block 1

opera / theatre

Casting Call

Who will win the crown?

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space

Leanne Fitzgerald

Swordfights! French accents! Opera? Two plucky singers (a tenor and a mezzo soprano) but only one crown to play for. Who will hit the high notes and who will fall flat in this ‘charming’ battle of the sexes? You decide!

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Leanne Fitzgerald + Ben Escorcio
DIRECTED BY: Grace Morgan
PRODUCED BY: Bianca Baguio
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Ciarán Gallagher

Running Time: 20 mins

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physical theatre / dance

Station of Echoes – Fluid Tracks

Intense, Dance, Tension, Transformation, Tanztheater, Storytelling.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space

Daniela Poch Marquez

Three individuals linger in endless waiting at a forgotten station. Unaware of one another, they drift along the tracks as time dissolves. Movement disrupts routine, identities blur and connection emerges, transforming the station into a space of transition and self-discovery.

CREATED + DIRECTED BY: Daniela Poch Marquez
PRODUCED BY: Niamh McPhillips
PERFORMED BY: Daniela Poch Marquez, Ami Nagano, Chander Van Daatselaar

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 2

theatre

Sure Look, Sure Listen

Love is a choice – family isn’t.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School

Matthew O’Leary

Mark’s home for the weekend. He’s here to babysit his Dad.
Step into the home of a dysfunctional father and son; into the realities of ageing, menial family life, connection and miscommunication.
Why do we love? How do we love?

WRITTEN BY: Matthew O’Leary
DIRECTED BY: Beth Strahan
PRODUCED BY: Niamh Murphy
STAGE MANAGED BY: Ross Smith
CAST: Padraic McGinley and Matthew O’Leary
POSTER DESIGN BY: Nathan Patterson

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 2

dance

Anseo

I’m tellin’ ya’ll, it’s sabotage’

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School

Alex Ayvazova

Joining my inner child on a journey through Irish folklore, Waacking, The Fratellis and other ​shenanigans to find a way out of Here.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Alex Ayvazova
SOUND BY: Cat Turchi (Catachán)

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 3

theatre

This is Not Our Boat

Two Heroes. One Ocean. Zero Adventure.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 8pm | Main Space

CharismaCheck

Two people are on a boat. How did they get on the boat? Unknown. Where is the boat going? Unclear. Who does the boat belong to? Unimportant. Nothing gets figured out. Nobody learns anything. They remain on the boat.

CREATED + PERFORMED BY: Jae O’Connor + Jessy Danner
PRODUCTION BY: Robin de Jager
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Conor Burnell
SOUND DESIGN BY: Justin Young

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 3

comedy

John Day Afternoon

An improvised bank robbery.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 8pm | Main Space

John Spillane

ATTICA! Join award-winning comedian John Spillane for an improvised bank robbery, where you the audience get to play the hostages. Inspired by the film Dog Day Afternoon, it’ll be like being trapped in a real bank robbery… but fun!

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: @JohnSpillaneComedy
Also featuring: Michael Shannon
PRODUCED BY: Craig Addison

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 4

SPOKEN WORD

Next Stop Nowhere

Between nothing and broken is everything.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School

Stephen Mullan

Following acclaimed work as a comedian, actor and essayist, Stephen Mullan presents his first spoken-word performance. With music arrangements from Rob Kearns, Next Stop Nowhere guides audiences through a landscape where something breaks, battles are fought and awakening emerges.

Warnings: Strong language / references to mental health / suicidal ideation / adult themes; themes of trauma and grief / loud or intense soundscapes / flashing lights and sudden darkness.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Stephen Mullan
LIVE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS BY: Rob Kearns

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 4

clown

The History of Art: A Clown Show

Sing the Art Electric!

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School

Charee Monroy

What do you do when you have artist’s block… but no chisel? To find her misplaced inspiration, a clown rummages through time & art movements, exploring where inspiration comes from, where it went & why art moves us in weird, wonderful ways.

Warnings: Mild Language / Not Suitable for Children

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Charee Monroy
PRODUCED BY: Craig Addison
DIRECTED BY: Francis Breen
SOUND + LIHTING DESIGN BY: Michael Sullivan

Running Time: 25 mins

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THEATRE

The Vanishing of Aisling Tierney

Story Thrives… Whether Truth or Lies

Thur 12 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space

Fungus & Moss Theatre

Disgraced politician Aisling Tierney is missing. Her life and disappearance are captured in Charlie Dodd’s gripping true crime documentary – The Vanishing of Aisling Tierney. However, all is not as it seems when questions arise over Charlie’s involvement in the case.

Warnings: Violence and death

WRITTEN BY: Ronan Woods
DIRECTED BY: Amy Wyley
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Shauna-Anne Lynch
AV / SET DESIGN BY: Jack Leitch
COMPOSITION BY: Peter McMahon
MARKETING + IMAGING BY: Eimear Conroy
STAGE MANAGEMENT BY: Martha Cosgrove
PRODUCED BY: Cillian O’Donnell

CAST:
Ronan Woods
Meghan Reid
Odette O’Beirne
Christopher O’Shaughnessy
Aidan Clancy

Running Time : 60 mins

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STAND-UP COMEDY

Semicolon

For whom does the bowel toll?

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School

Ian Lynam

Ian put his comedy and dance ambitions on hold when life came at him fast with an unknown bowel disorder. Join him on a journey through chronic illness and grieving. We’d like to say there’ll be no toilet humour…

Warnings: Not suitable for children, discussions of depression/anxiety, chronic illness, bowel movements, trauma and bereavement.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Ian Lynam
PRODUCED BY: Jade Pepper
DIRECTED BY: Fionn Cleary
CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Mello Hex

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 6

physical theatre

YupBro!

Giz a pull of tha.

Thur 12 + Fri 13 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School

LEGROOM Collective

Jamie’s mate did something a bit fucked… Should he call him out or leave him off? YupBro! is a physical embodiment of how lad culture & hypermasculinity suppress self-expression. It explores the tension between self-thinking & group mentality within the body.

WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Caoimhe O’Farrell
WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Seán Loughrey
PRODUCED BY: Sinéad Mooney
MARKETING BY: Lucy Bruton
COSTUME DESIGN BY: Fionnuala Maher
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Conor Bustos
SOUND DESIGN BY: Jude Struble
MANAGED BY: Daire Kelly
DRAMATURGY BY: Emily Hilliard

Running Time: 15 mins

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MUSICAL THEATRE

UNDERCOVERS

Romeo and Juliet but for narcs

Fri 13 + Sat 14 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space

Jaxbanded Theatre

Festivals: the final stronghold of drug takers, heartbreakers and fornicators. One Garda goes undercover to end the scourge of ravers in fields across Ireland, until…

Allegiances – TESTED.
Pupils – DILATED.
Everyone. Is. Undercover.

(Also it’s a musical)

Warnings: Contains drug use and strong language

BOOK + STAGE DESIGN BY: Jodie Doyle
DIRECTED BY: Ois O’Donoghue
MUSIC + LYRICS BY: Ruairí Nicholl
SOUND DESIGN BY: Ultan De Stáinleigh

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 7

THEATRE / COMEDY / SATIRE

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

The housing crisis just heated up

Fri 13 + Sat 14 Feb | 9:30pm | Main Space

GANGBUSTERS

A civil servant in the Department of the Taoiseach is forced to take control when a radical group starts burning the homes of politicians across the country.

Warnings: Bad language

WRITTEN BY: Giles Brody
DIRECTED BY: Ronan Carey
PRODUCED BY: Jack Shortall
CAST: Becky Jenkins, Cormac Sinnott, Dave Devoy, Giles Brody, Jack Shortall, Ronan Carey

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 8

THEATRE

Health and Safety

Health and Safety fail again. Violently.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School

It’s not called Roci Productions

Two specialists, Health and Safety, meet again to take on a job. Beneath their bland chatter, they wind up a ticking time bomb that could end everything. Including themselves.
Three scenes of a dark comedy not for the faint-hearted.

Suitable for ages 16+

WRITTEN BY: Gabriel Graves + Hernán López
CAST: Roxanna Nic Liam, Maria Oxley Boardman
PRODUCED BY: Paul Carreo Adi Richard Hazan
DIRCETED BY: Gabriel Graves

Running Time: 21.5 mins

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block 8

THEATRE

Maybe You Can Save Me

The cards say I’m fine, actually?

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 1pm | Boys’ School

Lauren O’Leary

The eclipse is looming, Mercury’s in retrograde, the death card keeps coming up in her Tarot, but Roisín doesn’t really believe in all that. Promise. As her life implodes, she turns to spiritual healing. Can it save her from herself?

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Lauren O’Leary
DIRECTED BY: Grace Morgan
PRODUCED BY: Ois O’Donoghue

Running Time: 20 mins

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REHEARSED READING

Pricks

Laughter to terror as Dublin erupts

Sat 14 Feb | 2pm | Main Space

Mental Magpie

Peter, Dread and Gav are enjoying a pint when news breaks of riots in town.
As Peter searches frantically for his daughter, Laoise, Dread and Gav argue bitterly and joke scathingly ‘til Laoise’s arrival offers an
unexpected chance of redemption.

Warnings: Strong language, Reference to violence and riots

WRITTEN BY: Patrick O’Sullivan
CAST: Eric O’Brien, Graeme Coughlan, Jed Murray, Thúy Vinh O’Sullivan
DIRECTED BY: Andy Crook
PRODUCED BY: Robin de Jager

Running Time : 60 mins

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block 10

REHEARSED READING

Squawk

3 actors, 2 secrets, 1 bird

Sat 14 Feb | 3pm | Boys’ School

Kyle Laing

Claragh has seen something she shouldn’t. Darragh has done something he shouldn’t.
This comedy drama follows the couple’s attempts to hide the truth from those around them, but can they maintain the image of the perfect family, and should they?

Warnings: Child abuse, neglect, and exploitation; toxic relationships; and vomiting.

WRITTEN BY: Kyle Laing
DIRECTED BY: Dubhán Goulding
CAST: Claragh McDermott, Charlie Silke, Laura Jones
PRODUCED BY: Emily Daniel Hilliard
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY: Kate Glynn

Running Time : 70 mins

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block 11

THEATRE

All the Quiet Ends

boys going nowhere, going too far

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 4pm | Main Space

bad things theatre

Feeling cast aside by a world that has promised them authority, five boys gather to drink, dare, and unravel. All the Quiet Ends, performed by a cast of female and non-binary performers, studies masculinity’s soft edges – and where they split.

Warnings: Violence

CREATED BY: bad things theatre

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 11

dance

DOGSICK

A brutal retelling. A holy show.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 4pm | Main Space

Death Meitheal

“It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise the dead to life again.” – Matt Talbot

CREATED + PRODUCED BY: Shane O’Callaghan
CHOREOGRAPHED + PERFORMED BY: Ben Sullivan

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 12

THEATRE / DRAG

Behind The Drag

Broken artist, now owning their own journey.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space

Jessica Irwin

Drag Queen Sweet Charity left Ireland in 1990 for drag stardom in the US. When Charity meets Melanie, a woman connected to someone close to their heart, Charity is finally ready to return home to Carlow.

Warnings: Profanities used, mental health themes (depression, alcoholism)

WRITTEN BY: Jessica Irwin
CAST: Alan Edge, Jessica Irwin, Eoin Duignan, Mike Walsh
PRODUCED BY: Jemma Curran
DIRECTED BY: Lea Maas

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 12

theatre / dance / music

Stars are Blind

Obnoxiously gay, Greek Mythological comedy, naturally.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 6:30pm | Main Space

Commit to the Bit / Made by Spideog

Medusa is looking for love but how will she ever find it when everyone she looks at turns to stone! With help from her best friend Eros, they set off to earth in hopes of finding her soulmate… That’s hot.

Warnings: Not suitable for children, flashing lights

WRITTEN BY : Nathan Doyle
DIRECTED BY : Ailbhe Casey
CAST: Nathan Doyle, Odette O’Beirne + Vassia Mentekidou
COSTUME BY: Jodie Doyle
HAIR + MAKE UP BY: Megan Doyle
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Fiachra Ó Laigheanáin
STAGE MANAGED BY: Alexandra Ayvazova

Running Time: 20 mins

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SPOKEN WORD / SKETCH COMEDY

Man Of Letters

What’s with all this parcel lark?

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School

Saffron Edge Productions

A young man starts work as a postman as he prepares for the birth of his first child. Amidst piling parcels, dwindling letters and funny anecdotes, he begins to ask himself what future awaits his baby?

Warnings: Profanities used, mental health themes (depression, alcoholism)

WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Sean Walsh
PRODUCED BY: Seroosh Max Salimi
CAST: James William Dillon
VISUAL ART BY: Valerie Shoif
CREW BY: Mariia Butts

Running Time: 15 mins

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block 13

theatre

My Love Is A Hound

is rud mallaithe é an grá

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 6:45pm | Boys’ School

Hallway Theatre Co

In a small Irish town in 1949, a cruel and ill-tempered coffin-maker and his secret, subservient lover must hide their relationship from a young local girl, or else risk deadly exposure.

Warnings: Violence, child endangerment, strong language

This production incorporates dialogue in both Irish (Gaeilge) and English

WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Harry Hall
PRODUCED BY: Amy Wyley
STAGE MANAGED BY: Joan Bernzen
COSTUME + SET DESIGN BY: Suzie Fouilhac
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Heather Quinn Byrne
SOUND OPERATOR: Elliott McStay
CAST: Alan Hogarty as Cú
Anto Seery as Déantóir
Grace Nolan as Cailín

Running Time: 25 mins

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theatre

T.O.T

Theatre is you. Theatre is power.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 8pm | Main Space

Txell Galindo Villegas

Theatre is society, Theatre is law. A young writer joins the prestigious Theatre of Theatre, only for her words to get burnt and edited, so she escapes to the only person with whom her words can run free.

Warnings: Strong language, mention of suicide

WRITTEN, DIRECTED + PERFORMED BY: Txell Galindo Villegas
ASSISTANT DIRECTED BY: Julianna Del Rosso
PRODUCED + VISUAL DESIGN BY: Nath Langlais
CAST: Txell Galindo Villegas Jordi Wortmann Montgomery Quinlan
DRAMATURGY BY: Suzie Fouilhac
SOUND DESIGN + V/O BY: Cian Hoyne
COSTUME DESIGN BY: Moe Bozic
PHOTOGRAPHY DESIGN BY: Anna McDonagh

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 14

comedy / poetry

Good On Paper

It’s actually excellent, on paper.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 8pm | Main Space

Fionn Cleary

A comedy poetry experience that will leave paper cuts on your heart. Fionn Cleary presents a hybrid of sketch comedy and performance poetry set in a world made of paper and cardboard.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Fionn Cleary
PRODUCED BY: Sinéad Mooney
MUSIC + SOUND DESIGN BY: Michael Sullivan

Running Time: 25 mins

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block 15

stand-up comedy

A Biological Redundancy

Anyone else have mammy issues?

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School

Michael Marshall

A playful stand-up set about growing up in foster care and finding humour in emotional turmoil. Honest, cheeky and packed with big laughs, this is storytelling comedy that turns cruel realities into something cathartic.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Michael Marshall
PRODUCED BY: Eimear Deane

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 15

stand-up comedy

Married Without Children

Tied the knot. Tied my tubes.

Sat 14 + Sun 15 Feb | 8:15pm | Boys’ School

Eve Darcy

Married Without Children explores society’s (i.e. my mother’s) expectations that women will get married and have kids – or at least will want to have kids. I don’t want to have kids. I’m not even sure I want to be married.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Eve Darcy

Running Time: 20 mins

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block 16

theatre / comedy

Linda Martin is NOT a Vampire

The mystery behind Ireland’s pop sensation.

Sat 14 Feb | 9:45pm | Boys’ School

Play Not Funny x Trip Hazard Theatre

Elsie is a dreamer. Iris is aloof. The Irish siren of Eurovision is coming to town and the girls will have to put their friendship to the test to prove that Linda Martin is NOT a vampire.

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Constance Henry + Rachel Thornton
DIRECTED BY: Harry Eaves
LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Ash Dawes
SOUND DESIGN BY: Eva McCartney

Running Time : 45 mins

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block 17

verbatim theatre

Voices of Irish Farmers: A Love Story

A Love Story Written in Soil

Sun 15 Feb | 2pm | Main Space

Bernard Pollack / Food Tank

An afternoon of stories from Irish farmers, with live music and tasting moments woven through. Coming just after Valentine’s Day, it’s a celebration of love: love of land, love of community and the people who carry those ties every day.

CAST: Irish farmers
MUSIC BY: Reylta
CREATED BY: Bernard Pollack / Food Tank
WRITTEN + DIRECTED BY: Lucy Holmes
PRODUCED BY: Ineke Lavers
VISUALS BY: Haven Worley

Running Time : 45 mins

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block 18

FAMILY FRIENDLY THEATRE

Nasc

As líne. Want to reconnect?

Sun 15 Feb | 3pm | Boys’ School

Lorraine Stack

Tháinig stoirm. D’imigh Gorm. Tá imní…tá uaigneas…tá faoiseamh orm?!
On Nóra’s quest to find her “best friend”, Gorm, she discovers things she hadn’t realised she was missing. A warm + hopeful play about what truly matters – Nasc!

Irish language show for young audiences and families.

SCRÍOBHNEOIR + AISTEOIR / WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: Lorraine Stack
STIÚRTHÓIR / DIRECTED BY: Kate Feehily
LÉIRITHEOIR / PRODUCED BY: Alice Mc Cabe
DEARTHÓIR SOILSITHE / LIGHTING DESIGN BY: Conor Mc Gowan

Running Time : 45 mins incl 20 min workshop

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block 19

REHEARSED READING

Lifejacket

Drowning? Sinking? Living? On the rocks.

Sun 15 Feb | 4:30pm | Boys’ School

Moira Mahony

Sean’s liver is goosed, his girlfriend is gone and he can’t even drown his f***in’ sorrows. Lifejacket drags us through hospital corridors and awkward encounters to the edge of relapse. Will Sean sink or will his Lifejacket keep him afloat?

WRITTEN BY: Moira Mahony
DIRECTED BY: Lianne O’Shea
PERFORMED BY: Aonghus Óg McAnally

Running Time : 55 mins

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