COMEDY | 18 Jan
Broke and Alone in Dublin
Ciarán Sammon
Main Space
Ciarán left dear Dublin for Australia nearly a decade ago on a famine ship. 4 years ago, having consumed all of the stereotypical potatoes he thought imaginable, he began his vocation as a standup comic and he has now returned home to give his show its Irish debut. His comedy stylings are influenced by the inception of the internet and the vapidity that it brought in abundance. He once met Britney Spears and she said that he was, verbatim; “a cutie pie”.
COMEDY/SURREAL FANTASY/HISTORICAL DRAMA | 21 – 25 Jan
Collaborators
No Drama Theatre
Boys’ School
Collaborators is an award winning, sharp, surrealist fantasy which focuses on the relationship between two real life historical figures: the prominent Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, and the infamous Soviet Union dictator, Joseph Stalin. Join Bulgakov as he journeys from his (over)crowded apartment into a lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling compromises and humiliations on any artist by those with power are held up to scrutiny.
THEATRE | 22 – 25 Jan
The Last Man in Ireland
Modest Odyssey
Main Space
The Last Man in Ireland is a surrealist three-hander that explores the cyclical themes of family dysfunction, grief and identity. Using the lens of millennial angst, the play delves comedically into the past to present the story of an imagined future..
THEATRE | 30 Jan – 1 Feb
Need Help (No Worries if Not)
TeoChroí
Boys’ School
‘Need Help (No Worries if Not)’ is a new work exploring the experience of coming of age as a young woman in modern Ireland. In a generation of queerness, internet dating, polarisation, loneliness and heartbreak, navigating even the friendships you have had forever becomes a challenge.
DANCE / THEATRE | 2 Feb
Prometheus Off-Grid
Excerpts and Explorations
ClassicsNow Festival | Attic Projects
Boys’ School
Award-winning dance-theatre artist Luke Murphy presents excerpts from his enthralling series of installations, The Prometheus Project. Reimagining the myth of the fire-stealing god, Prometheus, it becomes a drama of power dynamics, power-cuts and the earth’s shrinking resources.
FESTIVAL | 13 Feb – 1 Mar
Scene + Heard 2025
Theatre / Music / Dance / Aerial / Spoken Word / Visual Art
All spaces
111 pieces of new work across all genres presented over 3 wonderful weeks in Smock Alley!
week 1 : Thu 13 - Sun 16 Feb week 2 : Tue 18 - Sun 23 Feb week 3 : Tue 25 - Sat 1 Mar
THEATRE | 7 + 8 Mar
The Sh*t Table
Don’t Think Twice Theatre
Main Space
What do you do with the people you have to invite to your wedding when you really don’t want them there? Easy! Put them all at one table at the very back of the room. But what if putting those strangers together turns out to be the worst decision of your life?
THEATRE | 12 – 15 Mar
Macbeth
Volta Theatre Company
Main Space
THEATRE | 18 – 22 Mar
SANTA FE: Tales from the Modern American West
Happen/Chance Productions & Bankside Arts Collective
Boys’ School
Set against a vivid, shifting backdrop of American landscapes, Robert Caisley’s SANTA FE offers three stark and darkly comedic explorations of 21st century Americana. From a pair of self-serving, fair-weather talent agents with a twisted sense of loyalty, a disastrous first date which spirals into a catastrophically oblivious non-apology, to the tequila-soaked musings of a couple of middle-aged salesmen.
THEATRE | 28 Mar
Áine Gallagher: For the Love of Milseáin
Áine Gallagher
Main Space
Award winning comedian and Ireland’s “queen of the offbeat” Áine Gallagher, is on a mission to prove that speaking Irish can be both accessible and hilarious. In “FOR THE LOVE OF MILSEÁIN“, audiences can sit back, feel inspired and enjoy Áine’s tales, like when she met our president Michael D Higgins and other similar disasters in her own journey to learn Irish.
Comedy | 4 Apr
The Vikings are coming! (The Saga of Laughter Begins)
SuperCut
Main Space
Brace yourself for a whirlwind of hilarious quests, epic revenge plots, and untamed Viking valor!
Fresh off the longships from Denmark, these masterful comedians will craft a fully improvised Viking saga right before your eyes— guaranteed to leave you laughing until you can’t breathe.
COMEDY | 3 Jul
Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive (And Loving It)
A Lovely Time
Main Space
Everything is awful but that’s okay, argues Tom in his ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave. A show for siblings who shared a rubbish childhood, shirtless ex-pats, and comedy fans alike.