The Abbey Theatre News

Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Moss Empires will present The Nigel Havers Theatre Company in Noel Coward's gloriously entertaining PRIVATE LIVES.  This will be the inaugural show for The Nigel Havers Theatre Company, which will be touring the country with a wonderful line-up of theatrical gems. 

Celebrating Northern Ireland's reopening of live performances for the first time in over 19 months, Noah Stewart, one of Opera's most sought after international tenors will perform Rodolfo in Cameron Menzies' enthralling production of La Bohème this September. Joining Stewart in the four principal roles are soprano Gemma Summerfield making her debut as Mimi and Northern Irish soprano Emma Morwood as Musetta who is paired with Yuriy Yurchuk's Marcello.

Masks will also be required for audiences inside the theatre, except while eating or drinking in designated locations. This will affect the following productions: The Puppet Queers at MadLab and A Crane Takes Flight at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus and The Story of My Life at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

A historic focal point in the city, this beautifully decayed church provides the perfect atmospheric backdrop to tell the story about a group of Bohemians who are all searching and desperately trying to find their way in life and love.

Starting at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) on Sunday 29 August and returning to London where it will be simultaneously running at Battersea Arts Centre and Rich Mix from Tuesday 28 September until the tour concludes on Sunday 3 October.

The Chronicles of Oggle is a hilarious and heart-breaking story of small towns and even smaller minds written by one of Ireland's most prolific actors Peter Gowen (Love Hate / Charlie / The Butcher Boy).

The festival will run for 16 days and nights as usual this year, staging 160+ performances of 30 events in 16 venues, including a return to beloved Dublin venues, outdoor stages at city landmarks and shows designed to be experienced at your place, or near home for audiences outside of Dublin. This is a festival of firsts with 26 world premieres and 3 further Dublin premieres.

Finegan Kruckemeyer, the author of THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING, now on stage at Beck Center for the Arts, was born in Ireland and has lived much of his life in Tasmania, an island state of Australia.

#CHARLOTTESVILLE will be staged as part of 59E59 Theaters' 'East to Edinburgh Goes Virtual' festival from July 15-25. Tickets are $20 and include access to all nine virtual productions. Learn more about the production and how to purchase tickets here!

Walls and Windows is a tender, complex and beautiful love story that examines how external circumstances pull people apart, when all they really want is to be together. All Julia and John want is to live their lives with their two sons, on their own terms. But despite their hopes, the outside world and its racism puts paid to their plans.

Directed by Jason Byrne, Walls and Windows will be live-streamed from the Abbey Stage to your homes on August 27th and 28th. It will be available on-demand for two weeks until 11th September.

This is the first collaboration between Otterbein and the Abbey Theatre. The collective consists of three, one-act shows written by Otterbein students. The acts will be workshopped, rehearsed, and performed by Dublin-based teens before taking to center stage in late June.

The Abbey Theatre, today, announced it will reopen its doors and welcome audiences back to the building for the world premiere of Una McKevitt's One Good Turn. Ireland's national theatre had previously announced that the play will stream live from the Abbey stage on 25th and 26th of June and be available, on-demand, until 10th July.

As the multi award-winning Come From Away prepares to welcome audiences back to the Phoenix Theatre in London from 22 July, the international hit musical today announces its extension in the West End until February 2022.

The Phoenix Theatre in London will reopen on 22 July and welcome audiences once again for the re-opening of international hit musical Come From Away.

The Actors Centre's 'in conversation with' series, The Actors Centre Meets, kicks off its second series with an interview with two-time Olivier Award-winning actress Denise Gough. Denise will join the West End-based venue for a virtual interview on 9 March.

Spring 2021 sees The Everyman working with YMCA, Cork, in collaboration with Graffiti Theatre Company and with the support of The Abbey on a youth-led programme 'Theatre-Making and Citizenship, Cork', where young people will be introduced to theatre and performance through conversation, engagement, and creation.  

Two brand-new digital works by Hot Brown Honey and Esosa Ighodaro will be available this Thursday, 11 February.

Today (January 29) in live streaming: Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer visit Backstage Live, a Pedi Party on Stars in the House, and more!

Today (January 20) in live streaming: an Inauguration Day special with the Chaos Twins and more!