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Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Co. Dublin

T + 353 (0)1 887 2200 E info@abbeytheatre.ie W www.abbeytheatre.ie

As Ireland’s national theatre, the Abbey Theatre’s ambition is to enrich the cultural lives of everyone with a curiosity for and interest in Irish theatre, stories, artists and culture. Courage and imagination are at the heart of our storytelling, while inclusivity, diversity and equality are at the core of our thinking. Led by Co-Directors Caitríona McLaughlin (Artistic Director) and Mark O’Brien (Executive Director), the Abbey Theatre celebrates both the rich canon of Irish dramatic writing and the potential of future generations of Irish theatre artists. Ireland has a rich history of theatre and playwriting and extraordinary actors, designers and directors. Artists are at the heart of our organisation, with Marina Carr and Conor McPherson as Senior Associate Playwrights and Caroline Byrne as Associate Director. Our stories teach us what it is to belong, what it is to be excluded and to exclude. Artistically our programme is built on twin impulses, and around two questions: “who we were, and who are we now?” We interrogate our classical canon with an urgency about what makes it speak to this moment. On our stages we find and champion new voices and new ways of seeing, our purpose – to identify combinations of characters we are yet to meet, having conversations we are yet to hear.

Touring Policy

Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach TEAM

Executive Director Mark O'Brien (2)
Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin

PRODUCTIONS BY Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

  • Dear Ireland I by Carmel Winters, Enda Walsh, Iseult Golden, Sarah Hanly, John Connors, Shane O'Reilly, Nancy Harris, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Feli Speaks, Gina Moxley, Abbie Spallen, Michael West, Shaun Dunne, Manchán Magan, Eva O'Connor, Edna O'Brien, Aoife Martyn, Arthur Riordan, Andrea Molino, John O'Donovan (2), Deirdre Kinahan, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Karen Cogan, Jimmy Murphy, Ursula Rani Sarma, Zhu Yi, Pom Boyd, Stacey Gregg, Thomas Kane Byrne, Sinéad Burke, Dermot Bolger, Carys D. Coburn, Meadhbh McHugh, Colm Keegan (2), Phillip McMahon, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, Sonya Kelly, Margaret Perry, Joseph O'Connor (1), Kit de Waal, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Keith James Walker, Mark O'Halloran, Una McKevitt, Blindboy Boatclub, Emmet Kirwan, Rosaleen McDonagh, David Ireland, Jody O'Neill (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2020)

  • The Fall of the Second Republic by Michael West (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2020)

  • Pasolini's Salò Redubbed by Dylan Tighe, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2019)

  • Citysong by Carys D. Coburn (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2019)

  • In Our Veins by Lee Coffey (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2019)

  • Dublin Will Show You How by Tracy Martin (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2019)

  • Rathmines Road by Deirdre Kinahan (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2018)

  • The Patient Gloria by Gina Moxley (Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach 2018)

  • BAOITE by Darach Mac Con Iomaire (An Taibhdhearc 2018)

  • Asking for It by Meadhbh McHugh, Annabelle Comyn, Louise O'Neill(2) (The Everyman 2018)

  • GALLERY

  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    Sive by John B. Keane
    The Risen People by James Plunkett
    Risen People
    Declan Conlon and Patrick O’Kane in "Quietly" by Owen McCafferty
    Maeve
    SHUSH by Elaine Murphy
    Owen Roe in King Lear
    Paul McGann in Major Barbara
    Eileen Walsh in Terminus
    Shibari
    The Dead by James Joyce
Playography
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