Anne Bogart Will Direct World Premiere Of EASTLAND at the Samuel Beckett Theatre
Exploring how we remember and why we forget some terrible events but not others, The Collective Theatre's new show Eastland uses storytelling, found objects, and live performance to recreate the events before and after the sudden capsizing of the passenger ship SS Eastland in front of thousands of people in the middle Chicago.
NIGHT DANCES Comes to Edinburgh Fringe Next Month
The loud, raucous hit of Dublin Theatre Festival 2021 comes to the Edinburgh Fringe. Featuring ten intergenerational dancers and three musicians playing live, Night Dances is a series of dance poems expressing the invisible energetic, connective tissue that joins us.
THE EXAMINATION Will Tour Ireland Beginning This Week
The Examination is the award-winning production by Brokentalkers exploring mental health and human rights in the prison system. Performed by Brokentalkers' Gary Keegan and stand-up comedian and former prisoner Willie White.
The Everyman Theatre Will Premiere HEART OF A DOG
Heart of a Dog a new play by Eadaoin O'Donoghue will premiere at The Everyman on September 23rd, before touring to The Civic as part of Dublin Theatre Festival. It will be the first show in front of a live audience on The Everyman stage in more than 18 months.
RIVERRUN Begins 10 March at STC's Wharf 2
One of Ireland's leading theatre-makers, Olwen Fouere, last seen at Sydney Theatre Company in the 2011 Abbey Theatre highlight Terminus, returns with her own scorching show that has earned excellent reviews in London, Edinburgh and New York. riverrun is at STC's Wharf 2 from 10 March to 11 April, preceded by performances at the Adelaide Festival of Arts.
Dead Centre Presents LIPPY at Abrons Arts Center, Now thru 11/2
Break-through Irish company Dead Centre returns to Abrons Arts Center with a co-production with Irish Arts Center to present their haunting investigation into why we tell stories in the face of tragedy. LIPPY was widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary piece of theatre to emerge from Ireland in 2013. LIPPY premiered in Dublin in 2013 where it was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production and in its recent run at The Edinburgh Festival LIPPY was awarded the prestigious Fringe First, Herald Angel and Total Theatre awards. www.deadcentre.org.
BULL And LIPPY To Play The Maria At The Young Vic In 2015
Two internationally acclaimed productions receive their London premieres at the Young Vic in 2015. Bull, Mike Bartlett's dark workplace comedy will run 8 January - 7 February 2015. Lippy, an exploration of a real-life Irish tragedy and a major hit at the Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals, will run 19 February - 21 March 2015.
Dead Centre to Present LIPPY at Abrons Arts Center, 10/15-11/2
Break-through Irish company Dead Centre returns to Abrons Arts Center with a co-production with Irish Arts Center to present their haunting investigation into why we tell stories in the face of tragedy. LIPPY was widely acknowledged as the most extraordinary piece of theatre to emerge from Ireland in 2013. LIPPY premiered in Dublin in 2013 where it was awarded the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production and in its recent run at The Edinburgh Festival LIPPY was awarded the prestigious Fringe First, Herald Angel and Total Theatre awards. www.deadcentre.org.
Abrons Arts Center Announces Lineup for 100th Anniversary Season
On February 12, 1915, the Abrons Arts Center's Henry Street Settlement Playhouse opened its doors on the Lower East Side. Since that day, it has remained a vital cultural resource, providing audiences with artistically bold work while offering artists opportunities to dynamically grow.