 8.

Following the success of their staged reading in July 2012, The Break-Away Project present DR. SEWARD'S DRACULA by Joseph Zettelmaier in the Crypt, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin 8.