THEATRE/MUSICAL | 25 – 28 Jan
Spring Awakening
Entr’acte
Main Space
Entr’acte presents a new rendition of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, Spring Awakening. This group of young Irish creatives bring an innately physical staging of the coming-of-age story about the struggles of early adolescence. Set in 1890s Germany alongside a rock music soundtrack, Spring Awakening will be the first full scale musical produced by Entr’acte in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre.
THEATRE | 2 – 4 Feb
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Bracklyn Productions
Boys’ School
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? is an irreverent, entertaining, sad and hilarious comic drama about a terminally ill, broad-minded, complex and risque old woman with a punky attitude to life and a fierce love of Marty Whelan.
9 – 25 Feb
Scene + Heard 2023
The Festival of New Work
108 pieces of new work across theatre, music, dance, comedy, visual arts presented over 3 weeks in Smock Alley Theatre.
MUSIC | 26 FEB
Schubert: Schwanengesang
Irish Songmakers
Main Space
Acclaimed Irish baritone Owen Gilhooly-Miles and pianist Niall Kinsella collaborate to perform Schubert’s iconic final song-cycle, Schwanengesang (Swan-Song). Composed in the final months of his life and published as a cycle after his death, Schwanengesang is often seen as Schubert’s final testament to life.
MUSIC | 11 Mar
Lōwli
Boys’ School
Lōwli (aka Roisin Lowry) brings her captivating live show to the Boys’ School at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin on Saturday March 11th. Joined by violinist Aisling Bridgeman, and cellist Rob Campbell, Lōwli will perform pieces from her recent EP Otherworld, along with new and unreleased work.
MUSIC | 6 APR
An Intimate Evening with Holly Lovelady
Boys’ School
Making a special trip over from Liverpool to the place from which her ancestors originate, singer-songwriter and pianist Holly Lovelady would love to invite you on her journey of magical ballad songs and beautiful folk music.
DANCE | 6 APR
After Love
Main Space
Performed and choreographed by Stephanie Dufresne and Lewis Wilkins, directed by Laura Sheeran, written by Dani Gill, ‘After Love’ blends dance, physical theatre, music and poetry to explore the end of a relationship. Original musical score from Anna Mullarkey and Adrian Harte.
MUSICAL THEATRE | 8 APR
Tonic
Main Space
It’s the year 2047 and the end is truly nigh. That is, until a miracle tonic is discovered – Halcyon – which promises to restore the mind and body to the glory days of the 2020s. From award winning playwright Fionn Foley, Tonic is a blistering new comic musical for the times we live in.