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Following a hugely successful run in Bewleys Café Theatre, Hollywood Valhalla returns for a short tour in April and May. Described by The Irish Independent as ” the most entertaining, dramatically satisfying two hander I’ve witnessed for some time…” This is a touching and poignant drama about love, friendship and redemption during the Reagan era of the 1980′s.

Oleanna is a two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual exploitation and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. The play’s title, taken from a folk song, refers to a 19th-century escapist vision of Utopia. This was later adapted to a movie with same name by Mamet.

A Magic Carpet production The dramatic story of the tempestuous relationship between Bram Stoker, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry during their careers at the Lyceum Theatre in London. Powerful and moving Unholy Trinity celebrates the life of the author of “Dracula” on the centenary of his death. Henry Irving managed and starred in many plays, [...]

An Out of the Blue Theatre Company presentation • Written by Sean Ronan A powerful moving play which tells the story of a father’s love and heartbreak for his addicted son Joey and a woman’s fight with addiction and prostitution as she desperately tries to be there for her daughter on the day of her [...]

Written by Irish playwright Morna Regan, author of the awardwinning Midden (“a triumph” Irish Examiner), this darkly humorous drama explores the nature of possession, entitlement and inheritance.

A new play written in rhyme and rap by Stefanie Preissner. Stefanie Preissner’s searing portrayal of abandonment, loss and acceptance will leave you gasping and dazed as she takes you on a rhythmic journey through the language of rap. Starring Pat Nolan, Gene Rooney, Jo Linehan & Stefanie Preissner and directed by Tara Derrington, this moving yet uncompromising new play examines what it means to have unanswered questions after the death of a parent.

The greatest Irish love story (since Anto met Jacinta in the spar on WhiteFrier St and brought her behind the chipper for a quick one) returns to The New Theatre!About the Show: “He was located at four in the morning up a tree, looking for Shergar” Prepare to witness the most powerful love story of [...]

‘The Chastitute’ is a solid distillation of the strengths of John B Keane – comedy, entertainment, and an unerring grasp of the darkness at the heart of Irish society. The ‘chastitute’ of the title is bachelor farmer, John Bosco McLaine. Now in his early 50s, John Bosco’s life is dominated by the lethal concoction of alcohol and loneliness. Living alone, with only his aunt to look in on him from time to time, John’s life of regret stems back to the fact that he has never married. In fact, he has never even lost his virginity. His lack of action, so to speak, is a combination of a number of factors.

Three actors hurtle through ten of the most famous Irish plays ever written whipping through over 70 characters in a show that’s crammed with culture, comedy and hilarious hysterics.

Tuesdays with Morrie is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news programme and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.

JOYCED! takes us on a tour de force of Joycean Dublin, bringing the audience through the year which Joyce would later make famous in Ulysses.

A one-woman show performed by Katie O’Kelly that through multi-character performance (22 at least!) and magical word play, depicts the people who were of most importance to Joyce: his father and his cronies, Oliver St. John Gogarty, the tenor John McCormack, Alfred Hunter (the man who would later become Bloom in Ulysses) and, of course, Nora herself.

Six of the funniest plays you’ll see this year – all in one night.

Durang Durang is absurd, manic, and high-energy. These twisted, dysfunctional tales will make you laugh and cry and then hate yourself for it. Don’t miss your chance to see this hilarious evening of short plays by the award-winning playwright Christopher Durang.

Unlucky in love and tied up in knots, Corkonian Alice is all set for her sister’s wedding (always the bridesmaid and never the bride), when a chance encounter with delivery boy Warren sends her spiralling through the Dublin night.

Frank McGuinness’ Carthaginians has often been acknowledged as one of the few enduring plays to have emerged from ‘The Troubles’.

It’s not easy to get by in this crazy old world. But Fred and Alice have discovered that all you really need are 2 tennis rackets, a freezer full of ready meals and an immature coping strategy. From their days in care, to independent living, they negotiate the perils and the pitfalls of home cooking, responsible pet care and boiler maintenance.

Bewley’s Café Theatre in association with Ten 42 Productions and CheeryWild Productions present a comedy about love, murder and ………tennis!

From the Wimbledon finals to the hangman’s noose. This is the true(ish) and terrible tale of Irish sporting legend Vere St. Ledger Goold and his mercenary wife Marie Violet – an extraordinary globe-trotting journey from the heady heights of sporting stardom to complete catastrophe.