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THEATRE | Spotless

Spotless is a darkly humorous and gripping suburban thriller from award-winning writer Gary Duggan. Forty-something Genevieve has downsized from an affluent suburb and struggles with life in her new home backing onto a grim block of flats. Jenny, a leaving cert student who lives in the flats, wants a way out. While Genevieve clings to her last chance of having children, Jenny avoids unwanted attention from the opposite sex. When these two very different women become entangled with a mysterious young man, neither woman’s life will ever be the same again.

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THEATRE | The Seamster's Daughter

After the success of Glass Mask Theatre’s debut production ‘Idlewild’ by Jimmy Murphy, Smock Alley's company-in-residence invites you back to the Boys' School for Jimmy’s latest play, The Seamster’s Daughter. Megan always dreamt of meeting her birth father, but after discovering she was conceived through rape she sets out in search of a monster. Through Megan’s story Glass Mask presents a challenging and conflicting drama that looks at consent, choice and the right to life.

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THEATRE | Writers in the Stars

We have lost many great writers over the years. Where are they now? Do they come to life every time you read one of their stories or plays? Are they in the hearts of the children studying them for exams? No. They’re in heaven arguing over who is the greatest… obviously! Join Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley and their…“friends” as they ask you, the audience, to help them decide who is truly the greatest writer of all time. Glorious Shambles Productions will take you on a comedic and light-hearted celebration of some of the most famous writers in the English-speaking world.

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THEATRE | The Roaring Banshees

Chicago, 1923. After a failed assassination attempt on Eamon de Valera, a rogue Cumann na mBán unit flee across the Atlantic to escape the law. With Prohibition in full swing, they earn their keep by making bootleg poitín and selling it on to the Chicago mob. From Devious Theatre, the Kilkenny company behind the 2016 smash hit The Hellfire Squad, comes the second blood-soaked, blackly-comic installment of the Ripping Yarn Trilogy. Written by: Peter McGann + John Morton Directed by: Sarah Baxter Produced by: Clara Purcell

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