Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival Programme 2010 by Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival

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Dublin Loves DRAMA Sept 30 – Oct 17, 2010

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IRISH THEATRE TRUST

BENEFIT NIGHTS

Peter Crowley

Irish Theatre Trust was revived by the Festival in 2010 to support, commission and develop works for the stage by Irish artists. We would like to thank the following patrons for their generous support of the Trust:

Every year a group of corporate and individual patrons support the Festival through their attendance at our Benefit Nights.

COUNCIL

Bobbie Bergin Michael Colgan Declan Collier Michael Collins Caroline Downey Garry Hynes Gabriel J. Moloney Gavin Quinn Gaby Smyth ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Founding Patrons Peter Crowley, FL Partners Denis Desmond Dermot Desmond Moya Doherty & John McColgan Denis O’Brien Rosaleen O’Kane

AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Loughlin Deegan DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME

Patrons Declan Collier & Jan Winter Gay Moloney

AND PRODUCTION

Stephen McManus

DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE

Shauna Lyons

Michael & Jane Collins Peter Crowley & Clodagh O’Brien Gay Moloney Vincent O’Doherty Andrew & Delyth Parkes Darren Roddy

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

PRODUCERS’ CLUB

Gemma Duke

Aisling Daly Carmel Naughton Anthony Mourek & Dr Karole Schafer

GENERAL MANAGER

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ADMINISTRATIVE/RESEARCH CO-ORDINATOR (until Sept 2010)

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Maeve Whelan FAMILY SEASON CURATOR

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FRIENDS’ COUNCIL

Gabrielle Croke – Chair Dearbhail Shannon – Deputy Chair Dympna Murray – Secretary Lilian Chambers Peg Colgan Vincent O’Doherty Andrew Parkes Darren Roddy Mary Stephenson Sari Winckworth

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CONTENTS 4

ENRON

Gaiety Theatre

THE RELISH OF LANGUAGE

Gate Theatre

CIRCA

Gaiety Theatre

PHAEDRA

ONTROEREND GOED TRILOGY

Smock Alley Theatre

Project Arts Centre

THE AUTHOR

ACT WITHOUT WORDS II Meeting Point: The Westbury Hotel

Project Arts Centre

UNA SANTA OSCURA Main Space at Smock Alley Theatre

THE SILVER TASSIE

Gaiety Theatre

JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN

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Project Arts Centre

Abbey Theatre

THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY Civic Theatre/The Ark/Draíocht

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

O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

L’EFFET DE SERGE

Samuel Beckett Theatre

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES

FAMILY SEASON

SPECIAL EVENTS

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

FACTORY 2

O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

THE REHEARSAL, PLAYING THE DANE

Samuel Beckett Theatre

THE DANTON CASE Project Arts Centre

DICIEMBRE Project Arts Centre

B FOR BABY Abbey Theatre on the Peacock stage

NO CHILD... axis: Ballymun

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A Headlong Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and Royal Court Theatre Production

ENRON By Lucy Prebble Directed by Rupert Goold

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

PANEL DISCUSSIONS The 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

Design Anthony Ward Lighting Design Mark Henderson Lyrics, Composition & Sound Design Adam Cork Video and Projection Design Jon Driscoll Choreography Scott Ambler Casting Director Joyce Nettles

“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 talked about show of 2010 lands in Dublin direct from an extended run in the West End.

EXHILARATION TEMPTATION GREED

In this energetic and exuberant production, one of the most infamous scandals in financial history is transposed into a unique theatrical experience. Inspired by real-life events and using music, movement and video, ENRON follows a group of flawed men and women in a narrative of greed and loss, reviewing the tumultuous 1990s and casting new light on 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), this uncompromising mix of political satire, modern morality and multimedia spectacle, gives an exhilarating answer to the sixty billion dollar question.

Presented in partnership with the British Council. Venue Gaiety Theatre Dates Oct 12 – 16 Matinées Oct 14 & 16

Contains strong language and a scene of a sexual nature.

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

Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm Price Range €15 – €40

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Duration 2hrs 15mins (incl. interval)

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Australia

Circa

CIRCA Directed by Yaron Lifschitz Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble.

IMMENSE

TALKING THEATRE Yaron Lifschitz and members of the company. Oct 1, Post-show 9.10pm (approx.)

ACROBATIC SEXY

Following a triumphant international tour including a sell-out run in Edinburgh, CIRCA comes to the Festival amidst a blaze of rave reviews and international public acclaim. A brand new creation that remixes three previous works which have wowed audiences at Galway Arts Festival in recent years, CIRCA is movement at its most adventurous and dangerous. Combining acrobatics, dance, light, sound and video, seven performers move from highly complex tumbling sequences, to fast-paced flashes of great intricacy. Using a powerful soundtrack ranging from Leonard Cohen to Aphex Twin, this marks a new kind of circus, at once poetic, sensual and immense. Circa’s signature style combines physical beauty, formidable circus skills and an integral use of sound, light and projection. By fusing contemporary dance with circus, combined with a mix of new technologies and theatrical flair, they have developed a style that eludes concrete definition. But what they do has amazed, astonished and thrilled audiences in over 18 countries around the world.

Venue Gaiety Theatre Dates Sept 30 – Oct 3 Times 7.30pm. Oct 3 4pm

Breathless and breathtaking – prepare to be astounded!

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

Price Range €20 – €35 Duration 1hr 35mins (incl. interval)

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Ireland

Druid

THE SILVER TASSIE By Seán O’Casey Directed by Garry Hynes

PASSION

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

MERRIMENT FEAR

This sweeping play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France and their 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 biggest ever company of actors – and welcomes back some Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty. Winner in 2009 of 12 major international theatre awards including Best 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 locally in Dublin.

Venue Gaiety Theatre

“A world-class company.” The Irish Times

Dates Oct 5 – 10 Matinées Oct 7 & 9 Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm Oct 10 2.30pm Illustration by Owen Smith

Price Range €10 – €35 Duration 2hrs 30mins (incl. interval)

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DISPLACEMENT FAITH ACCEPTANCE

POLSKI TEATR After three years of extensive planning, the Festival is delighted to present a major showcase of Polish work in Dublin. With significant support from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, this survey of contemporary Polish work will include productions from the master of European theatre Krystian Lupa (Factory 2), and two of his disciples Grzegorz Jarzyna (T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.), and Jan Klata (The Danton Case). The Festival, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, will also present Lost In Translation, a programme which will investigate contemporary Polish culture and its relationship with Ireland, featuring films, concerts, multi-media projects and a one-day symposium. For more information on Lost In Translation see page 60. In association with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute.

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EMBASSY OF POLAND IN DUBLIN

Poland

TR Warszawa

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

T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. Written and Directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna

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

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Music Jacek Grudzien´ and Piotr Dominski. ´ Set Design Magdalena Maciejewska Lighting Design Jacqueline Sobiszewski Cast Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Danuta Stenka, ´ Katarzyna Warnke, Jan Dravnel, Jan Englert, Rafał Mackowiak and Sebastian Pawlak. ´

“Coming tomorrow” is all the perplexing telegram says. For a wealthy industrialist and his family, it turns out to be a wildly inadequate warning of the irresistible force that is about to rip through their structured lives. In a hypnotic series of near-wordless scenes, a mysterious visitor will seduce 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 trailblazing multi award-winning Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna has crafted a poetic and provocative piece of theatre that takes its audience on an exquisite 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 and beyond. T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T., described as the standout work of the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival, is a hypnotically beautiful exploration of the social, political and religious ideologies which made Pasolini one of the revolutionary thinkers of his time.

Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College Dates Oct 1 – 4 Matinée Oct 2 Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm Oct 3 1pm & 6pm

A near wordless production performed in Polish with English surtitles.

PASSION

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

GUILT LIBERATION

Price Range €22 – €33 © Artur Rawicz

Duration 2hrs 10mins (no interval)

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Poland

National Stary Teatr, Kraków

FACTORY 2 Written and Directed by Krystian Lupa

UTOPIA

TALKING THEATRE Krystian Lupa in conversation.

COMMUNITY

Oct 7, 6pm. Project Arts Centre.

MANIPULATION

Dramaturgy Iga Ganczarczyk and Magda Stojowska. ´ Cast Piotr Skiba, Zbigniew W. Kaleta, Krzysztof Zawadzki, Adam Nawojczyk, Iwona Bielska, Sandra Korzeniak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Urszula Kiebzak, Piotrek Polak, Katarzyna Warnke, Bogdan Brzyski, Joanna Drozda, Małgorzata Zawadzka, Tomasz Wygoda, Łukasz Hołuj and Rafał Libner.

The Festival is delighted to welcome to Dublin for the first time one of Europe’s theatrical giants Krystian Lupa, with his monumental awardwinning production, Factory 2. This epic creation revolves around the bohemian glamour of the notorious Andy Warhol Project and his legendary 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 a period of utopia to a stark present day reality. With staggering sequences that are both beautiful, intoxicating and desperately sad, Warhol himself is portrayed 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 theatre is a profound meditation on the very process of making art. Honoured with the French Order of the Fine Arts and Humanities amongst a plethora of awards, Krystian Lupa is widely regarded as the patriarch of Polish theatre and sits amongst the great theatre directors in history. With Factory 2 – winner of the illustrious Europe Theatre Prize – the Festival is proud to present one of the most astonishing pieces of theatre Dublin may ever experience.

Performed in Polish with English surtitles. Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College Dates Oct 9 & 10 Times Oct 9 3.30pm, Oct 10 1pm Price €35 © Krzysztof Bieliński

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Duration 7hrs 30mins (incl. 2 intervals)

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Contains nudity, scenes of a sexual nature and strong language. Factory 2 will have two intervals, one of which is one hour long.

“People who have seen Krystian Lupa’s work speak of it in hushed awestruck tones. ‘He is a god’ is a phrase that crops up frequently.” The Boston Globe

Poland

Teatr Polski in Wrocław

THE DANTON CASE By Stanisława Przybyszewska In a version by Jan Klata

TERROR REVOLUTION

TALKING THEATRE Jan Klata in conversation Oct 13, Post-show 10.15pm (approx.)

VIRTUE

Directed by Jan Klata Dramaturgy Sebastian Majewski

The ‘enfant terrible’ of Polish Theatre, Jan Klata, crashes his way to the Festival with this truly anarchic, playful and idiosyncratic adaptation of a renowned Polish play on the French Revolution. Set in Paris in the 1790s during the tumultuous days of revolt, The Danton Case mischievously plots the downfall of leader Danton by his arch rival Robespierre. In Klata’s hands this classic play becomes a theatrically rebellious investigation of post-communist Poland, using an historical prism to explore current political woes. With badly fitting wigs, bosom-busting costumes and chainsaw-wielding choruses, we watch the fall of one of the great leaders of the Revolution, in a series of grotesque cabaret-like scenes to a thumping punk rock soundtrack. Winner of a staggering 25 awards worldwide including the Grand Prix at the Kontakt International Theatre Festival, The Danton Case is an electrifying and highly entertaining theatrical romp.

Performed in Polish with English surtitles. Venue Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) Dates Oct 13 – 16 Matinee Oct 16

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

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

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm Price Range €22 – €33 Duration 2hrs 40mins (no interval)

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Ireland

Gate Theatre

THE RELISH OF LANGUAGE

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

TALKING THEATRE Michael Colgan in conversation with Lady Antonia Fraser. Oct 10, 4pm.

Beckett ENDGAME Directed by Alan Stanford Cast David Bradley and Owen Roe.

ENDGAME Opens Oct 14 Preview Oct 13 Matinée Oct 16

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

Times 7.30pm. Matinée 3pm Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval)

INSPIRATIONAL MASTERFUL UNIQUE

Dates Oct 8 & 9, 15 – 17

Directed by Tom Creed

Preview Oct 7

Cast Barry McGovern

Matinée Oct 17 Times Oct 7, 15 & 16 10pm, Oct 8 8pm, Oct 9 6pm. Matinée 3pm Duration 55mins (no interval)

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WATT

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

Ireland

Gate Theatre

BECOME A FRIEND CELEBRATION Dates Oct 6 – 10 Preview Oct 5 Matinée Oct 9 Times Oct 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 8pm

Pinter CELEBRATION Directed by Wayne Jordan

Oct 8 10pm. Matinée 2pm Duration 1hr (no interval)

BOSTON MARRIAGE Dates Sept 30 – Oct 3 Preview Sept 29 Matinées Oct 2 & 3 Times 8pm. Matinées 3pm

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

Mamet BOSTON MARRIAGE Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks

Duration 2hrs (incl. interval)

Boston Marriage, David Mamet’s classic comedy of manners, takes us into the world of two friends living on society’s fringe. As they articulate their skewed perceptions of life, the language ignites into deliciously vicious banter as we witness their jealousy, fear and desperation for love. Venue Gate Theatre Price Each play €27

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SELECTED READINGS Dates Oct 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 & 17 Times Oct 2, 3 & 10 6pm Oct 9 4pm Oct 16 & 17 5.30pm Price €10 Duration 1hr (no interval)

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

Selected Readings Central to the season will be a series of weekend readings which will feature excerpts from other works by the three playwrights. By presenting their writings side by side, these readings will highlight the symmetry and the relationship between their work while also exploring the playwrights’ use of language..

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Ireland

Rough Magic

PHAEDRA In a new version by Hilary Fannin and Ellen Cranitch. Directed by Lynne Parker

LUST

TALKING THEATRE Ellen Cranitch, Hilary Fannin and

TYRANNY

Lynne Parker in conversation.

Cast includes Stephen Brennan, Michèle Forbes, Sarah Greene, Darragh Kelly, Gemma Reeves and Catherine 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

Rough Magic returns to the Festival with this hugely anticipated new show, which probes the forbidden desires lurking within an exceptionally volatile family.

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

FATE

The timeless story of Phaedra’s dark obsession with her stepson is placed in a contemporary Ireland that has become a fertile playing field for the capricious gods. Racine’s masterpiece of the French theatre – itself drawn from Euripides – and themes from the baroque score of Rameau’s operatic response to this mythic tale, have provided the springboard for a dynamic collaboration between writer Hilary Fannin and composer/musician Ellen Cranitch. Through Fannin’s scathing humour, Rough Magic’s powerful production explores the extremities of passion, and the psychology of a doomed family in its attempts to outwit fate. The music is performed live by an ensemble of Ireland’s leading musicians, under the inspired direction of 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 Price Range €20 – €30 © Patrick Redmond

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

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

Ireland

Abbey Theatre

Henrik Ibsen’s

JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN In a new version by Frank McGuinness Directed by James Macdonald

PRIDE

Set Design Tom Pye Lighting Design Jean Kalman Costume Design Joan Bergin Sound Design Ian Dickinson Cast Cathy Belton, Lindsay Duncan, John Kavanagh, Amy Molloy, Marty Rea, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw and Joan Sheehy.

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

DISGRACE

But now, disgraced and destitute after a financial scandal and jail, the former director of the bank paces out each day, alone in an upstairs room, planning his comeback. Downstairs his wife Gunhild lives a parallel life, plotting for their son to restore the family’s reputation. The claustrophobia of their lives is shattered once and for all with the arrival of Gunhild’s twin sister Ella, the woman whose love Borkman gave away...

Venue Abbey Theatre Opens Oct 13 Previews Oct 6 – 12 Matinée Oct 16 Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2pm Price Range €18 – €40 Duration 2hrs 40mins (approx. incl. Interval)

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

France

Philippe Quesne/Vivarium Studio

“This 80-minute slice of behavioral comedy and low-tech spectacle comes as a gust of fresh air.”

L’EFFET DE SERGE

Time Out New York

Conceived, Directed and Designed by Philippe Quesne With Gaëtan Vourc’h, Isabelle Angotti, Rodolphe Auté and local guests. TALKING THEATRE Phillippe Quesne and members of the company. Oct 14, Post-show 8.45pm (approx).

CREATIVITY SOCIABILITY ISOLATION

On Sunday afternoons in his living room, Serge presents miniature performances for small groups of friends. Using low-tech special effects and a lovingly chosen soundtrack, these home-grown spectacles inadvertently communicate the very nature of art and the human desire to create it. In these delightful micro dramas, one somewhat eccentric man demonstrates how the simplest object, the merest gesture, can produce wonder. French theatre maker Philippe Quesne has fast developed a significant international reputation and his work now comes to Dublin following runs around the world from New York to Brazil. L’Effet de Serge humorously investigates the implicit futility in our daily routines and the magic that can be found in the ordinary. It promises to be one of the most charming and funny shows in this year’s Festival.

Co-produced with ménagerie de verre, Paris with the support of Le Forum/Scène conventionnée de Blanc-Mesnil and Festival actOral montévidéo, Marseille. Performed in English. Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Dates Oct 13 – 17 Times 7.30pm. Oct 17 3pm

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Price Range €25 – €30 Duration 1hr 15mins (no interval)

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Ireland

Pan Pan

THE REHEARSAL, PLAYING THE DANE Text Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by Gavin Quinn Designed by Aedín Cosgrove

TRUTHFUL FEARLESS

TALKING THEATRE Gavin Quinn and members of the company. Oct 7, Post-show 10pm (approx.)

FAKE

There’s something strange in the neighbourhood of contemporary Denmark. Who are you going to call? That is the question. In Pan Pan’s purgatorial presentation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, you the audience are faced with a choice: who is going to be, or not be, Hamlet? Actors compete to play the title role but as we enter the graveyard world 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, is a man caught between the ages. He knows the old is obsolete, yet the new age has barbarian features he cannot stomach. But if he gets chosen to play the Dane, he’s going to have to – funeral meats and all.

Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Dates Oct 5 – 10 Previews Oct 1 – 3

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

‘I ain’t afraid of no ghost’ – Hamlet

Matinée Oct 9 Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm Oct 10 3pm Price Range €20 – €30 Duration 2hrs 30mins (approx. incl. interval)

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

Ireland

Abbey Theatre

B FOR BABY By Carmel Winters

Directed by Mikel Murfi Set and Costume Design Sabine Dargent

DESIRE

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

INNOCENCE

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 auld curls”. All of them want their own place in the world. And if they can’t find it, they’ll create one of their own…

JEALOUSY

Join B and D in the care home where they are residents, and where Mrs C is a carer, on their special – “very fecking special” – journey towards happiness. A world première, presented by the Abbey Theatre, B for Baby is a sharp-witted new play that tenderly touches the taboo and invites you to 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 Price Range €18 – €25 Duration 1hr 30mins (approx. no interval)

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Belgium

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

The Festival is delighted to welcome back one of the leaders of Europe’s experimental performance scene Ontroerend Goed to Dublin after stunning audiences at last year’s sell-out show Once And For All We’re Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up And Listen. Challenge your expectations as the boundaries between audience and performer are blurred in this visionary award-winning trilogy in which productions can be enjoyed together or on their own. Please note that all three productions are highly challenging and interactive and may contain material which some may find disturbing.

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE Directed by Sophie De Somere and Joeri Smet. Cast Alexander Devriendt, Aurélie Lannoy, Nicolaas Leten, Sophie De Somere, and Kristof Coenen. Music Sebastian Omerson

Venue Main Space at Smock Alley Theatre Dates Sept 30 – Oct 3

PANEL DISCUSSION

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

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Price €15

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

Duration 30mins (approx. no interval)

See Special Events Pages 53-59.

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GRATIFY INVIGORATE CONFRONT Enter a titillating world of scents and sounds, sharpen your instincts and allow yourself to lose control. Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as all your pleasures, fears, desires and memories are confronted. This intense and intimate experience bridges the point where performance art meets theatre. Everyone will have a unique response – but leaves feeling ultimately exhilarated. Winning the Scotsman Fringe First and the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Production, this exceptional production comes to Dublin after taking the world’s festivals by storm.

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

As part of a major thematic strand this year, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?, the Festival will turn the mirror around and shine a light on you, the audience, looking at the changing role of the audience in contemporary theatre. With Ontroerend Goed’s three immersive theatrical creations, Tim Crouch’s The Author, and young Irish rising director Úna McKevitt’s 565+, the Festival is delighted to present five extraordinary shows that reveal an entirely new approach to how theatre is being presented now.

Ontroerend Goed in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

Belgium

Ontroerend Goed in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

INTERNAL

Ontroerend Goed in co-production with Battersea Arts Centre and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

A GAME OF YOU

Created by Alexander Devriendt, Sophie De Somere, Aurélie Lannoy, Nicolaas Leten and Joeri Smet.

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

EXPOSURE

INTIMACY

COMPETE ALIENATE TRUST

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 a performance that invites you to leave the beaten tracks of traditional theatre and surrender to an intimate, individual experience. Drinks are offered, mandolins are playing and eyes meet as the conversation deepens. The question is: can you build up a meaningful relationship with a stranger in 25 minutes?

Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

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

Dates Oct 6 – 10 Times Oct 6 – 8, every half hour from 1pm – 3.30pm & 6pm – 8.30pm Oct 9 & 10, every half hour from 2pm – 4.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm

Rest assured, they are wrong. These strangers are players with sincere intentions 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.

Performed in English. Venue Main Space at Smock Alley Theatre Dates Oct 13 – 17

Performed in English. Contains nudity.

Price €15 Duration 30mins (approx. no interval)

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

Times Oct 13 – 15, every half hour from 1pm – 3.30pm & 6pm – 8.30pm Oct 16 & 17, every half hour from 2pm – 4.30pm & 7pm – 9.30pm Price €15

“An experience not to be missed.” The Independent

Duration 30mins (approx. no interval)

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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, the Province of East-Flanders and the City of Ghent. In cooperation with Vooruit, KC België and Inkonst. See all three shows for €36!

CONNECTION

Ireland

news from nowhere/ The Royal Court Theatre Production

Úna McKevitt

THE AUTHOR

565+

By Tim Crouch

Cast Marie O’Rourke Lighting and Set Design Ciarán O’Melia Costume Design Kiki Beamish Creative Producer Áine Beamish

BRITTLE OPTIMISTIC

TALKING THEATRE Tim Crouch and members of the company. Oct 17, Post-show 2.20pm (approx.)

PANEL DISCUSSION WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? Oct 16, 1pm – 2.30pm, Project Arts Centre. See Special Events Pgs 53-59.

“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 and exploitation. Laugh with the actors, tap your feet to the music, take a chocolate, turn to your neighbour. You’re here. The Festival is delighted to welcome back Tim Crouch who captivated Dublin with his sell-out hit ENGLAND in 2008. Performed within its audience, it tells the story of another play: a shocking and abusive play written by a playwright called Tim Crouch who oversteps the line. The Author is a highly original and terrifyingly seductive journey into the horror of our mediated world.

Contains material that may be disturbing. Recommended for ages18+. Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube) Dates Oct 12 – 17 Times 9.30pm. Oct 16 6pm & 9.30pm Oct 17 1pm

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

LOSS SURVIVAL HOPE

TALKING THEATRE Marie O'Rourke and Úna McKevitt in conversation. Oct 2, Post-show 7pm (approx.)

PANEL DISCUSSION WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? Oct 16, 1pm – 2.30pm, Project Arts Centre. See Special Events Pgs 53-59.

Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube) Dates Sept 30 – Oct 3 Previews Sept 28 & 29 Times 6pm. Oct 3 4pm & 7pm

Price Range €20 – €30

Price Range €15 – €20

Duration 1hr 20mins (no interval)

Duration 1hr (approx. no interval)

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565+ is about survival. There comes a time in all our lives when we look for help, when we reach crisis, when we will try anything that helps. For some it is therapy, for others it is medication. For Marie O’Rourke it is the theatre. Marie O’Rourke is a school teacher who began attending the theatre seven years ago on the advice of her doctor. Since then she has seen over 565 plays. Marie credits the theatre with saving her life. Following the success of her sell-out show Victor and Gord, Úna McKevitt continues her practice of making theatre from everyday life, and illustrates how the celebration of theatre can enable us, the audience, to express our longings and needs with dignity and humour, 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. “★★★★★ McKevitt and her compatriots have crafted a piece of theatre that artfully celebrates the everyday and finds unexpected resonance in the simplest of exchanges.” Irish Theatre Magazine on Victor and Gord

VULNERABLE

Directed by Karl James and a smith. Music and Sound Ben Ringham and Max Ringham. Lighting Matt Drury Cast Tim Crouch, Chris Goode, Vic Llewellyn and Esther Smith.

Conceived and Directed by Úna McKevitt

Hoipolloi

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES Created and performed by Hugh Hughes and friends

ILLUMINATING

FLOATING Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

REFRESHING

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

ECCENTRIC

Price Range €22 – €25 Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval)

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STORY OF A RABBIT

“★★★★ Mesmerising… an extraordinary sight, hilarious yet touching in the human fragility it conveys…”

“★★★★ This is heartfelt and insightful stuff… Highly recommended.”

“★★★★ One of the most magical journeys.”

Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre Dates Oct 13, 16 & 17 Times Oct 13 6pm. Oct 16 & 17 5pm

360, Financial Times

Price Range €22 – €25 Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval)

Story of a Rabbit, Evening Standard

For full festival timetable see page 70

Floating, The Guardian

360 Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre Dates Oct 12, 16 & 17 Times Oct 12 6pm. Oct 16 9.30pm. Oct 17 8pm Price Range €22 – €25 Duration 1hr 20mins (no interval)

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

FLOATING The remarkable story about the day when the Isle of Anglesey floated away 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 RABBIT When Hugh finds his neighbour’s rabbit lying dead in his garden, the only sensible thing to do is to put it in a box. But it doesn’t fit. As he puzzles over what to do with the body he starts to wonder how much of life disappears once we die…

360 A story about friendship and sharing just about everything. Hugh returns to 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 to ask some big questions about fantasy, first loves and bottling things up.

For full festival timetable see page 70 © John Baucher

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The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes was co-commissioned by Barbican bite10. For more on Hugh Hughes, see Special Events pages 53-59.

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Chile

USA

Teatro en el Blanco

Barrow Street Theatre in association with axis: Ballymun

DICIEMBRE

NO CHILD...

Written and Directed by Guillermo Calderón

By Nilaja Sun Directed by Hal Brooks Cast Nilaja Sun

Cast Trinidad González, Jorge Becker and Mariana Muñoz.

RIVALRY FAMILY

CONFLICT

INJUSTICE INTELLIGENCE INSPIRATION

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

TALKING THEATRE

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

Oct 15, Post-show 9.20pm (approx.)

Nilaja Sun in conversation.

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 York City’s public education system. Her lightning-quick portrayals of the many characters inhabiting the city’s school structure – including teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors and security guards – provide a touching and humorous examination of the universal challenges facing education everywhere. Offering hope and belief in a better, more caring society, this multi award-winning production is a highly original and inspiring work from an extraordinary performer.

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

Performed in Spanish with English surtitles. Venue axis: Ballymun

Contains strong language. Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube) Dates Oct 6 – 10

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

Times 9.30pm. Oct 10 4pm Price Range €22 – €25

Dates Oct 13 – 16 Preview Oct 12 Matinée Oct 14 Times 8pm. Matinée 2pm

Proudly supported by

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

Price Range €18 – €22

Duration 1hr 15mins (no interval)

Duration 1hr 10mins (no interval)

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A captioned performance will take place on Oct 16, 8pm. “Sun brings us not her world but the world... Sun and Brooks provide an object lesson in what should not be missing from any life curriculum: hope.” The New Yorker

ZEAL SCORN DESIRE

REVIEWED ReViewed is a showcase initiative of Culture Ireland, Irish Theatre Institute and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. This curated programme will be presented during the Festival to an invited delegation of international programmers and presenters from key festivals and venues worldwide. ReViewed offers an opportunity to promote Irish theatre as well as reviving successful Irish work for Festival audiences. This year four very different Irish productions from the last 12 months will be presented. A stirring permutation of sound and visuals Una Santa Oscura; one of Samuel Beckettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most versatile plays, Act Without Words II is taken to the streets; and a show for all the family, the joyful The Girl Who Forgot To Sing Badly, will travel to three different venues as part of the Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing commitment to bring theatre where you live. To top it all off the irreverent Ponydance will perform their outrageous hit Where Did It All Go Right? late night at the Odessa Club (see page 65).

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Ireland

Company SJ

Ireland

ACT WITHOUT WORDS II

UNA SANTA OSCURA Music by Ian Wilson Directed by Tom Creed

By Samuel Beckett

REVIEWED A showcase of successful Irish productions restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute.

MOVING POWERFUL With two contrasting characters living in separate sacks, Act Without Words 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 famous theatres, in the present day with all the problems of homelessness and drug addiction, this play resonates with a power that is both chilling and all too familiar. Following its runaway success at the 2009 Absolut Fringe, Scaife’s expertise in movement, and intimate experience of the subject matter, makes Beckett’s Act Without Words II a stirring, provocative piece which is performed by Raymond Keane (Barabbas Theatre Company) and Bryan Burroughs (The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actor 2009), two of Ireland’s most talented physical theatre artists.

Meeting Point The Westbury Hotel

Please note that this performance is staged outdoors – appropriate dress recommended.

Dates Oct 6 – 9 Times 8pm & 9.30pm

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

Performed by Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin) Stage, Lighting and Costume Design Ciarán O’Melia Video Design Jack Phelan

SOLITUDE MEMORY HEARTBREAK

REVIEWED A showcase of successful Irish

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

productions restaged in partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute.

TALKING THEATRE Tom Creed and Ian Wilson in conversation. Oct 10, Post-show 1.45pm (approx.)

This multi-sensory performance is a collaboration between some of the most exciting artists in contemporary Irish music and theatre. Originally inspired by the life and music of 12th century visionary Hildegard of Bingen, this evocative combination of sound and visuals creates a tangible sense of a life explored on stage. Like an opera without singers, this meditative and moving wordless performance combines virtuoso violin with a haunting electronic soundscape. Created by leading Irish composer Ian Wilson, performed by acclaimed violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, and directed by rising star Tom Creed, Una Santa Oscura delves into one woman's solitude and loss, creating a truly original and memorable experience.

Venue Main Space at Smock Alley Theatre Dates Oct 8 – 10 Times Oct 8 10pm. Oct 9 1pm Oct 10 1pm & 6pm

Price €15

Price Range €20 – €25

Duration 30mins (no interval)

Duration 45mins (no interval)

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

SIMPLE © Aedin Cosgrove

Directed by Sarah Jane Scaife

Playgroup and Ian Wilson in association with Project Arts Centre

Ireland

The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children in association with Theatre Lovett

THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY By Finegan Kruckemeyer Directed by Lynne Parker Performed by Louis Lovett

DARING

Set Design Paul O’Mahoney Lighting Design Sinéad Wallace Costume Design Joan O’Clery Sound and Music Design Carl Kennedy Producer Muireann Ahern

RIOTOUS INSPIRED

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

REVIEWED

Venue Civic Theatre

A showcase of successful

Dates Oct 4 & 5

Irish productions restaged in

Price €10

partnership with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute.

Venue The Ark Dates Oct 7 – 10

FESTIVAL ON TOUR

Price €10

Theatre where you live.

Schools €6.50

Peggy O’Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all the while Peggy sings with the voice of an angel – a grossly unfortunate angel, who can’t sing at all. But one day work stops working, and the jobs stop coming, and Peggy steps 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 an untamed adventure that crosses snowy lands and wild seas. Through one plucky little girl, we learn about love, loss, the reassurance of goats, and the courage to sing gloriously on or off-key.

Booking and Information Please see the grid at the back of the brochure for times and a breakdown of school/public performances. All schools should contact the venue box offices directly. Tickets for all public performances are available from Festival and venue box offices. Box Office details on page 66.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the combined, celebrated talents of director Lynne Parker, performer Louis Lovett and playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer.

Age 7+ Venue Draíocht

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

Dates Oct 14 & 15 Price €5 Duration 55mins (no interval)

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LOVE PATIENCE STRENGTH

FAMILY SEASON Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, team up once again to present a season of acclaimed international productions for families. Hear the 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 your wildest dreams. As always, the Family Season, whether you’re little or not, will enthral, delight and entertain.

BOOKING AND INFORMATION Please 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 Box Office. Please see the grid at the back of the brochure for times and a breakdown of school/public performances. 48 49

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Belgium

Netherlands

Studio ORKA

BonteHond

LYING DOWN

LAVA Concept Studio ORKA Cast Ilse De Koe, Brenda Bertin and Dominique Van Malder.

Concept and Direction Noël Fischer Cast Feike Looyen, Paméla Menzo and Charlene Schmeltz. Music Jolle Roelofs

THRILLING

JOYOUS

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

When you’re lying on your back, the world looks, sounds and smells totally different… Three cheeky sisters live in a magic house, a house where nothing is what it seems and sometimes the most unlikely things come alive! Lying Down is about small fears, big dreams and the power of imagination. An enchanting, thrilling fairytale for everyone who loves exciting bedtime stories, wild goodnight songs and a little magic in their life.

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

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

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

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

Age 6+

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

Age 5+

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

Dates Oct 1 – 3

Dates Oct 14 – 17

Duration 55mins (no interval)

Duration 50mins (no interval)

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

DARING

DREAMY

CHARMING

MAGICAL

Denmark

Teater Refleksion and De Røde Heste

SPECIAL EVENTS

GOODBYE MR. MUFFIN

IN DEVELOPMENT The Festival will again provide audiences with an opportunity to see major Irish theatrical works in development before they reach full production on the stage – possibly in future Festival programmes. Presented by some of Ireland’s leading theatre companies, In Development will feature rehearsed readings, open rehearsals and semi-staged performances.

GENTLE

Man of Valour

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

SILENT

Fishamble Silent

TENDER

Venue Project Arts Centre

POIGNANT

Time 1pm

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

Date Oct 7

THE BLUE BOY Venue Temple Bar Gallery & Studios Date Oct 7

Once Mr. Muffin was young, strong and proud, but now is old, grey and 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 tells the charming and uplifting story about the last days in the life of a much loved guinea pig. It was awarded Best Children’s Theatre Performance 2005/06 by the Association of Danish Theatre Societies, and is sure to warm your heart.

Time 5pm

THE MINISTRY OF DELIVERANCE Venue Project Arts Centre Date Oct 9 Time 11.30am

Age 6+ MAN OF VALOUR

“★★★★★ Children’s theatre at its best.” The Scotsman Venue The Ark Dates Oct 11 – 13 Duration 35mins (no interval)

Venue Project Arts Centre Date Oct 8 Time 1pm

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Directed by Jim Culleton Following the unstoppable success of Forgotten (over 40 Irish venues, 8 European countries and 3 US cities), Fishamble and Pat Kinevane combine forces again on a very special new work. In Silent Corkonian down-but-not-out romantic Tino McGoldrick explores the wounds of his past through the golden era of Rudolph Valentino.

Brokentalkers The Blue Boy Directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan Brokentalkers latest project deals with the experiences of men and women who were incarcerated as children in catholic residential care institutions. Using recorded interviews, live performance, music and film, The Blue Boy attempts to give fresh theatrical voice to recently revealed stories of childhood abuse in Ireland.

Richard Wakely presents The Ministry Of Deliverance Written and Directed by Conall Morrison Attending the exorcism of a house leads a group of old friends to question everything they thought they could believe in. A fierce but funny look at faith in contemporary Ireland.

The Corn Exchange Man of Valour Developed by Michael West, Annie Ryan and Paul Reid A heart-pumping, almost wordless, one-man action movie based on the interior life of a Walter Mitty-like office drone, whose internal adrenaline-filled alternative universe threatens to take over his everyday reality. Performed by Paul Reid.

Dates Sept 30 – Oct 17 Times 10am – 6pm daily with performances most evenings. Participation Fee €250 (including at least 15 shows and all workshops and talks) Closing date Aug 27 5pm Further info www.theatreforumireland.com

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Presented in association with Theatre Forum.

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

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

THE NEXT STAGE

The Smartest Men in the Room? THE SMARTEST MEN IN THE ROOM? Venue Gaiety Theatre Date Oct 15 Time 5.30pm – 7pm NO WAY TO DO BUSINESS

Addressing issues raised by Lucy Prebble’s ENRON, leading Irish and international commentators and activists, discuss the implications and opportunities for a New World Order presented by the recent turbulence in the World economy.

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

Venue Gaiety Theatre Date Oct 16 Time 5.30pm – 7pm

Supported by Irish Theatre Trust.

PROJECT BRAND NEW – THE MAGIC IF

No Way To Do Business Building on the The Smartest Men in the Room? discussion, business leaders and campaigners-for-change discuss the ethical, environmental and social responsibilities of supernational companies in an increasingly globalised world.

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

In a world of budgets, deadlines, and designs, the spark of imagination can falter. Project Brand New wants to delve into the dreams of our theatre makers and find out where it all starts… © Viktor Cibulka

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

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

Venue The New Theatre Date Oct 16 Times Hourly from 2pm – 7pm with tea and cake. Price €2 per hour at the door – no advance booking.

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

Supported by Irish Theatre Trust.

PROJECT BRAND NEW – THE MAGIC IF

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

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? Venue Project Arts Centre Date Oct 16 Time 1pm – 2.30pm

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DRAMA IN THE AIR Thomas Kilroy

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival in association with RTÉ Radio Drama 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 radio followed by an airing of their recent works for RTÉ.

Stories from an Invisible Town

IN THE GARDEN OF THE ASYLUM

STORIES FROM AN INVISIBLE TOWN

Venue The New Theatre

In The Garden Of The Asylum

Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre

Date Oct 5

By Thomas Kilroy

Date Oct 14

Time 1pm – 2.30pm IAN REALLY LIKES MARY Venue The New Theatre Date Oct 12

Time 8pm

How I Got Here

HOW I GOT HERE

“I can’t believe this”, says Hugh, “they’re making a documentary about me and the journey I’m on”. Why not watch it with him? He’ll be staying for questions afterwards.

Ian Really Likes Mary By Gary Mitchell

Venue Studio Theatre at Smock Alley Theatre Date Oct 15

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

Time 1pm – 2.30pm

Time 6pm

YELLOW

Venue St. Mary’s Abbey (off Capel Street) Dates Sept 30 – Oct 5 Times 6pm – 10pm. Visitors are free to come and go throughout the performance.

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This powerful live performance draws all the power of the past into the visceral present in a collective experience of endurance on the border between performance art and theatre. These events are free and not ticketed.

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

YELLOW

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

THEATRE CENSORSHIP CONFERENCE

Featuring Olwen Fouéré, Deirdre Roycroft, Victoria McCormack, Ann Maria Healy, Anna Berdston and Amanda Coogan. A woman dressed in a large yellow dress, continuously washes her enormous skirt in a bucket of soap water over 4 hours, to the intermittent strains of a piano composition by Franz Schubert. Originally authored by the performance artist Amanda Coogan, Yellow examines the frail and yet indomitable nature of the human spirit, and will be interpreted individually by six women over consecutive days.

Hugh wants to find a way of creating his next show with an audience. All he needs is for you to come along to help. Join him in his rehearsal room.

THEATRE CENSORSHIP CONFERENCE Venue Various Venues Dates Sept 30 – Oct 2 Further info www.dublintheatrefestival.com Booking www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/tcs/

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OPEN HOUSE Application Form

OPEN HOUSE

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

YOUNG CRITICS’ PANEL Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre

YOUNG CRITICS’ PANEL

Time 12pm

With the support of Ulster Bank, the Festival is delighted to continue

Date Oct 10

this access initiative designed to ensure everybody can enjoy world-

Price Free

class theatre, irrespective of their social or financial circumstances.

Further info www.nayd.ie

Open House offers significantly reduced ticket prices for selected

The National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD) presents the Young Critics’ Panel involving young people from youth theatres around Ireland. This will provide a platform for youth theatre members to discuss and articulate their views on selected Festival productions. Chaired by Karen Fricker.

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 House participants, on a first-come first-served basis.

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ FORUM Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Date Oct 14 Time 4pm – 6pm Price Free Further info www.irishtheatremagazine.ie

IRISH THEATRE INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE EXCHANGE

ABSOLUT FRINGE 2010

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ FORUM In association with Irish Theatre Magazine. Irish Theatre Magazine hosts its annual International Critics' Forum, at which leading theatre critics from home and abroad offer lively discussion 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 2010

Dates Sept 11 – 26

IRISH THEATRE INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL THEATRE EXCHANGE Venue Various Venues Dates Oct 7 – 9 Further info www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie

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Since its inception in 1994, Irish Theatre Institute has led the way in international networking and promotion for Irish theatre companies and artists. This year ITI will present its 17th annual International Theatre Exchange – a three day gathering of influential international presenters and producers who will meet with Irish companies and artists that have work ‘ready for export’ or, who are working on projects with an attractive international dimension. Comprising one-to-one meetings, pitching sessions, panel discussions, networking events, showcase and in-development performances, this event is a must for all Irish producers of professional theatre who have an eye to international platforms. In the past two years alone, as a result of this 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?

Further info www.fringefest.com

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Dublin Fringe Festival’s 16th outing will, as always, present work by the new and the next, the bold and the daring, the young and the restless. From its opening weekend outdoor spectacle to the closing night awards ceremony, you won’t be able to miss the carefully curated programme of work that will entertain, inspire and provoke. Among the best of new Irish 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 from August 18.

LOST IN TRANSLATION Building on the Polski Teatr season, Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival in partnership with various arts organisations, presents a city-wide celebration of contemporary Polish culture and investigation of the cultural impact of migration.

Zero

Venue Liberty Hall

Małe Instrumenty & Mariusz Wilczynski ´

Venue IFI

Death of Civility

Date Oct 15

Music for Mariusz Wilczynski’s Films ´

Dates Oct 15 – 17

New Polish Cinema at the IFI

Presented in association with ArtPolonia.

Times and further info www.dublintheatrefestival.com www.ifi.ie

Time 8pm Price €15 Booking www.dublintheatrefestival.com

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

Booking www.ifi.ie

Venue Whelan’s

Chrysanthemums and the Full Moon Venue Dublin Unitarian Church.

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

Chopin Balkan Style – Sarakina in Dublin

Date Sept 30 Time 7.30pm

´ Male Insturmenty & Mariusz Wilczynski

Reflecting issues addressed in the Polish shows in the Festival, the IFI and the Festival are delighted to present a season of new Polish cinema, 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 the effect Poland’s extraordinary political transformations through the 20th century have had on its citizens.

Booking www.tickets.ie

Sarakina, a group of young, classically-trained musicians, will perform their latest Chopin-inspired album Fryderykata - marking the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Chopin.

Venue City Wall Space, Wood Quay Venue

Lost and Found in Translation

Price €10

Date Oct 12 Time 6pm Price Free and not ticketed Further Info www.dublintheatrefestival.com www.irelandliterature.com www.poetryireland.ie

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

Date Oct 16 Time 10am – 4pm Price Free but advance registration required Booking www.fomacs.org

The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) and Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival present a day-long symposium exploring the cultural and creative impact of immigration in Ireland and the role and responsibilities of artists and arts organisations in achieving social justice in the context of transcultural dialogue.

Lost In Translation is presented with the support of

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BOOKING 01 677 8899/dublintheatrefestival.com OPENS Public Booking August 18, 9.30am Priority Booking July 28, 1pm ONLINE www.dublintheatrefestival.com CALL IN Festival Box Office 44 East Essex Street Temple Bar Dublin 2 BY PHONE Public Booking Line 01 677 8899 (from Aug 18, public opening hours below) Priority Booking Line 01 673 0606 (from July 28, priority opening hours below) OPENING HOURS Public Booking Period Mon – Thu: 9.30am – 7pm Fri: 9.30am – 5.30pm Sat: 10am – 5pm Sun: 12noon – 3pm, (3, 10, 17 Oct only) Priority Booking Period Mon – Fri: 10am – 6pm

Lights, camera, action! Terminal 2 – Opening this November. DAA looks forward to welcoming you to your new terminal.

PRIORITY BOOKING From July 28 at 1pm. Priority Booking is available online and over the phone (01 673 0606) from Mon – Fri 10am - 6pm for Friends of the Festival. Please see page 21 for details on the Friends of the Festival.

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CONCESSIONS Concessions are available in person for senior citizens, actors’ equity, unwaged, and full-time students with appropriate ID. GROUPS A group discount is available (to groups of 11+) to most performances. Please contact the Box Office for details. GIFT VOUCHERS Gift vouchers are available at the Festival Box Office in person, over the phone and online.

PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME! If you are picking up your tickets at the venue’s Box Office on the night, please ensure you do so 30 minutes before show time. We will do everything possible to ensure efficiency at the Box Office but Festival shows are busy and you may need to queue. If you already have your tickets please arrive at the venue 15 minutes before show time. Latecomers will not be admitted and refunds are not available.

BOOKING FEES Booking fees are charged on CAPTIONING phone sales at €2 per ticket and Captioning is similar to television partly help cover the costs of our subtitling and gives deaf, deafened temporary Box Office. Booking and hard of hearing people access fees can be avoided if tickets to live performance. The actors’ are bought online, in person at words appear on a display unit the Festival Box Office, or if you within view of the stage at the same are a Friend of the Festival. time as they are spoken. Speaker names, sound effects and offstage NO REFUND/EXCHANGE noises are also shown. A captioned The Festival has a policy of no refund or exchange on all tickets performance of No Child… at axis: Ballymun will take place on purchased. Saturday Oct 16 at 8pm. These services are provided by the Festival NOTE All offers are subject to and axis: Ballymun, and facilitated availability, and all information by Arts & Disability Ireland with is correct at the time of going funding from the Arts Council. to print. Management reserves SPECIAL ASSISTANCE the right to change the cast or If a member of your party is a performance in the event of any wheelchair user or needs special unforeseen circumstances. assistance in the auditorium please inform Box Office at the point of booking. 63

At the heart of every Festival lies the Festival Club. After immersing yourself 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 the Odessa Club, we are thrilled to partner with the city’s most exciting artists on an eclectic range of events at the Festival Club. Keep an eye on the Festival website for more details. PONYDANCE – WHERE DID IT ALL GO RIGHT? The madcap dance hit of last year’s Fringe returns for one night only as part of the ReViewed programme, presented in association with Culture Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute.

FESTIVAL MOVIE CLUB Throughout the Festival, the Odessa Club’s ever popular Movie Club will screen two movies suggested by the Festival programme. Tickets Free and ticketed on the door. Info www.odessaclub.ie THE ODESSA SESSIONS For the opening and closing Thursday nights during the Festival, radio media partner Phantom 105·2 will showcase the best of new and emerging Irish artists. Sept 30 & Oct 14, 8.30pm. Tickets €10 Info www.odessaclub.ie THE ODESSA CLUB Located in the heart of the city centre, the Odessa Club has it all: a comfortable setting where members can eat, drink, network and party. If you are a small or large party, the club caters for all; with intimate corners to lose the night away in and two large event rooms with a capacity of 200.

Oct 7, 10.30pm. Tickets €10 KALEIDOSCOPE Odessa Club’s monthly music soirée, which has already achieved cult status, presents a special latenight programme inspired, in part, by Festival artists.

THE IRISH ISH TIMES TIMES irishtimes.com irishtimes .com

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

Admission to the Festival Club is restricted to sponsors, visiting companies, invited guests, and Friends of the Festival. For more information on Friends of the Festival, please see page 21. Festival Club passes are required for entry. Admission to the club events are ticketed by the Odessa Club and available to the general public on 01 670 3080. 65

VENUES 2010

Tickets can be booked at the Festival Box Office or through the box office in theatres where numbers/websites are provided. Festival Box Office booking information and booking fees are detailed on page 63. Venue box office booking fees vary and should be confirmed directly with the venue box office at the point of booking.

1. ABBEY THEATRE 26 Lwr Abbey St, Dublin 1 01 878 7222 www.abbeytheatre.ie

10. GATE THEATRE Cavendish Row, Parnell Sq, Dublin 1 01 874 4045/874 6042 www.gatetheatre.ie

20. TEMPLE BAR GALLERY & STUDIOS 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2

2. THE ARK, A CULTURAL CENTRE FOR CHILDREN 11a Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 01 670 7788 www.ark.ie

11. IRISH FILM INSTITUTE 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 01 679 3477 www.ifi.ie

3. AXIS: BALLYMUN Main St, Ballymun, Dublin 9 01 883 2100 4. CITY WALL SPACE, WOOD QUAY VENUE Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 5. CIVIC THEATRE Tallaght, Dublin 24 01 462 7477 6. DRAÍOCHT The Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15 01 885 2622 www.draiocht.ie 7. DUBH LINN GARDEN, DUBLIN CASTLE 2 Palace St, Dublin 2 8. FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE 44 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 01 677 8899 www.dublintheatrefestival.com 9. GAIETY THEATRE 53/54 South King St, Dublin 2 01 677 1717 www.ticketmaster.ie/www.gaietytheatre.ie

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12. LIBERTY HALL Eden Quay, Dublin 1 13. ST. MARY’S ABBEY Meeting House Lane, Mary’s Abbey (off Capel St) Dublin 1 14. THE NEW THEATRE 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 15. ODESSA CLUB 13 Dame Ct, Dublin 2 01 670 3080 16. O’REILLY THEATRE Belvedere College, 6 Great Denmark St, Dublin 1 17. PROJECT ARTS CENTRE 39 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 01 881 9613 www.projectartscentre.ie 18. SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE Trinity College, Dublin 2 Sat/Sun after 6pm, enter through Nassau St entrance. 01 896 2461(from Aug 30) 19. SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE Exchange St. Lwr, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

21. DUBLIN UNITARIAN CHURCH 112 St. Stephen’s Green West, Dublin 2 22. THE WESTBURY HOTEL 2 Grafton St. Dublin 2 23. WHELAN’S 25 Wexford St. Dublin 2 www.tickets.ie PARKING Park Rite is offering a special evening rate of €5 from 6pm onwards in all Park Rite car parks listed below which conveniently serve 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 Provider for the Festival. The following theatres have their own car parking facilities: • • • •

axis: Ballymun Civic Theatre Draíocht Gate Theatre

Accommodation The Festival is delighted to have the luxury hotels of The Doyle Collection as our Official Accommodation Provider for this year’s Festival. Treat yourself to these amazing deals which will also include tickets to the Festival! THE WESTBURY HOTEL Overnight accommodation in a superior bedroom Two course dinner plus a glass of house wine in Café Novo Full Irish breakfast in Wilde – The Restaurant From €269

THE CROKE PARK HOTEL Overnight accommodation in a superior bedroom Three course dinner in The Sideline Bistro Full Irish breakfast in The Sideline Bistro

Booking +353 (0)1 679 1122 westbury@doylecollection.com

Booking +353 (0)1 871 4444 crokepark@doylecollection.com

From €159

For further information visit doylecollection.com

Student Rush

Festival Feeds

Willing to take a risk? Special offer standby tickets of €15 may be available to students shortly before the show starts at all venues.

Festival Feeds is the perfect way to sample some of the best restaurants in the city as exclusive menus will be created at unbeatable prices for Festival goers.

Just turn up, with valid ID 30 minutes before show time. Tickets are limited to one per student. Availability will vary from show to show, is not guaranteed, and will be confirmed by the venue Box Office Manager on the night.

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

For further information on all special offers visit dublintheatrefestival.com 68 69

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS Show

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ENRON

Gaiety Theatre

CIRCA

Gaiety Theatre

THE SILVER TASSIE

Gaiety Theatre

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

O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

Preview

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

Schools Performance

Running On

Wed 06 Thu 07 Fri 08 Sat 09 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 7.30pm

7.30pm

O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College

THE DANTON CASE

Project Arts Centre

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

1.00pm 6.00pm

1hr 35mins 7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

2.30pm

3.30pm

1.00pm

2hrs 30mins 2hrs 10mins

7.30pm

7hrs 30mins 7.30pm

ENDGAME

Gate Theatre

WATT

Gate Theatre

CELEBRATION

Gate Theatre

BOSTON MARRIAGE

Gate Theatre

PHAEDRA

Project Arts Centre

JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN

Abbey Theatre

L’EFFET DE SERGE

Samuel Beckett Theatre

THE REHEARSAL, PLAYING THE DANE B FOR BABY

Samuel Beckett Theatre

Peacock Stage Abbey Theatre

7.30pm 10.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm

8.00pm 7.30pm

3.00pm 8.00pm

7.30pm

1.00pm 6.00pm

8.00pm

INTERNAL

Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre

A GAME OF YOU

Main Space Smock Alley Theatre

THE AUTHOR

Project Arts Centre

8.00pm

6.00pm

10.00pm

2.00pm 8.00pm

8.00pm

Project Arts Centre

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES Floating THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES Story Of A Rabbit

Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HUGH HUGHES 360 DICIEMBRE

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7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

1.00pm 6.00pm

7.30pm

7.30pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

2.30pm 8.00pm

7.30pm 8.00pm

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

8.00pm

2.30pm 8.00pm

8.00pm

2.30pm 8.00pm

7.30pm

Meeting Point: The Westbury Hotel

UNA SANTA OSCURA

Main Space Smock Alley Theatre

THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY LAVA

Civic Theatre

The Ark

Draíocht

Dubh Linn Garden Dublin Castle

LYING DOWN

The Ark

GOODBYE MR. MUFFIN

The Ark

6.00pm

7.30pm

8.00pm

2.30pm 8.00pm

8.00pm

2.30pm 8.00pm

30mins 30mins

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6.00pm 9.30pm

1.00pm

4.00pm 7.00pm

30mins 1hr 20mins 1hr

1hr 30mins

6.00pm

5.00pm

9.30pm

8.00pm

4.00pm 9.30pm

9.30pm

8.00pm 9.30pm

1hr 15mins

9.30pm

10.00pm 11.00am

8.00pm

2.00pm 8.00pm

8.00pm

1hr 10mins

8.00pm

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1hr 30mins

1hr 20mins

6.00pm

30mins 1.00pm 6.00pm

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11.00am

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12.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm

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1hr 30mins

6.00pm

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55mins

2hrs 40mins

1 – 3.30pm 1 – 3.30pm 1 – 3.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 7 – 9.30pm 7 – 9.30pm

6.00pm

1hr 30mins

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8.00pm

12.00pm

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11.00am

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2.00pm 4.00pm

55mins

6.00pm

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1 – 3.30pm 1 – 3.30pm 1 – 3.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 7 – 9.30pm 7 – 9.30pm

9.30pm

ACT WITHOUT WORDS II

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

1 – 3.30pm 1 – 3.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 2 – 4.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 6 – 8.30pm 7 – 9.30pm 7 – 9.30pm

Project Arts Centre axis: Ballymun

10.00pm

3.00pm

Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre

7.30pm

2hrs 30mins

Studio Theatre Smock Alley Theatre

NO CHILD...

2hrs 40mins

3.00pm

6.00pm

7.30pm

3.00pm 7.30pm

1hr

9.30pm

565+

2.30pm 7.30pm

10.00pm

8.00pm

7.30pm

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

7.30pm

2hrs

7.30pm

Main Space Smock Alley Theatre

7.30pm

3.00pm

3.00pm 8.00pm

Duration 2hrs 15mins

7.30pm 7.30pm

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

4.00pm 7.30pm

FACTORY 2

7.30pm

2.30pm 7.30pm

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12.15pm 6.00pm

2.00pm 4.00pm

50mins 35mins

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 A2.4 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 A69.15 million, that’s less than A1 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

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