“I love the theatre festival because I get to see a range of plays I would never normally get to see. It animates me, it makes me enthusiastic. I love introducing people to the theatre because it’s life really. It reflects life. I’ve been a Friend for I don’t know how many years and it’s a very important part of my life.”
Madeleine, Friend of the Festival
Dublin Theatre Festival is a dynamic international platform for unmissable theatre in Ireland. With a warm welcome, the festival makes Dublin a destination that platforms the best of Irish alongside world-class international theatre, cultivating creative ambition for artists, industry and audiences alike.
By supporting us you are investing in the premiere platform to see the best of international theatre in Ireland and to catapult the best of Irish theatre onto the international stage.
Become a Friend of the Festival
Our Friends are integral to the success of the festival, enabling us to create three weeks of unmissable theatre experiences you won’t find anywhere else.
Friends have the best access to Dublin Theatre Festival’s ground-breaking programming and a community of like-minded theatre lovers through free and discounted tickets, priority booking, year-round exclusive friends’ events and much more.
To learn more about becoming a Friend of the Festival, click one of the dropdown options below. If you have any queries, please write to us at development@dublintheatrefestival.ie or call our office at (01) 677 8439.
Signing up to become a friend of Dublin Theatre Festival was one of the best decisions I ever made. It means never missing out on tickets because of early booking options and fantastic free events.
Caroline Heffernan - Friend of the Festival
Join The Members Club
Dublin Theatre Festival’s Members’ Club provides exclusive access and hospitality moments for you, your clients and colleagues while experiencing the very best of International and Irish theatre during Dublin Theatre Festival
Your support as a club member empowers Dublin Theatre Festival to continually evolve and achieve its ambition of bringing the very best of world-class theatre to Irish audiences for three unmissable weeks.
To learn more about joining the new Members’ Club click the dropdown options below. If you have any queries, please call us on (01) 677 8439 or email development@dublintheatrefestival.ie.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Friends Events
Friends’ events are a wonderful way for Friends of the Festival to stay connected to our vibrant community of dedicated theatre lovers all year round.
Our next Friends’ event will be announced soon.
Irish Theatre Trust
A central part of our mission is to support excellence in Irish theatre by accelerating ambitious projects of scale by exceptional theatre artists.
The Irish Theatre Trust is a commissioning and co-producing fund of Dublin Theatre Festival to support Irish artists who dream big. It allows us to commission work from the germ of an inspiring idea and to co-produce works of scale and ambition. As we approach the festival’s 70th anniversary in 2027, we hope that you will join us in our ambition to create exciting and inspiring work by making a donation directly to this very special fund.
Through the Irish Theatre Trust, we continue Dublin Theatre Festival’s legacy of playing an essential catalysing role in supporting Irish artists leaping onto the international stage with visionary work. Dublin Theatre Festival’s early support of companies like Teac Damsa, Dead Centre, and ANU Productions was key to vaulting important Irish artists onto the global stage; inspiring audiences and collaborators around Ireland and the world. From Michael Keegan Dolan’s Giselle in 2003 and Loch na hEala in 2015, and Dead Centre’s Chekhov’s First Play, Dublin Theatre Festival’s co-producing support has enabled extraordinary artists to make work of scale that has graced the stages of the most prestigious theatres in the world.
Donations to the Irish Theatre Trust (a subsidiary of Dublin Theatre Festival) will fund bold theatre commissions and ambitious co-productions in the coming years.
If you would like to support the Irish Theatre Trust directly, you can do so via the link below, or call our office on +353 1 677 8439 to arrange payment. Ask how you can boost your donation by 31% at no extra cost to you through the charitable donations scheme.
Leave a Legacy
Arranging a donation on behalf of your estate, through your will or otherwise, is a deeply meaningful way that you can support the future of Dublin Theatre Festival and theatre in Ireland.
Regardless of the level you choose to donate, your legacy will live on through our work, through theatre, and through future generations of artists.
Talk to us confidentially about leaving a legacy on (01) 677 8439 or contact us via development@dublintheatrefestival.ie to arrange a good time to have a conversation or a coffee. We recommend that all those considering Planned Giving consult their financial advisor or specialist.
Gift Vouchers
Give the theatre-lover in your life the gift of an inspiring theatre experience.
Gift vouchers are flexible and can be used to buy tickets to any event in our programme or to become a Friend of the Festival. More information on friends memberships is available here.
Our Supporters
Dublin Theatre Festival is strengthened and made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, funders, supporters and friends.
