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Emma
11/22 - 1/25/2025


The Abbey Theatre presents a bold reimagining of Jane Austen's Emma, adapted by Kate Hamill and directed by Claire O’Reilly. This contemporary interpretation blends a ...


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Cast Set for EMMA Reimagining at The Abbey Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 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....

Lady Gregory's GRANIA To Debut at the Abbey Theatre During the Dublin Theatre Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2024

Lady Gregory's work will debut at the Abbey Theatre during the Dublin Theatre Festival. GRANIA, reimagined by Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin, runs this fall. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Abbey Theatre Will Perform a Reimaging Of Jane Austen's EMMA


by Stephi Wild - August 16, 2024

The Abbey Theatre has announced details of its winter offering, with the European premiere of a adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, boldly reimagined for the Bridgerton and Brat era, set to electrify the Abbey Stage from Friday, 22nd November 2024 until Saturday, 25th January 2025....

Cast Set for Rough Magic And Abbey Theatre's CHILDREN OF THE SUN World Premiere


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2024

Rough Magic and Abbey Theatre will present the world premiere of Maxim Gorky's dark comedy, Children of the Sun, in a radical adaptation by playwright Hilary Fannin. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Abbey Theatre Will Mark 120 Years of the National Theatre of Ireland With New Body of Work


by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2023

The Abbey Theatre Co-Directors, Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin, and Executive Director Mark O'Brien have announced details of a new body of work to mark 120 years since the co-founding of Ireland's national theatre by Lady Gregory and WB Yeats. ...

Cast Revealed For SOMEWHERE OUT THERE YOU at the Abbey Theatre


by Stephi Wild - July 21, 2023

Danielle Galligan, Cameron Cuffe and Eimear Keating are among the cast members announced by the Abbey Theatre for its upcoming production of Somewhere Out There You, a new play written by Nancy Harris and directed by Wayne Jordan. ...

Cultural Sovereignty Centre-Stage As Ukrainian Production Of Brian Friel's TRANSLATIONS Comes To The Abbey This June


by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2023

Ukraine's national theatre – the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre – will bring its production of Brian Friel's Translations to the Abbey stage from Tuesday, 20th – Saturday, 24th of June, the Abbey Theatre has announced....

LIE LOW Comes To The Abbey This Summer


by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2023

Lie Low, a dark and surreal comedy that examines how events are remembered and misremembered – and the consequences of differing recollections – will come to the Peacock stage this summer, the Abbey Theatre has announced....

EVERY BRILLIANT THING Returns To Abbey Theatre This Summer


by Stephi Wild - April 28, 2023

Back by popular demand, Every Brilliant Thing returns to Abbey Theatre this summer with its uniquely sunny take on life's challenges. Performances run June 9 – July 1, 2023 on the Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre....

GIRL ON AN ALTAR Comes to the Abbey Theatre


by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2023

What do you do in a marriage when you can’t stay and you can’t go, as love finds a way to persist despite the direst of circumstances? This is a fundamental question, to which there is no right answer, of Irish playwright, Marina Carr’s Girl on an Altar. ...

Past Shows

SAFE HOUSE
10/28 - 11/10/2024


SAFE HOUSE is a new work by Enda Walsh, presented by the Abbey Theatre. This production combines elements of a song cycle and a memory ...

Grania
9/21 - 10/26/2024


Grania, a play by Lady Gregory, makes its Abbey Theatre debut as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, this contemporary reimagining ...

Home: Part One
3/17 - 7/17/2021

Me, Mollser / Mise, Mollser
4/12 - 6/30/2021

Abbey Calling
12/15 - 12/19/2020


This DECEMBER, the Abbey Theatre will present Abbey Calling - a new initiative, bringing brilliant pieces of literature directly into the homes of those feeling ...

Into the Dark Woods
6/25 - 6/27/2020


A modern day fairy-tale, Into the Dark Woods is Charlene Kelly’s debut play. Through the familiar archetypes of fairy-tale, Charlene deftly entices us into rare ...

This Beautiful Village
6/6 - 6/27/2020


ollowed by a national tour. ‘Paul, darlin’, this isn’t a democracy. It’s a residents association.’ On a quiet street in leafy, suburban Dublin, local residents ...

Me, Mollser
6/16 - 6/20/2020


Me, Mollser puts the character of Mollser from Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars, centre stage. This compelling, funny and poignant performance is designed ...

Faith Healer
3/30 - 5/16/2020


Frank Hardy. Faith Healer. Travelling through remote and isolated areas in Scotland and Wales, Frank Hardy offers his unique cure to the most desperate and ...

Ireland’s Call
4/1 - 4/11/2020


What shapes them and entices them to a life of crime? Examining issues of class, religion and identity, Ireland’s Call is an unflinching exploration of ...


Their paths cross in the ruins of an old theatre, set to be the site for a banking centre, which promises to bring wealth to ...

Hansel and Gretel
2/8 - 2/15/2020


The lure of a gingerbread house. The frightening hocus pocus of the predatory Witch. And the smarts of the children who triumph in the end… ...

They Called Her Vivaldi
They Called Her Vivaldi
11/30 - 12/23/2018


Don’t shout about it but Cecilia Maria thinks they make her look fascinating and has whispered her thanks. They Called Her Vivaldi is an upbeat ...

FRNKSTN
FRNKSTN
8/17 - 9/1/2018


This daring adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic re-imagines Victor Frankenstein as a gene-splicing molecular biologist who creates human life from his own DNA with catastrophic ...

Baoite Bait
Baoite Bait
8/12 - 8/22/2018


A fishing family leads a desperate fight to defend their coastal community from the imminent threat of offshore fracking – but as the constant pressure ...

Come On Home
Come On Home
7/13 - 8/4/2018


Michael hasn’t been home in almost twenty years. Having been kicked out of the seminary and exiled from his family home, he found himself in ...

Ulysses
Ulysses
6/11 - 7/21/2018


Bloom’s odyssey is a pandemonium of live music, puppets, dancing, clowning, bowler hats and kazoos. It’s Ulysses as you’ve never imagined it before, a superbly ...

The Lost O'Casey
The Lost O'Casey
6/25 - 6/30/2018

Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
11/18 - 1/6/2018


Oskar is a lonely, bullied teenager who lives with his mother on the edge of town. Eli just moved in next door. She doesn’t go ...

Hamnet
Hamnet
9/26 - 10/7/2017


William Shakespeare had one son. He named him Hamnet. He then left home to pursue his career in the theatre, effectively abandoning his family. In ...

Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall
7/29 - 8/19/2017


A new stage adaptation of the critically acclaimed Ken Loach film, Jimmy’s Hall....

Crestfall
Crestfall
8/1 - 8/12/2017


Olive, Alison and Tilly tear through a landscape of sex, drugs and violence in an unstoppable stream of poetic verse. Their stories converge in one ...

Room
Room
6/24 - 7/22/2017


A new stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s international bestselling novel, Room, with a haunting score by Kathryn Joseph and Cora Bissett....

Postscript
Postscript
6/14 - 6/24/2017


Actor and playwright Noelle Brown was born in a mother and baby home in Cork in the 1960s and adopted at eight weeks old. Postscript ...

No's Knife
No's Knife
6/10 - 6/17/2017


‘Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, ...

The Theatre of War Symposium
The Theatre of War Symposium
1/22 - 1/24/2015


This three day symposium will be a unique gathering of artists, journalists and academics discussing the world’s most troubling conflicts from a global, contemporary and ...

Major Barbara
7/31 - 9/21/2013


Major Barbara probes the undercurrents of a firebrand Salvation Army major’s relationship with her arms-manufacturing, millionaire father. On a mission to save, Major Barbara must ...

Shush
6/6 - 7/20/2013


Breda is newly separated, facing retirement and feeling a bit invisible, she doesn’t want a birthday party! But her friends are determined to cheer her ...


25 years on, the revival of this essential, gripping work comes to the Abbey stage for three nights only. A theatrical score by Thierry de ...

Stravinsky Evening
5/14 - 5/15/2013


HUNT is Saarinen’s heart-stopping solo set to Rite of Spring, in which he is both the hunter and the hunted. The unstoppable rhythm of the ...

Drum Belly
4/5 - 5/11/2013


Hold tight as you are thrown into New York City’s deep and dark underworld, in this exciting new play on the Abbey stage. Man has ...

Richard II
4/17 - 5/4/2013


The Abbey Theatre is proud to present Ouroboros Theatre Company with Richard II, as part of the company’s exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays. A timely ...

I, Malvolio
3/5 - 3/23/2013


Both children and adults will take delight in this story of lost dignity, prudery, practical jokes and bullying, Malvolio draws his audience into the madness ...

King Lear
2/6 - 3/23/2013


For the first time in over 80 years the Abbey Theatre presents King Lear. King Lear is determined to transfer power to his three daughters. ...

I, Peaseblossom
3/5 - 3/22/2013


As part of our Shakespeare season at the Abbey we are delighted to introduce the work of The Bard to our young audiences. This one ...

Home
2/26 - 2/27/2013


For the sixth year running, the Abbey Theatre has commissioned exciting playwrights to write 20 minute plays for two actors. Following on from the previous ...


As part of our Short Play Season, and for 10 nights only, the Peacock stage plays host to two 20 minute plays about love, life ...

I ? Alice ? I
I ? Alice ? I
1/30 - 2/18/2012


Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally. Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a ...

The Government Inspector
The Government Inspector
1/5 - 1/28/2012


This Christmas Roddy Doyle returns to the Abbey Theatre with his version of Nikolai Gogol’s satirical comedy, The Government Inspector. ‘Ah now. Let’s just say, ...

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