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performance art
Introduction to Charcoal
Do your eyes deceive you?
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Marcel Matys
Trace the topography of queer presence and vulnerability. Challenging perceptions of non-conforming bodies, this staged life drawing class examines performative existence, (de)creation, and viewership politics.
Warnings: Nudity, mentions of sex and violence
CREATED + PERFORMED BY Marcel Matys
WRITTEN BY Marcel Matys + Christian Forrester
SOUND DESIGN BY Maja Ptaszyńska
PRODUCER Megan Flynn
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre / contemporary circus
The Philosopher and the Ancient God
An epic quest for a sandwich
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Street Theatre Ireland
Two roustabouts present an ancient god’s message. Through absurd acts they navigate hunger, humour and hope.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Johnny Phelan
SOUND + MUSIC BY Sean Murphy
CAST Niamh McGrath, Keith Singleton
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre
THE QUIET MEN
Two Brothers. One Oscar. Many Priests.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Once Off Productions
An actor celebrates his famous ancestors Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields who fought for Ireland, won an Oscar and dramatically defined the clergy in Hollywood
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Morgan C Jones
DIRECTED BY Conall Morrison
PRODUCED BY Cally Shine & Miles Harrigan, Once Off Productions
Running Time : 25 mins
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spoken word / theatre / music
PART(S) (W)HOLE
A dykey break-up show with tunes.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Emer Lyons
Across New Zealand and Ireland, one dyke laments breaking up. This show explores the fragmentation of language, identity and relationships through music, projection and photocopying.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Emer Lyons
PRODUCER Alice Cunningham
Running Time : 20 mins
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dance / theatre
Rooted & Rising: A Dance of Two Selves
Rooted in Culture, Rising in Strength.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Favour Odusola / Umakoko
A dynamic solo blending Nigerian and modern dance, live soundscapes, and storytelling, exploring identity, resilience, and rebirth. An immersive journey of self-discovery and cultural integration.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Favour Odusola
DIRECTED BY Esosa Ighadaro
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre
Adelphi ’63
Resilience, joy and the bleedin’ Beatles!
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Laura Brady
Dublin, 1963. Two teens get swept up by the riots of Beatlemania. They come out the other side changed forever and stronger together.
Warnings: Haze, Sexism, Mention of abortion
WRITTEN BY Laura Brady
CAST Laura Brady Jessica Cervi
DIRECTOR Séimí Campbell
PRODUCER Muireann Lyons
STAGE MANAGER Sinéad Heavin
VOICE OVER ARTIST Stéphane Béna Hanly
Image Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.
Running Time : 25 mins
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theatre
Detention
In the future history is screwed
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Plynchley
Dublin 2123, detainees at patriotic re-enactment centre discover their history is full of lies. What do you mean there was no Pope Bono II?
Warnings: The show uses content from social media from the 23rd of November, 2023. These quotes are racist, incite violence and could cause offence
WRITTEN BY Susan Lynch
PERFORMED BY Anto Seery, Eoin Lynch
PRODUCER Sally Parsley
Running Time : 20 mins
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rehearsed reading
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom
A holiday we’ll remember forever
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Síofra O Meara, Sinead Gallagher, Simon Geaney
Some bickering friends book an off-season holiday to a place with a lonely karaoke bar and a special someone with the power to unite them.
WRITTEN BY Síofra O’Meara
DIRECTED BY Siomon Geaney
PRODUCER Sinead Gallagher
Running Time : 20 mins
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sketch comedy
CRONIE BROTHERS: FREE TRIAL
A sketch show about selling out.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
The Cronie Brothers
Sketch comedians The Cronie Brothers finally reeled in some sponsors. A night of non-stop laughs, as long as they can get through the ads first.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Cormac Sinnott, Jack Shortall, Patrick Conlan
PRODUCER Emer McGinnity
SOUND BY Uainín Lindsey
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre / music
Cult of Aerobics
Unleash your true potential.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Emily Bradley
A neon soaked fever dream where persipation meets aspiration. Follow the rise of a charismatic fitness leader as aerobics, obsession and cult-like devotion collide.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Emily Bradley
DIRECTED BY Emma Finegan
CAST Anna Clifford, Grainne Blumenthal, Amy Hughes
FILMING DIRECTOR Dani Pregardier
DESIGN BY Morgan Savidan
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre / dark comedy
Sorry that happened to you
Life after rape. It’s no joke.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Sorcha Dawson
Saoirse returns from Barcelona – sun, sea, and sexual assault. She’s shouting at strangers and sobbing over bacon fries, but she’s doing fine. Really well actually.
Warnings: Rape/Sexual Assault/Sudden flashes of light
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Sorcha Dawson
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY Eithne
PRODUCER Dave Kelly
Running Time : 25 mins
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theatre / music
Please Hold
Sax and synths. Live and liminal.
Tue 25 + Wed 26 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Teatro Nua
Question: When you’re placed on hold, where does the anodyne music come from? Please stay on the line. Your call is important to us.
Warnings: Contains strong language
WRITTEN, PERFORMED + COMPOSED BY Padraig Dooney
DIRECTED BY Sophie Merry
PRODUCER Bernie Bourke
TECHNICIAN Michael Brady
Running Time : 20 mins
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comedy / theatre
VHS: A Journey Through Personal Cinema
The Immersive 90’s Nostalgia Awaits!
Thu 27 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space
Dan McCormack
Journey back with Dan, your nostalgic storyteller, to a simpler time of rewinding and rewatching. Sometimes embarrassing, sometimes rewarding, but always amusing.
Press play & discover…
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Dan McCormack
DIRECTED BY Jacqueline Carroll
PRODUCER Lydia McCormack
Running Time : 40 mins
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theatre / music
Your Heart is an Empty Room
Breakups are hard…band breakups are harder.
Thu 27 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
James Doherty O’Brien
About a young man dealing with the breakup of a band while also trying to discover who he is. It should leave you feeling hopeful…
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY James Doherty O’Brien
Running Time : 40 mins
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rehearsed reading
DISTURBED
Twisted sketches exploring obnoxious morons.
Thu 27 Feb | 8pm | Main Space
Camille Lucy Ross
On the edge of real and bizarre – a gaggle of fools attempt everyday tasks, falling at nonexistent hurdles. Slightly chaotic, often uncomfortable, mostly hilarious.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Camille Lucy Ross.
CREATIVE COLLABORATORS Rory Dow, Kelly Shatter, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Running Time : 45 mins
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contemporary circus
Itch
An exploration of life with adversity
Thu 27 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Christopher McAuley
A bold, honest look at life with a long-term skin condition, Itch combines spoken word with aerial interrogating masculinity, male beauty standards and queer identity.
Warnings: Contains nudity, adult language | Not suitable for children
CREATOR/LEAD ARTIST Christopher McAuley
DIRECTED BY Laura Murphy
SOUND DESIGN BY Marty Byrne
RIGGER/STAGE MANAGER Gill Byrne
PRODUCER Flora Herberich|Circusful
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Ajuna Braunschweiger
Supported by Arts Council Ireland, ACNI, Circusful, Outburst Arts, IACC, Jacksons Lane, Motion Chapel, Circus Factory, Korzo NL
Running Time : 40 mins
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theatre
Immolation Papers
THIS IS A SACRIFICE.
Thu 27 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space
Michael Lucey + PHAETHON
We’re here to burn someone alive, and you’re here to watch. That’s what this play is—a human sacrifice. And it’s all real.
Isn’t it?
Warnings: Discussions of violence, death, suicide, genocide
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY Michael Lucey
PRODUCED BY Sarah Wiley
MANAGED BY Carla Caffrey
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Laragh Phillips
COSTUME DESIGN BY Leah Coghlan
WORKSHOP + DEVISING ENSEMBLE Amy Scollard, Andrew Hourihan, Aoibhe Beaumont Walsh, Arsth Vohra, Jenny Maguire, Loulou Machale, Matthew Eglinton, Molly Hazard, Olivia Byrne, Seán Brady, Sodiq Abiola
Running Time : 45 mins
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theatre / comedy / drag
A Cruel & Uncaring God
An Ode to ‘The Sims’
Thu 27 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Play Not Funny
Welcome to the neighbourhood. Just as you left it. But rumours abound: Arson, drowning, irreversible game corruption? Has the unthinkable happened? Has the player returned?
Warnings: Some flashing lights. Cartoonish allusions to sex in the style of the Sims. Some swearing.
PRODUCER Gráinne Blumenthal
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Sean Harvey & Niall Keane aka Seán d’Olier & GoblinsGoblinsGoblins
Also starring Amy Hughes and Emily Bradley
SOUND DESIGN BY Maja Ptaszynska
PHOTOGRAPHY + EDITING BY Eleanor Rogers
Running Time : 40 mins
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rehearsed reading
MONERE
Why is it a Monster?
Sat 1 Mar | 1pm | Boys’ School
Arínọlá Theatre
How does being a bigot affect you?
What does it turn you into?
Point to the monster on this page.
Warnings: Discussions on death, mental illness, bigotry, racism, trabsphobia, misogyny
WRITTEN BY Praise Titus
DIRECTED BY Usher Titus
PRODUCER Arínọlá Theatre
Running Time : 45 mins
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rehearsed reading
One Giant Leap Present: Show Jumps – An Afternoon of New Writing
One Giant Leap, One Giant Show.
Sat 1 Mar | 2pm | Main Space
One Giant Leap
Join us for an afternoon of extracts from unheard scripts by incredible new writers.
Performed by a surprise line up of Dublin’s most talented actors.
PRODUCER Caitríona Daly
DIRECTED BY Caitríona Ennis
DESIGNED BY Conor Kelly
Running Time : 70 mins
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rehearsed reading
Reality Check
Comedy TV pilot reading. Partially improvised.
Sat 1 Mar | 4pm | Main Space
Kelly Shatter
A pitch-perfect singer and a tone-deaf reality star meet sparking chaos, chemistry, and questionable decisions. Intimate and ridiculous.
Warnings: Not suitable for children
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Kelly Shatter
CAST Pearl O’Rourke, Justine Stafford, Camille Lucy Ross
PRODUCER David Kelly
Running Time : 60 mins
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rehearsed reading
A Red Romeo And A Blue Julian
Love to fight, fight to love.
Sat 1 Mar | 4:30pm | Boys’ School
PIO Media LTD
Two football hooligans meet in the street, lose control and risk the wrath of their peers… but not in the way you’d think.
Warnings: Not suitable for children. Very strong language.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY Jonny Farrelly
PRODUCER Katerina Economides
CAST Mark Coffey + Jonny Farrelly
Running Time : 40 mins
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theatre
A scream in search of a mouth
The anatomy of a femicide
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 6:30pm | Main Space
Vassia Mentekidou
A surrealistic examination of social norms and their consequences.
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY Vassia Mentekidou
PRODUCER Jenny Baron
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Aline Kalessi & Benjamin Rush
PERFORMED BY Daniel Mahon, Carl Maher, Emily McAlinden, Aline Kalessi, Stefano Callovi, Isabella Sjööns, Ben Michael Kavanagh, Vassia Mentekidou
LIGHT + SOUND by Sophie Cassidy
Running Time : 20 mins
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contemporary circus
How to Have Fun as an Adult
Useless, indulgent, silly – and absolutely essential.
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 6:30pm | Main Space
Jenny Tufts
Part autobiography, part manifesto, part quest: one 33 year old’s acrobatic hail mary attempt to prioritise joy in the gateway to middle age.
Warnings: May use adult language
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Jenny Tufts
PRODUCER Órlaith Nic Aidhne
SOUND DESIGN BY Bróna Howard
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre
Sheep!
They were asking for it
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Jenni Nikinmaa
A play about sheep. Not about people. Not about you! Except… it´s a play about all of us, about flocks, belonging & violence that separates us.
Warnings: Themes of sexual violence
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Jenni Nikinmaa
DIRECTED BY Sarah O´Toole
SOUND DESIGN BY Jack Cawley
Running Time : 20 mins
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contemporary opera
Cuckcrow
A cuckold’s farce
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 6:45pm | Boys’ School
Harry Hennessy
Dawn. A Wife lies in bed with her Lover. Her husband, the Cuckold, lurks in the shadows. He is holding a butcher’s knife.
Warnings: Partial nudity
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY Harry Hennessy
MUSIC DIRECTOR Arthur Greene
PRODUCED BY Alice Quinn Banville & Harry Hennessy
CAST Harry Hennessy, Sally Hennessy
LIGHTING BY Aoibheann Moriarty
SOUND BY Aindriú de Buitléir
SET, COSTUME + PROPS BY Saoirse O’Shea
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre / clown
PORNO
A live sex show with clowns.
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 8pm | Main Space
Lipstink
All aboard the train to Sexy Town! Two hopefuls embark on a journey of sexual discovery… but they need your help to get off.
Warnings: May contain nudity, adult themes and flashing lights
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Maria Cunningham + Saorla Rodger
DIRECTED BY Liza Cox
PRODUCER Sarah Wiley
LIGHTING BY Jess Fitzsimons Kane
SOUND BY Micheal Brady.
COSTUME DESIGN BY Maria Cunningham
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre
Do I Have to Cancel My Grandfather? (A Conversation With My [dead] Grandfather)
Won’t not be talking to ghosts.
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 8pm | Main Space
Anne Gill
I have some questions for my grandfather. And only his extensive artistic output as a New Yorker writer and novelist to give me the answers.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Anne Gill
COLLABORATOR (IN ABSENTIA) Brendan Gill
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre
Parasocial Pat
My favourite podcast ghosted me
Fri 28th + Sat 1 Mar | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
David Edward Keenan
Pat has developed a creepy obsession with his favourite lads podcast, to the extent that they’ve replaced real-life connections. Comedy/drama exploring parasocial relationships.
WRITTEN BY David Edward Keenan
DIRECTED BY Catie Grainger
PERFORMED BY Nathan Patterson
PRODUCER Saoirse Brennan
Running Time : 15 mins
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theatre
FREE DRUGS AND KILLER WHALES
Dark comedy about drugs and fish.
Fri 28th + Sat 1 Mar | 8:15pm | Boys’ School
Rosaleen Cox / Serpentine Productions
Biting comedy about women waiting for free drugs in a Kildare nightclub. Please note no killer whales were harmed in the making of this production.
Warnings: Not suitable for children / profanity / sexual references / drug references
WRITTEN BY Rosaleen Cox
PRODUCER Julia Salkin
Running Time : 15 mins
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sketch comedy
These Sketch’d Times
Timely comedy for deeply unfunny times.
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 9:30pm | Main Space
Rocket Octopus
A celebration of Apple, Google, and all our technocratic overlords, and their vision for a dystopian future hell planet, through the medium of sketch comedy.
Warnings: Not suitable for Children
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Ashleigh Dorrell, Laurence Falconer, Ian Toner & Keith James Walker
Running Time : 25 mins
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combat / dance / clown
COMBAT CABARET
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, someone may die!
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 9:30pm | Main Space
Flat Plate Productions
Combining stage combat, burlesque, and ballet, our heroes battle gender norms! Thrilling violence, stunning dance, but fair warning – things may get a little… sexy…
Sensory warnings: Use of flashing lights and loud music, bright dazzling costumes
Acts of choreographed stage combat
Risqué themes/jokes
Partial nudity
Audience interaction
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Eoin O’Flaherty + Conor Duffy
PRODUCER Robin de Jager
CHOREOGRAPHER Steffi Carter
LIGHTING AND SOUND DESIGN BY Rebecca Watkin
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Laine Alcantara
Running Time : 15 mins
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contemporary circus / physical theatre
Las Cuatro
All female comedic, surreal, Circus Cabaret
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
Las Cuatro
Four bandits escaping from boredom collide and jump into a bonkers adventure, which chews up reality and spits it back out.
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY Aoife Raleigh, Maria Corcoran, Angelica Santander, Ali Stanger
TECHNICAL MANAGER Tony Mahon
Running Time : 20 mins
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theatre / stand-up comedy
SHOWPONY
A chaotic romp through middle-aged mediocrity
Fri 28 + Sat 1 Mar | 9:45pm | Boys’ School
SHOWPONY
A dairy farmer, turned stand-up comedian, and his misguided manager are bringing his award-worthy debut show to the Scene + Heard Festival.
CREATED BY David And, Jo Heffernan, Justin Cass, Rob Nother, Fiachra Ó Laigheanáin & Shannon Basso-Gaule.
Running Time : 20 mins
Visual art EXHIBITION
Myra Jago | Sorca O’Farrell | Aisling McEntee Walsh | Karen Ebbs
Thu 13 Feb – Sat 1 Mar | Banquet Hall
Myra Jago
Myra Jago’s oil paintings look at the Human condition and our attitudes toward the Earth and each other. Leaning heavily into the still life tradition, she embeds ideas around identity and ownership within folds of silky fabric, using beauty to open up conversations on social, political and identity issues. Her Earth paintings of silky maps and Pangaea now extend to another surface subject, that of Human skin tone. Each titled US in a different language, these works aim to flip negative issues of human identity and ‘othering’ toward a celebration of the beauty and harmony present within our Human diversity. Visit website | follow @myra.jago
Sorca O’Farrell
Sorca O’Farrell is inspired by place and memory as she walks along the paths and through the forests close to her home. For the past few years her attention has been particularly drawn to various groups of trees, how they inter-act with each other, and how they connect and sometimes dominate the environment around them. She is struck by their very permanence, and how they represent stability and durability in an otherwise ever-changing environment. They evoke feelings of safety and a connection to the world. Her work aims to convey these feelings and to invite the viewer into this place. Visit website | follow @sorcaofarrell
Aisling McEntee Walsh
Aisling McEntee Walsh works in abstraction, where the physical act of painting becomes one with the finished piece. Through this genre, she freely releases her unconscious mind, allowing for spontaneous possibilities and new departures through her expressive application of oil paint. A recurring theme in Aisling’s work is the exploration of the feminine and Woman as Goddess, where subliminal undertones of dream/awake and flight/escape states languish within her layers of paint. Aisling’s career began in the USA as a Scenic Artist in NYC, designing international interiors and stage sets. She has been a practising artist for over twenty years. Visit website | follow @aislingmcew
Karen Ebbs
Painting and colour are central to my expanded, process-led practice. Through making work and installations, I explore the idea that life is not a linear procession moving directly towards a “known” set goal. Life is rather a series of continuous spirals, a search for purpose and the numinous while being conscious of our mortality. Life is a messy labyrinth of course corrections and perceptual shifts while accumulating beliefs and knowledge. Core areas of my research focus on how perception occurs, how perceptions are, in fact, “best guesses” and on how all things come into existence through interconnection, r relationship and interaction. Visit website | follow @karen.ebbs
