Ireland Theatre Newsroom

Calling all Cork artists and arts workers! Exciting news on the arts front as 2025 brings a new Festival to Cork City. Learn more about the new festival and see programming!

UK pop band Steps have announced that their official musical HERE & NOW, which has been wowing audiences in Birmingham for the last few weeks, will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour next year.

Discover the CORK FRINGE FESTIVAL this spring, celebrating the diverse and under-represented arts scene in Cork. Led by emerging producers, it features both conventional and unconventional venues.

The Abbey Theatre has announced details of Spreading the News, a special event to mark 120 years of the National Theatre of Ireland, taking place next month.

Next week, the much-anticipated Quiet Lights festival will return to Cork for its fifth edition, bringing an array of performances to venues across the city from November 21st to 24th.

As part of the Creative Communities on a Shared Island initiative, two of Ireland’s most best-known small venues from opposite corners of the island teamed up to explore their mutual creative links in a project called ‘The Ties that Bind’. 

This November, four artists from around Cork, selected by open call will develop and share new theatre work with presenters, producers and general public from all over Ireland. Learn more about the event here!

The stage is set for another Cork Opera House pantomime extravaganza. The outstanding Cork Opera House production team is set to enchant audiences once again this year with Cinderella – the beloved fairy-tale full of magic for everyone!

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

FRIENDS! The Musical Parody will be embarking on a major UK and Ireland tour, opening at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester from 14 July – 23 August 2025.

The Everyman will present a pantomime like no other – Red Riding Hood. Opening on November 30th, and continuing until January 12th, this enchanting show promises to be a delightful treat for audiences of all ages.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

Fight2Flight Theatre will present DECLAN'S GOT TALENT, a dark comedy by Peter Gowen. Follow Declan's journey from self-doubt to triumph as he prepares for a talent show audition, premiering at Briery Gap.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

The Abbey Theatre has revealed the cast for EMMA, a reimagining of Jane Austen's classic for the 'brat' Bridgerton era. The production runs from November 2024 to January 2025 on the Abbey Stage.

Barnstorm Theatre Company will present THE BUS at the Dublin Theatre Festival and Watergate Theatre Kilkenny. This play, updated by John Morton, explores the challenges of fitting in at a new school. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The full cast has been announced for the brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.

Brokentalkers, one of Ireland's leading theatre companies, in collaboration with acclaimed theatre maker Shaun Dunne, have announced the premiere of 'Everything Falls' – a powerful and thought-provoking new theatre production that delves into the complexities of care.

The ninth annual T.S. Eliot Lecture on December 15th at 6pm will feature Ralph Fiennes reading and then discussing his relationship with T.S. Eliot’s poem Four Quartets, marking the 80th anniversary of its first publication as a single volume in 1944. 

Islander has announced the 5th iteration of their winter festival, Quiet Lights, taking place in venues across Cork City, from the 21st-24th November 2024.

BREAKING is a first play by exciting new playwright Amy Kidd which is set to burst onto stages across Ireland this autumn. 

Dublin Theatre Festival kicks off next week, featuring Forced Entertainment (celebrating 40th anniversary this year). Learn more about the lineup here!

After 87 performances across the globe, award-winning Irish playwright and performer David Gilna will present his final staging of the critically acclaimed one-man show, A Bolt From D'Blue, on Wednesday, October 9th, at Dublin's Lark Concert Hall.

Cork Opera House and University College Cork have announced that applications are now invited for their third Theatre Artist in Residence Programme, which is jointly funded by Cork Opera House and UCC.

On Culture Night, this Friday September 20th, Cork City will come alive with arts and culture, when the city’s cultural venues open their doors.