Theatre Features

• Star-studded cast set for Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour

  16th May 2012
  

  Tim Minchin, Melanie C and Chris Moyles take on leading roles in a brand new arena tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar, set to run at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast and the O2 in Dublin this October... more

• Ross O'Carroll Kelly’s 'Anglo: The Musical' runs at Grand Canal this autumn

  16th May 2012
  

  Because all it takes is a few muppets to screw an entire country.The title and tagline say it all ... The world premiere of Anglo: The Musical, written by Paul Howard (Ross O'Carroll Kelly) opens at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Wednesday, No... more

• Jerry Hall and David Soul star in Love Letters at the Gaiety

  10th May 2012
  

  International superstars Jerry Hall and David Soul return to Dublin to star in AR Gurney's Love Letters at the Gaiety Theatre for one week only from June 18th.Love Letters chronicles the relationship between Andy and Melissa solely through their cor... more

• Glengarry Glen Ross at the Gate this summer

  25th April 2012
  

  David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning black comedy Glengarry Glen Ross opens at the Gate Theatre in Dublin on Tuesday, May 29th.The winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Glengarry Glen Ross from acclaimed American playwright, screenwriter and ... more

• The House opens at the Abbey this June

  23rd April 2012
  

  More than 10 years since its debut at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Tom Murphy’s tragic tale The House returns home this June in a new production directed by Annabelle Comyn and with a cast featuring Eleanor Methven, Declan Conlon and Cathy Belton...... more

• My Cousin Rachel has world premiere at the Gate

  10th April 2012
  

  Dublin’s Gate Theatre presents the world premiere of Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel this spring. This new adaptation by acclaimed Irish author Joseph O’Connor (Ghost Light, Star of the Sea), starring Tony Award nominee Hannah Yelland and..... more

• Dublin Theatre Festival launches playwriting initiative

  2nd March 2012
  

  In hopes of finding a new generation of talented playwrights, the Dublin Theatre Festival launches new playwriting initiative ‘Play On’.This new initiative aims to be a catalyst for the next generation of playwrights in Ireland, and sets out to find... more