don’t miss
Trad
Tue 4 & Wed 5 Feb, 8pm
by Mark Doherty
★★★★ The Guardian
A hilarious, absurd and poignant tale of a 100-year-old Irishman… and his father! Directed by award-winning actor Aaron Monaghan.
selling fast
Admission: One Shilling
Sun 9 Feb, 3pm
With Dame Patricia Routledge & Piers Lane
★★★★★ Limelight Magazine
The award-winning actress and international concert pianist tell the extraordinary story of Myra Hess and her famous wartime National Gallery concerts.
cinema
Kinky Boots: The Musical
Sun 9 Feb, 8pm
Encore Screening
★★★★ The Times
Filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre in the heart of London’s West End, Kinky Boots is strutting onto the big screen, featuring songs from Grammy and Tony award winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper.
Take Off Your Cornflakes
Wed 12 Feb, 8pm
by Rose Henderson & Pat Nolan
★★★★ Irish Mail on Sunday
A tender, funny and heart-warming portrait of a marriage and the decisions you face when the person you love goes out of their mind.
A Holy Show
Thu 13 & Fri 14 Feb, 8pm
By Janet Moran
★★★★ The Arts Review
A new comedy play based on the 1981 hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane by an ex-Trappist monk.
extra date added
Fleabag
Sat 15 Feb, 5pm & 8pm
EXTRA SCREENING ADDED
National Theatre Live
Encore Screening
★★★★★ The Guardian
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life.
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Sun 16 Feb, 12pm & 3pm
Based on the internationally acclaimed book by Marita Conlon-McKenna, Under the Hawthorn Tree follows the journey of three brave siblings as they fight for survival during the Great Famine in this story of family, history and hope.
Howie the Rookie
Wed 19 Feb, 8pm
by Mark O’Rowe
Rex Ryan and Stephen Jones perform Mark O’Rowe’s brutal and beautiful play of two monologues on its 20th anniversary.
I, Elizabeth
Sat 22 Feb, 8pm
★★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
Using only Elizabeth I’s words, Rebecca Vaughan explores the Elizabeth I’s struggle to reconcile the desires of womanhood with the duties of sovereignty in this compelling play.
don’t miss
Watt
Wed 4 - Sat 7 Mar, 8pm
★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
★★★★ Time Out
Back after 2019’s sold-out run, Watt tells the story of a nomadic manservant in the house of his unseen master as adapted and performed by Barry McGovern.
local arts
Anything Goes
Tue 10 - Sat 14 Mar
Following the sell-out success of their 2019 production of Jekyll & Hyde, award-winning musical society DMDS returns to Pavilion Theatre with this hilarious musical comedy set on the S.S. American ocean liner.
cinema
Hangmen by Martin McDonagh
Wed 18 Mar, 7.30pm
National Theatre Live
Encore Screening
★★★★★ The Independent
From Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) comes this West End production of his deeply funny play Hangmen, following England’s second-best hangman on the day in 1965 that hanging is abolished.
Maura Laverty - This Was Your Life
Thu 19 Mar, 8pm
This sparkling new critically acclaimed play starring Bairbre Ní Chaoimh and Malachy Mc Kenna tells of the rollercoaster life of forgotten celebrity Maura Laverty and features live cooking on stage!
cinema
Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard
Fri 20 & Sat 21 Mar
One of Ireland’s most acclaimed and innovative theatre companies, Druid, present an exclusive cinema screening of their production of The Cherry Orchard.
The Matchmaker by John B Keane
Thu 2 Apr, 8pm
★★★★★ Sunday Business Post
John B Keane’s beloved hit comedy follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O’Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn. Starring Mary McEvoy and Jon Kenny, together they play a myriad of characters in this hilarious and earthy dramatic comedy.
Before
Fri 10 Apr, 8pm
★★★★★ The Herald, Scotland
★★★★ The Irish Times
From the team that brought you Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent, Before is a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good.
cinema
Present Laughter by Noël Coward
Wed 15 Apr, 7.30pm
National Theatre Live
Encore Screening
★★★★★ The Times
Captured live from The Old Vic in London, Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
The Sand Park & INDIGESTION
Thu 16 Apr, 8pm
Seamus O’Rourke (Padraig Potts, Trad) brings us two very different stories from two very different men. In these 50-minute plays, performed back-to-back, there is much to ponder, enjoy and laugh out loud about.
ELIZA’s Adventures in the Uncanny Valley
Tue 21 Apr, 8pm
★★★★ The Arts Review
Pan Pan’s play explores what it is to be human through the interactions between real people and artificial intelligence which appears human.
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience
Tue 15 & Wed 16 Dec
Basil, Sybil and Manuel are back to serve up a feast of comic delights!
Plan ahead for your Christmas 2020 night out in style at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, with an evening of fine-dining and comedy theatre.