Taylor Swift. Shakespeare. Jane Austen. Bridget Jones. All made great art from love and heartbreak. So naturally, the next step is to get your heart broken on purpose for material. Join NAF Dance as they march giddily towards a broken heart, all to answer one very important question: why is...
Following the sell-out success of its first tour in 2018/2019, MATILDA THE MUSICAL, the multi-award winning musical from the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by the beloved book by Roald Dahl, is heading back out on tour across the UK and Ireland from October 2025. SPECIAL EFFECTS: This production may contain Strobe Lighting, Flashing...
The New Theatre presents Failure Confetti by Maeve Press as part of Dublin Fringe Festival. Maeve, former child actor faces adulthood; unemployed and haunted by the question: who am I? She would like to reinvent herself as a “Broadway diva.” Tragically, she can neither sing nor dance. She joins...
What is a butch lesbian? What do they look like? Why do they love Subarus so much? Worry not, YD is here to answer all. Watch her record her latest and greatest video essay, tracing the history of gender non-conformity and highlighting notable gender-benders of the past as she goes....
What do cult classics, family favourites and action-packed thrillers have in common? They all need a John Spillane makeover. Dublin Fringe Festival award winner John Spillane is remaking his favourite films... and casting himself in the lead! Join this epic (and satisfyingly silly) celebration of movies, all 100% improvised, 100%...
A broken dancer’s body won’t move the way it used to. A boy’s limp threatens to end his dream of playing football for Ireland. A banjaxed clown has more bulging discs than a weightlifter. This trio find themselves trapped in a warped trauma dream, where the only way out is...
Danny Ryan is an award winning comedian from Limerick and he’s got a brand new show coming to Whelans and it’s “About Time”. Expect stories of a misspent youth, a chaotic prime and a messy slide into middle age from one of Ireland’s best joke writers. “Steals the show”- Irish...
For one night only, comedy legend David O’Doherty brings an evening of low-voltage song and chatter to the Abbey Stage. Join the increasingly dishevelled Lidl Bruno Mars for a new show from one of Ireland’s best-loved comedians. In addition to his comedy and not being Chris O’Dowd, David co-hosts the What...
One of Irish comedy’s rising stars, Sinéad Walsh, returns to Dublin with their hit show, “Bye Bye Baby”. This show is a hilarious and deeply honest exploration of addiction and recovery, uniquely framed as a heartbreaking romantic breakup after 13 years of daily use. Sinéad masterfully weaves the personal toll...
RADIO BETTE from The Goat Exchange is created in collaboration with Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Ruth Negga. Inspired by a rare rehearsal recording of a 1951 Bette Davis radio broadcast from the Lux Radio Theater, the piece unfolds live, as performers listen to the original recording and recreate it in real time. As...
“The law, Noel. Without it, all of us are animals in the jungle. Killing and eating and riding whatever we think we can get away with.” Prepare to suspend your disbelief. Then let it dissolve completely. Unstable realities resemble our wildest imagination in this absurdist spectacle – writ large and set loose...
The Horse of Jenin tells a universal story of resilience and imagination. This show combines storytelling, mask and stand-up comedy to explore the everyday life of a boy growing up in Jenin in Occupied Palestine, who, like every child in the world, just wants to play and have fun. Following...