Dance
Irish Youth Dance Festival 2023
Sat 1 & Sun 2 Jul, 8pm
Showcasing young emerging dancers from youth dance companies across Ireland performing works of leading national and international choreographers for audiences of all ages.
Dance
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
The Night of the 12th
Mon 3 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
5 Wins including Best Film, César Awards 2023
A young woman is murdered in her quiet mountain village. But what starts as an investigation into a shocking crime soon turns into a haunting obsession for a newly promoted detective in Dominik Moll’s raw, powerful police drama.
Family
Dinosaur World Live
Tue 4 - Thu 6 Jul
Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. A roarsome interactive show for all the family.
Family
Splash Test Dummies
Fri 7 - Sun 9 Jul
Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are back! Ready to roll out their beach towels and spring into an hour of catch-your-breath acrobatics, juggling, slapstick and circus-filled hilarity.
Theatre, Cinema, Event Cinema
Fleabag - Extra Date
Fri 7 Jul, 8pm
Added due to demand!
Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s rip-roaring, hilarious one-woman show returns to the big screen this summer.
Music, Cinema, Opera, Event Cinema
Verdi’s Il trovatore
Sat 8 Jul, 7pm
Royal Opera House (Encore Screening)
Set in a Hieronymus Bosch-inspired universe of medieval superstition and passionate romantic rivalry, Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi’s dramatic score, featuring the famous Anvil chorus.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
Rye Lane
Mon 10 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Telegraph
Making full use of the sights, sounds and people of South London, Raine Allen-Miller’s debut feature is one of the freshest and most stylish rom-coms in a generation. Both recently broken up with, Yas and Dom meet and spend one whirlwind evening together.
Theatre
The Hare
Tue 11 Jul, 8pm
by Clare Monnelly & Bob Kelly
Once Off Productions presents a new darkly intriguing play featuring actor Úna Ní Bhriain and live music from Steve Wickham of The Waterboys.
Music
Luke Howard ft. Responsve
Mon 24 Jul, 8pm
An exclusive Irish date for the award-winning composer and pianist. This immersive audio-visual experience features a live suite of generative digital artworks that reinterpret and respond to Howard’s compositions.
Music, Opera
Flight
Tue 5 & Wed 6 Sep, 7.30pm
Opera Collective Ireland
The Irish premiere of Jonathan Dove’s timely, often hilarious and moving opera. Loosely based on a true story, the opera follows an Iranian refugee stranded in Paris airport for 18 years and his interaction with a group of storm-grounded travellers.
Music
Hothouse Flowers
Thu 7 Sep, 8pm
Extra Date
Join Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Bráonáin and Peter O’Toole as they perform their acclaimed acoustic show, shaped by over thirty years of singing and playing all over the world.
Comedy
Dirtbirds - Extra Dates
Fri 8 & Thu 21 Sep, 8pm
Added Due to Demand!
Sinead Culbert and Sue Collins - the comedy duo and podcast sensation - take a hilarious look at the barrage of bull we are subjected to on a daily basis and remind us that, despite what we’re told, there is NO SUCH THING AS PERFECT.
Talks
The Blindboy Live Podcast Show
Sat 9 Sep, 8pm
A live recording with the bestselling author, screenwriter, musician and podcaster who seamlessly intertwines history, fiction, cultural critique and politics into a relaxing form that he calls “the podcast hug”.
Theatre, Dance
How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons
Wed 13 - Sun 17 Sep, 8pm
A Teaċ Daṁsa and Gate Theatre co-production
Michael Keegan-Dolan’s (MÁM, Swan Lake / Loch na hHeala) exploration through a life bends boundaries between what is lived and what is imagined.
Theatre
The Saviour
Wed 27 Sep - Sun 8 Oct | Dublin Theatre Festival
by Deirdre Kinahan
From Landmark Productions, Deirdre Kinahan’s fiercely funny and utterly gripping new play has its Irish stage premiere at Pavilion Theatre, directed by Louise Lowe and starring Marie Mullen and Jamie O’Neill.
Music, Off-Site
Jean-Michel Blais at Liberty Hall Theatre
Sun 8 Oct, 8pm | Liberty Hall Theatre
This composer and post-classical pianist from Montreal, Canada weaves beauty and technical prowess in stunning piano pieces. Blais - joined for this Dublin date by a quartet - has been a celebrated figure in the postclassical piano world since the release of his debut album in 2016.
Theatre
The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey
Tue 10 - Sun 15 Oct, 8pm | Dublin Theatre Festival
by Mikel Murfi
Murfi completes his hugely successful trilogy on the life of Pat Farnon as he decides to “lift the lid” on a life lived by his wife Kitsy prior to their marriage.
Theatre
Mikel Murfi Trilogy: The Man in the Woman’s Shoes
Sat 14 Oct, 12pm
by Mikel Murfi
The first in Murfi’s wildly successful trilogy, which he performs in one day for the first time ever. This first play follows Pat Farnon as he walks to town and back again.
Theatre
Mikel Murfi Trilogy: I Hear You and Rejoice
Sat 14 Oct, 4pm
by Mikel Murfi
The second in Murfi’s wildly successful trilogy, which he performs in one day for the first time ever. This joy-filled sequel joins Pat Farnon late in his life as he embarks on a new journey.
Music, Off-Site
Dustin O’Halloran at Liberty Hall Theatre
Mon 16 Oct, 8pm | Liberty Hall Theatre
The Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated American pianist and composer returns to Dublin for a night of sweeping, cinematic music, this time from the city-centre location of Liberty Hall Theatre.