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The Dublin James Joyce Festival is organised by The New Theatre – with support from the Arts Council, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Dublin City Council, UNESCO and entertainment.ie. It combines revivals of stage, film and musical Joycean adaptations with new work made possible by the January 1st 2012 expiry of the copyright on Joyce’s work. In January 2012 The New Theatre became the first theatre in Europe to present Gibraltar, an adaptation after Joyce’s Ulysses, adapted by Patrick Fitzgerald.

Previews: Sun 3 June 2.30pm / Tue 5 & Wed 6 June 7.45pm Directed by Graham McLaren  • Set and Costume Design by Robin Peoples  • Lighting Design by Kate Bonney Oscar Wilde’s ‘Trivial Comedy for Serious People’ is considered the funniest in the English Language. Ernest loves Gwendolyn. Cecily loves Ernest. What could possibly go wrong? [...]

Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things.

But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives into the wonderful wounds of this past through the romantic world of Rudolph Valentino.

Bruiser and the MAC present the wham bam musical sensation of the year, Sweet Charity. Funny, poignant and toe-tapping-tastic, Sweet Charity follows the misadventures of the plucky and guileless Miss Charity Hope Valentine, who runs her heart like a hotel. Unlucky in love, she keeps the faith that her big break and Prince Charming are [...]

In a lighthouse on the edge of civilisation an old man and an old woman are waiting.

They await the arrival of the town’s people to their home. Everyone, from the Mayor to the Blacksmith, the Colonel to the Courtesan will be there. It is possible the Emperor himself may attend. Because tonight, after a long life of bewilderment and underachievement, the old man has finally decided to tell all. He will reveal who he really is, what he should really have become, and, ultimately impart the secret of what life is really all about – a message that may indeed have the power to save humanity!

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet’s comedy is nonetheless a ruthless play about small-time, cutthroat real estate agents. Behind the sauve exteriors are lies, blackmail, scheming and desperation, all in a day’s work. This is Mamet’s writing at its best, an abrasive attack on American business and a withering depiction of the men whose lives and values are twisted in order to survive.

La Bohème, one of the greatest operatic love stories in the repertory is set in the Latin Quarter in Paris. Rodolfo and his friends lead a typical student existence, dodging the miserly landlord and carousing at the Café Momus. Everything changes when Roldolfo meets Mimi – the girl from upstairs – and their romance spins out of control. From loves first passion to disillusionment and pain, the relationship grows stronger until brutal reality forces the couple back down to Earth – Mimi is dying.

Director and choreographer Tina Horan and the New Moon Dance Company present a dance performance and visual art work combined.

‘Shakers’ gives the audience an hilarious glimpse into the lives of four cocktail waitresses on a typical night at work. The four actresses not only play themselves but also over 30 other characters between them – from the lads out on the pull, to the overbearing businessmen and the girls from the local supermarket celebrating a 21st birthday.

Cheery Wild Theatre in association with Ten42 Productions presents a comedy about love, murder and … tennis! Winner of 2011 Clonmel Junction Festival ‘Judges Choice Award’ • Directed by Donal Gallagher • Performed by Aideen Wylde and Tadhg Hickey From the Wimbledon finals to the hangman’s noose. This is the true and terrible tale of [...]

A hilarious new comedy about two outcasts from post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, left to struggle in a harsh world of unrelenting interviews, unconventional psychiatry and unmerciful rejection letters, with nothing to survive on, apart from the dole, desperate ideas and a lot of false hope.

Three generations of Irish women meet at the site of Clough-a-Regan in the countryside outside Limerick. Katie (aged 37 in 1999); her mother, Triona (aged 30 in 1964); and her mother’s mother, Cat ( aged 20 in 1932) discuss their lives, loves and relationships in this fantastical meeting across the ages. As they enthuse, bicker and argue they try to understand each other and ultimately their own place in the world.

Dublin Dance Festival returns to Project Arts Centre with an exciting line up for 2012. For more information on Dublin Dance Festival, visit the festival website HERE SCORE 8.00PM, 14 MAY & 9.30PM, 15 MAY Arresting, speedy and very beautiful, Score grew from sound bites recorded in Israel, where choreographer Yuval Pick grew up. Three [...]

Have you ever fancied a go at the wee sh*te who nicked your car, a one-to-one with the pickpocket who pinched your wallet or five minutes in a room with the little b**tard who broke in to steal your new plasma-screen telly?

The MAC’s first season opens with our very own MAC production, as part of the ni2012 ‘Our Time, Our Place’ celebrations. Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912), by Owen McCafferty, is a courtroom drama full of intrigue, bravery and human frailty. At 11.40PM on 14 April 1912, the RMS Titanic, on its [...]

Ambrose Ashley, a wealthy landowner, is wintering in Italy when he meets a distant relation, the Contessa Sangalletti, and everything is changed.