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IMPROV theatre
An American in Ireland 2
This will go exactly as planned.
Wed 25 + Thur 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Erin McGathy
The best and most important American play of our time. Earnest. Dramatic. Necessary. Nothing will go wrong. There will be death. There will be hats. This is, unfortunately, a comedy.
CREATED BY: Erin McGathy
DIRECTED BY: Stephen Colfer
PRODUCED BY: Carla Gallagher & Megan Scott
PERFORMED BY: Erin McGathy + Cast
MUSICAL PRODUCER: Padraig Dooney
Running Time: 25 mins
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theatre
Hibernia 2.0
A very Irish dystopia.
Wed 25 + Thur 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Commoners Theatre
In a floating city in the not-too-distant future, Saoirse finds herself dealing with more than she bargained for as she navigates the power struggles between a local politician and a delusional TV star, in this darkly comic drama.
Warnings: Flashing lights / Strong language
WRITTEN BY: Conor McGowan
DIRECTED BY: Graham Butler-Breen
PRODUCED BY: Eli McCarthy
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Kate Glynn
CAST: Aoife Cassidy, Sorcha Dawson, John Maher, Niamh O’Farrell-Tyler
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Hannah Bevan
SOUND DESIGN BY: Mark Leahy
COSTUME DESIGN BY: Em Kelleher
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre / music
ATHRAITHEOIR
Solace in the duality of flux
Thur 26 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Sweet Jayne Promotions
ATHRAITHEOIR bends Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Sweeney) into a multidisciplinary performance of oration, movement and Irish literary echo. Patterns surface, time folds and endings blend into beginnings inside a world that refuses to hold its shape.
WRITTEN BY: Jayne Pomplas + Kilian O’Flanagan
DIRECTED BY: Jayne Pomplas
PERFORMED BY: Jayne Pomplas, Kilian O’Flanagan, Cillian Byrne, Aoibhinn O’Dea, Alex Vostokova, Alex Moore, Robbie Reilly, Jason Macnamara, Jack Duffy, August Kirwan
MARKETING BY: Caoimhe Bermingham
Running Time : 40 mins
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REHEARSED READING
Sleeping Dogs
The truth is a hard taskmaster
Thur 26 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Henry Hudson / The Circle Raheny
Maybe that’s why he left the notebook where it was sure to be found. To let it say the things that he never could…
Joe Carroll buried all ninety-two infants and with them… a lifetime of secrets…
Warnings: Not suitable for children. References to historical incidence of rape.
WRITTEN BY: Henry Hudson
DIRECTED BY: Pat Sullivan
PERFORMED BY: Brendan Conroy and Owen O’Gorman
PROGRAMME IMAGE BY: Steven Daly
Running Time : 35 mins
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MUSICAL THEATRE
Mermaids Have No Tears
Every tale needs a hook
Thur 26 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Trip Hazard Theatre
In this fairytale folk-pop musical, along the shores of The Blasket Islands, two wayward sisters join a talented if neurotic lighthouse keeper to start a band and change music forever… that is if their siren voices don’t drown their male listeners first.
Warnings: Drowning, strong violence, strobe lighting, dangerous weather, suicide, loss of autonomy, descriptions of violence and death in nature
MUSIC BY: Joshua McNutt
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Rachel Thornton
PRODUCED BY: Ash Dawes
Running Time : 45 mins
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MUSIC
I LOVE WHERE I’M FROM
sing like afan feel like afriend
Thur 26 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Ultras
ULTRAS are an Irish indie alt-rock band turning football-terrace energy into high octane anthems. With shades, jerseys and stadium-sized hooks, their live shows buzz with community, chaos and joy music you sing like a fan and feel like a friend
Jay O Donoghue – Vocals
Bernard M – Drums
Luke Whearity – Lead Guitar
Jack Kelly – Rhythm Guitar
Matthew Gaffney – Bass
Managed by Ro + Al from Beardfire Studios
Running Time : 45 mins
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THEATRE / DRAG
The Politics of Disgust
Why won’t they just die already?
Thur 26 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Play Not Funny
Let’s talk about politics, stinky!
We’ve had some complaints: “You’re underperforming. You’re unlovable. Indecent. Really easy to hate.”
We have a lot to unpack.
Human Resources meets propaganda. We warmly welcome all divas to the living nightmare of reality.
Warnings: Foul language
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Constance Henry and Niall Keane aka Sasha Shame + GoblinsGoblinsGoblins
DIRECTED BY: Harry Eaves
PRODUCED BY: Maria Cristina Coco
Running Time : 45 mins
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PHYSICAL THEATRE / DANCE
Tearing Through Time
Body, Memory, Immigration, Environment, Identity, Space.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Daniela Poch Marquez
Tearing through Time blends dance and storytelling to explore memory, migration and transformation. Following a Latin American immigrant across Europe, it examines how shifting landscapes reshape the body, identity and belonging through the interplay of movement, memory and environment.
CREATED, PERFORMED + DIRECTED BY: Daniela Poch Marquez
PRODUCED BY: Niamh McPhillips
Running Time: 15 mins
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THEATRE
Back Home
A journey Home through Mother Nature
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Masha Khalieieva
A journey Home that explores ties between land, memory and migration. Experience the bittersweet sense of nostalgia that comes with moving away, the ache for the land left behind, the smells, songs and landscapes that remain alive in memory.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Masha Khalieieva
CO-CREATED BY: Daria Holovchanska
PRODUCED BY: Alime Dzhelilova
MOVEMENT DIRECTED BY: Niamh McPhillips
SOUND BY: Setanta Flood + Misha Khalieiev
LIGHT BY: Vlada Hrystenko
IMAGE BY: Alime Dzhelilova
Running Time: 25 mins
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THEATRE
Safelight
Two strangers. A shoebox of photos.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Chris Moran
In 2003, Jamie’s body was found at a cruising site. In 2023, his brother John and queer Brazilian Lucas restage Jamie’s photographs. But the Dublin Riot tests the limits of their empathy. A two-hander about memory, chosen family and violence.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED: Chris Moran
PRODUCED BY: Anderson de Souza
STAGE MANAGED BY: Ceara Carney
IMAGE CREDIT: Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Other People’s God
Multi-sensory meditation on god and sex.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Gabriela Waclawska, Haven Worley
In music-theatre ritual, a Polish-Irish woman prays to her grandmother’s God, shaping memories inherited by institutionalized faith, fear and love. As her monologue slips into song, “church” becomes a mind-state at death’s edge, immersing scent-designed séance, theatre and concert.
Recommended 16+ for explicit language and content. Incense/scent upon arrival and throughout performance.
COMPOSED, PERFORMED + PRODUCED BY: Gabriela Waclawska
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Haven Worley
SOUND DESIGN BY: James Ho
VISUALS + PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Mar Kubiak
COSTUMES + STYLING BY: Povvuk
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
The De Valera Wears Prada
ÉAMON DE VALERA IS MIRANDA PRIESTLY
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
No Head Theatre
Eamon de Valera; American born, but the new ‘it girl’ on the Irish scene. Discerning ‘rumour’ from ‘truth’ can be a sticky business when you’re in power for over thirty years – especially if you’re a bit of a Miranda Priestly…
Warnings: Strobe Lighting, Loud Music, Gunshots, Themes of War, Strong Language, Not Suitable For Children.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Saul Sherrard
DIRECTED BY: Vanessa Byrne
PRODUCED BY: Faye Ní Raghallaigh
STAGE MANAGED + COSTUME DESIGN BY: Fionnuala Maher
PRODUCTION MANAGED BY: Lauren Kelly
LIGHT + SOUND DESIGN BY: Shauna Anne Lynch
SET DESIGN + PROPS BY: Ellen Reidy
PUBLICITY BY: Aoife Cronin
With Writing Contributions From: Cathal Tobin-O’Brien
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE
Fag & Dyke Get Cancelled
Fuck Off… But Fuck Me
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Em Powell and Montgomery Quinlan
‘Fag’, a gay trans man and ‘Dyke’, a non-binary lesbian, love each other. Platonically. Romantically. Sexually. All of the above. No, really. Except–sometimes–they hate each other.
And then they get cancelled…
Warnings: Not Suitable for Children, Strong Language
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Em Powell + Montgomery Quinlan
DIRECTED BY: Aidan Clancy
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Megan Grogan, Adam Bateson + Heather Quinn Byrne
LIGHTING DESIGN: Heather Quinn Byrne
Running Time: 20 mins
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MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Temporary Gentlemen
A show for those without armour
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
SAMUEL
Experience contemporary poetry through the sonic lens of female multi-instrumentalist duo SAMUEL.
MUSIC, LYRICS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY: Sonja Nedovic + Frieda Freytag
PRODUCED BY: SAMUEL
Running Time: 20 mins
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stand-up comedy
Paddystinian
Colonialism: now under new management.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Warren Martin
Why does Ireland care so much about Palestine? This stand-up show uses sharp humour and history to explore familiar patterns of power, myth and empire—asking why some injustices feel instantly recognisable and why laughter can be an act of solidarity.
Warnings: Dark topics and slightly dark humour. Some strong language.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Warren Martin
PRODUCED + DIRECTED BY: Ed Carlton
Running Time: 20 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Temple Bar The Musical
Paddywhackery, Celtic Chaos, few Tunes. Yhew!
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Molly Mew
On one fateful St Patrick’s day, Sonny McNamara is tasked with 7 gigs to play around Temple Bar. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong, however the show must go on.
Warnings: Themes of murder and addiction, strong language. Not suitable for children.
WRITTEN BY: Molly Mew
DIRECTED BY: Molly Mew
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY: Morgan Cooke
PRODUCED BY: Abigail Palmer
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Conor McGowan
PUPPETRY BY: Laura Pendlebury
GRAPHIC BY: Ciana Taylor and Print My Pint
CAST: Luke Coffey, Morgan Cooke, Molly Mew, Jarlath Tivnan
Running Time : 40 mins
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THEATRE / MUSIC
Death Notice Disco
Manchurian mourners—David Bowie—Rubbery sandwiches
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Abject Revelry
A semi-autobiographical tale of a man who follows a Heron into the underworld. The foibles of Irish wake culture meets an electropop cabaret of dead celebrities.
“Blew me wee head clean aff so it did hi” – Salvador Dali.
Warnings: Themes of death and grieving.
PRODUCED BY: Taryn de Vere
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Andrew Galvin
HERON COSTUME BY: Maria May + Paul Cole
LIGHTING + SOUND BY: Sarah Dennehy
DRAMATURGY BY: Gemma Walker-Farren
SONGS + SOUND DESIGN BY: Andrew Galvin
VIBES BY: The Absurdity of Existence
Running Time: 20 mins
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theatre
Crossfade
Spinning Ireland’s untold revolution.
Fri 27 + Sat 28 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Áine Ní Laoghaire
A theatrical dive into Ireland’s 80s/90s underground DJ scene, tracing the women who shaped it from the margins. Blending music, memory and rave culture, Crossfade unspools memory, power and the act of taking space.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Áine Ní Laoghaire
Running Time: 20 mins
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REHEARSED READING
DOLL
Deliciously dark. Wickedly funny. Pure depravity.
Sat 28 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School
Kate Finegan
Doll’s at a dead end. She’s in denial. Disillusioned. Done. Doll’s life’s been stitched up and now she’s splitting open. Today is the day, it all gets dug up. A rehearsed reading of Doll.
WRITTEN BY: Kate Finegan
DRAMATURGY + DIRECTED BY: Annie Ryan
Running Time : 45 mins
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FAMILY FRIENDLY THEATRE / MUSIC
TimeWeavers
ChronoCraft Boarding—Destination: Mists of Time
Sat 28 Feb | 2pm | Main Space
Lunatraktors
A folktronica voyage into the Mists of Time, guided by two tap-dancing experimental chronologists. The audience’s collective energy powers the ChronoCraft, propelling us out of linear spacetime in search of dusty grooves and ancient tales. (Participatory, relaxed family-friendly performance.)
Warnings: Includes percussion and amplified sound at moderate volume. Video recording will cover audience but no recognisable images / faces will be shared.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Lunatraktors
CO-PRODUCED BY: Rose Producing
CLOWN MENTORING BY: Liza Cox
CAST
YOUR CAPTAIN: Maria Cunningham
YOUR TOUR GUIDES: Carli Jefferson + Clair Le Couteur
TimeWeavers developed with support from Creative Ireland and Waterford Council.
Running Time : 45 mins
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puppetry
fish.
fish. fish. fish. fish. fish. fish.
Sat 28 Feb | 4pm | Main Space
Laura Pendlebury
Yes, this is the story of our little fishy. There’s always been agreements, made between all things long before the world… Or so the story goes. What happens in an ecosystem when someone withdraws? Or takes too much?
DIRECTION, SCRIPT + PUPPETS BY: Laura Pendlebury
PRODUCTION MANAGED BY: Fiona Murray
STAGE MANAGED BY: Amy Wyley
PRODUCED BY: Kate Feehily
DRAMATURGY BY: Martha Cosgrove
MUSIC + SOUND BY: Thomas Kerr
SET, LIGHTS, PROJECTION BY: Jack Leitch
PUBLICITY BY: Rhian Gregan
PRODUCTION ASSISTED BY: Alexandra Gargulakova
PEFORMED BY: Mia Kirwan, Karen Megannety, Mairead Averill, and voiced by friends
With special thanks to Martina Perrone and Éabha Brereton Hurley for development
Running Time : 45 mins
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AERIAL THEATRE
Fall of Periander
Fall. Fall Again. Fall Better.
Sat 28 Feb | 4:30pm | Boys’ School
Lykan Productions
A semi-autobiographical, one-man, aerial theatre show. Blending burlesque, cabaret and comedy in a darkly hilarious and poignant tale of self-discovery, our protagonist explores the mores, masks and mishaps of masculinity that made him the man he is today.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Jonathan Walsh
PRODUCED BY: Siobhán Killen
Running Time : 60 mins
Visual art EXHIBITION
DECENT SKINS X TWISTED MELON
Thu 12 Feb – Sat 28 Feb | Banquet Hall
The Story: Stephen began a documentary project as part of his studies called ‘Decent Skins’ about the skinhead subculture in Dublin. Along the way he met with Glenn, who introduced him to the Dublin Skins Community. Work began with photoshoots at the events and bars where the community meet and socialise. The project consists of Environmental and Studio portraits, along with candid images from social events and still life portraiture of the fashion and music involved within the skinhead scene.
Glenn Brown / Twisted Melon: Glenn is a Dubliner, who works in Painting Gouache and mixed media. He started out as an advertising illustrator in marketing. His move into portraits is a personal project. His recent work has included a series on Locals (Local customers in the Foggy Dew Pub). Glenn’s interest in people, his keen eye for detail formed the kernel of Twisted Melon. Find More of Glenn’s work on Instagram: @twisted_melon
Stephen Mc Quinn – Stephen is a Dublin based photographer and visual artist who works predominantly in Street Photography, Portrait and Documentary Photography. Stephen is currently studying Advanced Photography (Level 6) in Pearse College Crumlin. Find more of Stephens work on Instagram: @blacknwhite_dubliner
