Upcoming Theatre Events

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The Communication Cord theatre

Set in a restored thatched cottage close to the sea in the remote townland of Ballybeg, County Donegal, Tim,a junior linguistics lecturer devises a scheme to borrow the ancestral Donegal cottage of his Barrister friend Jack for an hour in an effort to impress Senator Donovan, father of his intended sweetheart Susan. The scheme goes horribly and hilariously awry as other unexpected characters enter the fray including a former girlfriend, a wealthy German, a French paramour and the local busybody. Even the cottage itself becomes a character in this classic Brian Friel farce! Performed by the Phoenix Players and directed ...

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The Star of Chester’s Lane theatre finished

An Irish woman well beyond her time, she loved, and laughed, and lived a fascinating and colourful existence, packing several lifetimes of adventures into her 60 years as one of Drogheda’s most infamous residents. Quintessence Theatre use their dazzling physical ensemble theatre techniques to reimagine bustling 19th century Ireland and the remarkable true story of one of the country’s forgotten street characters, Kate the Navvy: the Molly Malone of Louth. Tickets: €18 / €16.. Early booking advised.

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The Mai theatre finished

Decadent Theatre Company's Production of The Mai is an epic tale, both wildly funny and humorously tragic, of three generations of a family inspired by love but shattered by inescapable reality. The eponymous Mai is a formidable forty-year-old woman and teacher, whose husband Robert, a musician, has always felt stifled by her ideals of perfection. The play opens in her home in the midlands, on the banks of the legendary Owl Lake, on the day of Robert’s return after an absence of four years. A starry three generation ensemble is led by Maeve Fitzgerald as the Mai, Stella McCusker as Grandma ...

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Crowman theatre finished

Rescheduled to 14th of March, 8pm Dan (Jon Kenny) is a man on a mission; to scatter, maim or kill every crow that has ever blighted his land and his life. However he gets distracted easily by flights of the imagination and memories of events from his past and a weekly schedule of funerals and masses he must attend, imagined conversations with his beloved sheepdog, and a stream of racing commentators, TV chefs and David Attenborough - all so that he can hear a voice that is not his own. Tickets: €18 / €16. Early booking advised.

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Wanted - One Body theatre finished

The Windmill Players present an hilarious murder-mystery farce, set in 1921 in the dilapidated mansion of the recently departed, but not greatly lamented, Charles Barraclough. On the stormy night that the will is read to the family and household staff, we learn that the bulk of his fortune has been split between the servants, setting the house in turmoil and uproar. Charles’ devious daughters are furious and plot and scheme to try to hang on to ‘their’ fortunes. But something evil is afoot! There are murders, sliding panels and howls in the night. The plot thickens and twists and turns! Tickets: ...

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Wanted - One Body theatre finished

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The Importance of Being Earnest theatre finished

Celebrating its 125th anniversary, The Importance of Being Earnest was first performed in London on 14th February 1895 to great acclaim. No doubt there will be the same acclaim for this production from our own Riverside Theatre Group! Oscar Wilde’s brilliant comedy The Importance of Being Earnest takes a satirical look at the lives of two bachelor friends, the adorable dandy Algernon Moncrieff and the utterly reliable John Worthing J.P who lead double lives to court the attentions of the exquisitely desirable Gwendolyn Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. The gallants must then grapple with the riotous consequences of their deceptions, and ...

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The Poet's Bar theatre finished

Tommy Cooke presents a play set in a bar in the 1960s where stories are told in verse and song during a night of music, song, recitation and storytelling, encompassing home, coming home, leaving home and the characters of home. Featuring a variety of local performers, this is a show not to be missed! In aid the The Garda Tony Golden Community Park. Tickets: €15 . Early booking advised.

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The Poet's Bar theatre finished

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Tintown theatre finished

The Blue Raincoat Theatre Co. Present Tintown. Tintown is a one-man-show written during a Theatre Artist Residency in Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre. It's about a Dubliner who joined the IRA as a young man in the 30’s, was interned during WW2 and bore witness to the IRA’s decline and eventual collapse within the Curragh Camp. Meticulously researched through access to rare internee interviews, Tintown encompasses our violent past, the development of socialism and fascism within Ireland, and the political contradictions and absurdities of the time. Written and performed by Bob Kelly and Directed by Niall Henry “Mesmerising” Eoin McNamee, Irish Times. Tickets: €18 / ...