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Man in a dark suit stands alone under a spotlight on a stage, reaching one hand upward dramatically beside an orange chair in a dark theatre. Theatre, Matinée

The Homecoming of Joseph Grace by Deirdre Kinahan

Thu 16 - Sun 19 Jul

★★★★ Irish Examiner | Arts Review

From rural Meath to the battlefields of Europe, Casement’s Irish Brigade and the cabarets of Weimar Berlin, the new play from the writer of Rathmines Road and The Saviour traces one extraordinary life shaped by exile, love, and the possibility of coming home.

A woman with long wavy blonde hair stands in a sunlit garden, looking toward a large historic mansion framed by trees. Theatre, Music, Opera, Matinée

Mansfield Park

Fri 25 - Sun 27 Sep

Opera Collective Ireland

Jane Austen’s novel as you have not seen it before: reimagined for today’s audiences with music by Ivor Novello winner Jonathan Dove and libretto by Alasdair Middleton.

Performer kneels on a grassy stage, supporting another performer lying wrapped in layered, earth-toned clothing and a blanket. The kneeling performer cradles the other’s head. A third performer and wooden set pieces appear blurred in the background with soft, misty lighting. White text in the top left reads “dtf” and “Dublin Theatre Festival.” Theatre

REFUGE by Deirdre Kinahan

Wed 30 Sep - Sun 11 Oct

Fishamble & Staatstheater Mainz

Acclaimed director Jim Culleton leads this Irish/German co-production with an international cast that includes Mary Murray and Aidan Kelly, with music by Steve Wickham.

Irish writer Nuala O’Faoláin is pictured, the image is black and white, she looks toward the camera against a bright orange matte background. She is wearing a polo neck and holds a smile. Theatre

NUALA by Hugo Hamilton

Wed 14 - Sun 18 Oct

Decadent Theatre

This new play is an uplifting and heartbreaking account of Irish writer Nuala O’Faoláin’s trip to Berlin in the month before she passed away from cancer.

Jay Sefton lays back sideways on a wooden chair, with his left arm outstretched. An image of the Pieta is projected behind him, and you can see that Jay is holding the same pose as Jesus Theatre

Unreconciled

Tue 3 Nov, 8pm

“Powerful, affecting” - BBC

This true story of an adolescent cast as Jesus in a school play directed by an abusive priest is a poignant and at times humorous exploration of family, place, and the meaning of reconciliation.