What really happened the night Jesus was born? You dont know? Let us show you.

This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing. This is a panto for adults. Yes, we have the classic tropes of dressing in whacky costumes and playing gender opposites etc but there is language, humour and gestures which may not be suitable for people younger than 18.

Do all monks go to heaven?

When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life-and-death decision that swiftly unravels into an chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.

Mammary Mountain is an intimate, immersive, haptic experience that explores disease in the body, and how an individual cancer journey sits within the wider landscape. It is rooted in artist Tara Baoth Mooney’s experience of breast cancer and interwoven with the voices of patients and survivors, reflecting treatment, recovery and post-treatment trauma.

This Virtual Reality composition is about migration and isolation. Brú’s team of performers, creators, designers and composers have come together to create three unique 180° films which the audience will watch using Virtual Reality headsets.

The experience will immerse participants in a fusion of movement, text, music and the Connemara landscape.

Matty’s dead, but it’s not as bad as it sounds. There’s no need to be sad, he says, sure he didn’t have much going for himself in the first place. He’s no big loss… Matty recounts his last day alive, over and over, telling us contradicting versions of a day in a life that was already falling apart.
He Dies in the End is a time-bending, funny and heartfelt piece of new writing, and a riff on time and potential.

Soul Paint is a multi-award winning virtual reality experience by Sarah Ticho & Niki Smit, backed by behavioural scientists and researchers. Narrated by Rosario Dawson, this experience asks you the question: ‘Where are you feeling?’

In 2025, First Fortnight and the Arts Council of Ireland commissioned WeAreGriot, a collective of four performance poetry artists to compose four pieces of poetry thematically connected by First Fortnight’s mission of challenging the stigma associated with mental health. The resulting show ANTIDOTE II is A dose, A herb, A flat 7-up for your mind.

The beautiful Smock Alley will be the backdrop for this powerful conversation about autism, identity and belonging in contemporary Ireland. The conversation will reflect on the diversity and brilliance of autistic lived experience and ask how true inclusion and cultural change can challenge stereotypes.