Crowman
Fri 31 May, 8pm
Following the sell-out success of The Matchmaker last season, Jon Kenny (D’Unbelievables) is back with his intimate one-man show about a lonely bachelor at odds with the world.
selling fast
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
Sat 15 & Sun 16 Jun, 8pm
Following sold out shows in 2018 The Simon & Garfunkel Story is coming back to Pavilion Theatre in celebration of more than 50 years since The Sound of Silence introduced the world to the iconic duo!
cinema
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Live Screening)
Thu 20 Jun, 7:20pm
Broadcast live from Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land, and with its witty mix of verbal and physical humour, the play celebrates a tradition that reaches right down to the contemporary English sitcom.
cinema
The Audience with Helen Mirren (Encore Screening)
Fri 21 & Fri 28 Jun, 7.30pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ The Times
Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Tony Award-winning production of The Audience by Peter Morgan.
staff pick
Brothers of the Brush
Sat 29 Jun, 8pm
★★★★ Irish Mail on Sunday
★★★★ Sunday Business Post
A new production of a classic tells the story of three house painters trying to make a living during the Celtic Tiger.
The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare
Wed 3 & Thu 4 Jul, 8pm
★★★★★ The Examiner
★★★★★ The Herald Scotland
★★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
Shakespeare’s tragic poem The Rape of Lucrece, a tale of lust, rape and politics, is fully revealed in this hypnotic performance by Camille O’Sullivan through song and storytelling with piano by Feargal Murray.
just announced
Epiphany
Fri 12 & Sat 13 Jul, 8pm
Druid presents Epiphany, a new play by Brian Watkins, previewing at Pavilion Theatre as part of Druid’s year of new writing.
In an old city house, adrift in a modern world, a cheery host gathers a group of friends to try and reignite a forgotten tradition.
selling fast
The Man in the Woman’s Shoes
Wed 17 & Thu 18 Jul, 8pm
★★★★ The Times
Mikel Murfi’s wildly successful solo play, which follows Pat Farnon as he walks to town and back again, returns once more to Pavilion Theatre!
I Hear You and Rejoice
Fri 19 & Sat 20 Jul, 8pm
★★★★★ The Evening Standard
★★★★ The Times
I Hear You and Rejoice is the tender and joy-filled sequel to Mikel Murfi’s wildly popular play The Man in the Woman’s Shoes.
cinema
The Lehman Trilogy (Live Screening)
Thu 25 Jul, 7pm
★★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
The story of a family and an investment bank that changed the world, in an all-star production directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall).
Forgotten
Wed 11 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★★ The Herald
★★★★ Daily Mail
A unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling, Fishamble’s Forgotten by Pat Kinevane has been a huge international success during the past decade. It is a captivating portrayal of four elderly characters living in retirement homes around Ireland.
Silent
Thu 12 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ The Herald
★★★★ The Scotsman
Olivier Award Winner
Homeless McGoldrig has lost it all - including his mind. Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave, bleak, beautiful production for which Fishamble and Pat Kinevane won an Olivier Award in 2016.
Underneath
Fri 13 Sep, 8pm
★★★★★ Scotsman
★★★★ Irish Times
★★★★ Sunday Business Post
Fishamble’s Underneath by Pat Kinevane is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes, under the nose of everyday life.
Before
Sat 14 Sep, 8pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Sunday Times
Before is a new play by Pat Kinevane (Forgotten, Silent, Underneath) with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin, on the very day this iconic department store shuts - for good.
don’t miss
The Alternative
Tue 24 - Sun 29 Sep
As part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
Fishamble’s A Play for Ireland asks, “what if Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom?” The year is 2019 and it is the eve of the Referendum. The final debate is set to begin at BBC Dublin: Should Ireland leave the UK?
don’t miss
Us/Them
Tue 8 - Sun 13 Oct
★★★★★ The Stage
★★★★★ The Guardian
Following sell-out runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s National Theatre, this multi-award-winning production comes to Pavilion Theatre as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer
Thu 17 & Fri 18 Oct, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Examiner
★★★★★ The Sunday Business Post
★★★★ The Scotsman
The story of an ordinary man who embarked upon an extraordinary adventure is brought to life in this multi-award winning, dramatic and humorous one-man show.
Griselda
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct, 7.30pm
Following the massive success of The Tales of Hoffmann and Orfeo ed Euridice, Irish National Opera returns to Dún Laoghaire with a stunning new production of Vivaldi’s political and romantic thriller, Griselda.
sold out
Emigrants
Sat 9 Nov
Two of the most famous Bulgarian Artists, Asen Blatechki and Kalin Vrachanski, will perform Mrozek’s “Emigrants” for the first time in Ireland.
This show will be performed in Bulgarian.