Next Stage Participants 2025
Wed, 01 October 2025
Presented by Performing Arts Forum in partnership with Dublin Theatre Festival, the Next Stage is the artist development strand of Dublin Theatre Festival. Over the 18 days of the festival, participants meet festival artists in a packed schedule of talks, interviews, group time and workshops.
“The Next Stage is an invigorating and dedicated programme – and gives you space to understand who you are, and what you want to create!”-Next Stage Alumni 2024
More information on The Next Stage here.
Dublin Theatre Festival and Performing Arts Forum are delighted to announce the Next Stage 2025 group: Fiona Breen, Jean Butler (Dance Ireland Bursary), Thomas Collins, Kyle English, Miles Harrigan, Danielle James, Ran Jiao, Luke Murphy, Trudy Nolan (Dublin FRINGE Wildcard), Lianne O’Hara, Mar Parés Baraldés, James Riordan, Elton Sebekhona Sibanda, Aoife Sweeney O’Connor and Caoimhe Whelan
The facilitator of this year’s Next Stage is Dee Roycroft, former Next Stage participant in 2007.
