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What to expect at Dublin Theatre Festival 2022

Image: Jean Philipse, Short of Lying. Dublin Theatre Festival | Sept 29-Oct 16, 2022
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After two years of disruption, Dublin Theatre Festival returns with a bang with a forecast of full capacity and international presence! From Thursday, 29th of September until Sunday, 16th of October 2022, the festival will continue to contribute to Ireland’s capital thriving social and culture life by presenting an exceptional lineup of brilliant theatrical performance that will resonate with its diverse community and visitors to the city. The festival supports artists and provides a platform for Irish-based and international artists, companies and emerging theatre-makers to showcase the most outstanding works of Irish theatre to audiences worldwide.

There’s a wide variety of events for adults and children from theatre, music, dance and family events. The festival are also highly committed in the development of artists and their work; therefore, there are artist talks, public discussions, and artist development programmes which are in place to encourage and celebrate emerging and established artists based in Ireland and internationally. These will be across many venues across Dublin.

So, what do we have our eyes on? Here is our top picks for Dublin Theatre Festival:

As Ireland begins its downward spiral into the recession of the late 00s, a family return home from abroad to a half-finished estate in the midlands. They are hoping to find a welcoming community, but when mum Helen goes missing on a hot summer’s day, their dream turns into a nightmare. While the recession bites, debts mount and disturbing unexplained events plague their deserted housing estate, the family sense a growing horror at the heart of their home. Nothing on Earth charts one family’s struggle to find a sense of belonging. More Info…

In every window a world shimmers. From a busy street, you are invited to make an intimate connection. A new live piece between film, installation and theatre, WINDOW A WORLD asks what happens when we listen and look in.

Choy-Ping Clarke-Ng 吳彩萍 is a Hong Kong-Irish theatre maker and designer of set, costume and video. They are a graduate of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and were awarded the Linbury Prize for Stage Design. Previous work includes WHERE ARE YOU FROM? (Abbey Theatre) and WANDER WANDER WILD WILD 遊遊野野, as part of Rough Magic’s Rough Weekend (Project Arts Centre). Choy-Ping is a recipient of the Arts Council Next Generation Award 2022. More Info…

From Ireland in the 1970s to the present day, How to be a Dancer in Seventy-Two Thousand Easy Lessons blurs the boundaries between what is lived and what is imagined, between history and destiny, between fact and fiction. This is a powerful coming of age work which is both playful and provocative. Michael Keegan-Dolan performs onstage for the first time in over twenty years, alongside his collaborator Rachel Poirier. More Info…

Photographer: Ste Murray | Image Source: The Boy Who Never Was | Dublin Theatre Festival | Sept 29-Oct 16, 2022

Splashing in puddles, wind whipping your hair, crunching frost under your feet, and rain dripping on your nose, now that’s a grand soft day. A playful show about always being prepared even though you do not know what the day will bring. More Info…

All at once fast paced and thought-provoking, Lost Lear lands us into the world of Joy, a woman with dementia, who is being cared for through a method where people live inside an old memory. More Info…

Adapted from the award-winning Icelandic novel by Sjón, Brokentalkers bring their contemporary theatrical approach to this beautifully evocative period work. Set in 1918, The Boy Who Never Was tells the story of a young queer man, Máni Steinn — film fanatic and dreamer who exists on the fringes of an intolerant society — at a moment of profound global transformation. More Info…

Meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbours, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and shared last name. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities. More Info…

Short of Lying is a narrative performance about deceit. More specifically, the piece deals with the power of stories to interpret and manipulate reality and shows us how narrative thinking has been appropriated by the communication media. More Info…

Photographer: Fionn Mccann | Image Source: The Cold Sings | Dublin Theatre Festival | Sept 29-Oct 16, 2022

Animal Farm tells the story of a group of animals who rebel against their owner in the hope of creating a better society —where they work less and live more. In this energetic and irreverent interpretation, Louise White explores the spectrum of morality, injustice and the human condition. Taking influences from philosophy, sociology, live art and pop culture, this performance asks; what happens when we obey without asking questions? More Info…

The Cold Sings explores themes of female identity and mental health, drawing from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, her poetry and personal letters. The work captures our struggle with the inner self, our private strengths and societal entrapment through Plath’s personal mythology. More Info…

View the Dublin Theatre Festival 2022 Programme now.

Dublin Theatre Festival is principally funded by the Arts Council. They have a rich history, with much to celebrate, but what we are most excited about is what is yet to come. In the future, we want to see more people participating in culture and more artists creating bold new work that challenges and inspires.

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