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Burning Coal Theatre Company will present a revival of Once,, with book by Enda Walsh and music by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, directed by Nathalie Ray at the Murphey School Auditorium in Raleigh, NC.

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present ONCE, directed by Nathalie Ray. Once is set in Dublin, Ireland, and follows the story of an Irish street musician, known only as 'Guy,' who is on the verge of giving up his dreams of a music career.

The 2026 Origin Irish Theatre Festival will kick off with a musical celebration honoring acclaimed Irish playwright and librettist Enda Walsh at Paddy Reilly's Music Bar in Manhattan.

Premiering in New York in 2012 and winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is now coming to Scotland for the very first time. The original creative team reunite to bring this modern classic to the stage, opening Alan Cumming’s inaugural season as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Diane Paulus will direct Life on Mars, an immersive theatrical production set to David Bowie's music, as the inaugural production at the Goel Center for Creativity & Performance in May.

Origin Theatre Company will present an Off-Broadway revival of Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN, starring Broadway's Daniel Marconi, as the centerpiece of its 18th annual Origin Irish Theatre Festival at Theater Row in New York.

Shifting Ground Collective announced its upcoming season, featuring the Toronto premiere of AMÉLIE and the return of ONCE to the city's musical theatre scene.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 18, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Le Petit Theatre will conclude its 2025-26 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Once. Directed by Conner Wilson, the musical features a book by Enda Walsh and music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.

Further details are now known about the forthcoming remake film of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by Enda Walsh, which will have music written by Tim Minchin. Learn more here!

Cork Arts Theatre, in association with Cork Midsummer Festival, will present CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne, directed by Al Dalton, starring Julie Maguire and Aidan Moriarty in an 80-minute drama about love and free will.

The Everyman announced its 2026 HERE TOGETHER season, featuring Evanna Lynch in POOL (NO WATER), Enda Walsh directing DISCO PIGS' 30th anniversary production, and Tommy Tiernan's musical theatre debut in THE HOUSE MUST WIN.

Denver Center Theatre Company announced its 2026/27 season, featuring eight mainstage productions including ONCE, THE TEMPEST, two world premieres, and a staging of DIAL M FOR MURDER.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre announced the full cast for ONCE, directed by John Tiffany, starring Dylan Wood and Lydia White alongside nine additional cast members.

Origin Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning playwright Enda Walsh at the 2026 Origin Irish Theatre Festival. The lineup will include readings, a concert, a film marathon, and a revival of MISTERMAN.

Directed by John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch and Wild Rose), the uplifting and moving new production will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 23 May- 27 June.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to launch its 75th anniversary season and Alan Cumming's first as Artistic Director, with the Scottish première of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Once.

The best of Irish playwriting lands at the Barbican in an exciting project. An audience of one steps into a booth blindly for a play they don’t get to choose. Six five-minute one-act shows penned by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr, Mark O’Rowe, Joy Nesbitt, Louise O’Neill and Katie Holly are offered on rotation by one actor for one spectator in a truly unique individual experience. What happens when you remove the social element from a live performance? Does the physiology of theatre alter when you’re alone with it? How does intimacy impact the relationship with a story?

Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, has announced the first show of Chance's 2026 Season, Once, has been extended through March 2, 2026.