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 | 4 – 8 Mar
COCK
Lyons and Wiley present
Boys’ School
When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out . . . Mike Bartlett’s punchy story takes a playful, candid look at one man’s sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realise you have a choice.
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 | 11 – 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.
THEATRE
| 16 + 17 May
Stuck in the Middle with You
Bright Umbrella
Main Space
Belfast 1996. 5 RUC officers are stuck in the back of a land rover during a sectarian riot. Their life stories unfold, and the play explores the complexities of policing NI, the North, during The Troubles”
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.