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New Writing Week – December 2022 May 17th, 2022 NEW WRITING WEEK 2022 – SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN. Following the success of our New Writing event in 2021, our now annual New Writing Week will take place in December 2022. We are seeking new play writing voices for inclusion in a series of performed readings, which […]

‘That’s When the Sparks Fly’  – live music & a short new play reading. Fighting Words provides free programmes and mentoring in creative writing and related arts to as many children, young adults and adults with additional needs as we can reach. BOOK HERE Click on the links below to find out more about our […]

The New Theatre presents a reading of a new play in development by Whirligig Theatre. Susan is angry; placed in a nursing home, she feels trapped, abandoned, powerless and ignored. She has a memory, elusive but persistent. Is it real or not? How can she be sure and what does she do with the rage […]

  “Donagh Deeney as the Celebrity Brendan is a pub charmer and has an uncanny resemblance to Behan. Owen O’Gorman’s Writer Behan creates a much darker and moodier version of the writer, depicting the bitter reality of his alcoholism. Michelle Lucey captures the unbreakable idealism of the young Greek patriot. The play shines an interesting […]

The Laughing Boy by Jack Harte returns to The New Theatre this Tuesday! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND after a successful September 2021 run, we’re delighted to be having them back. “T’was on an August morning, all in the dawning hours.” #ReturnToLive #TheLaughingBoy Book your tickets here: https://thenewtheatre.ticketsolve.com/…/events/129398340 Michelle Lucy and Owen O’Gorman The play draws […]

As we celebrate 70 years of The Arts Council – we have been asked to post a story or memory to honour the legacy of Ireland’s funding organisation. The New Theatre, set up in 1997 was flat broke 18 months later. Just when we wondered how we could forge ahead on shaky ground, an A4 […]

 One Para, a new play by BBC Stewart Parker winning writer, Gerard Humphreys. February 8th – 19th, 7;30pm and matinee performances. Tuesday – Saturday, The New Theatre, Essex Street, Temple Bar. Directed by Anthony Fox PLAY SYNOPSIS “Repeat after me…. I came under hostile fire… I fired at the target… to protect my own life and […]

Happy New Year from our team at The New Theatre!   We’re greatly looking forward to welcoming in writers, cast, crew & audiences in 2022. We will update our website once we know our funding situation. Hang tight!   #TNT #ReturnToLive #SaveTheArts

Thank you to our many cast & crew members & audiences that kept us ‘New’ all throughout 2021 – Take a bow… See you in 2022.

This Event was initiated by Anthony Fox and Leanne Willars of the New Theatre and evolved in the course of discussions with Jack Harte, Pat Pidgeon, and Paul Tuthill. The concept of presenting an artist’s work in the confines of the small theatre space seemed daunting at first, but as the discussions progressed, the problems […]