It looks like the bad times are over when a wealthy, art collecting couple call on impoverished painter Alex and Sylvia, his wife and muse. But what exactly do the inscrutable Nick and Shelly think is for sale… ? (90 mins – Play Reading – PLEASE NOTE STRICTLY OVER 18’s)

This is a performance, her performance, she’s trying to find something, find herself, the world she lived in & how she ended up here, like this? Is she still the same? She sat in buckets. She wet herself. She loved to dance. She remembers. She remembers the fear of doing it on her own. She’s going to do it again. She still has the fear. This time she’s taking the fear & making something happen. (20 mins – Work in Progress)

There's a room that has all my stuff in it - pizza, swings, door handles and the time at the car park, dark corners, Rumpelstiltskin, fridge magnets, the film game, him, the lost, the marbles, the stillness, last year, tomorrow, crissy, crissy, christina and DAVID and now we're leaving. (20 mins – Play)

Every Doris Has His Day is a one man play incorporating the music of the 50s icon. Terry Boyle was a gay, drag queen and a personal hub of the Dublin scene in the 90s. Convicted for attempting to sell cocaine to an undercover cop he finds himself performing in Mountjoy to an unappreciative audience. Of more concern to him, however, are his desires, for the first time in his life, for the one woman working in the gaol. (20 mins – Play)

Jonno and Ciara are two homeless teenagers hanging out in a derelict building in Dublin city centre. Ciara has dreams of Simon Cowell and winning the X Factor but Jonno just wants to go home. (20 mins – Play)

Twisted Focus came about when a group of eager actors - Anna Clifford, Caoimhe O'Malley, Nicola Lucey, and Clare Monnelly - got together to take the theatre world by storm.....they soon realised they didn't have a clue what they were doing, where they were going or how to pull it off. You lucky folk are the first to bear witness to this potential disaster......sit back, relax, and watch us figure it out. (20 mins – Work in Progress)

A new dance work by Aoife Courtney Birds Flock, Bees Swarm, Gazelles Herd, Humans Tribe. Featuring Antje Schneider O'Toole, Katrin Neue, Wojtec Bratus, Lisa Keogh (20 mins – Dance)

The Muse Unbidden follows the journey of several would-be poets taking a Performance Poetry Workshop led by an unorthodox Performance Poet. Cajoled into expressing their inner voices, this unlikely group of hapless individuals find themselves confronting their personal Muses of inspiration with at times explosive results. This dark satire on modern poetry and self-discovery written and directed by Roger Gregg features a live musical soundscore performed by a cast of multi-talented actor-musicians. (80 mins – Play)

Finally, The Top Hat is gone, and the incredibly tempting Shrewsbury Road is free for all. As a result, two men struggling in the running of their own business are faced with two interesting options; build slowly on their savings in the hopes of their survival, or, gamble it all for a shot at the top. On a rainy night in a small apartment overlooking the Liffey, the game is played between Thimble and Ship, and, as always in a ruthless financial climate, the answers are never clear. Based on the installations of Fergal McCarthy, this short 10-minute play explores insecurity and ambition in a world of money. (10 mins - Play)

Two detectives interrogate a woman. As they struggle to piece the case together, the truth becomes increasingly hard to define. Different versions emerge as each of the characters tries to push their own account to the fore. The Fact of the Matter is written by Gerard Adlum and directed by Sarah Finlay. In 2011 they founded Fast Intent, staging Harold Pinter’s Ashes to Ashes in The Complex, Dublin in September of that year. They are delighted to be part of the Collaborations festival. (10 mins - Play)

Fragmented explores the construction and deconstruction of identity born out of our image-based world. 21st century media/culture bombards us with rapidly changing ideas on how we should present ourselves and how to analyse this presentation. We look to society’s expectations and increasingly feel the need to deliver on them. This short piece of theatre, performed by Mary Cate Smith and directed by Antoinette Duffy is a 'work in progress' devised from research conducted by Mary Cate and Emma Meehan into the history of the image of the female and how it has changed throughout the ages. Blurring the boundaries of private and public we take you on a journey of confused messages and personal struggles and investigate the complex relationship between them. We would like to acknowledge our thanks to the LAB (Dublin City Council), Dance Ireland, Sligo Arts Council, and Trinity College Dublin. (20 mins - Movement)

Being young is hard enough. But being young AND weird is even harder. GLORIA is the story of Gloria. A young girl, suffering from depression, who In order to escape the struggle of enjoying life, finds solace in the world of her imagination. In this world she becomes a series of iconic women in order to break free from the reality of simply being herself. But what happens on the day when there is no-one left to be? Will the real Gloria ever stand up? A work in progress, Created and performed by Sarah Allen Clarke. Directed by Jane McCarthy. (20 mins – Work in Progress)

The Trainee is a short piece about one man's struggle with the pressures of society. (20 mins - Play)

Somewhere, in darkness, a woman begins to tell her most sinister secrets. THE SEEDS is Last Rites. It is the story of a dream. It is a guided tour of hell. Both anonymous and terribly intimate. THE SEEDS is a narrative of love and guilt, loyalty and psychosis. Written by Nicola Lewis and Becca De La Rosa and performed by Nicola Lewis. (20 mins - Play)

This is a play about incestuous friendships. It is about what you'll tell your mates, and what you haven't told yourself yet. It's about standing very still, and about where your mind goes when you're working a mindless job. This is a play about expectations. So Don't Move. No, Stop. No blinking please. Now stay like that. Stay. Cast - Sophie: Emily Elphinstone; Tara: Jo Linehan Written By: Emily Elphinstone Directed By: Stefanie Preissner (20 mins - Play)

After a successful sold out run in The Complex with "City Electric", The Jack Burdell Experience now brings you COLLABORATIONS in Smock Alley Theatre. A Festival of 16 shows, 12 days, over 80 people involved.

The Jack Burdell Experience is a new theatre company that opens its doors to exciting artists who are trying to find a home for those ideas that have been knocking around their heads for the last few months. We want to provide an environment that encourages new work to be made, created, designed and exposed. With this in mind, The Jack Burdellers set forth to create Collaborations in association with Smock Alley Theatre.

So we grow up, leave home and find ourselves a new one; but do we ever really leave home behind us? What do we take with us and what do we leave in the past and is all that we are remembering real or ‘makey-upey’? What can a house do to our senses even now? - the smells, the tastes, the people we meet, the family we know, the observations we make as a child, the power of a world a child can surround themselves with away from reality. Does any of this matter? Maybe not; but if we delve deeper what will we find?

‘I Was an Emperor’ is a story of fantasy and reality colliding. A young woman who grew up in a house that remains to this day an integral part of her spirit finds that now may be the time to say ‘Goodbye’ to her home, and move on. (50 mins - Play)

Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s lecture tour to the mining town of Leadville Colorado in 1881, this ‘saloon’ style gathering features Japanese butoh dancers Gyohei Zaitsu and Maki Watanabe (who last wowed audiences with her role in ‘slat’), guitarist Ed Deane, percussionist Noel Bridgeman, keyboardist/director Trevor Knight and vocalist/performer Ghostrider. 'The Devil’s Spine Band' will initiate you into their surreal desert world, combining the gritty atmosphere of the Wild West with Japanese butoh performance and Ireland’s finest blues-rock musicians in a stunning visual setting by artist Alice Maher.

Dublin Laptop Orchestra – bring “the physicality and energy of acoustic music to electronic performance.” (Journal of Music) Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh – “the most imaginative and fascinating musician in all of trad” (Irish Echo) Nic Gareiss – “mesmerizing… a whirling dervish in tap shoes” (Bay City Times)

The Dublin Laptop Orchestra are collaborating with fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and dancer Nic Gareiss for a unique performance that fuses Irish traditional music with live electronics. This show is for one night only so don’t miss out!

In collaboration with some of the most exciting musicians in traditional Irish music, the Dublin Laptop Orchestra are delighted to present a unique concert of new music at Smock Alley Theatre. Laptops will be used to create complex rhythms and virtual droning fiddle strings, controllers will manipulate sound and allow it to blend with musicians in real-time, and the sounds of the performers themselves will even be used as raw material for completely improvised creations. This collaboration aims to infuse Irish traditional music with some of the potential that modern technology offers. Definitely not to be missed! This collaboration was made possible through the generous support of the Arts Council’s Deis Fund for the Traditional Arts and the Trinity College Provost’s Fund for the Visual & Performing Arts.

‘Melissa Nolan…is close to faultless. Marcus Lamb… has a fruitful future ahead of him as a Beckett interpreter.’ (Emer O’Kelly, Sunday Independent); ‘The lighting is perfect’ (Eithne Shorthall, Sunday Times); ‘Mouth on Fire are giving audiences the opportunity to see some of Beckett’s less frequently staged work and reinvigorate it with outstanding performances by an accomplished cast. It is evident that there is a real understanding and respect for the playwright’s work and a cohesive approach throughout the production, from costume and set to acting and lighting, that ultimately results in a fantastic night of theatre.’ (Lauren O’Toole, entertainment.ie)

Tyranny: physical, psychological, implicit and explicit, to extract the right words. Four short works by Samuel Beckett. Not merely political, also about the tortuous process of creation, using every form of coercion to produce a definitive statement in order to be free.

‘Sure he won’t utter?’ (Catastrophe) ‘I did not know what the poor man was required to say, in order to be pardoned…’ (As the Story was Told) ‘The meanest syllable has…importance’ (Rough for Radio II) ‘What must I confess?’ (What Where) Mouth on Fire present three of Beckett’s shorter plays and a prose piece: the European premieres of Rough for Radio II and As the Story was Told on stage and the rarely seen final play What Where. Catastrophe was dedicated to Vaclav Havel who was then in prison for daring to speak out against the Czechoslovakian rulers of the Soviet regime. As the Story was Told was dedicated to German writer Gunter Eich, imprisoned after WWII, member of Gruppe 47. Each piece has its own autonomy, but there is no doubt when pieced together - and in Smock Alley’s atmospheric Boys School – the political and tyrannical qualities implicit in each work are brought to the fore. Opening night, Nov 15th, coincides with International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, and Emer Liston, chair of PEN’s Writers in Prison committee will speak briefly after the performance on Nov 15th.

"The most significant production at this year's Theatretreffen - a slick, clever production" Die Zeit

Othello c’est qui addresses Shakespeare’s Othello, one of the most famous roles for black actors in the Western World. The fact that this is not widely known in Africa is the basis for a mischievous and hard-hitting exchange between Ivory Coast-born performer Franck Edmond Yao and German actress Cornelia Dörr.

Amongst the few roles for black actors in the western world, the character of Othello remains the most celebrated. Yet Shakespeare’s famous moor is not widely known in Africa. Across this cultural divide, Ivory Coast-born performer Franck Edmond Yao and German actress Cornelia Dörr now collide. Sharp, political and sensual, Othello c’est qui (Othello who’s that) plays with the ordinary and the trivial clichés surrounding Othello and Desdemona but gradually develops into a tough confrontation between two cultures marked by extreme emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings and contrasts. A mischievous but hard-hitting exchange, this frank and very human production won first prize at the 2009 Theatre Festival IMPULSE, and has charmed and stimulated audiences across Europe ever since. Proudly supported by Goethe-Institut Irland & German Federal Foreign Office. Performed in English and French.

"Pure theatre magic. A magnificent piece". Flensborg Avis

The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival is delighted to welcome Carte Blanche back to Dublin with their ground breaking new show, Kalejdoskop. Nature, science and poetry meet to create a chamber of curiosities where the imagination runs free through a mysterious kaleidoscopic maze.

Welcome to a never-ending world of wonder: a chamber of curiosities where nature, science and poetry meet in a mysterious kaleidoscopic maze. Follow your guide through an exotic labyrinth, crawling through narrow tunnels and crooked doors, where the imagination can run free and curiosity is awakened. An expedition of the unexpected, where questions arise and answers disappear… The Festival is delighted to welcome back Carte Blanche after entrancing Dublin in 2008 with the charming The Attic Under the Sky. This ground-breaking show is one like no other and will be an experience you will never forget! Age 8+

"THEATREclub's fiercely-realised production of HEROIN manages to convey the needle and Irish society's wilful ignorance of the damage done." Irish Theatre Magazine

HEROIN is the story never told about the new republic. Winner of last year’s Spirit of the Fringe Award at Absolut Fringe, THEATREclub’s visionary production is a hard-hitting investigation charting the explosion of the drug in Ireland that centres on those that society left behind.

A radical staging of how we got here, and how much we care. HEROIN is the story never told about the new republic, of the person you never saw, of what was built and then demolished. It’s the big one, the bad one, the one you never thought you’d try. It’s everything that ever happened, the words that were never spoken and how the ones we voted for, kicked us in the teeth. Winner of last year’s Spirit of the Fringe Award at Absolut Fringe, THEATREclub’s visionary production is a hard-hitting investigation charting the explosion of the drug in Ireland that centres on those that society left behind. HEROIN was developed in collaboration with the staff and clients of Rialto Community Drug team. THEATREclub is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. ReViewed: A showcase of successful Irish productions restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute Contains strong language and material that some may find disturbing.

“A national treasure.” – The Irish Times “Not everyone’s cup of tea.” – The Irish Times

It is 1917 and Rory Sheridan, Ireland’s sixth or seventh greatest Antarctic explorer, delivers an illustrated talk on his not entirely successful journey to the South.

"The Royal Antarctic Society presents, in association with a consortium of creditors owed money arising from the voyage of HMS Pelmet to the South Pole, an afternoon of death defying tales from the edge of the world delivered by an actual Antarctic explorer." It is 1917 and Rory Sheridan, Ireland’s sixth or seventh greatest Antarctic explorer delivers an illustrated talk on his not entirely successful journey to the South. After a harrowing 26 months at sea, Rory – a man with no previous experience of exploration or indeed of ever being in a boat – has somehow returned home as acting expedition leader. Now liable for the extensive debts the expedition has accumulated, he has been sent out to talk about his experiences. This may not be quite what they had in mind.

“From the sublime to the absurd, Dreams of Love plays variations on a theme we all know. The results are charming, laugh out loud funny and insightful.” – Festival Director

Dreams of Love tackles, awkwardly, the spectacle of romance. Throughout the narrative, two guys and one girl are locked in a revolving love triangle, forced to exhaust the spectacle of love and see what survives.

We stage scenes of spectacular love. Scenes of romance downloaded from pop-culture are transposed to the real time of theatre. Cue Romeo and Juliet’s amateur dramatics, a scene stolen from Mills and Boon, a fairytale featuring a ham sandwich and more. Throughout the narrative, two guys and one girl are locked in a revolving love triangle, forced to exhaust the spectacle of love and see what survives. Two of the actors clearly can’t act. They are making-up and breaking up for your entertainment, exposing all when the fourth wall slips sideways. Follow them.

“Rather than attack religious institutions in an investigation of faith in Ireland MIRARI took a different approach. Thoughtful, considered, honest and unbiased, this piece offers its audience a clear picture of our spiritual lives.” – Festival Director

A play about lives in a country on the brink of change, faith and where we find the ground when the ground keeps moving.

“Being religious means having an order. Something to live for. It is hope." (17 year-old Irish schoolgirl) In less than a century Ireland won her freedom and has effectively lost it again after a national rollercoaster ride. We were praying at the start, and it seems many of us are praying again... except now, our rules have changed. When faced with the abyss, we once thought we knew who we might find staring back. Now the abyss and its keeper are up for grabs.

“You can’t keep your eyes off Maeve Fitzgerald” – Sunday Times, 6th March 2011 “An especially raw and compelling performance from Maeve Fitzgerald” – The Telegraph, 1st March 2011

The dark corners of the theatre reflect the dark corners of the mind in this adaptation of the American Gothic novella which charts a young woman's descent into madness during the Victorian era of medical extremes.

This might be a ghost story. Worse yet, it might not. The dark corners of the theatre reflect the dark corners of the mind in this adaptation of the American Gothic novella which charts a young woman's descent into madness during the Victorian era of medical extremes. Trapped in an attic room and cut off from the world, she begins to obsess over the wallpaper, and what's waiting behind it. As she struggles to make sense of its twisting patterns, what she discovers draws her closer and closer to the edge. Starring Maeve Fitzgerald (Best Female Performer, ABSOLUT Fringe 2009, Best Supporting Actress, The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2009 for 'Basin'). Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks (Boston Marriage). Set by Alyson Cummins (Perve). Lighting by Sarah-Jane Shiels (Phaedra's Love). Music by Irish Times Theatre Award winner Denis Clohessy (Sodome My Love).

“We all knew that Damian Kearney was a brilliant actor, but here he makes his playwriting debut with a piece that is evocative, eerie yet ultimately beautiful.” Festival Director, Róise Goan

A Cidona-tinted spiral of self-deception and bent reality, dragging you across a strip of floor through suburban Cork in the late ‘70’s and early ‘90’s. A jarring piece of musicky scare-‘em. It’s no tale for little ears.

Cork’s so hot the air was bent. Terry’s still dropping from the heat. Dropping, he is. Off ladders, into rivers. Falling. For his brother’s girlfriend, Hilary Hart. No apologies though, not to brother Martin, not to Hilary Hart and definitely not to his best friend Squelch. Squelch keeps gaffer tape and garden hose in the boot of his car, and Terry’s got the key. Diamond days, like… Fair City and The Wind That Shakes The Barley stars draw you into this Cidona-tinted spiral of self-deception and bent reality, dragging you across a strip of floor through suburban Cork in the late ‘70’s and early ‘90’s. A jarring piece of musicky scare-‘em. It’s no tale for little ears.

“Lee’s writing soared, and Cronin rode it with abandon." Sunday Tribune

In the rain and dark, Luca prays for sun. Then the sun shines, and burns. An offbeat fable about a young man named Luca who has lost all hope.

An offbeat fable about a young man named Luca who has lost all hope. If only it would stop raining. Maybe then Luca’s strange dark world would make a little more sense. So one night Luca says a prayer, the consequences of which could prove to be devastating and irrevocable. In this debut from new playwright Nick Lee, John Cronin (nominated for Best Actor, ABSOLUT Fringe 2010) portrays the enigmatic and haunted Luca. Directed by the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award nominee Matt Torney, this is a deeply moving story of heartache, reinvention and destruction.

“There are few more compelling presences than that of Melanie Wilson”, Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Combining a lyrical text, truly immersive staging, and Wilson’s enigmatic and compelling performance style, Autobiographer draws us into the unravelling mind of the central character Flora. Voiced by multiple performers, Flora reveals a curious and evocative portrait of a life refracted through the lens of dementia.

Melanie Wilson wraps her audience in a tender, poetic and thrilling new work, featuring a bold and electrifying score of voice and sound. Combining a lyrical text, truly immersive staging, and Wilson’s enigmatic and compelling performance style, Autobiographer draws us into the unravelling mind of the central character Flora. Voiced by multiple performers, Flora reveals a curious and evocative portrait of a life refracted through the lens of dementia. Melanie Wilson is a performer, writer and sound artist making work that centres on the use of sound as a distinct, immersive agency, powerfully linked to state of mind. Most recently her production Iris Brunette toured nationally and internationally to great critical acclaim, receiving the Best Production award at ABSOLUT Fringe 2009.

“Rarely does a new play text inspire such excitement in ABSOLUT Fringe HQ as this one by Jo Holmwood. It’s sharp, insightful, and very engaging.” – Festival Director, Róise Goan

A new play about the dynamics within a writers’ group. A funny and increasingly surreal production, this is a fresh, captivating show by an exciting new writer.

Tired of the same old group dynamics, six members of a writers’ group and their mentor ditch their attempts at fiction in order to embark on a journey of truth and tell their own stories. But memories have been known to play games, manipulate the facts and lie and the stories of truth that we weave may not be so reliable. This new play provides an entertaining and thought-provoking exploration of the boundaries between reality and fiction, creativity and vanity. A funny and increasingly surreal production, this is a fresh, captivating show by an exciting new writer.

"Playful and Intelligent" Peter Crawley, Irish Times 2011 "Grotesque Parody, funny and tragic at the same time" Irish Theatre Magazine 2010

Shaun wants to talk to his Granny. Easily done? Not when she’s dead. Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne collaborate once more; this time exploring habit and religion, ritual and superstition and the questions we ask about where we go from here.

We've walked away from the Church, we still don’t trust the Dáil and we’re hiding our money under our mattresses. Our Grannies lit candles. We don’t know what to do, so this summer we're meeting mediums. We’re re-aligning our chakras and re-acquainting ourselves with the dead… possibly. This is what happened before, during and after those meetings. Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne collaborate once more; this time exploring habit and religion, ritual and superstition and the questions we ask about where we go from here. We don’t know what to expect but we know one thing for certain... if this works, it changes everything.

"excellent...the audience were enraptured, children and adults alike" - DublinCulture.ie

Theatre, puppetry, and dance bring Gulliver's amazing Travels to life for children and adults!

An ensemble cast bring Swift's adventure classic to life, playing multiple roles and enlivening their characters with costume, physical theatre, inventive design, live music and puppetry. They will invite their audience to imagine the giants of Brobdingnag, the tiny Lilliputians, shipwreck, naval battles and abduction by giant, monkey and eagle. Wonderland’s Gulliver’s Travels is a triumph of the theatrical imagination, engaging and inspiring audiences of all ages. Suitable for ages 7+

Flamenco Spectacular brings the raw energy and passion of flamenco to Dublin's Temple Bar! A cast of six Spanish artists will transport you to Andalucía for the night...

A traditional flamenco show featuring an exceptional cast of Spanish dancers, singers and musicians.

Flamenco dancers Arancha Romero & Felipe de Algeciras, singers Rosa Ángeles & Olayo Jiménez, guitarist “El Cuco” & percussionist “El Chuster” perform, for one night only, Flamenco Spectacular, a series of traditional flamenco pieces that will transport the audience to Andalucía. Fittingly for The Banquet Hall, the audience will be treated to a complimentary selection of traditional Spanish Christmas delicacies after the show, including mantecados, polvorones and turrón. A bar will also be open before and after the show. Expect to join in the singing of “villancicos” (Spanish for Christmas carols). This event is presented in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes Dublín and The Spanish Embassy in Ireland.

NEW THEATRE COMPANY BLOW YOU AWAY DUBLINS NEW BORN TALENTED YOUNG ACTORS BRING YOU “END OF THE LINE

Would you like to see an original piece of theatre beautifully crafted by thirteen of Dublin`s up and coming actors? Of course you do, we all do. Then look no further as The Gaiety School Theatre Performance Company gives you “End of the Line”, a dark comedy based on real life situations. Follow the characters trapped in time as they ask “how the feck did I get here”. The brand spanking new Theatre Company led by the rather talented David Scott, who is also a director with Company D bring you over an hour of unfolding stories that will make you laugh until you cry. Come and witness theatre history and support these young artists. Also follow all latest productions and hear our news on our Facebook page under The Gaiety School Theatre Performance Company

An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness’s version of this now classic play explores the daily crisis endured by hostages.

Frank McGuinness explores the daily crisis endured by hostages whose strength comes from communication, both subtle and mundane, from humour, wit and faith. This production of Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me played to full houses this summer in The Workman’s Club, Dublin, as well as in Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Cavan. Square Béal Theatre Company are a new company who met at the Gaiety School of Acting and Sillan Players. They are delighted to have been invited to Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin to perform the play again. The company have a shared love of the source material and a commitment to quality and hope to give you a night at the theatre that you won't forget....

Saint Mary’s University theatre majors from Winona, Minnesota, will stage the highly theatrical disturbing docu-drama “God’s Country,” a show that depicts the growing white-supremacist movement in America.

Written by Steven Dietz, the emotionally gripping plot revolves around various right-wing organizations that, collectively, comprise the so-called “Identity Movement.” They are dedicated toward violent revolution and expulsion from America — “God’s Country” — of all “non-Aryan races.” The play covers all bases of the right-wing lunatic fringe, but essentially it focuses on three narrative spines: the trial in Seattle of a paramilitary group which calls itself “The Order”; the career and murder of Denver talk-radio personality Alan Berg (outspoken, controversial and Jewish) “assassinated” by The Order; and, finally, the hate-filled career and death of The Order’s founder, Robert Matthews. These narratives are interwoven amongst a barrage of statistics and facts into a kaleidoscopic and highly theatrical vision. This presentation couldn’t be more timely — and, sad to say, timeless.

This special public event is part of the first ever Ireland-wide speaking tour by senior Palestinian church leaders.  The main aim of the tour is to raise awareness of the grave and increasing plight of the Christian community in Palestine, as well as the Palestinian population as a whole, who are living under Israeli military occupation. The senior church leaders coming to Ireland are: Archbishop Theodosius Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Church Monsignor Manuel Musallam of the Latin Catholic Church  Mr. Constantine Dabbagh of the Middle East Council of Churches These men are of highly significant stature in religious and socio-political terms – not just in Palestine, but also in a global context.

The visit to Ireland of three senior church leaders from Palestine is a Sadaka initiative, part financed by Trócaire and organised in partnership with Christian Aid. The primary purpose of the tour is to raise awareness of the grave and increasing plight of the Christian community in Palestine, particularly in Bethlehem and the surrounding areas.  For example, in 1947, 20% of the Holy Land’s population was Christian; today it has fallen below 2% and is in steady decline. The tour also aims to give voice to the Palestinian people as a whole, engage with political and religious leaders in Ireland and highlight the current political and human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The religious leaders’ engagements in Ireland include meetings with President Mary McAleese at Aras an Uachtarain; Mr. Micheal Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Irish Inter-Church Leaders (which will be include Cardinal Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin). There will also be a presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, a reception to be hosted by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the celebration of an ecumenical service in Ballintubber Abbey in Co. Mayo.  Biographical Information about the church leaders: Archbishop Theodosius Hanna, Greek Orthodox Church  - Archbishop Theodosius (Atallah) Hanna was born in 1965 in the village of Al Rameh, Galilee district, Israel. He was ordained in 1991 and since that time has held many prominent positions within the structures of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, including spokesman for the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Archbishop Hanna is the founder of the Orthodox Youth Movement in Jerusalem and the Holy Land and is an active member of the international ecumenical movement both at local and regional level. Alongside his work towards Christian unification, he is a representative at the Geneva-based World Council of Churches. Throughout the Holy Land he is regarded as one of its most prominent religious and spiritual leaders.  Monsignor Manuel Musallam, Latin Catholic Church - Ten years older than the state of Israel, Monsignor Musallam has witnessed enormous changes in his lifetime and has had to cope with supporting his people through their extraordinary circumstances under Israeli occupation.  He served as the parish priest in Gaza until his retirement in 2009. During his time there, Monsignor Manuel became known as the ‘Priest of the Million’, in recognition of his unfailing care and concern for both Christian and Muslim alike.  Mr Constantine Dabbagh, Middle East Council of Churches  Mr. Constantine Dabbagh was born in Jerusalem in 1938, and in the midst of fierce fighting in 1947, fled as a refugee to the Gaza strip.  During his life he has worked for United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Gaza, and for the United Nations in the Republic of Congo (now Zaire).   He has consistently advocated non-violence amidst living conditions that clearly have become a humanitarian crisis.  His personal and professional dialogue of justice, peace, security, mutual understanding and reconciliation has involved him in critical negotiations between political factions within Palestine, and the Palestinian Authority and the international community.   Constantine directs the provision of health, education and community services which care for the predominantly Muslim population of Gaza.  In particular, the services focus on mothers and babies, vocational education and the provision of psycho-social health services to an increasingly traumatised population.

Crazy Dog Audio Theatre presents FAUSTUS! - based on Marlowe’s Dr.Faustus -Written & Directed by Roger Gregg, award winning playwright, audio-producer, musician & actor.Featuring award winning actor Bryan Burroughs ( best supporting actor, Irish Theatre Awards 2009) as Faustus & movement director.

Seneca’s bloody Roman version of the most influential play in history. Company D highlights the universal, hauntingly relevant truths of a leader who finds that his nation’s ruin is his own doing.

Responding to the Roman public’s lust for blood in a world of crucifixions and gladiators, Seneca has taken the tale of Oedipus and highlighted the sensory images of the violence being visited upon the stricken people of Thebes. Company D has infiltrated the text and highlighted the extraordinary reflections of Ireland’s current plight and brought them to the surface. Ravaged by poverty, plague and violence, and fooled by the gods, Oedipus’ people beg their leader to have courage and face the gods and his own fate, taking the plague and his nations troubles on his shoulders and freeing his land. Though violent and graphic in its imagery, Seneca’s language is densely beautiful, with a gothic, black-velvet, descriptive fabric. Company D presents a young, strapping modern warrior in Oedipus and a sexy Jocasta, barely old enough to be his mother. As his fate is revealed, Oedipus errors are horrifyingly possible, and inescapable.

Blood in the Alley Theatre Co is delighted to announce the Premiere of Jumping the Sharks, the new play by Stewart Parker-nominated writer Micheál Lovett, performed by IFTA-nominated actor Don Wycherley and directed by Blood Alley's Geoff Gould.
Jumping the Sharks Online Trailer

When the popularity of a hit television programme or star begins to wane, this is known, in American media parlance, as 'jumping the shark'.
In it, Wycherley plays Nick Cross, a tough-guy media executive with a taste for fast cars, deviant sex, booze and class A narcotics. The dead Cross addresses us from a purgatorial afterlife, rewinding and replaying the dissolute past that got him there.
Lovett wowed the US critics 2007 with Macbeth at the Gates and his last Irish play This Ebony Bird in 2005. He was nominated for the prestigious Stewart Parker Award for his first outing, The Deadman's Beard.
Wycherley meanwhile has been at the top of his game for more than a decade now. Cinema and television audiences will best remember him from Bachelor's Walk, Ballykissangel and Garage. Theatre goers meanwhile, will not have been able  to forget his recent roles in Eugene O'Brien's Eden and Conor McPherson's The Seafarer among many, many more. They won't forget this one either.
Jumping the Sharks is Blood in the Alley's fourth production this year. The company took John Murphy's Smallone to Paris in Spring and Conal Creedon's After Luke/When I Was God to the Shanghai Theatre Festival in the summer and toured three shows simultaneously for the West Cork Theatre Festival.
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Dissecting topics such as Politics, Parenting, Religion, alcoholism and Necrophilia to name a few, you can never really tell on what Magnus Betnér will challenge next! So come and check out Sweden’s best Comedian 2010 & 2005 and discover why we almost had ‘Drive through abortions’ and question yourself, Do you really want to live forever! Magnus continues to break the boundaries in every show he does, so if you really want an alternative comedian, don’t miss this show!

About our last production Garbage, the City and Death – “jawdroppingly memorable” Daragh Reddin, The Metro “This is a brave production by Plastic Theatre, one they should be commended for. …Great acting, lighting and songs.” FDarragh Doyle, Le Cool.

“A Date with Mercy” is about love, lust, law, justice, murder, mayhem, madness and more murder – penned in a mock Shakespearean style.

A Date with Mercy is a courtly tale of love and thuggery, a tragi-comedy of epic proportions. Queen Mercy spares the life of an Irish thief called Fierce because she thinks him pretty and wants to bed him. Duke Karmo, Mercy’s much-rejected suitor becomes unhinged with rage and plots to kill her and anyone who happens to get in the way. Fierce meets Weib, Mercy’s pretty serving-wench and tumbles head over heels in love with her and she with him. Mercy flings Fierce in the dungeon in a furious temper. If she can’t have him, well Weib certainly won’t be permitted to enjoy him!  All hell breaks loose when Rupert who used to be Mercy’s courtier joins forces with Karmo (because he disapproves of females in power) and tries to assassinate Mercy in the dungeon, killing Weib by mistake.  By the end of the play hardly any of the characters remain in the land of the living and those who do decide to retire to the peace and tranquility of the Holy Land.

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

The remarkable story about the day when the Isle of Anglesey floated away from mainland Wales, drifted into the Atlantic and up to the Arctic. A comic exploration of the impossibility of leaving the place we come from.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Hugh Hughes. An utterly charming and entrancing world committed to celebrating the imagination. Hugh Hughes – a self-described emerging artist from Anglesey– has developed a devoted following worldwide with his refreshing, unpredictable and vibrant performances. Over three different productions, he invites Dublin to share his extraordinary life stories. With a host of awards under his belt including a Total Theatre Award and Fringe First, don't miss this unique opportunity to catch the most uplifting, funny and heart-warming shows you'll see this year.

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

When Hugh finds his neighbour's rabbit lying dead in his garden, the only sensible thing to do is to put it in a box. But it doesn't fit. As he puzzles over what to do with the body he starts to wonder how much of life disappears once we die…

Welcome to the wonderful world of Hugh Hughes. An utterly charming and entrancing world committed to celebrating the imagination. Hugh Hughes – a self-described emerging artist from Anglesey– has developed a devoted following worldwide with his refreshing, unpredictable and vibrant performances. Over three different productions, he invites Dublin to share his extraordinary life stories. With a host of awards under his belt including a Total Theatre Award and Fringe First, don't miss this unique opportunity to catch the most uplifting, funny and heart-warming shows you'll see this year.

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

In this brand new show, which marks the final part of the company's trilogy of immersive theatre, seven strangers crave to spend some time with you, the audience. To get under your skin. To get to know you better than they know themselves. Some say they're forward, inquisitive, manipulative or downright evil. Some claim they can't be trusted. Rest assured, they are wrong. These strangers are players with sincere intentions whose sole purpose is to let you find out who you might be. Get entangled in the game and you'll know that they're doing it for you. Proudly supported by Belgian Embassy, Dublin. Performed in English Please note that all these productions are highly challenging and interactive and may have content which some may find disturbing. All three productions are supported by the National Theatre Studio, The Flemish Community, the Provence of East-Flandres & the City of Ghent. In cooperation with Vooruit, KC België & Inkonst.

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

A story about friendship and sharing just about everything. Hugh returns to his childhood home to meet his best friend Gareth and climb Snowdon. But as the journey to the summit descends into a farce, it leads Hugh to ask some big questions about fantasy, first loves and bottling things up.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Hugh Hughes. An utterly charming and entrancing world committed to celebrating the imagination. Hugh Hughes – a self-described emerging artist from Anglesey– has developed a devoted following worldwide with his refreshing, unpredictable and vibrant performances. Over three different productions, he invites Dublin to share his extraordinary life stories. With a host of awards under his belt including a Total Theatre Award and Fringe First, don't miss this unique opportunity to catch the most uplifting, funny and heart-warming shows you'll see this year.

"A composer of imaginative resource and a sure formal sense… has the gift of making event the barest ideas interesting." Gramophone Magazine.

Reviewed – "A showcase of successful Irish production restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute."

Somewhere in a city, a young woman sits in a bedsit, alone with her violin. Thoughts race through her mind as she goes about her day. This multi-sensory performance is a collaboration between some of the most exciting artists in contemporary Irish music and theatre. Originally inspired by the life and music of 12th century visionary Hildegard of Bingen, this evocative combination of sound and visuals creates a tangible sense of a life explored on stage. Like an opera without singers, this meditative and moving wordless performance combines virtuoso violin playing with a haunting electronic soundscape. Created by leading Irish composer Ian Wilson, performed by acclaimed violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, and directed by rising star Tom Creed, Una Santa Oscura delves into one woman's solitude and loss, creating a truly original and memorable experience.

"An experience not to be missed." The Independent

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

Winner of the 2008 Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel Award, this sequel to "The Smile..." performed to just five people at a time, is a performance that invites you to leave the beaten tracks of traditional theatre and surrender to an intimate, individual experience. Drinks are offered, mandolins are playing and eyes meet as the conversation deepens. The question is: can you build up a meaningful relationship with a stranger in 25 minutes? Equally challenging and treacherously profound, Internal explores the formats of speed-dating and group therapy in a clever game of give and take and will be quite unlike anything you've experienced in a theatre before. Performed in English. Contains nudity. Proudly supported by Belgian Embassy, Dublin

"A disorientating but extraordinary performance… It leaves you feeling fantastic."

Part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.

Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instincts and allow yourself to lose control. Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as all your pleasures, fears, desires and memories are confronted. This intense and intimate experience bridges the point where performance art meets theatre. Everyone will have a unique response – but leaves feeling ultimately exhilarated. Performed in English.

Delicious O'Grady is a solo circus theatre piece, a tragicomedy set in the time of the Great Irish famine. (Though it was'nt that great.) O'Grady has found a way to depict this period with irreverence, wit and high level physical skills.

Delicious O'Grady is a story of love, loss and Poatoes. Inspired by the satirical works of Flann O'Brien this circus theatre piece tells the story of Colm O'Grady's imaginary ancestors and their demise duraing the great hunger. O'Grady presents a show that is touching , hillarious and uplifting.

The audience enters to the small theatre to see a pair of headphones on each chair. They eavesdrop on a skype conversation between two old friends. One a soldier, one an artist.

Thom is a soldier on his way to Afghanistan. He calls to say goodbye to his old friend, Evan, a writer. Together they want to work on Homer’s lost poem, The Little Iliad – the tale of the end of the Trojan War. But first they need to agree on what the story is. One performer is live. The other one isn’t. You listen in on their skype conversation. An intimate piece of theatre about making art and making war from award-winning Canadian company.

International theatre company Stam vs O’Neill, presents I Love Guns, an explosive power play using words as weapons. A fictional Actress and Playwright are caught up in a creative battle of suppression and rebellion, struggling for the control over the performance and each other.

Using words as weapons and weapons as words Stam vs. O’Neill’s I Love Guns unleashes an explosive power play. In a poetic joyride Dutch artist, Gert-Jan Stam, and Irish theatre maker, Jody O’Neill, turn the stage into a creative battlefield of suppression and rebellion. Strength and vulnerability. Love and power. Using the gun as metaphor this startling new play breaks open wide the nature of control and balance that is at the root of all human relationship. “I don’t want to hurt you. This is not about hurt. This is about touch. I want to touch you.” Written by Gert-Jan Stam and performed by both Jody O’Neill and Gert-Jan Stam, I Love Guns attempts to restore the authority of the text within contemporary theatre. A fictional Actress and Playwright battle it out in front of the audience - enticing, challenging, and drawing them into the struggle for control of the performance.

“Now that the boom is long gone, hear Ireland’s newest residents give an honest and often hilarious account of their experiences on the Emerald Isle”. Róise Goan, Director, ABSOLUT Fringe

Let’s see what happens when you get Irish, Spanish, Korean, Italian, German, Portuguese, Polish, Iranian, and French people together. They talk about the weather. And they play pub games. This is Dublin’s fair city – currently the 25th most expensive city in the world, and where seventeen percent of the population have peculiar accents. This is a multilingual piece of theatre where no one performance is the same; a show that explores contemporary Dublin as a cosmopolitan city where different cultures coexist. Be our guest. Have a drink, a bite to eat, and get ready to play a fun game where Dublin is our board and we are all the players.

A collaborative piece combining both physical and visual worlds through stories of voyage and discovery. Four actors hurtle through a range of characters on a journey loaded with bags and baggage.  Watch as the framer becomes the framed, the face unveils the mask and the actors create and flow through new spaces in this beautiful ensemble piece directed by Andy Crook (Articulate Anatomy Theatre Company).

The stage, piled high with suitcases, opens up imaginary worlds of the familiar and the unfamiliar, of the subjective and objective, from the miniature to the immense, as our perceptions are challenged. Paintings emulate the artist’s perspective of the world while the forester, whose hobby is stamp collecting, carries his world around in a case. The ‘well-travelled’ businessman sees his view largely from the inside of hotel rooms. A child connects them all to their sense of place, in their unresolved feelings of loss and desire. This show commands the physical, visceral, psychological and emotional. In moving from place to place, we wonder where we belong, what is home and how we can fit in.  The fusion of masks, frames, movement and multimedia is certain to enthral anyone who has ever gone on a journey, left home or tried to create a new one. Watch out for this elegant ensemble piece directed by Andy Crook (Articulate Anatomy Theatre Company).  

“So theatre is a safe, middle-class thing, and young people think its boring? THEATREclub beg to disagree. Actually, they're a little more insistent: they're taking conventional notions of theatre and its audience and shoving them back in our faces, with a few expletives thrown in."- The Irish Independent

Doireann has been looking at women. Women from the sixties. Women from the eighties. And the women who sit at their webcams singing Karen Carpenter covers. She wants to know what makes the modern woman and how we all still break like little girls.

MAXIMUM JOY is a show about all the girls who try to be in shows. It’s about a moment at the turning point of a century. Its about everything their mothers told them to be.  Its about watching a girl called Doireann Coady take a bath. ?Wanna watch a girl trying to be in a show? It’s set in 1979, in 1990, in a warehouse, in the bedroom of your family home. A girl who’s not called Doireann Coady has gotten to the point where she’s crawling around your kitchen floor. You’re gonna have to kick her out because she is singing very loudly on your front lawn. It’s a struggle, a fight, it’s like playing an old record on repeat. It feels like a movement, a concert or a fire, like ripping up the curtains after a gaff party. You will definitely need a slice of bread to sober up afterwards. Supported by CREATE

“In a theatre scene overcrowded with superfluous companies, it is encouraging to see a new group emerge with such a well defined voice and clear goals” - Totally Dublin

This is a play about people. They meet. They try. Some talk good hellos, but some talk better goodbyes. Some hope for some small part in another’s dreams. A new work from Spilt Gin Theatre (creators of Andy Warhol's Nothing Special).

This is a play about people. They meet. They try. Some talk good hellos, but some talk better goodbyes. Some hope for some small part in another’s dreams.??Meet the Watt family - George, a charming, charismatic radio announcer, and his two step-daughters Sophie and Emily. But then there is also Will, and he’s trying to burst his way into their lives.??Love, promise and beauty soon reveal hidden reasonings and menacing motives. This is a play about love missed and love messed, love made and love broken.??A new work from Spilt Gin Theatre (creators of Andy Warhol's Nothing Special). Written by James Hickson,directed by Maeve Stone, lighting design by Katherine Graham, set design by Emma Fisher, sound design by Gareth Averill.

“dynamic, laced with black humour... stylish... contemporary... always engaging."    IRISH TIMES

Neuropolis is a physical and visual Stage Noir odessey, for guys who wear trilbys and girls who wear stockings with a seam down the back.

“So theatre is a safe, middle-class thing, and young people think its boring? THEATREclub beg to disagree. Actually, they're a little more insistent: they're taking conventional notions of theatre and its audience and shoving them back in our faces, with a few expletives thrown in."- The Irish Independent

Shane is a boy who is no longer a boy scout. He hasn’t climbed a mountain since he was 16. He can’t find his penknife. He seldom sees the sunrise and he’s feeling ging gang gooly gooly gooly gooly washed up.

Shane Byrne left his sleeping bag in the car again...  is about what you’ve left behind, and what you wish you’d kept. It’s a show about Shane. Shane was a boy scout and will never be again. This is his chance to hold on to the past- to rebuild it before your eyes in glorious theatricality- or maybe just get over it. ??Shane was there. He doesn’t actually know, but he can talk about it. He wanted to have all the scouts he ever met on stage. He wanted them to have to come back, and see what would happen. But they never wrote back. They didn’t pick up their messages. They silenced his calls.  So now its Shane, alone and its very hard to pitch a tent with one person. He needs to tell you about it. Last year’s Festival saw him take us to his family home and into his heart for his sold out, Spirit of the Fringe 2009 award nominated show — ‘Group Therapy for One’.Come with him into the old. The old that has to be talked about before he can be new. To do that, he needs you.

“So theatre is a safe, middle-class thing, and young people think its boring? THEATREclub beg to disagree. Actually, they're a little more insistent: they're taking conventional notions of theatre and its audience and shoving them back in our faces, with a few expletives thrown in."- The Irish Independent

We are fuck ups and we are fucking it up. There’s dust in our mouths, we’re breaking our windows, we can’t remember who we’re voting for. We’ve collapsed all our veins so we’re standing up and shouting. We’re staying in, We’re bailing out, we’re up and away, we’re on, we’re gone. WE’RE GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF HERE. We’re reefing off our rings and buying more gear. Smile. HEROIN is a radical staging of how we got here, and how much we care.

HEROIN is the story you were never told about the new republic, of the person you never saw, of  what you built and then demolished.  Its the big one, the bad one, the one you never thought you’d try. Its everything that ever happened to us, the words that were never spoken and how the ones we voted for, kicked us in the teeth.  Grace Dyas’ new play is an explosion of the social history of Heroin in Ireland over the last forty years.??Grace worked on North Earl Street for year. The only people she talked to were heroin addicts. She listened to their stories, she watched them fight in the street and she heard people say they should all be rounded up and shot. She wanted to find out how this happened. How did we let a whole part of our society fall out of it? So she started working with the service users and staff of Rialto Community Drug Team. She met them twice a week and listened to their stories...

". . .performance by the Galway-based ConTempo Quartet was a full-on affair, unflinching and at times searing." The Irish Times

After an exciting Galway debut of "Black Angels" by American composer George Crumb, ConTempo Quartet are delighted to be performing this piece again at the Smock Alley Theatre. This unique piece has a global cult following and is widely recognised as one of the most challenging ensemble pieces ever written. The programme also include String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 by Claude Debussy, Langsamer Satz, by Anton Webern and Mystic Play of Shadows by Jane O'Leary. The Galway Music Residency presents The Galway Ensemble in Residence: ConTempo Quartet on its first-ever mini-tour in Ireland with performances in Dublin, Belfast and Galway, September 1-5, 2010. The tour kicks-off at the Smock Alley Theatre in Temple Bar, Dublin on Wednesday, September 1st and is part of The Contemporary Music Centre's "Music in the Historic Quarter" programme. ConTempo will then perform at The Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast on the 3rd and return home on the 5th to Galway for a performance in St. Nicholas Collegiate Church. In January 2003, the Romanian Quartet - ConTempo became Galway's first Ensemble-in-Residence. ConTempo have been retained since this time as the resident ensemble, delivering performances, educational activities and collaborative projects throughout this time. They are very much at the heart of the newly rebranded Galway Music Residency. ConTempo has worked with many celebrated ensembles and other world-renowned artists and they recently recorded the music for the Steven Spielberg TV drama "Band of Brothers". They have toured extensively and made their Carnegie Hall debut in collaboration with the Contemporary Music Centre in 2008.

The Applicant is a dark, absurdist comedy that delves into the politics of an office environment. It is an exploration of the fears we all face in a recession, and the moral compromises we must make to get ahead.

Ian is an unemployed journalist. When he is offered a day of "on the job" training from a prestigious company, he jumps at the chance to try to better himself and forge a career. But this may not be the golden opportunity it seems. There is something wrong in this office. What exactly is this job? Why won't anyone tell him? Why won't the other employee speak to him? How does an ability to do origami help with this job? And, mostimportantly, why is everyone so afraid of "Management"?  Unfortunately for Ian, he's about to get the answers to these  questions.... Cast: Anarosa De Eizaguirre Butler, Aidan Keane, Anthony Kelly and Cate MacGabhann. Written and Directed by Vincent O'Reilly.

“Truly merits the term sublime...theatrical magic and the sheer wonder of the living body” John Bailey, Real Time Arts

Ever changing and unique to each performance, an active score unfolds and adjusts in front of you. Like a dream half remembered, a future half imagined, Sunstruck is a poetic elegy for light, dance and sound. Elegant and evocative, Sunstruck will leave an indelible mark on your imagination. Long time collaborators Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham join forces with some of Australia’s finest performers, including dancers Trevor Patrick and Nick Sommerville, in a structure that challenges their collaborative history. Helen Herbertson has been creating award-winning dance performance for over three decades. She was recently recognised with the Kenneth Myer Medallion for Outstanding and Distinguished Contribution to the Performing Arts. Ben Cobham’s lighting and design work has been a striking and influential contributor to the dance and theatre scene in Melbourne for over fifteen years and has won numerous awards. Collaborative team: Helen Herbertson, Ben Cobham, Trevor Patrick, Nick Sommerville, Tim Blake, Tamil Rogeon, Livia Ruzic, Alan Robertson, Frog, John Salisbury, Bluebottle and Moriarty’s Project.

The Graduation Showcase is the presentation by the Graduating Students of the Gaiety School of Acting. Each year the students present songs and scenes from theatre, film and literature and showcase their talent to producers, directors and casting agents.