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We at The New Theatre want to say a huge thanks to all our fantastic artists and supportive audiences who made this year possible for us on Essex St. . We want to thank our principal funder, The Arts Council, as well as Dublin City of Literature UNESCO, Dublin City Council, and the brilliant Friends of […]

We are thrilled to launch our new Friends programme with updated benefits for those interested in supporting The New Theatre! Become a member today to enjoy early access to all our productions and readings, as well as substantial ticket discounts, invitations to member events, newsletters, local discounts, and more. Membership, starts at just €100 a year, […]

This November we are delighted to presenting four events as part of the Dublin Book Festival at The New Theatre. Writing from the Margins – November 7th Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi and Páraic Kerrigan join writer Aoife Martin in conversation about their own writing, and the challenges and obstacles faced by writers from minority groups when writing and publishing with mainstream press. Enyi-Amadi, a commissioned poet […]

The McKearney’s – an Irish family Independent Dublin Republicans in conjunction with Connolly Books present a tribute night to the McKearney family – legendary Tyrone republicans. In the struggle against British occupation of the 6 counties the McKearney family led the way in every phase. From active volunteers and prison campaigns to political debate, the […]

After a hugely successful Dublin Fringe season, we want to thank all our creative teams and audiences ahead of our Dublin Theatre Festival show opening. We were thrilled to present 4 shows across the festival, which were all met with great audience reception. Congratulations to all involved. Onwards to Dublin Theatre Festival with TRIFLED running […]

This Dublin Fringe season we are thrilled to be presenting 4 new works with some fantastic emerging companies! During week one of the festival we present Rose+Bud by Commedia of Errors and Julius Caesar Variety Show by Joy Nesbitt. Rose+Bud runs from September 11th.  Finding yourself is never easy, having to find yourself as a […]

We hope all our audiences are having a brilliant summer! We at The New Theatre are having a blast presenting On The Way Out by Vincent Woods this month, ahead of the incoming festival season. On The Way Out, a darkly comic new play, continues to wow audiences this July.  Starring Seamus O’Rourke, Roseanne Lynch […]

From May 9th-12th, Connolly Books presents James Connolly Festival at The New Theatre. The James Connolly Festival is an annual, week-long series of events in radical arts, culture and politics. It is a community-centred celebration of music, film, discussion and debate that brings together the ideas and thoughts of progressive and radical thinkers and organisations […]

We are looking forward to April here at The New Theatre, with multiple world premieres of new work stemming from our New Writing Weeks! First up, we welcome Jodie Doyle and the team from Jaxbanded Theatre Company to present HATE F%#K, directed by Ois O’Donoghue. Running from April 9th, in Hate F&#k, sex is everywhere. […]

This month we open our first show of 2024 – A Modest Proposal by writer David Quinn! David was one of the founding members and artistic director of the former Punchbag Theatre Company, Galway. During his time, he directed, created and produced most of the company’s productions including The Life of Stuff, No Comet Seen […]