Look Back for Something to Look Forward to...

Look Back for Something to Look Forward to...

Don’t worry, I’m not going to force you to revisit the plays you did for your Leaving Cert, pop a tea-towel on your head and set you onto the boards to reprise your role as Shepherd #3 from your school nativity play

Newsies: Entr'acte at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin - 17 to 20 February 2027

Newsies: Entr'acte at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin - 17 to 20 February 2027

Entr'acte present the AIMS premiere of Disney's Newsies at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin from 17 to 20 February 2027: 7.30pm nightly plus a 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets €26 (Patron €40).

New Writing Week: The Administered Death of Mister Yermen Spenstick by Pádraig O'Connor at The New Theatre, Dublin - 3 February 2027

New Writing Week: The Administered Death of Mister Yermen Spenstick by Pádraig O'Connor at The New Theatre, Dublin - 3 February 2027

Pádraig O'Connor presents a reading of The Administered Death of Mister Yermen Spenstick, an allegorical drama about fear, bureaucracy and the cost of safety, at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin on Wednesday 3 February 2027 at 7.30pm, as part of New Writing Week 2027. Admission is free – booking required.

New Writing Week: Bury The Wren by Rachel Mae Brady at The New Theatre, Dublin - 4 February 2027

New Writing Week: Bury The Wren by Rachel Mae Brady at The New Theatre, Dublin - 4 February 2027

Rachel Mae Brady presents a reading of Bury The Wren – Ana, an Oxford epigeneticist, returns to Dublin for her mother's anniversary and time fractures – at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin on Thursday 4 February 2027 at 7.30pm, as part of New Writing Week 2027. Admission is free – booking required.

A Treasury of Christmas Readings at the Viking Theatre, Dublin - 13 December 2026

A Treasury of Christmas Readings at the Viking Theatre, Dublin - 13 December 2026

Dublin North Bay Heritage brings favourite Christmas readings, poetry and song to the Viking Theatre, Clontarf on Sunday 13 December 2026 at 8pm, compered by Dennis McIntyre. Tickets €20 – all proceeds to Dublin North Bay Heritage.

New Writing Week: The Only Car With Wings by Cáit Moloney at The New Theatre, Dublin - 28 January 2027

New Writing Week: The Only Car With Wings by Cáit Moloney at The New Theatre, Dublin - 28 January 2027

Cáit Moloney presents a reading of The Only Car With Wings, a non-linear play about memory, siblings and grief (and also a comedy, of sorts), at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin on Thursday 28 January 2027 at 7.30pm, as part of New Writing Week 2027. Admission is free – booking required.

New Writing Week 2027 at The New Theatre, Dublin: Your Guide to All Five Readings

New Writing Week 2027 at The New Theatre, Dublin: Your Guide to All Five Readings

All five readings in The New Theatre’s New Writing Week 2027 in Temple Bar, Dublin, from 5 January to 4 February 2027: new plays by Colm Maher, Aisling Flynn, Cáit Moloney, Pádraig O’Connor and Rachel Mae Brady. Free, booking required.

New Writing Week: The Bad One by Aisling Flynn at The New Theatre, Dublin - 28 January 2027

New Writing Week: The Bad One by Aisling Flynn at The New Theatre, Dublin - 28 January 2027

Aisling Flynn presents a reading of The Bad One, a black supernatural comedy-drama, at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin on Thursday 28 January 2027 at 7.30pm, as part of New Writing Week 2027. Admission is free – booking required.

New Writing Week: The Loss of You by Colm Maher at The New Theatre, Dublin - 5 January 2027

New Writing Week: The Loss of You by Colm Maher at The New Theatre, Dublin - 5 January 2027

Colm Maher presents a reading of The Loss of You at The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin on Tuesday 5 January 2027 at 7.30pm, as part of New Writing Week 2027. Admission is free – booking required.

This Sh*t Happens All The Time at The New Theatre, Dublin - 17 to 20 November 2026

This Sh*t Happens All The Time at The New Theatre, Dublin - 17 to 20 November 2026

Amanda Verlaque's one-woman drama about queer love in 1990s Belfast plays The New Theatre, Temple Bar for four nights from 17 to 20 November 2026. Tickets €22.50.