INDIVIDUAL INDDEUPBLEIN NDENT INSELOPVEAS RABLE DRAMA Sept 29 – Oct 16 CHAIRMAN IRISH THEATRE TRUST BENEFIT NIGHT TITLE SPONSOR GRANT AIDED BY Declan Collier The Trust funds projects and initiatives Every year a group of corporate aimed at inspiring, cultivating and and individual patrons support the COUNCIL celebrating emerging and established Festival through their attendance at Bobbie Bergin artists and enhancing the vitality of Irish our BeneIt Night. We would like to Michael Colgan theatre. We would like to thank the thank all our patrons for their support. Michael Collins following patrons for their generous For more information, contact PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Peter Crowley support of the Trust: [email protected]. Garry Hynes Pauline McLynn Founding Patrons PRESENTING PARTNERS Terence O’Rourke Peter Crowley, FL Partners Abbey Theatre Gavin Quinn Denis Desmond Gate Theatre Dermot Desmond The Ark, A Culture Centre for Children OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND Moya Doherty & John McColgan CHIEF EXECUTIVE Denis O’Brien VOLUNTEERS Loughlin Deegan Rosaleen O’Kane Each year the Festival beneIts from the dedicated commitment of a large team of DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME Patrons enthusiastic volunteers who literally help AND PRODUCTION Declan Collier & Jan Winter us run the show. In exchange for their free OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER Stephen McManus Gay Moloney time we oHer a true and engaged Festival experience. Volunteers are required from GENERAL MANAGER FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL September and primarily for the duration Tríona Ní Dhuibhir Directors’ Circle of the Festival September 29 – October 16. Sarah Durcan (maternity cover) Dermot S. L. Butler For more information and an application Michael & Jane Collins form please contact the Festival oJce ONLINE MEDIA PARTNER MARKETING MANAGER Peter Crowley & Clodagh O’Brien on 01 677 8439, look up the website: Shauna Lyons Gay Moloney www.dublintheatrefestival.com or email Vincent O’Doherty [email protected]. DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Andrew & Delyth Parkes Gemma Duke Darren Roddy SPECIAL THANKS 2011 Volunteers & Interns ADMINISTRATOR/BOX Producers’ Club Allan CoHey & David Harris OFFICIAL RADIO PARTNER OFFICE MANAGER Aisling Daly Fusio Maeve Whelan Carmel Naughton Fresh Design Anthony Mourek & Dr Karole Schafer Graham White & Eoin McNulty Goodwin FAMILY SEASON PROGRAMMER Hudson Killeen Muireann Ahern Friends’ Council Jiawen Xu & Ling Xiao Ji Gabrielle Croke – Chair John Eastment NATIONAL RADIO PARTNER Dearbhail Shannon – Deputy Chair Leslie Cullinan & Przem Zajac Dympna Murray – Secretary Linda Lest & Maarja Vipp Ann-Marie Carroll Ross & Karl Dempsey Lilian Chambers Simon McWilliams & Olivia Ramao Deirdre Dunny Sweta Rani & Nehal Mehta Sharon McIntyre Matthew Thompson OFFICIAL VEHICLE PROVIDER Madeleine Nesbitt Vincent O’Doherty Andrew Parkes Darren Roddy Mary Stephenson

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4 DONKA 18 THE SPECKLED 34 OTHELLO C'EST QUI 45 WORLD’S END LANE Gaiety Theatre PEOPLE Smock Alley Theatre The LAB Gate Theatre

6 PEER GYNT 20 THE BLUE BOY 36 ITSOSENG 46 I n ALICE n I O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College The Lir axis: Ballymun Festival On Tour

8 THE WILD BRIDE 22 LA VOIX HUMAINE 38 LAUNDRY 48 HEROIN Gaiety Theatre Samuel Beckett Theatre The Magdalene Laundry Smock Alley Theatre

10 TESTAMENT 24 16 POSSIBLE 39 TRADE 49 FIGHT NIGHT Project Arts Centre GLIMPSES Meeting Point: O’Reilly Theatre The New Theatre Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock stage

12 RIAN 26 THE ANIMALS AND 40 THE LULU HOUSE 50 FAMILY SEASON Gaiety Theatre CHILDREN TOOK James Joyce House (The Dead), TO THE STREETS Project Arts Centre 14 JUNO AND THE 42 REQUEST 55 SPECIAL EVENTS PAYCOCK 30 SHE SHE POP & PROGRAMME Abbey Theatre, on the Abbey stage THEIR FATHERS... Meeting Point: Ambassador Theatre Samuel Beckett Theatre 16 GARDENIA 44 SLATTERY’S 72 TIMETABLE Gaiety Theatre 32 REVOLUTION NOW! SAGO SAGA Samuel Beckett Theatre Rathfarnham Castle

2 3 www.dublin theatre festival.com Switzerland/ Company Finzi Pasca and Chekhov International Theatre Festival Russia/ in association with Theatre de Vidy-Lausanne Canada

ACROBATIC DONKA, PASSIONATE A letter to Chekhov ENTHRALLING Written and Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca

TALKING THEATRE Step into a spellbinding and breathtaking world inspired by Anton Daniele Finzi Pasca and members Chekhov's plays and diaries, told with sublimely lyrical wit from one of of the company. the world’s most talented troupes of clowns, acrobats and musicians. Sept 30, Post-show 9.20pm (approx). Commissioned for the opening of the 2010 Chekhov International Theatre Festival, this dazzling feat of aerial acrobatics, multi-media illusion and circus magic, arrives in Dublin after captivating audiences around the world with its intoxicating marriage of surrealism and pure escapism.

Directed by award-winning Daniele Finzi Pasca (director of Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo and the Broadway hit Rain ), let this sumptuous theatrical extravaganza lift your spirits and draw you into the enigmatic mind of Russia’s most famous writer. “A riot of circus magic and mischief with a very modern idiom and sensibility.” The West Australian

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Venue Gaiety Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2pm.

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For full Festival timetable see page 72 i a l o s i 4 5 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Rough Magic

PEER GYNT By Henrik Ibsen in a new version by Arthur Riordan Music by Tarab Directed by Lynne Parker Designed by John Comiskey and Alan Farquharson Costume Design by Joan O’Clery Musicians Kate Ellis, Robbie Harris, Emer Mayock, Nick Roth and Francesco Turrisi Cast Karen Ardib, Peter Daly, Sarah Greene, Fergal McElherron, Rory Nolan, Will O’Connell, Hilary O’Shaughnessy and Arthur Riordan

TALKING THEATRE Peer Gynt: The boy who never grew up, the escapologist extraordinaire. Lynne Parker, Maureen White and Arthur Riordan in conversation. Rough Magic, who stormed the Festival last year with the remarkable Oct 8, Post-show 5pm (approx). Phaedra , has reunited with the author of their 2004 smash-hit Improbable Frequency , with this original new take on Ibsen’s epic study of delusion, self-evasion and wild imaginings.

Caught between his angel and his demon, haunted by the women he loved, lost and betrayed, and catapulted through a life built on fantasy, Peer Gynt is cnally forced to face himself.

Fast, funny and told with Rough Magic’s trademark theatrical wit, this classic tale is re-imagined in a spectacular and surreal interpretation with live music from the outstanding ensemble “Brilliant… an utterly compelling Tarab. Truly a story for our times. piece about today’s Ireland.” The Guardian on Phaedra

ILLUSION FANTASY SPECTACLE Proudly supported by Venue O’Reilly Theatre, Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2pm. Belvedere College Oct 2, 9 & 16, 4pm

Dates Sept 30-Oct 16 Price Range €20-€30 © R o Previews Sept 27-29 Duration 3hrs (approx. incl. interval) s K a v a

Matinées Oct 1, 8 & 15 For full Festival timetable see page 72 n a g h 6 7 www.dublin theatre festival.com UK Kneehigh

FIERCE ROMANTIC THE WILD BRIDE Directed by Emma Rice HEROIC

TALKING THEATRE The Festival is delighted to welcome one of the most innovative Members of the company. and exhilarating theatre companies in the world, Kneehigh, to Oct 13, Post-show 9.30pm (approx). Dublin. A company famed for producing world-dominating theatrical spectacle from its base in Cornwall, Kneehigh has been presenting dark yet magical renderings of well known fairy tales for the last thirty years.

The Wild Bride is the tale of what happens when a man accidentally sells his daughter to the devil. Betrayed by her witless father and rejecting the devil, she meets her prince. Fortune changes again as the war starts, and she is left alone in the wilderness to embark on an enchanted and epic voyage of discovery, healing and hope.

An irreverent romance for all ages, this is a lyrical story with a brutal edge and a beating heart. Reuniting the creative team behind the worldwide smash-hit The Red Shoes and after astounding audiences in Broadway with the Tony Award-nominated Brief Encounter , this is a brand new show not to be missed. Expect “One of Britain’s most exciting instinctive storytelling and devilish humour laced with a heady theatre companies.” mix of live blues music. The Guardian

Proudly supported by Venue Gaiety Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2.30pm Dates Oct 13-15 Price Range €15-€35

© Matinée Oct 15 Duration 2hrs (approx. incl. interval) S t e For full Festival timetable see page 72 v e T a n n e r 8 9 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and Landmark Productions

FAITH TESTAMENT TRUTH By Colm Tóibín Directed by Garry Hynes DOUBT Designed by Francis O’Connor Lighting Design by Peter Mumford Sound Design by Gregory Clarke Cast Marie Mullen

“Who do you say that I am?”

Out of the mystery which involved silence and the slow spreading of news, one cgure remains both iconic and deeply human.

In a thrilling imaginative leap, one of Ireland's greatest writers has given voice to a woman who was forced to bear an unimaginable burden in tumultuous times.

Colm Tóibín's searingly honest, provocative play asks big questions about what we believe, who we believe, and why. Directed by the internationally renowned Irish theatre director Garry Hynes, and starring Marie Mullen, this is a play about extraordinary events that continue to shape our world to this day.

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and Landmark Productions are proud to present the world première of this astonishing piece of theatre.

Testament is an Ulster Bank Dublin Venue Project Arts Centre Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm. Theatre Festival commission with (Space Upstairs) Oct 2, 9 & 16, 6pm the support of Irish Theatre Trust. Dates Oct 3-16 Price €20-€35 © R o Previews Sept 29-Oct 2 Duration 1hr 30mins (approx. no interval) s K a v a

Matinées Oct 5, 8, 12 &15 For full Festival timetable see page 72 n a g h 10 11 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland/UK Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and Sadler’s Wells, London, in association with Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival

RIAN Directed and Choreographed by Michael Keegan Dolan Musical Direction by Liam Ó Maonlaí Lighting Design by Adam Silverman Set Design by Sabine D’Argent Costume Design by Doey Lüthi Assistant Musical Direction by Philip Feeney Sound Design by Denis Clohessy

IMPRINT TALKING THEATRE Acclaimed choreographer Michael Keegan Dolan and leading Michael Keegan Dolan and musician Liam Ó Maonlaí with a united company of musicians and UNITY Liam Ó Maonlaí in conversation. dancers, embark on a journey to explore the tension and harmony Oct 7, Post-show 8.50pm (approx). between Irish traditional music and modern dance. The Festival is CONFIDENCE delighted to present this world première, created as a response to the current seismic changes in Irish society.

Ó Maonlaí’s album Rian (meaning imprint or trace) was inspired by Seán Ó Riada’s seminal recording, Ó Riada sa Gaiety , and this production combines Rian as part of a live score with new material performed by Ó Maonlaí and leading musicians from across Ireland.

Michael Keegan Dolan and Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, acclaimed for Festival hits Giselle (2003) and The Bull (2005), return with international contemporary dancers to explore old and new, collaboration and trust, tradition and invention, Ireland and the world.

“One of the best choreographers ever to emerge from Ireland.” The Guardian

Proudly supported by Venue Gaiety Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinée 2pm Dates Oct 6-8 Price Range €15-€35 ©

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a For full Festival timetable see page 72 r d G i l l i g a n 12 13 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland/UK Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre of Great Britain

JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK By Sean O’Casey Directed by Howard Davies Designed by Bob Crowley Cast includes Risteárd Cooper, Sinéad Cusack, Clare Dunne, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Vaughan Lawlor, Nick Lee, Janet Moran, Gillian McCarthy, Bernadette McKenna, Ronan Raftery and Sophie Robinson

TALKING THEATRE “Th’ whole worl’s in a terrible state o’ chassis” AMBITION Bob Crowley in conversation. SURVIVAL Oct 13, 6pm. Abbey Theatre. In this the second part of O’Casey’s great Dublin Trilogy, the Advance booking essential. ambitions of the Boyle family are set against the political and social COMPASSION events of Ireland’s War of Independence. Set in a tenement house, Juno and the Paycock is an epic tale of survival and vengeance punctuated by dreadful poverty.

Juno, the spirited matriarch of the Boyle household tries to keep her family together while it is being pulled apart by growing political unrest. Her husband, Captain Jack Boyle drinks his way through his days with his side-kick Joxer Daly, while their children fail tragically in

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i For full Festival timetable see page 72 n s o n 14 15 www.dublin theatre festival.com Belgium les ballets C de la B

“An extraordinary piece... a multi-layered, GARDENIA endlessly extravagant work.” Directed by Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke The Stage Based on a concept by Vanessa Van Durme CELEBRATION AUTHENTICITY LONGING

TALKING THEATRE The Festival is delighted to welcome the return to Dublin of one Members of the company. of the most induential dance theatre companies in the world, les Oct 10, Post-show 9.15pm (approx). ballets C de la B, after spellbinding audiences with vsprs at the 2006 Dublin Dance Festival.

Gardenia is a damboyant and decant tale featuring seven ageing transsexuals and transvestites, who, through fake eyelashes, glitter and gloss, convey the indomitable nature of the human spirit. Sometimes hilarious often poignant, this glitter-dusted mix of song, dance, theatre and cabaret is a shimmering yet deeply tender experience that deces categorisation.

A unique collaboration between the celebrated musical director Frank Van Laecke and the multi award-winning Alain Platel, one of the world’s leading directors and choreographers, Gardenia comes to Dublin having taken the world by storm following its première at the illustrious Avignon Festival in 2010.

Proudly supported by Venue Gaiety Theatre Price Range €20-€30 the Belgian Embassy, Dublin Dates Oct 10 & 11 Duration 1hr 45mins (no interval)

Time 7.30pm For full Festival timetable see page 72 © L u k M o n s a e r t 16 17 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Gate Theatre

“A wonderful, subtle, problematic and humane book.” THE SPECKLED PEOPLE The Irish Times By Hugo Hamilton Directed by Patrick Mason Set and Costume Design by Joe Vanek Cast Stephen Brennan, Denis Conway, Julika Jenkins, John Kavanagh, Tadhg Murphy and Marion O’Dwyer

TALKING THEATRE Hugo Hamilton’s best-selling memoir, The Speckled People , Rewarding Rewording: In has been hailed as an ‘instant classic’ and has been translated conversation with Hugo Hamilton. into twenty languages. The Gate Theatre is delighted to present Oct 11, 6pm. The Gate Lab. the world première of the author’s adaptation of this See Special Events pg55-61. extraordinary work.

The Speckled People tells the profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950’s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and often a very funny family drama. As a young boy, Hamilton struggled with what it means to be speckled, “half and half... Irish on top and German below.”

Caught between his cercely nationalistic father and his warm- hearted German mother, Hugo must free himself from his parents’ secrets before he can cnd a place where he belongs.

LOVE WAR HOME Venue Gate Theatre Times 7.30pm. Matinées 2.30pm Opens Oct 4 Price Range €25-€35 Previews Sept 29-Oct 3 Duration 2hrs (approx. incl. interval) Matinées Oct 8 & 15 For full Festival timetable see page 72

18 19 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Brokentalkers

THE BLUE BOY Devised and Directed by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan Music by Seán Millar

TALKING THEATRE Following the phenomenal success of Silver Stars in 2009, FEAR Feidlim Cannon, Gary Keegan and Brokentalkers return to the Festival with this powerful new show, Seán Millar in conversation. which deals with the experiences of men and women who were COURAGE Oct 11, Post-show 8.45pm (approx). incarcerated as children in Catholic residential care institutions. HOPE A haunting and moving piece, this highly anticipated new show has already been described as one of the theatrical highlights of 2010 following its In Development presentation at last year’s Festival. With choreography from internationally renowned Eddie Kay (DV8/Frantic Assembly) and original music by Seán Millar (writer of Silver Stars ), The Blue Boy combines live performance and recorded interviews with multi-media and clm, and gives fresh theatrical voice to recently revealed stories of childhood abuse in Ireland.

Contains material that some may Snd disturbing.

The Blue Boy is a co-production with Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, LÓKAL Theatre Festival Reykjavík, Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen, Korjaamo Theatre/Stage Festival Helsinki and Cork Midsummer Festival with generous support from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and Culture Ireland. Brokentalkers are part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. “Extraordinary… its eWect The matinée performance on Oct 15 at 3pm will be audio-described. See page 67 is simply devastating.” for more info. The Irish Times on Silver Stars

Venue The Lir Times 7.30pm. Matinée 3pm Dates Oct 8-16 Oct 9 & 16, 6pm Previews Oct 6 & 7 Price Range €18-€25 Matinée Oct 15 Duration 1hr 15mins (approx. no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72

20 21 www.dublin theatre festival.com Netherlands Toneelgroep Amsterdam

LA VOIX HUMAINE By Jean Cocteau Directed by Ivo van Hove Cast Halina Reijn

TALKING THEATRE The world renowned director Ivo van Hove makes his long-awaited DESPAIR Members of the company. Festival debut with Holland’s largest repertory company Toneelgroep Sept 29, Post-show 8.45pm (approx). Amsterdam, in this inspired and shattering vision of Jean Cocteau’s BETRAYAL seminal text, La Voix Humaine . DESIRE This celebrated story of abandonment, grief and heartbreak centres on a desperate woman’s last phone call to an ex-lover. In Van Hove’s elegant production, the audience’s most voyeuristic impulses are skilfully manipulated to provide a fascinating insight into the chaotic unravelling of a passionate abair.

Central to the success of this stark, contemporary production is a tour-de-force performance by one of the Netherlands’ most celebrated stage actresses, Halina Reijn, which earned her the Best Actress award at the Kontakt International Theatre Festival in Poland.

Performed in Dutch with English surtitles.

Courtesy of M. Pierre Bergé, président of the Jean Cocteau Commission “A spare, raw, enormously aWecting production, brought to incisive life by Halina Reijn.” The Village Voice

Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Price Range €28-€33 Dates Sept 29-Oct 2 Duration 1hr 10mins (no interval) © J

Times 7.30pm. Oct 2, 1pm For full Festival timetable see page 72 a n V e r s w e y v e l d 22 23 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland Abbey Theatre

ART BEAUTY 16 POSSIBLE GLIMPSES Written by Marina Carr ETERNITY Directed by Wayne Jordan Set and Costumes by Naomi Wilkinson Lighting by Sinéad McKenna Composer/Sound Design by Sam Jackson Cast includes Deirdre Mullins and Patrick O’Kane

TALKING THEATRE “When I was a boy all I ever wanted was to Sght a duel like Pushkin. Marina Carr in conversation with And then to lie on a couch with my fatal wound eating cloudberries.” Melissa Sihra. Sept 30, 6pm. Abbey Theatre. The Abbey Theatre presents a brand new play in which the life and Advance booking essential. death of the elusive Chekhov is examined through the eyes of one of Ireland’s leading playwrights, Marina Carr, in this energetic production directed by Wayne Jordan.

In 16 POSSIBLE GLIMPSES , a series of dialogues and domestic scenes dash through the life of Chekhov, the master storyteller, master playwright, doctor, lover, brother, son.

Glimpse; oceans of champagne, coens, snow, beautiful gardens, a black monk travelling through time, trees, vodka, women, women, women and a life in which eternity is the only thing worth talking about.

Featuring the best of Irish theatre talent, this dynamic new play sees a collision of visuals, words and music in a distinct and poetic re-imagining of the life of a brilliant man.

Venue Abbey Theatre, Times 8pm. Matinées 2.30pm on the Peacock stage Price Range €18-€25 Opens Oct 5 Duration 1hr 30mins (approx. no interval) © a

k Previews Sept 30-Oct 4 For full Festival timetable see page 72 g i m Matinées Oct 8, 12 & 15 a g e s 24 25 www.dublin theatre festival.com UK 1927

“1927 conjure a world so complete it feels as if you’ve fallen down a rabbit hole… THE ANIMALS AND a really astonishing piece of work.” The Guardian CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS Created by 1927

TALKING THEATRE Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein Members of the company. lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement Oct 1, Post-show 8.55pm (approx). block, where curtain-twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door.

When Agnes Eaves and her daughter arrive late one night amongst the cockroaches, crime and corruption, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun?

Using their trademark macabre cabaret style, this wickedly twisted new show from the multiple award-winning company behind the 2008 Festival hit Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea , has been likened to a mixture of Fritz Lang, Charles Dickens and Tim Burton. Seamlessly synchronizing live music and performance with exquisite clm and animation, 1927 brings this dystopian delight to Dublin as part of an extensive world tour.

MACABRE TWISTED INVENTIVE Proudly supported by Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube) Times 7.45pm. Matinée 4.30pm. Dates Sept 29-Oct 2 Oct 2, 4pm Matinée Oct 1 Price Range €20-€30 Duration 1hr 10mins (no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72

26 27 www.dublin theatre festival.com www.dublin theatre festival.com ANXIETY RESTRAINT THE RADICAL MIND AMBITION Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in Ireland, the Festival will present three independent contemporary works from Germany. In acknowledgement of Goethe’s magnitude as an original and radical thinker, and the ongoing centrality of radical thinking within contemporary German society, The Radical Mind season will focus on leading experimenters and innovators within its thriving theatre scene. Shows will include: She She Pop & their Fathers: Testament , Othello c’est qui and Gob Squad’s Revolution Now!

Alongside the main stage shows, there will be two panel discussions, Radical Thoughts and More Berlin than Boston? (see Special Events page 55-61) and music at the Odessa Club with Kaleidoscope (see Festival Club page 65).

Proudly supported by

28 29 www.dublin theatre festival.com Germany She She Pop

SHE SHE POP & THEIR FATHERS: TESTAMENT Concept by She She Pop

TALKING THEATRE When Shakespeare’s King Lear retires and divides his kingdom between HONESTY Members of the company. his three daughters, he experiences a powerful disappointment: none of Oct 8, Post-show 9.30pm (approx). his daughters seem to love him adequately in return. FAMILY

PANEL DISCUSSIONS Drawing from Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, this tender yet brutally BETRAYAL The Radical Mind: honest production dares to show the painful realities of ageing and Oct 8, 1pm. Goethe-Institut. parenthood that abect us all but are seldom spoken. Standing on stage More Berlin than Boston?: with their real-life fathers, performers expose their personal grievances Oct 1, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. without mercy: legal succession, hereditary diseases, home care plans, See Special Events pg55-61. gas receipts, and an overbearing sense of guilt – all subject to public negotiation and scrutiny.

Funny and sad, brave and raw, this frank and razor-sharp show is creating waves around Europe after winning the Wild Card award at “Never have I seen anything as Theaterfestival Favoriten and being chosen as one of the top ten honest and naked as this on stage German shows of 2010 at the Berliner Theatertreben. and simultaneously laughed so

A co-production with Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg and FFT Düsseldorf. much, that my heart felt a stitch...” nummer.se Funded by the City of Berlin, the City of Hamburg and the Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

Performed in German with English surtitles.

Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Price Range €28-€33 Dates Oct 6-9 Duration 2hrs (no interval) Times 7.30pm, Oct 9, 3pm For full Festival timetable see page 72 © D o r o T u c h 30 31 www.dublin theatre festival.com Germany/UK Gob Squad

“A roller-coaster road of passion, determination and outstanding lack of convention... Gob Squad, REVOLUTION NOW! I salute you and your revolution.” Concept by Gob Squad A Younger Theatre Performed and Devised by Johanna Freiburg, Sean Patten, Sharon Smith, Berit Stumpf, Sarah Thom, Laura Tonke, Bastian Trost and Simon Will

MUTINY TALKING THEATRE Gob Squad demands a revolution. Now. The crst steps have been Members of the company. taken. The auditorium has been stormed, the box oece has been PROVOCATION Oct 12, Post-show 10pm (approx). occupied. All without bloodshed so far...

EXUBERANCE PANEL DISCUSSIONS With all the technology they can get their hands on and a charm The Radical Mind: obensive that uses cups of tea, cake and electric guitars, Gob Oct 8, 1pm. Goethe-Institut. Squad will reach out to the masses and incite them to rise up. More Berlin than Boston?: Equipped with cameras, live links, big screens, wireless transmitters Oct 1, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. and long, long cables they’ll be broadcasting the revolution out into See Special Events pg55-61. the world. This revolution WILL be televised. Live.

Since 1994 Gob Squad has used the language of clm, TV and pop music to explore the complexities and absurdities of contemporary culture. Always provocative, entertaining and emotionally charged, in this search for clarity the audience is faced with the same questions. Whose side are we on? What do we want and how far are we prepared to go?

Co-produced by donaufestival Niederösterreich, Schauspiel Köln and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz with support from Berliner Kulturverwaltung.

May contain nudity.

Performed in English.

Venue Samuel Beckett Theatre Duration Between 1hr 30mins-2hrs Dates Oct 12-15 30mins. Varies with performances ©

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e Price Range €28-€33 For full Festival timetable see page 72 l R e i n a r t z 32 33 www.dublin theatre festival.com Germany Gintersdorfer/Klaßen

OTHELLO C’EST QUI By Gintersdorfer/Klaßen JEALOUSY Cast Cornelia Dörr and Franck Edmond Yao MOCKERY SEXUALITY

PANEL DISCUSSIONS Amongst the few roles for black actors in the western Radical Thoughts: world, the character of Othello remains the most Oct 8, 1pm. Goethe-Institut. celebrated. Yet Shakespeare’s famous moor is not More Berlin than Boston?: widely known in Africa. Across this cultural divide, Oct 1, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. Ivory Coast-born performer Franck Edmond Yao See Special Events pg55-61. and German actress Cornelia Dörr now collide.

Sharp, political and sensual, Othello c’est qui (Othello who’s that) plays with the ordinary and the trivial clichés surrounding Othello and Desdemona but gradually develops into a tough confrontation between two cultures marked by extreme emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings and contrasts.

A mischievous but hard-hitting exchange, this frank and very human production won crst prize at the 2009 Theatre Festival IMPULSE, and has charmed and stimulated audiences across Europe ever since.

Performed in English and French. “The most signiXcant production at this year’s TheatertreWen – a slick, clever production.” Die Zeit Venue Smock Alley Theatre Price €25 Dates Oct 7-9 Duration 1hr 10mins (no interval) Times 9.30pm. Oct 9, 2pm For full Festival timetable see page 72

34 35 www.dublin theatre festival.com South Africa Richard Jordan Productions Ltd in association with the Baxter Theatre (University of Cape Town) and Pleasance ITSOSENG BEHIND Written and Performed by Omphile Molusi Original Direction by Tina Johnson CLOSED DOORS ISOLATION © C i a

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HEARTBREAK l private portrait of Dublin city and its inhabitants. Centring on issues often ignored – some in the past, some present – Laundry, TALKING THEATRE The Festival in association with axis: Ballymun is delighted to Trade, Request Programme and World’s End Lane – give us a Omphile Molusi in conversation. present this powerful award-winning play which tells the true story glimpse into an often forgotten facet of Irish society. Oct 4, Post-show 9.10pm (approx). of a small township in South Africa whose inhabitants are still awaiting regeneration thirteen years after apartheid, and survival is a word on everyone’s lips.

A scathing indictment of government indiberence, cynicism and incompetence in a forgotten township, Itsoseng is the gripping story of a local man whose hope of a new life is crushed with the realities of a corrupt system.

Exploring themes rarely seen on the South African stage, Molusi's impassioned story of hope has taken the world by storm since winning a host of awards including an Edinburgh Fringe First in 2008 and the 2010 US Black Alliance Theater Award.

A captioned performance will take place on Oct 7, at 8pm. See page 67 for more info.

“Astonishing… Itsoseng is a cry from the heart, depicting a post-apartheid South Africa that gives the lie to the image of a happy rainbow nation.” The Guardian Venue axis: Ballymun Times 8pm. Matinée 2pm Dates Oct 3-8 Price Range €18-€22 Matinée Oct 8 Duration 1hr 10mins (no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72

36 37 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland ANU Productions Ireland THISISPOPBABY

LAUNDRY TRADE Directed by Louise Lowe Written by Mark O’Halloran Creative Producer Hannah Mullan Directed by Tom Creed Designed by Ciarán O’Melia LIBERATION Produced by Phillip McMahon RAW © P h i l l i ABSOLUTION INTIMATE p M c M a h o GUILT BEAUTIFUL n

PANEL DISCUSSIONS “Inside there are two rooms. You are in one. Holding your dirty PANEL DISCUSSIONS “This is just this. It isn’t real. It’s money.” Access all Areas: laundry. They are in the other. Waiting for you.” Access all Areas: Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. In a rundown guesthouse in Dublin’s north inner-city, a vulnerable Behind Closed Doors: Following the award-winning World’s End Lane (see page 45), See Special Events pg55-61 and confused young rent boy sits with a middle-aged client. It’s Oct 5, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. Laundry is the second instalment of a series of four site-specicc Behind Closed Doors: not the crst time they’ve met, but today the older man has blood See Special Events pg55-61. works exploring the social history of a quarter mile area in Dublin’s Oct 5, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. on his shirt. A lot has happened since they last met. north inner-city. In an Ireland whose collective consciousness See Special Events pg55-61. is reeling from the exposition of institutions, the door to the Multiple award-winning Mark O’Halloran is one of Ireland’s most Gloucester Street Magdalene Convent is opened and the celebrated screenwriters and has received worldwide acclaim audience is invited on a challenging, stimulating and thought- for his clms Adam & Paul and Garage . Performed in a real-life bed provoking journey. and breakfast, Trade is a provocative and moving exploration of desire, morality and duty, and is O’Halloran’s crst stage play in Contains material that some may Snd disturbing. This event is of a participatory nature ten years. and limited to 3 people per performance.

Laundry has been supported by Fishamble: The New Play Company’s New Play Clinic Contains strong language and sexual content. scheme, CREATE, and Rough Magic Hub. ANU Productions is in Six in the Attic – An THISISPOPBABY are part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. Irish Theatre Institute resource sharing initiative.

“ANU Productions is doing something “The company is not so much cutting edge genuinely innovative with theatrical form.” as the creator of a new edge in itself.“ The Irish Times The Sunday Tribune

Venue The Magdalene Laundry, Times Every half hour from Meeting Point O’Reilly Theatre, Times 1pm & 6pm. Lower Sean MacDermott St 11am-1.30pm & 3pm-5.30pm Belvedere College Oct 2, 9 & 16, 2.30pm Dates Sept 29-Oct 15 Price Range €13-€18 Dates Sept 29-Oct 16 Price Range €12-€15 Previews Sept 27 & 28 Duration 1hr 30mins (approx. no interval) Previews Sept 28 & 29 Duration 50mins (approx. no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72 For full Festival timetable see page 72

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THE LULU HOUSE Directed by Selina Cartmell Composed by Conor Linehan Cast Lorcan Cranitch and Camille O’Sullivan

PANEL DISCUSSION Part performance, part musical, part installation and part clm, Access all Areas: The Lulu House invites you to become your own detective, bit Oct 15, 12pm. by bit piecing together the tragic downfall of this elusive stage Project Arts Centre. and screen icon. See Special Events pg55-61. Inspired by George Pabst’s silent masterpiece Pandora’s Box and Wedekind’s 19th century ‘Lulu’ plays, this immersive experience will take you on a shocking, thrilling and intoxicating journey exploring how Lulu has eluded and seduced, spreading desire and destruction wherever she goes.

Starring Lorcan Cranitch and Camille O’Sullivan this spellbinding production is directed by The Irish Times Irish Theatre Award-winner Selina Cartmell, who took last year’s Fringe by storm with the ELUSIVE stunning Medea . The Lulu House obers a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the amoral psyche of this SENSUAL seductive femme fatale. OBSESSIVE “Selina Cartmell is the most radical presence in our theatre world.” The Dubliner

Venue James Joyce House Times 7pm & 9pm. Oct 2, 9 & 16, (The Dead), 15 Usher’s Island 5pm & 7pm. Sept 27, 7pm only ©

Dates Sept 30-Oct 16 Price Range €20-€25 A g a t

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Cast Eileen Walsh i s i o This curated programme is presented during the Festival to an ESCAPE n invited delegation of international programmers and presenters PANEL DISCUSSIONS Corcadorca, the celebrated Cork company known for its site- from key festivals and venues worldwide; and obers an opportunity Access all Areas: specicc innovative work, presents this haunting and intimate to promote Irish theatre as well as reviving successful Irish work show which gives a devastating glimpse into the life of one Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. for Festival audiences. Behind Closed Doors: woman, who in the course of an hour makes a decision that Oct 5, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. changes everything. See Special Events pg55-61. Set in a city centre apartment, this wordless and often chilling This year cve very diberent Irish productions from the last twelve production invites the audience into the private world of its months will be presented. The sell-out comic hit of last Summer, lone character – played by IFTA winning actress Eileen Walsh – Slattery’s Sago Saga by The Performance Corporation will be in as she moves through the small rituals and daily routines on which her life is built. the magniccent surrounds of Rathfarnham Castle; four of the best shows from the hugely successful 2010 Absolut Fringe feature Accompanied only by the sound of a radio request programme, this is not a day like all the others. She has a including the winner of the Spirit of the Fringe award, THEATREclub, diberent conclusion in mind. with the inventive and hard-hitting HEROIN ; World’s End Lane , a

Contains material that some may Snd disturbing. provocative and personal journey into a once notorious red light district in Dublin’s north inner-city; the gripping story of a father “Remarkable piece, brilliantly played with intense cghting for salvation, Fight Night ; and a fresh and human love silent pathos by Eileen Walsh.” story I n Alice n I, travels to four diberent venues in Dublin as part Sunday Independent of Festival on Tour.

Meeting Point Ambassador Theatre Price €15 Dates Oct 3-15 Duration 1hr (no interval) Times 8.30pm. For full Festival timetable see page 72 Oct 7, 8, 14 & 15, 6.30pm & 8.30pm

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SLATTERY’S WORLD’S SAGO SAGA END LANE Adapted by Arthur Riordan from the uncnished Directed by Louise Lowe novel by Flann O’Brien MISCHIEVOUS Designed by Owen Boss INTIMATE

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REVIEWED Slattery’s Sago Saga is the tale of Tim Hartigan, whose quiet life as REVIEWED For over 100 years, Monto, in Dublin’s north inner-city, was the most A showcase of successful the dogsbody of Poguemahone Hall is shattered by the arrival of a A showcase of successful notorious red light district in Europe. Presided over by infamous madams Irish productions restaged in Scotch woman with an evil plan. Confusion awaits in the shape of a Irish productions restaged and fortune tellers, lost strangers sought sex, guidance and the divine. partnership with Culture Ireland politically correct Leprechaun, a beautiful typist and a tycoon T.D. in partnership with Culture and Irish Theatre Institute. bent on bankrupting the country... Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute. World’s End Lane is an adrenaline fuelled exchange created for just three audience members at a time. Each audience member is invited One part carnival, one part surreal satire, this comic masterpiece – to surrender to their own Monto experience in this immersive, PANEL DISCUSSION nominated for three awards at the 2010 Irish Times Irish Theatre PANEL DISCUSSIONS challenging and interactive journey. Awards – is catapulted with surrealist energy into modern-day Ireland. Access all Areas: Access all Areas: An unforgettable theatrical adventure from Ireland’s internationally Nominated for Best Production at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. renowned site-specicc company The Performance Corporation. and winner of Best Ob Site Production at the 2010 Absolut Fringe, See Special Events pg55-61. Behind Closed Doors: World’s End Lane is the crst of a four part investigation of the Monto Oct 5, 1pm. Project Arts Centre. area. Alongside this revival, the Festival is delighted to première the See Special Events pg55-61. second part of the quartet Laundry , detailed on page 38.

Contains nudity and material that some may Snd disturbing. This event is of a participatory nature.

World’s End Lane is presented in association with the LAB. ANU Productions is in Six in the Attic - An Irish Theatre Institute resource sharing initiative. “It is absolutely fantastic... hilarious, everyone has to see it.” “Thrilling, terrifying and utterly transXxing.” The View, RTÉ The Irish Times

Venue Rathfarnham Castle Times 8pm. Matinées 3pm (Oct 15) Venue The LAB Price €15 Dates Oct 6-16 11.30am (Oct 8). 6pm (Oct 9 & 16) Dates Sept 29-Oct 15 Duration 50mins (no interval) Matinées Oct 8 & 15 Price Range €15-€20 Times On the hour from 5pm-8pm. For full Festival timetable see page 72 Duration 1hr 40mins (no interval) Oct 1, 8 & 15, on the hour from For full Festival timetable see page 72 1pm-4pm

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DEFIANT I n ALICE n I BRAVE Written and Directed by Amy Conroy HUMAN Developed with Clare Barrett Designed by Ciarán O'Melia Produced by Maria Fleming Cast Clare Barrett and Amy Conroy

REVIEWED Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally. A showcase of successful Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at Irish productions restaged in each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a show... partnership with Culture Ireland reluctantly. Defying stereotype, they’re here to share with you and Irish Theatre Institute. something they’ve never dared to before.

FESTIVAL ON TOUR A fresh, human and hilarious piece from this decant new company Theatre where you live. HotForTheatre, I n Alice n I explores the monumental journey of a most unlikely couple. TALKING THEATRE Winner of two Absolut Fringe awards in 2010 including the Amy Conroy and Clare Barrett

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Venue Civic Theatre, Tallaght Venue Draíocht Studio Dates Sept 30 & Oct 1 Dates Oct 10-12 “An impeccably executed piece of Preview Sept 29 Time 8.15pm Time 8pm Price €18 documentary theatre... genuinely aWecting, Price Range €10-€20 as it recasts ‘reality’ in theatrical form.” Venue Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire The Irish Times Venue Project Arts Centre (Cube) Dates Oct 14 & 15 Dates Oct 4-9 Time 8pm Matinée Oct 8 Price €20 Times 9pm. Matinée 1pm. Oct 9, 1.30pm Price Range €15-€20 Duration 1hr (no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72 46 47 www.dublin theatre festival.com Ireland THEATREclub Ireland Rise Productions and the Lisa Richards Agency

HEROIN FIGHT NIGHT Directed by Grace Dyas By Gavin Kostick Directed by Bryan Burroughs Performed by Aonghus Óg McAnally UNSETTLING Lighting Design by Colm Maher FATHERHOOD Boxing Coach Cathal Redmond © © L

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REVIEWED A radical staging of how we got here, and how much we care. REVIEWED Fight Night is a gripping journey charting the comeback of Dan Coyle Jr., a failed amateur boxer from a long line of accomplished A showcase of successful Irish A showcase of successful cghters. Living in the shadows of his overbearing father and his productions restaged in partnership HEROIN is the story never told about the new republic, of the person Irish productions restaged in brother’s Olympic success, Dan lets his training slip in favour of with Culture Ireland and Irish you never saw, of what was built and then demolished. It’s the big one, partnership with Culture girls and booze. It’s not until the birth of his own son years later Theatre Institute. the bad one, the one you never thought you’d try. It’s everything that Ireland and Irish Theatre Institute. ever happened, the words that were never spoken and how the ones that his competitive cre is reignited, and he takes the crst TALKING THEATRE we voted for kicked us in the teeth. tentative steps on his road to redemption. Grace Dyas and members of TALKING THEATRE Winner of last year’s Spirit of the Fringe Award at Absolut Fringe, Aonghus Óg McAnally in Winner of the Best Actor and the Bewley’s Little Gem Award the company. THEATREclub’s visionary production is a hard-hitting investigation conversation. in last year’s Absolut Fringe, this fast-paced and engaging Oct 5, Post-show 7.30pm (approx). charting the explosion of the drug in Ireland that centres on those Oct 6, Post-show 6.55pm (approx). performance combines intense physicality with a classic Dublin that society left behind. wit in an experience that will leave audiences both exhausted and elated. HEROIN was developed in collaboration with the staR and clients of Rialto Community Drug team. THEATREclub is part of PROJECT CATALYST, an initiative of Project Arts Centre. Fight Night was written and developed as part of Show in a Bag, an artist development initiative of Absolut Fringe, Fishamble: The New Play Company Contains strong language and material that some may Snd disturbing. and Irish Theatre Institute. “THEATREclub’s Xercely-realised production of HEROIN manages to convey the needle and Irish “McAnally and Kostick deliver a knockout blow… society’s wilful ignorance of the damage done.” extraordinary… stark, exhilarating and cathartic.” Irish Theatre Magazine The Irish Times

Venue Smock Alley Theatre Price Range €18-€20 Venue The New Theatre Times 6pm. Matinée 3pm Dates Oct 4-9 Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval) Dates Oct 4-9 Price Range €15-€20 Time 6pm For full Festival timetable see page 72 Matinée Oct 8 Duration 55mins (no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72

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FRUSTRATION Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, join forces once again to present a season of acclaimed international productions for families. Welcoming back three of the best theatre companies in the world, this year’s Family Season will transport audiences to far away worlds in kaleidoscopic tunnels; to a spooky birthday party with a diberence in a musty old house; and includes a hilarious new version of a well known tale featuring an exceptionally moody chicken!

BOOKING AND INFORMATION Please contact The Ark on 01 670 7788 or visit www.ark.ie. All school performances €6.50 and public performances €10. For public bookings, you can also contact the Festival Box Oece. Please see the grid at the back of the brochure for times and a breakdown of school/public performances.

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A SONATINA BERNINNA Directed by Bodil Alling Conceived by Philippe Van de Velde, Designed by Claus Helbo Martine Decroos, Katrien Pierlet, Composed by Søren Søndberg Dominique Van Malder, Jo Jochems, Cast Bodil Alling, Søren Søndberg and JOYFUL Cecilia De Mulder and Emmanuelle Schotsaert MYSTERIOUS Christian Glahn Cast Dominique Van Malder, Jo Jochems, © P h

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An Italian pick-up truck, a distinctly uncooperative live chicken and a PANEL DISCUSSION Long ago in the depths of Siberia, Berninna was a world famous newly-laid egg play leading roles in this enthralling and hilarious new Access all Areas: pianist who made hearts beat faster and ice caps melt everywhere version of Little Red Riding Hood . Highly original and tremendously Oct 15, 12pm. Project Arts Centre. she played. imaginative, the acclaimed Bodil Alling brings her ingenious skill to See Special Events pg55-61. this classic fairytale. Now her fame is gone and she spends her days in a musty old house clled with mothballs and dusty trophies. Preparations begin Jump in and enter the wacky world of Teatret Gruppe 38 where the for her birthday and celebrations beckon, but not everything is what theatrical sky is the limit. Last seen at the Festival in 2009 with Hans it seems. Berninna hides a secret, deep between her crow’s feet. Christian, You Must Be An Angel , this is Little Red Riding Hood with a diberence. After thrilling audiences in last year’s Festival with the captivating Lava , Berninna is a story told with dancing lampshades, lost mice Age 6+ and singing ghosts, and shows how we can cnd the courage to start all over again and let go of the past.

Age 8+

“A real world-class gem of a show... “A celebration of detail is exactly what distinguishes magniXcently surreal.” Studio ORKA’s work from the average... marvellous.” The Scotsman De Standaard

Venue The Ark Venue No.11 North Great George’s St Dates Sept 29-Oct 3 Dates Sept 30-Oct 2 Duration 40mins (no interval) Duration 1hr (no interval) For full Festival timetable see page 72 For full Festival timetable see page 72

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A chance to see major Irish theatrical Commissioned with support of Irish Theatre Trust and works in development before they reach the Arts Council Project Award. KALEJDOSKOP full production on the stage – possibly in future Festival programmes. Events are Venue Project Arts Centre Directed by Sara Topsøe-Jensen free but booking through the Festival Box Date Oct 6 Time 1pm and Clare Butler Oece is essential. Cast Sara Topsøe-Jensen, Cindy Rudel, Dorte Persson, Kristina Murdin, Connie Tronbjerg SENSORY Hatch Theatre Company/Landmark Productions/ The Company and Karsten Nisbeth Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival © POLITIK B

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r Based on their disappointment with the current state of u PLAYFUL p Directed by abairs, The Company’s latest work questions how much Annabelle Comyn our participation determines the system in which we live.

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curiosities where nature, science and poetry meet in a mysterious r talk about that which they used to ignore: Maybe it’s u kaleidoscopic maze. Follow your guide into an exotic labyrinth, p time to re-imagine our politiks. crawling through narrow tunnels and crooked doors, where the imagination can run free and curiosity is awakened. An expedition Venue Project Arts Centre of the unexpected, where questions arise and answers disappear… Date Oct 7 Following the worldwide success of her novel Room , the Times 1pm & 3pm award-winning author Emma Donoghue returns to the The Festival is delighted to welcome back Carte Blanche after stage with a multi-layered exploration of the life and work entrancing Dublin in 2008 with the charming The Attic Under the of the extraordinary Irish-American writer Maeve Brennan. Sky. This ground-breaking show is one like no other and will be an experience you will never forget! Project Brand New TEAR DOWN THE WALLS Age 8+ Curated and In collaboration with international artist Geraldine Pilgrim, Produced by who is renowned as the founder of site-specicc theatre in Louise Lowe the UK, Project Brand New has invited six artists to create and Lynnette a brand new piece of work responding to the factory. Moran Their playful interaction and forensic examination over “Pure theatre magic. A magniXcent piece.” one weekend will celebrate the past, present and future of Flensborg Avis this site and transform it in a daring and provocative way.

Project Brand New has found a non-theatre space, an Venue The Hendron Building, industrial factory that’s decommissioned, abandoned 39 Upper Dominick St Venue Banquet Hall at Smock Alley Theatre and unused for its original purpose. The Hendron Date Oct 16 Dates Oct 6-8 Building, a 1940’s Modernist monument once scheduled Times 6pm & 8pm Duration 1hr 30mins (no interval) for ambitious redevelopment lies empty less then a cve Price €5 For full Festival timetable see page 72 minute walk from Dublin city centre. Booking and Further Info www.dublintheatrefestival.com 54 55 www.dublin theatre festival.com Addressing issues raised by the Behind Closed Doors THOUGHTS FROM programme strand, the artists behind Laundry (see page REWARDING QUESTIONING 38), Trade (see page 39), Request Programme (see page THE FESTIVAL 42) and World’s End Lane (see page 45) discuss issues of REWORDING THE FUTURE intimacy, secrecy and marginalisation within Irish society. A series of panel discussions presented Presented in association with the Gate Lab The Gate Lab hosts a special panel discussion and in association with RTÉ Radio 1. All panel open forum composed of induential Irish Theatre Venue Project Arts Centre In a series of public interviews, three of Ireland’s cnest Artists, Critics and Government Oecials all united in discussions are free and not ticketed. Please Date Oct 5 writers display the multi-faceted nature of adaptation. questioning the future of Irish Theatre. arrive on time. Time 1pm Rewarding Rewording encompasses Emma Donoghue in Behind Closed Doors will be broadcast conversation about translating the literary life of Maeve Venue Gate Theatre Lab on RTÉ Radio 1 on Oct 10 at 10pm. Brennan to stage; Hugo Hamilton on adapting his award- MORE BERLIN THAN BOSTON? Date Oct 5 winning novel The Speckled People for the Gate stage Time 5pm and Joseph O’Connor on his adaptation of Daphne Du Price Free but ticketed RADICAL THOUGHTS Maurier’s novel My Cousin Rachel , again for the Gate stage.

Leading German and Irish commentators and artists discuss the constant presence of radical thought Venue Gate Theatre Lab ACTING OUT n i Sept 29: Emma Donoghue in r and experimentation at the centre of German culture Dates u A conversation with Director Annabelle Comyn s and society. a

m Oct 11: Hugo Hamilton in conversation o h T Presented as part of The Radical Mind, a programme with Derek Scally, Berlin Correspondent, © of independent German theatre to mark the 50th The Irish Times In the midst of the boom an Irish politician ignited anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in Ireland. Oct 12: Joseph O’Connor debate by claiming that Ireland was economically and in conversation with Michael Colgan spiritually closer to Boston than Berlin. Ireland’s artists Time 6pm Venue Goethe-Institut, begged to diber. Some of the countless writers, actors Price Free but ticketed 37 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2 and visual artists who docked to Berlin in recent years Booking Festival Box Oece Date Oct 8 to avail of its lower cost of living and thriving arts scene Further Info www.gatetheatre.ie Time 1pm A new programme of Festival Workshops presented return to discuss what Dublin has to learn from Berlin. Radical Thoughts will be broadcast on RTÉ in association with The Lir, Ireland’s National Academy Radio 1 on Oct 17 at 10pm. of Dramatic Art at Trinity College. Presented as part of The Radical Mind, a programme of independent German theatre to mark the 50th The Festival introduces a new series of participatory anniversary of the Goethe-Institut in Ireland. ACCESS ALL AREAS workshops designed to allow Festival audiences to stretch their own creative muscles. Led by leading Venue Project Arts Centre Artists involved in the seven site-specicc Festival Festival artists as well as teachers at The Lir, Acting Date Oct 1 productions and Project Brand New’s Tear Down the Out workshops will provide opportunities for beginners Time 1pm Walls (see previous page) join planners, developers and enthusiasts. Workshops will include movement, More Berlin than Boston? will be broadcast and other gate-keepers to talk about empty buildings, acting, voice training, improvisation and physical theatre. on RTÉ Radio 1 on Oct 3 at 10pm. ghost estates and NAMA, and investigate if they can

work together to access and enliven buildings lying Venue The Lir idle since the boom. Dates Oct 1, 2, 8 & 9 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Times 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm Venue Project Arts Centre Price €30 per workshop Date Oct 15 Booking and Further Info

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l on RTÉ Radio 1 on Oct 24 at 10pm. , e y a e h n c e i e M w S © 56 57 www.dublin theatre festival.com DRAMA IN THE AIR YOUNG CRITICS’ CURATING

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, in association with RTÉ Radio 1’s Drama on PANEL CONTEMPORARY One , presents a week-long season of public performances of radio theatre with Q&A discussions at The Mill Theatre, Dundrum. Recordings will be made with an The National Association for Youth Drama (NAYD) PERFORMANCE: audience present, and the plays will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 (Sundays, 8pm) presents the Young Critics’ Panel involving young people from youth theatres around Ireland. This will MAKING A SCENE? in the following weeks. provide a platform for youth theatre members to discuss and articulate their views on selected Festival THE BLUE HYACINTH NO WORST THERE IS NONE productions. Chaired by Karen Fricker. By Maeve Brennan By The Stomach Box h

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Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival, this award-winning © production is re-imagined in sonic form as part of To coincide with Project Art Centre’s publication of No ANYTHING BUT LOVE Drama In The Air . This pre-recorded piece will be More Drama , a new collection of writings about the By Mary Coll played for the audience before a Q&A session. shape of contemporary performance, this symposium Directed by Joan Sheehy sets out to consider the changing stages and shared Featuring a live soundtrack by Mícháel Ó Súilleabháin Performed: Sept 23, 7.30pm concerns of alternative theatre. When theatre makers Broadcast: RTÉ Radio 1, December 2011 as part of Venue Project Arts Centre at home and abroad no longer consider that the play is Performed: Sept 20, 7.30pm the Drama on One Short Form Season Time 1pm ‘the thing’, how do reality, documentary techniques and Broadcast: RTÉ Radio 1, Sept 25, 8pm Date Oct 9 Price Free the audience conspire to make meaning with the stage? Price All events are free but ticketed Further Info www.nayd.ie Booking Mill Theatre Box Oece THE GARDEN OF EDEN The voices of artist, curator and critic combine to ask Further Info rte.ie/dramaonone whether theory or practice comes crst, where the By Paula Meehan www.milltheatre.ie characteristics of alternative performance are born, INTERNATIONAL how experiments turn into movements and where Irish Performed: Sept 21, 7.30pm theatre may be heading. Broadcast: RTÉ Radio 1, Oct 9, 8pm CRITICS’ FORUM

Presented in association with Irish Theatre Magazine Venue Project Arts Centre CUTS Date Oct 15 By Gina Moxley Irish Theatre Magazine hosts its annual International Time 2pm-5pm Critics' Forum , at which leading theatre critics from home Price Free but advanced booking Performed: Sept 22, 7.30pm and abroad ober lively discussion and analysis of the required Broadcast: RTÉ Radio 1, Oct 16, 8pm highlights of the Festival programme. The panel will be Booking and Further Info chaired by the academic and critic, Patrick Lonergan. www.projectartscentre.ie Audience participation welcome.

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IRISH THEATRE INSTITUTE THE GATE LAB DIRECTORS’ INTERNATIONAL THEATRE SYMPOSIUM 2011 EXCHANGE r o i r P d i v a D ©

Presented in association with Theatre Forum Described by past participants as “career changing,” a “rare amount of inspiration” and “a once in a lifetime opportunity,” The Next Stage is the artist development Since its inception in 1994, Irish Theatre Institute has Following the success of the inaugural symposium in strand of the Festival. This challenging programme, pioneered international networking and promotion for 2009, the Gate Theatre, in association with Ulster Bank spanning all 18 days of the Festival, is an intense Irish theatre companies and artists. The 18th annual Dublin Theatre Festival, will hold a second two day combination of exposure to the highest quality theatre International Theatre Exchange is a two day gathering Directors’ Symposium in the Gate Lab. This event will and active participation. In addition to a nearly of induential presenters and producers from across allow mid-career directors the valuable opportunity to exhaustive schedule of performances, there is a series the world. Invited by ITI, they will engage with Irish engage in structured sessions with leading actors, of talks, masterclasses and physical workshops led by companies and artists who have ‘ready for export’ designers, directors, playwrights and producers. The some of the world’s leading theatre makers. Past productions or are working on projects with an attractive success of this Directors’ Symposium has been widely workshop leaders/speakers include Stephen Rea, Fiona international dimension. Comprising bespoke one-to- recognised both within the Gate and further aceld and Shaw, Deborah Warner, Lloyd Newson, Arpad Schilling, one meetings, panel discussions on topical industry many of the 2009 participants have formed signiccant Declan Donnellan, Anne Bogart and Tim Crouch. issues, networking events, showcase and in- relationships with the Gate. development performances, the Exchange is a must Up to seventeen Irish theatre and dance practitioners for all Irish producers of professional theatre who have Venue Gate Theatre Lab from all disciplines will be chosen to participate. The an eye to international platforms. In the past two years Dates Oct 6 & 7 intention is to expose artists to a rare selection of world alone, Irish companies have been invited to perform in Time 10am-6pm class art during the Festival, to broaden and deepen London, Edinburgh, Auckland, Sydney, Tampere, Paris, Price €85 (including lunch on both days) their experience, to create an opportunity for Wiesbaden, New York, Cape Town and Grahamstown – Further Info www.gatetheatre.ie engagement with the visiting artists through workshops can you abord to miss it? Applications [email protected] and interviews and to encourage future collaborations between the participants. Book early as spaces are limited. Participation is by application only.

Venues Woodquay Conference Venue and various performance spaces Supported by Irish Theatre Trust and the Arts Council Dates Oct 6 & 7 Theatre Development Fund. Further Info www.irishtheatreinstitute.ie Dates Sept 29-Oct 16 (excluding Sundays) Times 10am-6pm daily with performances most evenings Participation Fee €250 (including at least 15 shows and all workshops and talks) Closing date for applications Aug 26, 5pm Further Info www.theatreforumireland.com

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A captioned performance of CALL IN OPEN HOUSE Itsoseng at axis: Ballymun will take place on Oct 7, Festival Box Oece GROUPS With the support of Ulster Bank, the Festival is delighted at 8pm. 44 East Essex Street A group discount is available (to groups of 11+) for most to continue this access initiative designed to ensure Temple Bar performances. Please contact the Box Oece for details. everybody can enjoy world-class theatre, irrespective These services are provided by the Festival and axis: Dublin 2 of their social or cnancial circumstances. Ballymun (for Itsoseng), and facilitated by Arts & Disability GIFT VOUCHERS Ireland with funding from the Arts Council. OPENING HOURS Gift vouchers are available at the Festival Box Oece in Open House obers signiccantly reduced ticket prices Public Booking Period person, over the phone and online. for selected Festival shows, to community groups and Mon-Thu: 9.30am-7pm organisations including welfare groups, parent support FESTIVAL FEVER! 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Show Page Venue 27 Sept 28 Sept 29 Sept 30 Sept 01 Oct 02 Oct 03 Oct 04 Oct 05 Oct 06 Oct 07 Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct Duration Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun

DONKA, A LETTER TO 4 Gaiety Theatre 2.00pm 2.30pm 1hr 50mins CHEKHOV 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm PEER GYNT 6 O’Reilly Theatre, 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3hrs Belvedere College 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 4.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 4.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 4.00pm THE WILD BRIDE 8 Gaiety Theatre 2.30pm 2hrs 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm TESTAMENT 10 Project Arts Centre 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 1hr 30mins 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm RIAN 12 Gaiety Theatre 2.00pm 1hr 20mins 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK 14 Abbey Theatre, 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2hrs 30mins on the Abbey stage 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm GARDENIA 16 Gaiety Theatre 7.30pm 7.30pm 1hr 45mins THE SPECKLED PEOPLE 18 Gate Theatre 2.30pm 2.30pm 2hrs 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm THE BLUE BOY 20 The Lir 3.00pm 1hr 15mins 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm LA VOIX HUMAINE 22 Samuel Beckett Theatre 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1.00pm 1hr 10mins 16 POSSIBLE GLIMPSES 24 Abbey Theatre, 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 1hr 30mins on the Peacock stage 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN 26 Project Arts Centre 4.30pm 1hr 10mins TOOK TO THE STREETS 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 4.00pm SHE SHE POP & THEIR 30 Samuel Beckett Theatre 3.00pm 2hrs FATHERS: TESTAMENT 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm REVOLUTION NOW! 32 Samuel Beckett Theatre 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 1hr 30mins-2hrs 30mins OTHELLO C’EST QUI 34 Smock Alley Theatre 9.30pm 9.30pm 2.00pm 1hr 10mins ITSOSENG 36 axis: Ballymun 2.00pm 1hr 10mins 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm LAUNDRY 38 The Magdalene Laundry 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 11 – 1.30pm 1hr 30mins Lwr Sean MacDermott St 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm 3 – 5.30pm TRADE 39 Meeting Point: 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.30pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.30pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.30pm 50mins O’Reilly Theatre 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm THE LULU HOUSE 40 James Joyce House 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm 1hr (The Dead) 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 7.00pm REQUEST PROGRAMME 42 Meeting Point: 6.30pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 1hr Ambassador Theatre 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm SLATTERY’S SAGO SAGA 44 Rathfarnham Castle 11.30am 3.00pm 1hr 40mins 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.00pm WORLD’S END LANE 45 The LAB 50mins 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 1 – 4.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 1 – 4.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 5 – 8.00pm 1 – 4.00pm I n ALICE n I 46 Civic Theatre, Tallaght 1hr 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm I n ALICE n I Project Arts Centre 1.00pm 1.30pm 1hr 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm 9.00pm I n ALICE n I Draíocht 8.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 1hr I n ALICE n I Pavilion Theatre, 1hr Dún Laoghaire 8.00pm 8.00pm HEROIN 48 Smock Alley Theatre 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 1hr 30mins FIGHT NIGHT 49 The New Theatre 3.00pm 55mins 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm A SONATINA 52 The Ark 10.15am 12.00pm 12.00pm 12.15pm 40mins 6.00pm 12.15pm 3.00pm 3.00pm BERNINNA 53 No.11 North Great 12.15pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 1hr Georges St 6.00pm 4.00pm 4.00pm KALEJDOSKOP 54 The Banquet Hall at 10.00am 10.00am 12.00pm 1hr 30mins Smock Alley Theatre 12.15pm 12.15pm 3.00pm

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Event Venue 25 Sept 26 Sept 27 Sept 28 Sept 29 Sept 30 Sept 01 Oct 02 Oct 03 Oct 04 Oct 05 Oct 06 Oct 07 Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun

REWARDING REWORDING Gate Theatre Lab Emma Donoghue in conversation with Annabelle Comyn 6.00pm Hugo Hamilton in conversation with Derek Scally 6.00pm Joseph O’Connor in conversation with Michael Colgan 6.00pm QUESTIONING THE FUTURE 5.00pm THOUGHTS FROM THE FESTIVAL Goethe-Institut 1.00pm Radical Thoughts 37 Merrion Square East TEAR DOWN THE WALLS The Hendron Building 6.00pm 39 Upper Dominick St 8.00pm ACTING OUT The Lir 10-1.00pm 10-1.00pm 10-1.00pm 10-1.00pm 2-5.00pm 2-5.00pm 2-5.00pm 2-5.00pm IN DEVELOPMENT Project Arts Centre 1.00pm The Maeve Brennan Project Politik 1.00pm 3.00pm THOUGHTS FROM THE FESTIVAL 1.00pm More Berlin than Boston? Behind Closed Doors 1.00pm

Access all Areas 12.00pm

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS’ FORUM 4-6.00pm

YOUNG CRITICS’ PANEL 1.00pm

CURATING CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE: MAKING A SCENE? 2-5.00pm DRAMA IN THE AIR RTÉ Radio 1 Broadcast Anything But Love 8.00pm The Blue Hyacinth 8.00pm Cuts 8.00pm

The Garden of Eden 8.00pm

FESTIVAL CLUB Odessa Club Maria Tecce, Strapless 10.00pm Kaleidoscope 10.30pm

Elevens 10.00pm

For all Talking Theatre pre and post-show talks, please visit main timetable on the previous page. All information on Special Events can be found on pages 55-61. As performance dates for DRAMA IN THE AIR are outside of the Festival calendar, please see page 58 for breakdown.

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