Thursday 15
Prominent amateur companies. Various evening productions. Market Place Theatre May 12-17 8pm £8/£7 048-37521820
With Gary Wilmot and cast. Toe-tapping musical based on Kipps by H G Wells. Grand Opera House Ends May 10 7.45pm £16-£32.25 048-90241919
Rough Magic. Two plays by Stewart Parker alternating. Old Northern Bank, Waring St Until May 17 £12-£25 048-90239026
Visiting company. Children's show based on award-winning book. Cork Opera House Ends May 10 Various times 021-4270022 Also Kerry
Directed by Jimmy Fay. Comedy by Paul Howard on extended run. Cork Opera House May 13-17 8pm € 25-€45 021-4270022 Also Dublin
Ballymoney Literary and Debating Society. Two centuries woven together in drama by Charlotte Jones. Riverside Theatre, Coleraine May 10 8pm £8/£6 048-70323232
With Tony Hadoke. Comic odyssey based on TV legend. Riverside Theatre, Coleraine May 15 8pm £10/£8 048-70323232
Directed by Alan Stanford; cast incl Risteard Cooper, Ingrid Craigie and Bryan Murray. Favourite drama by Terence Rattigan. Gate Theatre Until May 31 8pm €30/€28/€25 01-8744045
Visiting company. Old favourite by Lennox Robinson. Mill Theatre, Dundrum Ends May 10 8pm €15/€12 01-2969340
Blackrock College and Loreto College, Foxrock. Witty new musical. Pavilion, Dún Laoghaire May 13-16 8pm €20/€10 01-2312929
Skerries Theatre Group. The greatest of the famous trilogy by Lorca. Little Theatre, Skerries Ends May 10 8pm €10/€7 087-2105432
Classic revival directed by Pegeen Coleman. Play about historic American court case. Draíocht Studio May 13-17 8.15pm€16/€14/€10 01-8852622
Olympia Theatre Ends May 10 8pm €25-€45 0818-719330
Lambert puppeteers. Top entertainment for children. Lambert Puppet Theatre, Monkstown Ends May 11 3.30pm €13/€10 01-2800974
With Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O'Brien. Popular old play by AR Gurney. Draíocht Theatre Ends May 10 8pm €20/€18 01-8852622
Fishamble. Sebastian Barry's hit two-hander. Civic Theatre, Tallaght May 13-17 8pm €22/€18 01-4627477 Also Galway
Helen Norton and Maria Tecce, directed by Michael James Ford. Adaptation by Hugh Leonard of story by Edith Wharton. Bewley's Café Theatre Until May 24 1.10pm €15 (incl light lunch) 086-8784001
Written and performed by Donal O'Kelly. Story of Hugh O'Neill with original music and orchestra. National Concert Hall, Main auditorium May 11 8pm €25-€15 01-4170000
All-male cast directed by Jimmy Fay. Conor McPherson's latest, a spooky tale. Abbey Theatre Until Jun 7 8pm €30/€20/€14 01-8787222
Blue Runner Theatre, Ireland. Four lesbians on a murder mystery weekend. Cobalt Café, 16 N Great George's St Ends May 10 8pm €14/€12
From London. Two young men recap a turbulent childhood. New Theatre May 12-17 8pm Sat 3pm €14/€12/€10
Queen Mary Theatre, UK. A sideswipe at reality TV. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq Ends May 10 8pm €14/€12 Sat 3pm €10
Kildare Youth Theatre. A boy's reaction to his brother's brutal death. Smock Alley Studio Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12 Sat 3pm €10
Menno Kuijper, Netherlands. A gay man's attempt to develop his masculine side. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12 Sat 4.30pm €10
From Los Angeles. A gay, mixed-race couple meet parents. Theatre at 105 Capel St May 12-17 8pm & Sat 3pm €14/€12/€10
Mormon Boy Productions, Utah. Off-Broadway hit, sexy and harrowing. New Theatre May 12-17 9.30pm & Sat 4.30pm €14/€12/€10
From America. Terrence McNally's controversial play about a gay Jesus in 1950s Texas. SS Michael & Johns May 12-17 8pm €18/€16 & Sat 3pm €12
Ballindoon Productions, Ireland. Carolyn Gage's play about the Gore- Booth women and their times. Smock Alley May 12-17 9.30pm Sat 4.30pm €14/€12/€10
Artscape New Writing, Cape Town. Four characters, drugs and dysfunctional relationships. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq May 12-17 9.30pm & Sat 4.30pm €14/€12/€10
Crooked House Theatre Company, Kildare Three brothers review their dead father's life. SS Michael & Johns May 12-17 9.45pm €14/€12
America Junction Productions, Utah. One-man play about war in Iraq. Project Cube Ends May 10 7.45pm €14/€12 Sat 3pm €10
Ricarp Productions, Adelaide Australia. Insight into lives of drag performers. Project Upstairs Ends May 10 9.45pm €16/€14 Sat 4.30pm €10
Imaginary Forces, London. Life of a Berlin drag queen. Cobalt Café, 16 N Great George's St Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12
Music Picnic, Toronto. Boy meets, loves and marries boy. Smock Alley Studio Ends May 10 8pm €14/€12
City Lights Theatre, Reading UK. World premiere of play by Matt Ian Kelly. Project Upstairs Ends May 10 8pm €16/€14 Sat 3pm €10
From New York. Laugh-out-loud-look at gay New Yorkers. Theatre at 105 Capel St May 12-17 9.30pm & Sat 4.30pm €14/€12/€10
Paul Monaghan and Eoin Cannon. Evening of music and theatre. Smock Alley May 9/10 9.30pm €14/€12
Micro Teatro Terra Marique, Italy. A Belgian student's last days in a concentration camp. Theatre@ 105 Capel St Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12 Sat 4.30pm €10
Ricardo Melendez for Workshop Theatre, Norfolk USA. Rise and fall of the great ballet dancer. Project Cube Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12 Sat 4.30pm €10
Seven Dwarves, UK. Sexual black comedy by Fergus Ford. New Theatre Ends May 10 9.30pm €14/€12 Sat 4.30pm €10
International Playwrights and Actors. Short pieces from Ireland and abroad. Cobalt Café May 12-17 8pm €14/€12
Sky Project, Chicago. Adolescent world of absentee parents and taboo desires. Smock Alley May 12-17 8pm & Sat 3pm €14/€12/€10
Emerging Artists, New York. Emotional collision of three women. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq May 12-17 8pm & Sat 3pm €14/€12/€10
With Bob Kingdom. Irish premiere of award-winning production. New Theatre Ends May 10 8pm €14/€12 Sat 3pm €10
Hope Theatre, UK. From housewife to lesbian dominatrix. Theatre@105 Capel Street Ends May 10 8pm €14/€12 Sat 3pm €10
Paula Lambert and her puppets. Delightful show for children. Town Hall Theatre May 15 10am & 11.45am €12.50 091-569777
With Rab Swannock Fulton. Storyteller reinvents traditional Irish and Scottish tales. Town Hall Studio Ends May 10 8.30pm €10 091-569777
Town Hall Theatre Ends May 10 8pm €20/€16 091-569777
With Ronan Wilmot and Nuala Hayes. Absorbing adaptation of novel by Eric Cross. Town Hall Theatre May 14/15 8pm €16/€14 091-569777
Siamsa Tíre players. Ancient legend of evil and salvation. Siamsa Tíre, Tralee Every Thurs & Sat in May 8.30pm 066-7123055
INEC Killarney May 13-17 11.30am €20 064-71555
With Adele King and Linda Martin. Four women in a department store have fun. INEC Killarney May 13-17 8pm €35 064-71555 or Ticketmaster
Siamsa Tíre players. A year's cycle of working the land. Siamsa Tíre, Tralee Mon-Wed throughout May 8.30pm 066-7123055
Stagedoor Productions. Musical concert. Watergate Theatre May 9/10 8pm €12/€6 056-7761674
Lambert Puppet Theatre. Paula Lambert and her colourful puppets. Watergate Theatre May 14 10am & 11.30am €12.50 056-7761674
Musical Company. Selection of show-stoppers. Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise May 10/11 8pm €25 057-8663355 Also Longford, Roscommon & Sligo
Blue Raincoat. Jocelyn Clarke's adaptation of Flann O'Brien's novel. Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise May 13/14 8pm €14/€10 057-8663355 Also Waterford
Backstage Theatre May 14 8pm €24/€22 043-47888
Morwax Productions. Comedy by Peadar de Burca. Linenhall Arts Centre May 15 8pm €15/€12 094-9023733 Also Monaghan
St Mary's Musical Society. Musical by Lionel Bart based on Dickens. Solstice Arts Centre May 15-17 8pm €20/€15 046-9092300
Rail Theatre Company. Dramatic staging of Ken Kesey's novel. Garage Theatre May 9 8pm €14/€12 047-81597
Garage Theatre May 13 8pm €14/€12 047-81597
See Laois. Roscommon Arts Centre May 13 8pm €24/€22 090-6625824
See Laois. Hawk's Well May 15 8pm €22.50 071-9161518
No Smoke Without Fire Productions. Popular play by Willy Russell. The Patrician, Omagh May 15-17 8pm 048-80760011
See Laois/panel. Garter Lane Arts Centre Ends May 10 8pm €20/€15 051-855038
Amateur companies. Numerous plays - top amateur competition. Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone Ends May 10 0902-92129 www.deancrowe theatre.com
Play by Gregory Burke. Black comedy. Wexford Arts Centre May 9/10 8pm €12/€10 053-9123764
Written and performed by Ena May. Part of Bealtaine Festival. Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely May 13 11.30am 0402-38529
Storytellers directed by Liam Halligan Adaptation of the spooky Henry James novella. Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray May 9/10 8pm€18/€16 01-2724030
