b*spoke theatre company presents the world premiere of Frank McGuinness' play Dinner with Groucho. Dinner With Groucho Civic Theatre | 26 Sept—1 Oct Details Tickets
A story of innocence and experience, sexuality and shame, humiliation and defiance, identity and nationality, endings and ancestry. How to be a Dancer in Seventy- Two Thousand Easy Lessons Gate Theatre | 26 Sept—8 Oct Details Tickets
Each night, two brand new actors and an Intimacy Director meet on stage, and tell a new kind of love story for a loveless age. Good Sex Samuel Beckett Theatre | 28 Sept—2 Oct Details Tickets
A playful show about always being prepared even though you do not know what the day will bring. Grand Soft Day The Ark | 28 Sept—2 Oct Details Tickets
The World Premiere of Colm Tóibín’s piercing novel adapted & directed for the stage by David Horan, where the past is haunted by the future. The Blackwater Lightship Gaiety Theatre | 27 Sept—2 Oct Details Tickets
A celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ulysses, the play gives voice to the women central to James Joyce's life. Joyce's Women Abbey Theatre, on the Abbey Stage | 29 Sept—15 Oct Details Tickets
Today I decided to dress in my own skin. Manifesto Transpofàgico Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | 30 Sept—1 Oct Details Tickets
All at once fast paced and thought-provoking, Lost Lear lands us into the world of Joy, a woman with dementia. Lost Lear Project Arts Centre (Cube) | 28 Sept—8 Oct Details Tickets
Jezebel is a dance performance inspired by the Video Vixen: female models who appeared in hip hop video clips in the late 90s and early 00s. Jezebel Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | 3—4 Oct Details Tickets
Inspired by Episode 14 of Ulysses (Oxen of the Sun). All Hardest of Woman The National Maternity Hospital | 28 Sept—22 Oct Details Tickets
Six people. Working through pain. Working through life. All they can do is… Keep coming back. G.O.D. (Good.Orderly.Direction.) Axis, Ballymun | 3—8 Oct Details Tickets
This is the (mostly) true story of Martin Naughton AKA Michael Collins in a wheelchair. Martin is an agitator. No Magic Pill Civic Theatre | 4—9 Oct Details Tickets
In every window a world shimmers. From a busy street, you are invited to make an intimate connection. WINDOW A WORLD Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office | 5—8 Oct Details Tickets
A radical reimagining of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Animals Samuel Beckett Theatre | 5—9 Oct Details Tickets
Aisling and Matt are exhausted. 10-month-old Leah is too. Probably. They just need to get through this evening. Colic Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire | 5—9 Oct Details Tickets
The Cold Sings explores themes of female identity and mental health, drawing from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, her poetry and personal letters. The Cold Sings The Depot @ The Complex | 5—9 Oct Details Tickets
This world premiere, featuring Jean Butler, illuminates the personal and cultural histories contained within the Irish dancing body. What We Hold City Assembly House | 5—9 Oct Details Tickets
On this hallucinatory rollercoaster you’ll be swept along by the intense emotions and collective euphoria of a committed party crowd. Crowd O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College | 7—8 Oct Details Tickets
Two friends meet in the forest. Elles Vivent Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | 7—8 Oct Details Tickets
Eugene O’Brien returns to County Offaly 20 years after the premiere of his acclaimed play, EDEN. Heaven - Draíocht Draíocht, Blanchardstown | 6—8 Oct Details Tickets
A fiercely intense production of Tom Murphy’s early masterpiece. A Whistle in the Dark Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock stage | 4—15 Oct Details Tickets
Turning the stage into a gigantic blackboard, Chalk About uses dance, chalk, and chat to explore the nature of identity and ask some BIG questions. Chalk About The Ark | 8—10 Oct Details Tickets
Meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbours, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and shared last name. The Realistic Joneses Smock Alley Theatre, Main Space | 7—16 Oct Details Tickets
Inspired by Episode 5 of Ulysses (Lotus Eaters), Lolling reinstates part of Joyce’s seminal book back into modern-day Dublin. Lolling Kennedy's Pub | 5—21 Oct Details Tickets
In the form of a TED Talk, writer and performer Luanda Casela exposes the different mechanisms of deception. Short of Lying Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | 11—12 Oct Details Tickets
Eugene O’Brien returns to County Offaly 20 years after the premiere of his acclaimed play, EDEN. Heaven - Pavilion Theatre Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire | 12—16 Oct Details Tickets
Welcome to Mount Average. During this performative journey, Julian Hetzel takes us on a factory visit that confronts us with our own ideologies. Mount Average The Depot @ The Complex | 13—15 Oct Details Tickets
Adapted from the award-winning novel Moonstone, by Sjón, this production tells the story of a young queer man in 1918 at a moment of profound global transformation. The Boy Who Never Was Samuel Beckett Theatre | 12—16 Oct Details Tickets
Five scarecrows striving for a better world are mostly daydreamers, poets and activists with a charming and intoxicating tendency to marvel at the beauty and diversity of nature. Farm Fatale Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | 14—15 Oct Details Tickets
One final night. One last chance. Five people queue for a ticket to the hottest show in town. The Last Return Gate Theatre | 14—15 Oct Details Tickets
Rhyme, live music, and just a smattering of metaphysical philosophy to create a bold reimagine Herman Hesse’s classic fairytale. I Wish I Was A Mountain The Ark | 14—16 Oct Details Tickets
