Ireland Theatre Newsroom

A five-year celebration of playwright Brian Friel will come to Ireland beginning in 2025. FrielDays – a Homecoming will feature readings of the works of the late playwright, who died in 2015.

Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's premiere folk music conference, will return for its 3rd annual edition this month. Learn more about the full lineup for the event here!

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Following its success in 2023, Karan Casey's powerful production, The Women, We Will Rise, is back at Cork's Everyman on February 1st - St. Brigid's Day, the perfect day to celebrate the great feats of Irish women! 

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Responding to the profound shift in audience expectation and experience is at the heart of the Abbey's Theatre's new Strategy 2025-2030.

Northern Ireland Opera’s next major production at the Grand Opera House will be Follies, running next year. Performances will begin in September 2025. Learn more here!

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ireland Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

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.