ulster bank dublin theatre festival programme 2010

DESPAIR

RESENTMENT

HOPE

Dublin Loves DRAMA

Sept 30 – Oct 17, 2010

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PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

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POLISH SEASON SPONSOR

OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER

OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER

OFFICIAL TV MEDIA PARTNER

OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER

OFFICIAL WINE SUPPLIER

CHAIRMAN

Peter Crowley

COUNCIL

Bobbie BerginMichael ColganDeclan CollierMichael CollinsCaroline DowneyGarry HynesGabriel J. MoloneyGavin QuinnGaby Smyth

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Loughlin Deegan

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME

AND PRODUCTION

Stephen McManus

GENERAL MANAGER

Tríona Ní Dhuibhir

MARKETING MANAGER

Shauna Lyons

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Gemma Duke

ADMINISTRATIVE/RESEARCH

CO-ORDINATOR (until Sept 2010)

Jessica Hilliard

ADMINISTRATOR/BOX OFFICE MANAGER

Maeve Whelan

FAMILY SEASON CURATOR

Muireann Ahern for The Ark

IRISH THEATRE TRUST

Irish Theatre Trust was revived bythe Festival in 2010 to support,commission and develop works forthe stage by Irish artists. We wouldlike to thank the following patrons fortheir generous support of the Trust:

Founding PatronsPeter Crowley, FL PartnersDenis DesmondDermot DesmondMoya Doherty & John McColganDenis O’BrienRosaleen O’Kane

PatronsDeclan Collier & Jan WinterGay Moloney

DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE

Michael & Jane CollinsPeter Crowley & Clodagh O’BrienGay MoloneyVincent O’DohertyAndrew & Delyth ParkesDarren Roddy

PRODUCERS’ CLUB

Aisling DalyCarmel NaughtonAnthony Mourek & Dr Karole Schafer

FRIENDS’ COUNCIL

Gabrielle Croke – ChairDearbhail Shannon – Deputy ChairDympna Murray – SecretaryLilian ChambersPeg ColganVincent O’DohertyAndrew ParkesDarren RoddyMary StephensonSari Winckworth

BENEFIT NIGHTS

Every year a group of corporateand individual patrons support theFestival through their attendanceat our Benefit Nights.

For more information [email protected].

VOLUNTEERS

Every year the Festival is immenselygrateful to its team of dedicatedvolunteers. In return for volunteerparticipation we aim to providean involved and interesting experience.Volunteers are required from Septemberand primarily for the duration of theFestival, Sept 30 – Oct 17.

For more information and an applicationform please contact the office on01 677 8439, look up the websitewww.dublintheatrefestival.com or [email protected].

SPECIAL THANKS

2010 Volunteers and internsBrian McDonaldChantelle CaffreyChloe CattrellCohen HeenanDarcie ConwayDiane HurleyDublin BusFrank & Ruby KennyFresh DesignHudson KilleenIsis Godfrey-GlynnKate KirbyKelly CaffreyMagdalena RadzyminskaMarius LindnerMatthew Thompson PhotographyNoeline McMonaglePauline FlemingPawel BorosSeoirse MacCraithStephen HedronToni Doyle

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ENRONGaiety Theatre

CIRCAGaiety Theatre

THE SILVER TASSIEGaiety Theatre

T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

FACTORY 2O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

THE DANTON CASEProject Arts Centre

THE RELISHOF LANGUAGEGate Theatre

PHAEDRAProject Arts Centre

JOHN GABRIELBORKMANAbbey Theatre

L’EFFET DE SERGESamuel Beckett Theatre

THE REHEARSAL,PLAYING THE DANESamuel Beckett Theatre

B FOR BABYAbbey Theatre on the Peacock stage

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ONTROERENDGOED TRILOGYSmock Alley Theatre

THE AUTHORProject Arts Centre

565+Project Arts Centre

THE WONDERFULWORLD OF HUGHHUGHESStudio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

DICIEMBREProject Arts Centre

NO CHILD...axis: Ballymun

THE GIRL WHOFORGOT TOSING BADLYCivic Theatre/The Ark/Draíocht

ACT WITHOUTWORDS IIMeeting Point: The Westbury Hotel

UNA SANTAOSCURAMain Space at Smock Alley Theatre

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A Headlong Theatre,Chichester Festival Theatre andRoyal Court Theatre Production

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ENRONBy Lucy PrebbleDirected by Rupert Goold

“All humanity is here. There’s Greed, there’s Fear, Joy, Faith, Hope...And the greatest of these... is Money.”

Boasting a host of awards including an Olivier Award, the most talkedabout show of 2010 lands in Dublin direct from an extended run inthe West End.

In this energetic and exuberant production, one of the most infamousscandals in financial history is transposed into a unique theatricalexperience. Inspired by real-life events and using music, movement andvideo, ENRON follows a group of flawed men and women in a narrativeof greed and loss, reviewing the tumultuous 1990s and casting new lighton the financial turmoil in which the world finds itself today.

Directed by Rupert Goold of the groundbreaking Headlong Theatre(winner of the 2010 Best Director Olivier Award for ENRON), thisuncompromising mix of political satire, modern morality and multimediaspectacle, gives an exhilarating answer to the sixty billion dollar question.

Presented in partnership with the British Council.

Contains strong language and a scene of a sexual nature.

Proudly supported by

Venue Gaiety Theatre

Dates Oct 12 – 16

Matinées Oct 14 & 16

Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm

Price Range €15 – €40

Duration 2hrs 15mins (incl. interval)

For full festival timetable see page 70

TALKING THEATREMembers of the company.Oct 15, Post-show 9.45pm (approx.)

PANEL DISCUSSIONSThe Smartest Men in the Room?Oct 15, 5.30pm – 7pm. Gaiety Theatre

No Way To Do Business.Oct 16, 5.30pm – 7pm. Gaiety Theatre

See Special Events Pgs 53-59

“★★★★★An era-defining, must-seetheatrical event.” Daily Telegraph

Design Anthony WardLighting Design Mark HendersonLyrics, Composition & Sound Design Adam CorkVideo and Projection Design Jon DriscollChoreography Scott AmblerCasting Director Joyce Nettles


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CIRCADirected by Yaron LifschitzCreated by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble.

Following a triumphant international tour including a sell-out run inEdinburgh, CIRCA comes to the Festival amidst a blaze of rave reviewsand international public acclaim.

A brand new creation that remixes three previous works which havewowed audiences at Galway Arts Festival in recent years, CIRCA ismovement at its most adventurous and dangerous. Combiningacrobatics, dance, light, sound and video, seven performers move fromhighly complex tumbling sequences, to fast-paced flashes of greatintricacy. Using a powerful soundtrack ranging from Leonard Cohento Aphex Twin, this marks a new kind of circus, at once poetic, sensualand immense.

Circa’s signature style combines physical beauty, formidable circusskills and an integral use of sound, light and projection. By fusingcontemporary dance with circus, combined with a mix of newtechnologies and theatrical flair, they have developed a style thateludes concrete definition. But what they do has amazed, astonishedand thrilled audiences in over 18 countries around the world.

Breathless and breathtaking – prepare to be astounded!

“Knee-tremblingly sexy, beautiful and moving.”The Guardian



Dates Sept 30 – Oct 3

Times 7.30pm. Oct 3 4pm


Duration 1hr 35mins (incl. interval)


TALKING THEATREYaron Lifschitz and members ofthe company.Oct 1, Post-show 9.10pm (approx.)

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DruidIreland

THE SILVER TASSIEBy Seán O’CaseyDirected by Garry Hynes

This sweeping play follows the lives of two young footballing heroesfrom the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France andtheir return home.

Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance,this is an epic staging of one of Seán O’Casey’s great plays.

Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 – Druid’s biggestever company of actors – and welcomes back some Druid favouritesincluding Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty.

Winner in 2009 of 12 major international theatre awards includingBest Production, Outstanding Director and Outstanding Ensemble,Druid is back with a production you simply won’t want to miss.

The company will be joined by five young people recruited locallyin Dublin.



Dates Oct 5 – 10

Matinées Oct 7 & 9

Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pmOct 10 2.30pm


Duration 2hrs 30mins (incl. interval)


TALKING THEATREMembers of the company.Oct 6, Post-show 10pm (approx.)

“A world-class company.” The Irish Times

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DISPLACEMENT

FAITH

ACCEPTANCE

After three years of extensive planning, the Festival isdelighted to present a major showcase of Polish workin Dublin. With significant support from the Ministryof Culture and National Heritage of the Republic ofPoland, this survey of contemporary Polish work willinclude productions from the master of Europeantheatre Krystian Lupa (Factory 2), and two of hisdisciples Grzegorz Jarzyna (T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.), andJan Klata (The Danton Case). The Festival, supportedby the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, willalso present Lost In Translation, a programme whichwill investigate contemporary Polish culture and itsrelationship with Ireland, featuring films, concerts,multi-media projects and a one-day symposium. Formore information on Lost In Translation see page 60.In association with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute.

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T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

Dates Oct 1 – 4

Matinée Oct 2

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pmOct 3 1pm & 6pm


Duration 2hrs 10mins (no interval)


TALKING THEATREGrzegorz Jarzyna in conversation.Oct 1, Post-show 9.45pm (approx.)

“Coming tomorrow” is all the perplexing telegram says. For a wealthyindustrialist and his family, it turns out to be a wildly inadequate warningof the irresistible force that is about to rip through their structured lives.In a hypnotic series of near-wordless scenes, a mysterious visitor willseduce each member of the family one by one. Is this stranger a demon,or is he heaven-sent? Will he deliver salvation or destruction?

Inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 cult film Teorema, the trailblazingmulti award-winning Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna has crafted apoetic and provocative piece of theatre that takes its audience on anexquisite voyage into the heart of Pasolini's modern masterpiece.

Last seen in Dublin with Festen at the Abbey Theatre in 2004,Jarzyna’s work has been astonishing audiences in Edinburgh, LA andbeyond. T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T., described as the standout work of the 2010New Zealand International Arts Festival, is a hypnotically beautifulexploration of the social, political and religious ideologies which madePasolini one of the revolutionary thinkers of his time.

A near wordless production performed in Polish with English surtitles.

Contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature and strong language.

Written and Directed byGrzegorz Jarzyna

Music Jacek Grudzien and Piotr Dominski.Set Design Magdalena MaciejewskaLighting Design Jacqueline SobiszewskiCast Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Danuta Stenka,Katarzyna Warnke, Jan Dravnel, Jan Englert, RafałMackowiak and Sebastian Pawlak.

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“A master of suspense, the heir of Hitchcock,Jarzyna composes his performances like movies.”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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National Stary Teatr, KrakówPoland

FACTORY 2Written and Directed byKrystian Lupa

The Festival is delighted to welcome to Dublin for the first time one ofEurope’s theatrical giants Krystian Lupa, with his monumental award-winning production, Factory 2. This epic creation revolves around thebohemian glamour of the notorious Andy Warhol Project and hislegendary loft in Manhattan’s 47th Street.

Blending Warhol’s own video works with improvisation and performance,Warhol and his entourage’s exploits are meticulously re-imagined from aperiod of utopia to a stark present day reality. With staggering sequencesthat are both beautiful, intoxicating and desperately sad, Warhol himself isportrayed as a timid and omnipresent director – both exploiter and voyeur.Featuring the staggeringly talented actors of Kraków’s famous Stary Teatr,arguably Poland’s leading ensemble, this durational piece of total theatreis a profound meditation on the very process of making art.

Honoured with the French Order of the Fine Arts and Humanities amongsta plethora of awards, Krystian Lupa is widely regarded as the patriarch ofPolish theatre and sits amongst the great theatre directors in history. WithFactory 2 – winner of the illustrious Europe Theatre Prize – the Festivalis proud to present one of the most astonishing pieces of theatre Dublinmay ever experience.

Performed in Polish with English surtitles.

Contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature and strong language.

Factory 2 will have two intervals, one of which is one hour long.

Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

Dates Oct 9 & 10

Times Oct 9 3.30pm, Oct 10 1pm

Price €35

Duration 7hrs 30mins (incl. 2 intervals)


Dramaturgy Iga Ganczarczyk and Magda Stojowska.Cast Piotr Skiba, Zbigniew W. Kaleta, KrzysztofZawadzki, Adam Nawojczyk, Iwona Bielska, SandraKorzeniak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, UrszulaKiebzak, Piotrek Polak, Katarzyna Warnke, BogdanBrzyski, Joanna Drozda, Małgorzata Zawadzka,Tomasz Wygoda, Łukasz Hołuj and Rafał Libner.

TALKING THEATREKrystian Lupa in conversation.

Oct 7, 6pm. Project Arts Centre.

“People who have seen Krystian Lupa’s workspeak of it in hushed awestruck tones. ‘He isa god’ is a phrase that crops up frequently.”The Boston Globewww.dublintheatrefestival.com

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Teatr Polski in WrocławPoland

THE DANTON CASEBy Stanisława PrzybyszewskaIn a version by Jan Klata

The ‘enfant terrible’ of Polish Theatre, Jan Klata, crashes his way to theFestival with this truly anarchic, playful and idiosyncratic adaptation ofa renowned Polish play on the French Revolution.

Set in Paris in the 1790s during the tumultuous days of revolt, TheDanton Case mischievously plots the downfall of leader Danton byhis arch rival Robespierre. In Klata’s hands this classic play becomesa theatrically rebellious investigation of post-communist Poland, usingan historical prism to explore current political woes. With badly fittingwigs, bosom-busting costumes and chainsaw-wielding choruses, wewatch the fall of one of the great leaders of the Revolution, in a seriesof grotesque cabaret-like scenes to a thumping punk rock soundtrack.

Winner of a staggering 25 awards worldwide including the Grand Prixat the Kontakt International Theatre Festival, The Danton Case is anelectrifying and highly entertaining theatrical romp.

Performed in Polish with English surtitles.

Contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature and strong language.Venue Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs)

Dates Oct 13 – 16

Matinee Oct 16

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm


Duration 2hrs 40mins (no interval)


Directed by Jan KlataDramaturgy Sebastian Majewski

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TALKING THEATREJan Klata in conversationOct 13, Post-show 10.15pm (approx.)

“One of the best shows I’ve seen in any language.”The Guardian

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Gate TheatreIreland

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The Gate Theatre, in association with Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival,presents an exciting season of plays by three towering figures of twentiethcentury theatre – Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and David Mamet. Thefestival will showcase selected works by these authors including the worldpremière stage adaptation of Beckett’s novel, Watt. Also, to mark what wouldhave been Harold Pinter’s eightieth birthday, the Gate will present a publicinterview with Lady Antonia Fraser and the Gate’s director, Michael Colgan.Don’t miss this unique celebration of three iconic wordsmiths who, unitedin their commitment to the priority of language, became the heart of a newwave of writing which shaped and inspired generations, presenting us withsome of the most important works of modern times.

BeckettENDGAMEDirected by Alan StanfordCast David Bradley and Owen Roe.

Endgame by Samuel Beckett, tells the comical tale about the agedand blind Hamm and his servant Clov, co-existing in a mutuallydependent and fractious relationship, with only Hamm’s parents,legless from a biking accident, for company.

WATTDirected by Tom CreedCast Barry McGovern

Watt is the extraordinary story of an itinerant character who walksone day from a train station to the home of a Mr. Knott whom he willserve. The bizarre adventures of Watt and his struggle to make senseof the world around him is told with verbal elegance, immense pathosand fierce humour.

ENDGAME

Opens Oct 14

Preview Oct 13

Matinée Oct 16

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 3pm

Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval)

WATT

Dates Oct 8 & 9, 15 – 17

Preview Oct 7

Matinée Oct 17

Times Oct 7, 15 & 16 10pm,

Oct 8 8pm, Oct 9 6pm.

Matinée 3pm

Duration 55mins (no interval)

TALKING THEATREMichael Colgan in conversationwith Lady Antonia Fraser.Oct 10, 4pm.

PinterCELEBRATIONDirected by Wayne Jordan

Celebration is Harold Pinter’s perfectly orchestrated black comedy.Heaving with dark humour and wicked satire, it follows two groupsof diners at a London restaurant following a night at the theatre.Razor-sharp dialogue, playful anarchy and a few shocking twistsmake this celebration one they won’t forget.

MametBOSTON MARRIAGEDirected by Aoife Spillane-Hinks

Boston Marriage, David Mamet’s classic comedy of manners, takes usinto the world of two friends living on society’s fringe. As they articulatetheir skewed perceptions of life, the language ignites into deliciouslyvicious banter as we witness their jealousy, fear and desperation for love.

See all four plays €90 or see 3 plays for €70(Sun-Thurs, subject to availability, availableonly through Gate Theatre Box Office)

Selected ReadingsCentral to the season will be a series of weekend readings whichwill feature excerpts from other works by the three playwrights. Bypresenting their writings side by side, these readings will highlightthe symmetry and the relationship between their work while alsoexploring the playwrights’ use of language..

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Gate TheatreIreland

BOSTON MARRIAGE


Preview Sept 29

Matinées Oct 2 & 3

Times 8pm. Matinées 3pm

Duration 2hrs (incl. interval)

Venue Gate Theatre

Price Each play €27


SELECTED READINGS

Dates Oct 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 & 17

Times Oct 2, 3 & 10 6pmOct 9 4pmOct 16 & 17 5.30pm

Price €10

Duration 1hr (no interval)

CELEBRATION

Dates Oct 6 – 10

Preview Oct 5

Matinée Oct 9

Times Oct 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 8pm

Oct 8 10pm. Matinée 2pm

Duration 1hr (no interval)

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Rough MagicIreland

PHAEDRAIn a new version byHilary Fannin andEllen Cranitch.Directed by Lynne Parker

Rough Magic returns to the Festival with this hugely anticipated newshow, which probes the forbidden desires lurking within an exceptionallyvolatile family.

The timeless story of Phaedra’s dark obsession with her stepson isplaced in a contemporary Ireland that has become a fertile playing fieldfor the capricious gods. Racine’s masterpiece of the French theatre –itself drawn from Euripides – and themes from the baroque score ofRameau’s operatic response to this mythic tale, have provided thespringboard for a dynamic collaboration between writer Hilary Fanninand composer/musician Ellen Cranitch.

Through Fannin’s scathing humour, Rough Magic’s powerful productionexplores the extremities of passion, and the psychology of a doomedfamily in its attempts to outwit fate. The music is performed live by anensemble of Ireland’s leading musicians, under the inspired directionof Ellen Cranitch.

Venue Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs)

Dates Oct 3 – 10

Previews Sept 30 – Oct 3

Matinée Oct 9

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm.Oct 3 & 10 1pm & 6pm


Duration 2hrs 30mins (approx. incl. interval)


TALKING THEATREEllen Cranitch, Hilary Fannin and

Lynne Parker in conversation.

Oct 8, Post-show 10pm (approx.)

“When (Rough Magic) launches a new production,one automatically sits up and takes notice.”The Irish Times


Cast includes Stephen Brennan, Michèle Forbes,Sarah Greene, Darragh Kelly, Gemma Reeves andCatherine Walker.Music Ensemble includes Cormac de Barra,Fionnuala Gill, Robbie Harris, Rory Musgrave,Paudie O’Connor and Cathy White.Set and Lighting Design John Comiskey

PRIDE

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Abbey TheatreIreland

JOHN GABRIELBORKMAN

Henrik Ibsen’s

In a new version byFrank McGuinnessDirected byJames Macdonald

John Gabriel Borkman was once a great man. Wealthy, powerful,revered. He gave up love for success and was handsomely rewarded.

But now, disgraced and destitute after a financial scandal and jail, theformer director of the bank paces out each day, alone in an upstairsroom, planning his comeback.

Downstairs his wife Gunhild lives a parallel life, plotting for their son torestore the family’s reputation.

The claustrophobia of their lives is shattered once and for all with thearrival of Gunhild’s twin sister Ella, the woman whose love Borkmangave away...

The Abbey Theatre presents Ibsen’s devastating and darkly comic playin a new version by Frank McGuinness, with Alan Rickman as Borkman,Fiona Shaw as Gunhild and Lindsay Duncan as Ella.

Venue Abbey Theatre

Opens Oct 13

Previews Oct 6 – 12

Matinée Oct 16

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2pm


Duration 2hrs 40mins (approx. incl. Interval)


Set Design Tom PyeLighting Design Jean KalmanCostume Design Joan BerginSound Design Ian DickinsonCast Cathy Belton, Lindsay Duncan, John Kavanagh,Amy Molloy, Marty Rea, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shawand Joan Sheehy.


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L’EFFET DE SERGE

On Sunday afternoons in his living room, Serge presents miniatureperformances for small groups of friends. Using low-tech specialeffects and a lovingly chosen soundtrack, these home-grownspectacles inadvertently communicate the very nature of art andthe human desire to create it. In these delightful micro dramas, onesomewhat eccentric man demonstrates how the simplest object, themerest gesture, can produce wonder.

French theatre maker Philippe Quesne has fast developed asignificant international reputation and his work now comes to Dublinfollowing runs around the world from New York to Brazil. L’Effet deSerge humorously investigates the implicit futility in our daily routinesand the magic that can be found in the ordinary. It promises to beone of the most charming and funny shows in this year’s Festival.

Co-produced with ménagerie de verre, Paris with the support of LeForum/Scène conventionnée de Blanc-Mesnil and Festival actOralmontévidéo, Marseille.

Performed in English.


Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre

Dates Oct 13 – 17





Conceived, Directed and Designed by Philippe QuesneWith Gaëtan Vourc’h, Isabelle Angotti, Rodolphe Auté and local guests.

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“This 80-minute slice of behavioral comedy andlow-tech spectacle comes as a gust of fresh air.”Time Out New York

TALKING THEATREPhillippe Quesne and members ofthe company.Oct 14, Post-show 8.45pm (approx).

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Pan PanIreland

THE REHEARSAL,PLAYING THE DANEText Hamlet by William ShakespeareDirected by Gavin QuinnDesigned by Aedín Cosgrove

There’s something strange in the neighbourhood of contemporaryDenmark. Who are you going to call? That is the question.

In Pan Pan’s purgatorial presentation of Shakespeare’s classictragedy, you the audience are faced with a choice: who is going tobe, or not be, Hamlet?

Actors compete to play the title role but as we enter the graveyardworld of this icon of individualism can anyone escape playing the‘Great’ Dane? Aren’t we all the main part?

Hamlet, seen as representing the limits of human consciousness, isa man caught between the ages. He knows the old is obsolete, yetthe new age has barbarian features he cannot stomach. But if he getschosen to play the Dane, he’s going to have to – funeral meats and all.

To audition or not to audition? But the real question is: how thehell are you going to learn all those lines? Come find out with theirrepressible Pan Pan...

‘I ain’t afraid of no ghost’ – Hamlet


Dates Oct 5 – 10

Previews Oct 1 – 3

Matinée Oct 9

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pmOct 10 3pm


Duration 2hrs 30mins (approx. incl. interval)


“You'll be delighted, discomfited and affectedby Pan Pan’s shows.” Irish Independent

TALKING THEATREGavin Quinn and members ofthe company.Oct 7, Post-show 10pm (approx.)

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Abbey TheatreIreland

B FOR BABYBy Carmel Winters

“It was like we were two children – two innocent children just… playing.”

Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdressers’scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and “a big head of dirty auldcurls”. All of them want their own place in the world. And if they can’tfind it, they’ll create one of their own…

Join B and D in the care home where they are residents, and whereMrs C is a carer, on their special – “very fecking special” – journeytowards happiness.

A world première, presented by the Abbey Theatre, B for Baby is asharp-witted new play that tenderly touches the taboo and invites youto rediscover the joy of make-believe.

B for Baby was originally commissioned by Theatre Lovett.

Venue Abbey Theatre on the Peacock stage

Opens Sept 30

Previews Sept 28 & 29

Matinées Oct 2, 6, 9, 13 & 16

Times 8pm. Matinées 2.30pm


Duration 1hr 30mins (approx. no interval)


Directed by Mikel MurfiSet and Costume Design Sabine Dargent


As part of a major thematic strand this year, WHAT ARE YOULOOKING AT?, the Festival will turn the mirror around andshine a light on you, the audience, looking at the changingrole of the audience in contemporary theatre. WithOntroerend Goed’s three immersive theatrical creations,Tim Crouch’s The Author, and young Irish rising directorÚna McKevitt’s 565+, the Festival is delighted to present fiveextraordinary shows that reveal an entirely new approachto how theatre is being presented now.

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PANEL DISCUSSIONWHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Oct 16, 1pm – 2.30pm, Project Arts Centre.

See Special Events Pages 53-59.


The Festival is delighted to welcome back one of the leaders ofEurope’s experimental performance scene Ontroerend Goed to Dublinafter stunning audiences at last year’s sell-out show Once And For AllWe’re Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen. Challengeyour expectations as the boundaries between audience and performerare blurred in this visionary award-winning trilogy in which productionscan be enjoyed together or on their own.

Please note that all three productions are highly challenging and interactive and may contain materialwhich some may find disturbing.

THE SMILEOFF YOURFACE

Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instinctsand allow yourself to lose control. Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfoldand indulge your imagination, as all your pleasures, fears, desires andmemories are confronted. This intense and intimate experience bridgesthe point where performance art meets theatre. Everyone will have aunique response – but leaves feeling ultimately exhilarated.

Winning the Scotsman Fringe First and the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Awardfor Best Production, this exceptional production comes to Dublin aftertaking the world’s festivals by storm.


Ontroerend Goed inassociation with RichardJordan Productions Ltd

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Directed by Sophie DeSomere and Joeri Smet.Cast Alexander Devriendt,Aurélie Lannoy, NicolaasLeten, Sophie De Somere,and Kristof Coenen.Music Sebastian Omerson

Venue Main Space at Smock Alley Theatre


Times Sept 30 & Oct 1, every half hourfrom 1pm – 3.30pm & 6pm – 8.30pmOct 2 & 3, every half hour from2pm – 4.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm

Price €15

Duration 30mins (approx. no interval)


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“★★★★★ A disorientating but extraordinary performance…It leaves you feeling fantastic.” The Times

Winner of the 2008 Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel Award,this sequel to The Smile... performed to just five people at a time, is aperformance that invites you to leave the beaten tracks of traditionaltheatre and surrender to an intimate, individual experience. Drinksare offered, mandolins are playing and eyes meet as the conversationdeepens. The question is: can you build up a meaningful relationshipwith a stranger in 25 minutes?

Equally challenging and treacherously profound, Internal explores theformats of speed-dating and group therapy in a clever game of giveand take and will be quite unlike anything you’ve experienced in atheatre before.


Contains nudity.

INTERNAL

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Belgium Ontroerend Goedin association withRichard JordanProductions Ltd

Created byAlexander Devriendt, Sophie DeSomere, Aurélie Lannoy, NicolaasLeten and Joeri Smet.

CONNECTION

INTIMACY

EXPOSURE

“An experience not to be missed.” The Independent

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Schreyen

Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

Dates Oct 6 – 10

Times Oct 6 – 8, every half hour from1pm – 3.30pm & 6pm – 8.30pmOct 9 & 10, every half hour from2pm – 4.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm

Price €15




In this brand new show, which marks the final part of the company’strilogy of immersive theatre, seven strangers crave to spend some timewith you, the audience. To get under your skin. To get to know youbetter than they know themselves. Some say they’re forward, inquisitive,manipulative or downright evil. Some claim they can’t be trusted.

Rest assured, they are wrong. These strangers are players with sincereintentions whose sole purpose is to let you find out who you might be.Get entangled in the game and you’ll know that they’re doing it for you.


All three productions are proudly supported by the Belgian Embassy,Dublin.

A Game of You is supported by the National Theatre Studio.All three productions are supported by The Flemish Community, theProvince of East-Flanders and the City of Ghent. In cooperation withVooruit, KC België and Inkonst.

See all three shows for €36!

A GAMEOF YOU

Ontroerend Goed inco-production withBattersea Arts Centreand Richard JordanProductions Ltd

Belgium

Created by Alexander Devriendt,Joeri Smet, Sophie De Somere,Nicolaas Leten, Maria Dafneros,Charlotte De Bruyne, Aurélie Lannoy,Kristof Coenen and Eden Falk.

COMPETE

ALIENATE

TRUST

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VanRenterghem


Dates Oct 13 – 17

Times Oct 13 – 15, every half hour from1pm – 3.30pm & 6pm – 8.30pmOct 16 & 17, every half hour from2pm – 4.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm

Price €15



news from nowhere/The Royal CourtTheatre Production

“I have the choice to continue. I have the choice to stop”.

Settle back into the warmth of your seat. Relax as the story unfolds.For you. With you. Of you. A story of hope, violence, togetherness andexploitation. Laugh with the actors, tap your feet to the music, take achocolate, turn to your neighbour. You’re here.

The Festival is delighted to welcome back Tim Crouch who captivatedDublin with his sell-out hit ENGLAND in 2008. Performed within itsaudience, it tells the story of another play: a shocking and abusiveplay written by a playwright called Tim Crouch who oversteps the line.The Author is a highly original and terrifyingly seductive journey intothe horror of our mediated world.

Contains material that may be disturbing. Recommended for ages18+.

By Tim CrouchDirected by Karl James anda smith.Music and Sound Ben Ringhamand Max Ringham.Lighting Matt DruryCast Tim Crouch, Chris Goode,Vic Llewellyn and Esther Smith.

THEAUTHOR

“This is a dazzling theatrical experience that lets nobody off thehook, opening our eyes to what should be blindingly obvious:we all have a choice.” The Guardian

TALKING THEATRETim Crouch and members of

the company.

Oct 17, Post-show 2.20pm (approx.)


Oct 16, 1pm – 2.30pm, Project Arts

Centre. See Special Events Pgs 53-59.

Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube)

Dates Oct 12 – 17

Times 9.30pm. Oct 16 6pm & 9.30pmOct 17 1pm




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OPTIMISTIC

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UK Úna McKevitt

565+ is about survival. There comes a time in all our lives whenwe look for help, when we reach crisis, when we will try anythingthat helps. For some it is therapy, for others it is medication. ForMarie O’Rourke it is the theatre.

Marie O’Rourke is a school teacher who began attending the theatreseven years ago on the advice of her doctor. Since then she has seenover 565 plays. Marie credits the theatre with saving her life.

Following the success of her sell-out show Victor and Gord, ÚnaMcKevitt continues her practice of making theatre from everydaylife, and illustrates how the celebration of theatre can enable us,the audience, to express our longings and needs with dignity andhumour, redemption and forgiveness.

Úna McKevitt is part of Project Catalyst, a Project Arts Centre initiative.565+ is supported by Irish Theatre Trust and Project Arts Centre.

Conceived and Directedby Úna McKevittCast Marie O’RourkeLighting and Set DesignCiarán O’MeliaCostume Design Kiki BeamishCreative Producer Áine Beamish

565+

“★★★★★ McKevitt and her compatriots have crafted a pieceof theatre that artfully celebrates the everyday and findsunexpected resonance in the simplest of exchanges.”Irish Theatre Magazine on Victor and Gord

TALKING THEATREMarie O'Rourke and Úna McKevitt

in conversation.

Oct 2, Post-show 7pm (approx.)


Oct 16, 1pm – 2.30pm, Project Arts

Centre. See Special Events Pgs 53-59.



Previews Sept 28 & 29

Times 6pm. Oct 3 4pm & 7pm


Duration 1hr (approx. no interval)


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Clarke

LOSS

SURVIVAL

HOPE


Ireland

“★★★★ Mesmerising…an extraordinary sight,hilarious yet touchingin the human fragilityit conveys…”Floating, The Guardian

“★★★★ This isheartfelt and insightfulstuff… Highlyrecommended.”Story of a Rabbit, Evening Standard

“★★★★ One of themost magical journeys.”360, Financial Times

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REFRESHING

ECCENTRIC


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THE WONDERFULWORLD OF HUGHHUGHESCreated and performed by Hugh Hughes and friends

Welcome to the wonderful world of Hugh Hughes. An utterly charmingand entrancing world committed to celebrating the imagination. HughHughes – a self-described emerging artist from Anglesey – has developeda devoted following worldwide with his refreshing, unpredictable and vibrantperformances. Over three different productions, he invites Dublin to sharehis extraordinary life stories. With a host of awards under his belt includinga Total Theatre Award and Fringe First, don’t miss this unique opportunity tocatch the most uplifting, funny and heart-warming shows you’ll see this year.

FLOATINGThe remarkable story about the day when the Isle of Anglesey floatedaway from mainland Wales, drifted into the Atlantic and up to the Arctic.A comic exploration of the impossibility of leaving the place we come from.

STORY OF A RABBITWhen Hugh finds his neighbour’s rabbit lying dead in his garden, the onlysensible thing to do is to put it in a box. But it doesn’t fit. As he puzzlesover what to do with the body he starts to wonder how much of lifedisappears once we die…

360A story about friendship and sharing just about everything. Hugh returnsto his childhood home to meet his best friend Gareth and climb Snowdon.But as the journey to the summit descends into a farce, it leads Hugh toask some big questions about fantasy, first loves and bottling things up.

The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes was co-commissionedby Barbican bite10.

For more on Hugh Hughes, see Special Events pages 53-59.

FLOATING


Dates Oct 14, 16 & 17

Times Oct 14 6pm. Oct 16 & 17 1pm




STORY OF A RABBIT


Dates Oct 13, 16 & 17

Times Oct 13 6pm. Oct 16 & 17 5pm




360


Dates Oct 12, 16 & 17

Times Oct 12 6pm. Oct 16 9.30pm.Oct 17 8pm




See all three shows and get 20% off!

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Dates Oct 6 – 10





Teatro en el Blanco

From the rolling imagination of writer-director Guilermo Calderón, comesthis politically charged, haunting drama about a near-future war in Chile.

Peppered with large doses of pitch-black comedy, Diciembre takes placeon Christmas Eve 2014 in Santiago, a city besieged by Peruvian forces.Young soldier Jorge returns home on leave to celebrate the holiday withhis pregnant twin sisters. When they discover his plans to defect, bothreact sharply revealing their fiercely entrenched opposing views of the war.

Fast, funny and intense, Calderón strips away the conceits of war andgives us a bracing look at racism, nationalism and pacifism. Coming directfrom the Edinburgh International Festival, Teatro en el Blanco is certainto captivate Dublin with its emotive, visceral and razor-sharp theatre.

Performed in Spanish with English surtitles.

Contains strong language.


Written and Directed byGuillermo CalderónCast Trinidad González,Jorge Becker and Mariana Muñoz.

DICIEMBRE

“Explores the reality of war and its power to transformcollective consciousness and domestic life.” Caras y Caretas

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Saldivar

RIVALRY

CONFLICT

FAMILY

Chile

Venue axis: Ballymun

Dates Oct 13 – 16

Preview Oct 12

Matinée Oct 14

Times 8pm. Matinée 2pm




Barrow Street Theatrein association withaxis: Ballymun

USA

Following a 12-month sold-out New York run, and a major NorthAmerican tour, Nilaja Sun’s OBIE Award-winning No Child… makesits Irish debut at axis: Ballymun during the 2010 Festival.

Inspired by Sun’s years as a teaching artist at high schools in the Bronx,this tour de force is an insightful and often hilarious look into New YorkCity’s public education system. Her lightning-quick portrayals of themany characters inhabiting the city’s school structure – includingteachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors and security guards– provide a touching and humorous examination of the universalchallenges facing education everywhere. Offering hope and belief in abetter, more caring society, this multi award-winning production is ahighly original and inspiring work from an extraordinary performer.

A captioned performance will take place on Oct 16, 8pm.

By Nilaja SunDirected by Hal BrooksCast Nilaja Sun

NO CHILD...

“Sun brings us not her world but the world... Sun and Brooksprovide an object lesson in what should not be missing fromany life curriculum: hope.” The New Yorker

TALKING THEATRENilaja Sun in conversation.


INJUSTICE

INTELLIGENCE

INSPIRATION


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SCORN

DESIRE

ReViewed is a showcase initiative of Culture Ireland, IrishTheatre Institute and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival.This curated programme will be presented during the Festivalto an invited delegation of international programmers andpresenters from key festivals and venues worldwide.ReViewed offers an opportunity to promote Irish theatre aswell as reviving successful Irish work for Festival audiences.

This year four very different Irish productions from the last12 months will be presented. A stirring permutation of soundand visuals Una Santa Oscura; one of Samuel Beckett’s mostversatile plays, Act Without Words II is taken to the streets;and a show for all the family, the joyful The Girl Who ForgotTo Sing Badly, will travel to three different venues as part ofthe Festival’s ongoing commitment to bring theatre whereyou live. To top it all off the irreverent Ponydance will performtheir outrageous hit Where Did It All Go Right? late night atthe Odessa Club (see page 65).

REVIEWED


With two contrasting characters living in separate sacks, Act WithoutWords II is one of Samuel Beckett’s most universal and versatile plays,and Beckett specialist Sarah Jane Scaife is bringing it to the streets –literally. Set in the stage-door laneway of one of Dublin’s most famoustheatres, in the present day with all the problems of homelessness anddrug addiction, this play resonates with a power that is both chilling andall too familiar.

Following its runaway success at the 2009 Absolut Fringe, Scaife’sexpertise in movement, and intimate experience of the subject matter,makes Beckett’s Act Without Words II a stirring, provocative piece whichis performed by Raymond Keane (Barabbas Theatre Company) andBryan Burroughs (The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards Best SupportingActor 2009), two of Ireland’s most talented physical theatre artists.

Please note that this performance is staged outdoors – appropriatedress recommended.

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“A powerful poignant vignette of human existence...” The Irish Times

ACTWITHOUTWORDS IIBy Samuel Beckett

Directed by Sarah JaneScaifeDesigned by Aedín CosgroveCast Raymond Keane andBryan Burroughs.

REVIEWEDA showcase of successful Irish

productions restaged in partnership

with Culture Ireland and Irish

Theatre Institute.

Meeting Point The Westbury Hotel

Dates Oct 6 – 9

Times 8pm & 9.30pm

Price €15



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Cosgrove

SIMPLE

MOVING

POWERFUL


REVIEWEDA showcase of successful Irish

productions restaged in partnership

with Culture Ireland and Irish

Theatre Institute.

TALKING THEATRETom Creed and Ian Wilson

in conversation.



Dates Oct 8 – 10

Times Oct 8 10pm. Oct 9 1pmOct 10 1pm & 6pm




Somewhere in a city, a young woman sits in a bedsit, alone with herviolin. Thoughts race through her mind as she goes about her day.

This multi-sensory performance is a collaboration between some of themost exciting artists in contemporary Irish music and theatre. Originallyinspired by the life and music of 12th century visionary Hildegard ofBingen, this evocative combination of sound and visuals creates atangible sense of a life explored on stage.

Like an opera without singers, this meditative and moving wordlessperformance combines virtuoso violin with a haunting electronicsoundscape. Created by leading Irish composer Ian Wilson, performedby acclaimed violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, and directed by rising starTom Creed, Una Santa Oscura delves into one woman's solitudeand loss, creating a truly original and memorable experience.

Ireland Playgroup andIan Wilson inassociation withProject Arts Centre

“A composer of imaginative resource and a sure formal sense...has the gift of making even the barest ideas interesting.”Gramophone Magazine

UNA SANTAOSCURAMusic by Ian WilsonDirected by Tom CreedPerformed by Ioana Petcu-Colan(violin)Stage, Lighting and CostumeDesign Ciarán O’MeliaVideo Design Jack Phelan ©

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SOLITUDE

MEMORY

HEARTBREAK

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DARING

RIOTOUS

INSPIRED

REVIEWEDA showcase of successful

Irish productions restaged in

partnership with Culture Ireland

and Irish Theatre Institute.

FESTIVAL ON TOURTheatre where you live.

Booking and InformationPlease see the grid at the back of thebrochure for times and a breakdown ofschool/public performances. All schoolsshould contact the venue box officesdirectly. Tickets for all public performancesare available from Festival and venue boxoffices. Box Office details on page 66.

Venue Civic Theatre

Dates Oct 4 & 5

Price €10

Venue The Ark

Dates Oct 7 – 10

Price €10

Schools €6.50

Venue Draíocht

Dates Oct 14 & 15

Price €5



The Ark, A CulturalCentre for Childrenin association withTheatre Lovett

Ireland

Sometimes it takes a girl sized human to solve an adult sized problem.

Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit intotins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all thewhile Peggy sings with the voice of an angel – a grossly unfortunateangel, who can’t sing at all.

But one day work stops working, and the jobs stop coming, and Peggysteps outside to find Winter has arrived… and everyone in her city gone!

As Peggy desperately tries to save the day, the audience is led on anuntamed adventure that crosses snowy lands and wild seas. Throughone plucky little girl, we learn about love, loss, the reassurance of goats,and the courage to sing gloriously on or off-key.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the combined, celebratedtalents of director Lynne Parker, performer Louis Lovett and playwrightFinegan Kruckemeyer.

Age 7+

THE GIRL WHOFORGOT TOSING BADLY

“An absolute gem of a production… Why can’t alltheatre be like this?” The View, RTÉ

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By Finegan KruckemeyerDirected by Lynne ParkerPerformed by Louis LovettSet Design Paul O’MahoneyLighting Design Sinéad WallaceCostume Design Joan O’ClerySound and Music Design Carl KennedyProducer Muireann Ahern

LOVE

PATIENCE

STRENGTH

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FAMILY SEASON

BOOKING AND INFORMATIONPlease contact The Ark on 01 670 7788 or visit www.ark.ie.All school performances €6.50 and public performances €10.For public bookings, you can also contact the Festival BoxOffice. Please see the grid at the back of the brochure fortimes and a breakdown of school/public performances.


Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and The Ark, A CulturalCentre for Children, team up once again to present a seasonof acclaimed international productions for families. Hearthe stories of a little old guinea pig in the sunset of his life;come on magical journeys deep beneath the earth’s crust;and lie down in an ocean of mattresses dreaming yourwildest dreams. As always, the Family Season, whetheryou’re little or not, will enthral, delight and entertain.

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Studio ORKABelgium

Two soil investigators discover something quite wonderful whileconstructing a subterranean car park deep under Dublin castle. Fifteenmetres into the ground, they suddenly hear strange, inexplicable sounds.Scratchy, creaky noises, hushed murmurings, snippets of piano music.

Using fibre-optic cameras, they soon have proof that somewherebeneath the earth’s crust, amongst the moles and worms, something(or someone?) is ALIVE! The award-winning Studio ORKA invites youon a unique journey into a special world somewhere between realityand imagination.

Please note that this performance is site-specific and staged outdoorsin a purpose-built wooden tent – appropriate dress recommended.

Age 6+

LAVA

“A divine example of theatre played on location, for young andold... Unpretentious, honest and humoristic theatre.” De Standaard

Venue Dubh Linn Garden, DublinCastle. Enter by the Pedestrian Entranceof Dublin Castle on Palace St. off Dame St.

Dates Oct 1 – 3



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Orka

THRILLING

CHARMING

DARING

Concept Studio ORKACast Ilse De Koe, Brenda Bertinand Dominique Van Malder.


BonteHondNetherlands

When you’re lying on your back, the world looks, sounds and smellstotally different…

Three cheeky sisters live in a magic house, a house where nothingis what it seems and sometimes the most unlikely things come alive!Lying Down is about small fears, big dreams and the power ofimagination. An enchanting, thrilling fairytale for everyone who lovesexciting bedtime stories, wild goodnight songs and a little magic intheir life.

Lie flat on your back, doze off with your eyes open and let your dreamscarry you away with this deliciously lazy show.

The Ark will have a big bed of mattresses so children can watch thisshow sitting up or lying down!

Age 5+

LYINGDOWNConcept and DirectionNoël FischerCast Feike Looyen, Paméla Menzoand Charlene Schmeltz.Music Jolle Roelofs

Venue The Ark

Dates Oct 14 – 17



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MAGICAL

DREAMY

JOYOUS

“played superbly with the slippage between wakefulnessand snooziness.” The Herald

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Teater Refleksionand De Røde Heste

Denmark

The Festival is delighted to welcome Mr. Muffin after he got lost onthe high seas somewhere between Ireland and Japan on the way tothe 2009 Festival!

Once Mr. Muffin was young, strong and proud, but now is old, greyand tired. He sits alone in his house reminiscing about the good times,and sometimes about the not so good times: His kind and wise wife,his four little furry ones and his little house at the bottom of the garden.

Using puppetry, animation and music, Goodbye Mr. Muffin tellsthe charming and uplifting story about the last days in the life ofa much loved guinea pig. It was awarded Best Children’s TheatrePerformance 2005/06 by the Association of Danish TheatreSocieties, and is sure to warm your heart.

Age 6+

GOODBYEMR.MUFFIN

“★★★★★ Children’s theatre at its best.” The ScotsmanVenue The Ark

Dates Oct 11 – 13



GENTLE

TENDER

POIGNANT

SPECIAL EVENTSIN DEVELOPMENTThe Festival will again provide audiences with an opportunity to see majorIrish theatrical works in development before they reach full production onthe stage – possibly in future Festival programmes. Presented by some ofIreland’s leading theatre companies, In Development will feature rehearsedreadings, open rehearsals and semi-staged performances.

Events are free but booking through the Festival Box Office is essential.

FishambleSilentDirected by Jim CulletonFollowing the unstoppable success of Forgotten (over 40 Irish venues,8 European countries and 3 US cities), Fishamble and Pat Kinevanecombine forces again on a very special new work. In Silent Corkoniandown-but-not-out romantic Tino McGoldrick explores the wounds of hispast through the golden era of Rudolph Valentino.

BrokentalkersThe Blue BoyDirected by Feidlim Cannon and Gary KeeganBrokentalkers latest project deals with the experiences of men and womenwho were incarcerated as children in catholic residential care institutions.Using recorded interviews, live performance, music and film, The Blue Boyattempts to give fresh theatrical voice to recently revealed stories ofchildhood abuse in Ireland.

Richard Wakely presentsThe Ministry Of DeliveranceWritten and Directed by Conall MorrisonAttending the exorcism of a house leads a group of old friends to questioneverything they thought they could believe in. A fierce but funny look atfaith in contemporary Ireland.

The Corn ExchangeMan of ValourDeveloped by Michael West, Annie Ryan and Paul ReidA heart-pumping, almost wordless, one-man action movie basedon the interior life of a Walter Mitty-like office drone, whose internaladrenaline-filled alternative universe threatens to take over his everydayreality. Performed by Paul Reid.


SILENT

Venue Project Arts Centre

Date Oct 7

Time 1pm

THE BLUE BOY

Venue Temple Bar Gallery & Studios

Date Oct 7

Time 5pm

THE MINISTRY OF DELIVERANCE


Date Oct 9

Time 11.30am

MAN OF VALOUR


Date Oct 8

Time 1pm

Man of Valour

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PROJECT BRAND NEW– THE MAGIC IF

Venue The New Theatre

Date Oct 16

Times Hourly from 2pm – 7pmwith tea and cake.

Price €2 per hour at the door –no advance booking.

THE NEXT STAGE


Times 10am – 6pm daily withperformances most evenings.

Participation Fee €250 (including at least15 shows and all workshops and talks)

Closing date Aug 27 5pm

Further info www.theatreforumireland.com

THE NEXT STAGEPresented in association with Theatre Forum.

Described by past participants as “career changing,” a “rare amount ofinspiration” and “a once in a lifetime opportunity,” The Next Stage is theartist development strand of the Festival. This challenging programme,spanning all 18 days of the Festival, is an intense combination ofexposure to the highest quality theatre and active participation. Inaddition to a nearly exhaustive schedule of performances, thereis a series of talks and workshops led by some of the world’s leadingtheatre makers. Past workshop leaders/speakers include Stephen Rea,Lloyd Newson, Declan Donnellan, Anne Bogart and Tim Crouch. Upto sixteen Irish theatre practitioners from all disciplines will be chosen toparticipate in this intimate programme. Participation is by application only.

Supported by Irish Theatre Trust.

PROJECT BRAND NEW–THE MAGIC IFIn a world of budgets, deadlines, and designs, the spark of imaginationcan falter. Project Brand New wants to delve into the dreams of ourtheatre makers and find out where it all starts…

From a tiny stage, with a single chair, let them tell you their fantasy: Ifthey could make a performance anywhere, with anyone, or anything, anda guarantee of success, what would it be?

We put this question to some of the most talented and excitingpractitioners we know, and over one inspiring day they will presentyou with their answers.

Supported by Irish Theatre Trust.

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PANEL DISCUSSIONSAll panel discussions are free and not ticketed.Please arrive on time.

The Smartest Men in the Room?Addressing issues raised by Lucy Prebble’s ENRON, leading Irish andinternational commentators and activists, discuss the implications andopportunities for a New World Order presented by the recentturbulence in the World economy.

The Smartest Men in the Room? will be broadcast on Arts Tonight,RTÉ Radio 1 on Oct 18, 10pm.

No Way To Do BusinessBuilding on the The Smartest Men in the Room? discussion, businessleaders and campaigners-for-change discuss the ethical, environmentaland social responsibilities of supernational companies in an increasinglyglobalised world.

The Smartest Men in The Room? and No Way To Do Businessare proudly supported by

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?Artists involved in the WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? season talkabout you, the audience, and why their work is increasingly influencedby your physical, emotional and intellectual presence in the room.

THE SMARTEST MEN IN THE ROOM?


Date Oct 15

Time 5.30pm – 7pm

NO WAY TO DO BUSINESS


Date Oct 16

Time 5.30pm – 7pm

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?


Date Oct 16

Time 1pm – 2.30pm

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YELLOW

Venue St. Mary’s Abbey (off Capel Street)


Times 6pm – 10pm. Visitors are free tocome and go throughout the performance.

DRAMA IN THE AIRUlster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival in association with RTÉ RadioDrama brings you an audio drama experience: two plays, two playwrights,two live audiences. Sean Rocks of RTÉ Radio 1’s arts programme, Arena,interviews Thomas Kilroy and Gary Mitchell about writing drama for radiofollowed by an airing of their recent works for RTÉ.

In The Garden Of The AsylumBy Thomas Kilroy

Ian Really Likes MaryBy Gary Mitchell

These events are free and not ticketed. Please arrive on time.

YELLOWFeaturing Olwen Fouéré, Deirdre Roycroft, Victoria McCormack,Ann Maria Healy, Anna Berdston and Amanda Coogan.

A woman dressed in a large yellow dress, continuously washesher enormous skirt in a bucket of soap water over 4 hours, to theintermittent strains of a piano composition by Franz Schubert.Originally authored by the performance artist Amanda Coogan, Yellowexamines the frail and yet indomitable nature of the human spirit, andwill be interpreted individually by six women over consecutive days.

This powerful live performance draws all the power of the past into thevisceral present in a collective experience of endurance on the borderbetween performance art and theatre.

These events are free and not ticketed.

IN THE GARDEN OF THE ASYLUM


Date Oct 5

Time 1pm – 2.30pm

IAN REALLY LIKES MARY


Date Oct 12

Time 1pm – 2.30pm

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Thomas Kilroy

THE WONDERFULWORLD OF HUGHHUGHESStories from an Invisible TownHugh wants to find a way of creating his next show with an audience. Allhe needs is for you to come along to help. Join him in his rehearsal room.

How I Got Here“I can’t believe this”, says Hugh, “they’re making a documentary about meand the journey I’m on”. Why not watch it with him? He’ll be staying forquestions afterwards.

These events are free and not ticketed. Please arrive on time.

THEATRE CENSORSHIPCONFERENCE‘Art made tongue-tied by authority’:Theatre Censorship around the World.This international conference brings together playwrights, directorsand academics to discuss theatre censorship in a global context, fromthe restrictions imposed by authoritarian regimes in twentieth-centuryEurope, Africa, Asia and Latin America, to the challenges to freedomof expression still present in democratic societies today. The conferencewill also include a number of events that are open free to the public.

STORIES FROM AN INVISIBLE TOWN


Date Oct 14

Time 8pm

HOW I GOT HERE


Date Oct 15

Time 6pm

THEATRE CENSORSHIP CONFERENCE

Venue Various Venues


Further info www.dublintheatrefestival.com

Booking www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/tcs/


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OPEN HOUSEWith the support of Ulster Bank, the Festival is delighted to continue

this access initiative designed to ensure everybody can enjoy world-

class theatre, irrespective of their social or financial circumstances.

Open House offers significantly reduced ticket prices for selected

Festival shows, to community groups and organisations including

welfare groups, parent support groups, refugee associations,

disadvantaged children and their guardians, special needs groups

and their carers, and registered charities.

The Festival will extend a number of €10 tickets to Open Houseparticipants, on a first-come first-served basis.

Since its inception in 1994, Irish Theatre Institute has led the way ininternational networking and promotion for Irish theatre companiesand artists. This year ITI will present its 17th annual InternationalTheatre Exchange – a three day gathering of influential internationalpresenters and producers who will meet with Irish companies andartists that have work ‘ready for export’ or, who are working on projectswith an attractive international dimension. Comprising one-to-onemeetings, pitching sessions, panel discussions, networking events,showcase and in-development performances, this event is a mustfor all Irish producers of professional theatre who have an eye tointernational platforms. In the past two years alone, as a result ofthis event, companies have been invited to perform in Cape Town,New York, Tampere, London, Wiesbaden, Johannesburg, Toronto,Edinburgh, Paris and Portland – can you afford to miss it?

OPEN HOUSE

Application Form

[email protected]

Further info 01 677 8439www.ulsterbank.com/arts/openhouse

.

IRISH THEATRE INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL THEATRE EXCHANGE

Venue Various Venues

Dates Oct 7 – 9

Further info www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie

Book early as spaces are limited

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YOUNG CRITICS’ PANELThe National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD) presents theYoung Critics’ Panel involving young people from youth theatres aroundIreland. This will provide a platform for youth theatre members to discussand articulate their views on selected Festival productions.Chaired by Karen Fricker.

INTERNATIONALCRITICS’ FORUMIn association with Irish Theatre Magazine.

Irish Theatre Magazine hosts its annual International Critics' Forum,at which leading theatre critics from home and abroad offer livelydiscussion and analysis of the highlights of the Festival programme.The panel will be chaired by the academic and critic, Patrick Lonergan.Audience participation welcome.

ABSOLUT FRINGE 2010Dublin Fringe Festival’s 16th outing will, as always, present work by thenew and the next, the bold and the daring, the young and the restless.From its opening weekend outdoor spectacle to the closing night awardsceremony, you won’t be able to miss the carefully curated programmeof work that will entertain, inspire and provoke. Among the best of newIrish talent, watch out for international shows like Trilogy by Nic Green,Giséle Vienne’s Jerk and The Next Two Days of Everything by a smith.Full details on the programme will be live on www.fringefest.com fromAugust 18.

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ FORUM


Date Oct 14

Time 4pm – 6pm

Price Free

Further info www.irishtheatremagazine.ie

YOUNG CRITICS’ PANEL


Time 12pm

Date Oct 10

Price Free

Further info www.nayd.ie

ABSOLUT FRINGE 2010

Dates Sept 11 – 26

Further info www.fringefest.com


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Małe Instrumenty & Mariusz WilczynskiMusic for Mariusz Wilczynski’s Films

Presented in association with ArtPolonia.

Małe Instrumenty (Small Instruments) is a band exploring newsounds using a wide array of (very) small instruments, strange musicalinventions, children’s toys and anything they can find that makes asound. In this highly visual multi-media concert, Małe Instrumentyresponds to the internationally renowned work of Mariusz Wilczynski,a leading Polish animation filmmaker. The concert will include liveanimation by Wilczynski and improvisation by Małe Instrumenty.

Chrysanthemums and the Full Moon

Presented in association with Ireland Literature Exchange inco-operation with Poetry Ireland.

Throughout the Festival period, Ireland Literature Exchange will hosta Polish literary translator who will work on a series of Irish poetry intranslation. The residency will culminate in a public event at which Irishand Polish poets will read from their work and discuss contemporarypoetry practice. The reading will be followed by a debate on thecultural and linguistic challenges experienced by poetry translators.

LOST IN TRANSLATIONBuilding on the Polski Teatr season, Ulster BankDublin Theatre Festival in partnership withvarious arts organisations, presents a city-widecelebration of contemporary Polish culture andinvestigation of the cultural impact of migration.

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Venue Liberty Hall

Date Oct 15

Time 8pm

Price €15

Booking www.dublintheatrefestival.com

Venue Dublin Unitarian Church.

Date Oct 12

Time 6pm

Price Free and not ticketed

Further Info www.dublintheatrefestival.comwww.irelandliterature.comwww.poetryireland.ie

Male Insturmenty & Mariusz Wilczynski´


Death of CivilityNew Polish Cinema at the IFI

Reflecting issues addressed in the Polish shows in the Festival, theIFI and the Festival are delighted to present a season of new Polishcinema, curated by Polish film critic and scholar, Michal Oleszczyk.Taking as his theme a perceived social crisis within Polish society,Oleszczyk has selected four contemporary Polish films, including Zero(2009), that when seen together, form a fascinating narrative about theeffect Poland’s extraordinary political transformations through the 20thcentury have had on its citizens.

Chopin Balkan Style – Sarakina in Dublin

Sarakina, a group of young, classically-trained musicians, will performtheir latest Chopin-inspired album Fryderykata - marking the 200thanniversary celebrations of the birth of Chopin.

Lost and Found in Translation

The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) and UlsterBank Dublin Theatre Festival present a day-long symposium exploringthe cultural and creative impact of immigration in Ireland and the roleand responsibilities of artists and arts organisations in achieving socialjustice in the context of transcultural dialogue.

Lost In Translation is presented with the support of

Venue City Wall Space, Wood Quay Venue

Date Oct 16

Time 10am – 4pm

Price Free but advance registration required

Booking www.fomacs.org

Venue Whelan’s

Date Sept 30

Time 7.30pm

Price €10

Booking www.tickets.ie

Venue IFI

Dates Oct 15 – 17

Times and further infowww.dublintheatrefestival.comwww.ifi.ie

Booking www.ifi.ie

Zero

Lights, camera, action! Terminal 2 – Opening this November.

DAA looks forward to welcoming you to your new terminal.

OPENSPublic Booking August 18, 9.30amPriority Booking July 28, 1pm

ONLINEwww.dublintheatrefestival.com

CALL INFestival Box Office44 East Essex StreetTemple BarDublin 2

BY PHONEPublic Booking Line01 677 8899 (from Aug 18,public opening hours below)Priority Booking Line01 673 0606 (from July 28,priority opening hours below)

OPENING HOURSPublic Booking PeriodMon – Thu: 9.30am – 7pmFri: 9.30am – 5.30pmSat: 10am – 5pmSun: 12noon – 3pm,(3, 10, 17 Oct only)Priority Booking PeriodMon – Fri: 10am – 6pm

PRIORITY BOOKINGFrom July 28 at 1pm. PriorityBooking is available online andover the phone (01 673 0606)from Mon – Fri 10am - 6pm forFriends of the Festival. Pleasesee page 21 for details on theFriends of the Festival.

CONCESSIONSConcessions are available in personfor senior citizens, actors’ equity,unwaged, and full-time studentswith appropriate ID.

GROUPSA group discount is available(to groups of 11+) to mostperformances. Please contactthe Box Office for details.

GIFT VOUCHERSGift vouchers are available atthe Festival Box Office in person,over the phone and online.

CAPTIONINGCaptioning is similar to televisionsubtitling and gives deaf, deafenedand hard of hearing people accessto live performance. The actors’words appear on a display unitwithin view of the stage at the sametime as they are spoken. Speakernames, sound effects and offstagenoises are also shown. A captionedperformance of No Child… ataxis: Ballymun will take place onSaturday Oct 16 at 8pm. Theseservices are provided by the Festivaland axis: Ballymun, and facilitatedby Arts & Disability Ireland withfunding from the Arts Council.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCEIf a member of your party is awheelchair user or needs specialassistance in the auditorium pleaseinform Box Office at the pointof booking.

PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!If you are picking up your ticketsat the venue’s Box Office on thenight, please ensure you do so 30minutes before show time. We willdo everything possible to ensureefficiency at the Box Office butFestival shows are busy and youmay need to queue. If you alreadyhave your tickets please arriveat the venue 15 minutes beforeshow time. Latecomers will notbe admitted and refunds are notavailable.

BOOKING FEESBooking fees are charged onphone sales at €2 per ticket andpartly help cover the costs of ourtemporary Box Office. Bookingfees can be avoided if ticketsare bought online, in person atthe Festival Box Office, or if youare a Friend of the Festival.

NO REFUND/EXCHANGEThe Festival has a policy of norefund or exchange on all ticketspurchased.

NOTEAll offers are subject toavailability, and all informationis correct at the time of goingto print. Management reservesthe right to change the cast orperformance in the event of anyunforeseen circumstances.

BOOKING01 677 8899/dublintheatrefestival.com

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PONYDANCE – WHERE DID IT ALL GO RIGHT?The madcap dance hit of last year’s Fringe returns forone night only as part of the ReViewed programme,presented in association with Culture Ireland and IrishTheatre Institute.

Oct 7, 10.30pm. Tickets €10

KALEIDOSCOPEOdessa Club’s monthly music soirée, which hasalready achieved cult status, presents a special late-night programme inspired, in part, by Festival artists.

Oct 12, 10pm. Tickets €8Info www.kaleidoscopenight.com

FESTIVAL MOVIE CLUBThroughout the Festival, the Odessa Club’s everpopular Movie Club will screen two movies suggestedby the Festival programme.

Tickets Free and ticketed on the door.Info www.odessaclub.ie

THE ODESSA SESSIONSFor the opening and closing Thursday nights duringthe Festival, radio media partner Phantom 105·2 willshowcase the best of new and emerging Irish artists.

Sept 30 & Oct 14, 8.30pm. Tickets €10Info www.odessaclub.ie

THE ODESSA CLUBLocated in the heart of the city centre, the OdessaClub has it all: a comfortable setting where memberscan eat, drink, network and party. If you are a smallor large party, the club caters for all; with intimatecorners to lose the night away in and two large eventrooms with a capacity of 200.

Admission to the Festival Club is restricted tosponsors, visiting companies, invited guests, andFriends of the Festival. For more information onFriends of the Festival, please see page 21. FestivalClub passes are required for entry.

Admission to the club events are ticketed by theOdessa Club and available to the general publicon 01 670 3080.

FESTIVAL CLUB


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At the heart of every Festival liesthe Festival Club. After immersingyourself in the world’s best theatre,this is where to go to unwind, eat,drink and most importantly, dance!

Now in our fourth year at theOdessa Club, we are thrilled topartner with the city’s most excitingartists on an eclectic range ofevents at the Festival Club. Keepan eye on the Festival website formore details.

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1. ABBEY THEATRE26 Lwr Abbey St, Dublin 101 878 7222www.abbeytheatre.ie

2. THE ARK, A CULTURAL CENTREFOR CHILDREN11a Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 201 670 7788www.ark.ie

3. AXIS: BALLYMUNMain St, Ballymun, Dublin 901 883 2100

4. CITY WALL SPACE,WOOD QUAY VENUECivic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8

5. CIVIC THEATRETallaght, Dublin 2401 462 7477

6. DRAÍOCHTThe Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 1501 885 2622www.draiocht.ie

7. DUBH LINN GARDEN, DUBLIN CASTLE2 Palace St, Dublin 2

8. FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE44 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 201 677 8899www.dublintheatrefestival.com

9. GAIETY THEATRE53/54 South King St, Dublin 201 677 1717www.ticketmaster.ie/www.gaietytheatre.ie

10. GATE THEATRECavendish Row, Parnell Sq, Dublin 101 874 4045/874 6042www.gatetheatre.ie

11. IRISH FILM INSTITUTE6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 201 679 3477www.ifi.ie

12. LIBERTY HALLEden Quay, Dublin 1

13. ST. MARY’S ABBEYMeeting House Lane, Mary’s Abbey(off Capel St) Dublin 1

14. THE NEW THEATRE43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

15. ODESSA CLUB13 Dame Ct, Dublin 201 670 3080

16. O’REILLY THEATREBelvedere College, 6 Great Denmark St,Dublin 1

17. PROJECT ARTS CENTRE39 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 201 881 9613www.projectartscentre.ie

18. SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRETrinity College, Dublin 2Sat/Sun after 6pm, enter throughNassau St entrance.01 896 2461(from Aug 30)

19. SMOCK ALLEY THEATREExchange St. Lwr, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

VENUES 2010 Tickets can be booked at the Festival BoxOffice or through the box office in theatreswhere numbers/websites are provided.Festival Box Office booking informationand booking fees are detailed on page 63.Venue box office booking fees vary andshould be confirmed directly with thevenue box office at the point of booking.

20. TEMPLE BAR GALLERY & STUDIOS5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2

21. DUBLIN UNITARIAN CHURCH112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2

22. THE WESTBURY HOTEL2 Grafton St. Dublin 2

23. WHELAN’S25 Wexford St. Dublin 2www.tickets.ie

PARKINGPark Rite is offering a special evening rateof €5 from 6pm onwards in all Park Ritecar parks listed below which convenientlyserve most of the Festival venues:

• Park Rite Christchurch Car Park(Werburgh St)

• Park Rite Drury Street Car Park(Drury St)

• Park Rite Fleet Street Car Park(Temple Bar)

• Park Rite IFSC Car Park• Park Rite Irish Life Car Park(Lwr Abbey St)

• Park Rite Parnell Centre Car Park(Parnell St)

• Park Rite Smithfield Car Park(Queen St)

Park Rite is the Official Parking Providerfor the Festival.

The following theatres have their own carparking facilities:

• axis: Ballymun• Civic Theatre• Draíocht• Gate Theatre

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Accommodation

The Festival is delighted to have theluxury hotels of The Doyle Collectionas our Official AccommodationProvider for this year’s Festival.Treat yourself to these amazingdeals which will also include ticketsto the Festival!

For further information on all special offers visit dublintheatrefestival.com

For further information visitdoylecollection.com

Student Rush

Willing to take a risk? Special offerstandby tickets of €15 may beavailable to students shortly beforethe show starts at all venues.

Just turn up, with valid ID 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets are limited to one per student.Availability will vary from show to show, is notguaranteed, and will be confirmed by the venueBox Office Manager on the night.

Festival Feeds

Festival Feeds is the perfect way tosample some of the best restaurantsin the city as exclusive menus willbe created at unbeatable prices forFestival goers.

Treat yourself to the best the city can offer at afraction of the price. Special promotional rates willbe available to Festival goers from a range of thecity’s best restaurants over the Festival period.Just mention Festival Feeds when booking to availof this special offer!

THE WESTBURY HOTELOvernight accommodation in a superior bedroomTwo course dinner plus a glass of house winein Café NovoFull Irish breakfast in Wilde – The RestaurantFrom €269

Booking +353 (0)1 679 [email protected]

THE CROKE PARK HOTELOvernight accommodation in a superior bedroomThree course dinner in The Sideline BistroFull Irish breakfast in The Sideline Bistro

From €159

Booking +353 (0)1 871 [email protected]

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TIMETABLE OF EVENTS

Gaiety Theatre

Gaiety Theatre

Gaiety Theatre

O’Reilly Theatre,Belvedere College

O’Reilly Theatre,Belvedere College

Project Arts Centre

Gate Theatre

Gate Theatre

Gate Theatre

Gate Theatre

Project Arts Centre

Abbey Theatre

Samuel Beckett Theatre

Samuel Beckett Theatre

Peacock StageAbbey Theatre

Main SpaceSmock Alley Theatre

Studio TheatreSmock Alley Theatre


Project Arts Centre

Project Arts Centre




Project Arts Centre

axis: Ballymun

Meeting Point:The Westbury Hotel


Civic Theatre

The Ark

Draíocht

Dubh Linn GardenDublin Castle

The Ark

The Ark

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Tue 28Show Page Venue Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 01 Sat 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 Tue 05

8.00pm 8.00pm8.00pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm

8.00pm8.00pm8.00pm3.00pm8.00pm

1.00pm6.00pm

3.00pm8.00pm

8.00pm2.30pm8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm

6.00pm 6.00pm4.00pm7.00pm

11.00am 11.00am

12.15pm6.00pm

12.00pm2.00pm4.00pm

2.00pm4.00pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm7.30pm2.30pm7.30pm

1.00pm6.00pm

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ENRON

CIRCA

THE SILVER TASSIE

T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

FACTORY 2

THE DANTON CASE

ENDGAME

WATT

CELEBRATION

BOSTON MARRIAGE

PHAEDRA

JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN

L’EFFET DE SERGE

THE REHEARSAL,PLAYING THE DANEB FOR BABY

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

INTERNAL

A GAME OF YOU

THE AUTHOR

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THE WONDERFUL WORLDOF HUGH HUGHESFloatingTHE WONDERFUL WORLDOF HUGH HUGHESStory Of A Rabbit

THE WONDERFUL WORLDOF HUGH HUGHES360DICIEMBRE

NO CHILD...

ACT WITHOUT WORDS II

UNA SANTA OSCURA

THE GIRL WHO FORGOTTO SING BADLYTHE GIRL WHO FORGOTTO SING BADLYTHE GIRL WHO FORGOTTO SING BADLYLAVA

LYING DOWN

GOODBYE MR. MUFFIN


Running OnPreview SchoolsPerformance

Wed 06 Thu 07 Fri 08 Sat 09 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Duration

2.30pm8.00pm

2.30pm8.00pm 8.00pm

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8.00pm2.00pm8.00pm 8.00pm8.00pm 8.00pm

12.15pm6.00pm

12.15pm6.00pm

12.15pm6.00pm

12.15pm6.00pm

11.00am 11.00am

2.00pm4.00pm

2.00pm4.00pm

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1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

9.30pm 9.30pm 9.30pm 9.30pm

8.00pm9.30pm

8.00pm9.30pm

8.00pm9.30pm

8.00pm9.30pm

10.00pm1.00pm 1.00pm

6.00pm

4.00pm

12.00pm 12.00pm3.00pm

7.30pm3.00pm2.30pm

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2hrs 15mins

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2hrs 30mins

2hrs 10mins

7hrs 30mins

2hrs 40mins

1hr 30mins

55mins

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7.30pm7.30pm

7.30pm2.30pm7.30pm

1.00pm6.00pm7.30pm7.30pm

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm2.30pm7.30pm

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

2.30pm8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm

2.30pm8.00pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

1 – 3.30pm6 – 8.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

2 – 4.30pm7 – 9.30pm

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7.30pm7.30pm2.30pm7.30pm 7.30pm

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2.30pm7.30pm

2.30pm7.30pm

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8.00pm 6.00pm10.00pm

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12.00pm12.00pm

Take a bow!

The arts really matter to us in Ireland; they are a big part of people’s lives, the country’s single most popular pursuit. Our artists interpret our past, define who we are today, and imagine our future. We can all take pride in the enormous reputation our artists have earned around the world. The arts play a vital role in our economy, and smart investment of taxpayers’ money in the arts is repaid many times over. The dividends come in the form of a high value, creative economy driven by a flexible, educated, innovative work force, and in a cultural tourism industry worth

2.4 billion directly a year. The Arts Council is the Irish Government agency for funding and developing the arts. Arts Council funding from the taxpayer, through the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, for 2010 is 69.15 million,that’s less than 1 a week for every household.

So, at the end of your next great theatre performance, don’t forget the role you played and take a bow yourself!

Find out what’s on at

www.events.artscouncil.ieYou can find out more about the arts here:

www.artscouncil.ie

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival44 East Essex StreetTemple Bar, Dublin 2

Bookings01 677 8899


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CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHYMatthew Thompson

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