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Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

Wild Sky, Embargo & Outrage

By Deirdre Kinahan

A trilogy of landmark plays - Wild Sky, Embargo and Outrage - commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising to the Civil War which began in 1922.

Raging: Wild Sky

Raging: Wild Sky

The Rising

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play exploring the extraordinary energy and complexity of events in Ireland in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

Rank

Rank

By Robert Massey

A darkly comic thriller set in the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of Dublin's suburbs.

Rathmines Road

Rathmines Road

By Deirdre Kinahan

Fraught, funny, and ferocious, a play that challenges the cultural response to accusations of sexual assault.

The Recruiting Officer

The Recruiting Officer

By George Farquhar

A classic Restoration-era comedy about the sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, as they go about their task of recruiting soldiers in the town of Shrewsbury.

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes (stage version)

By Nancy Harris Original author Hans Christian Andersen

A contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction. Performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2024.

Reunion

Reunion

By Mark O'Rowe

An exhilarating, high-wire drama about the deep currents of family life, set over a family reunion on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2024.

Ribbons

Ribbons

By Elaine Murphy

A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    Room 303

    Room 303

    By Enda Walsh

    A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

    Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: Two
      Rum and Vodka

      Rum and Vodka

      By Conor McPherson

      A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

      Salad Day

      Salad Day

      By Deirdre Kinahan

      A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

      Published in volume Irish Shorts
        The Same

        The Same

        By Enda Walsh

        A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

        Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
          Sandpaper on Sunburn

          Sandpaper on Sunburn

          By David Horan

          The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

          SAUCE

          SAUCE

          By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

          A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

          Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
            The Saviour

            The Saviour

            By Deirdre Kinahan

            A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

            Scenes From the Big Picture

            Scenes From the Big Picture

            By Owen McCafferty

            An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

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            The Seafarer

            The Seafarer

            By Conor McPherson

            A breathtaking supernatural play from the author of The Weir.

            Second Home

            Second Home

            By Charlotte Chimuanya

            A play exploring the experiences of growing up mixed-race in twenty-first century Ireland.

            Shibboleth

            Shibboleth

            By Stacey Gregg

            An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

            Shining City

            Shining City

            By Conor McPherson

            A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

            Shoot the Crow

            Shoot the Crow

            By Owen McCafferty

            An endearing yet hard-hitting comic portrait of how the need to work gets in the way of living.

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            Shush

            Shush

            By Elaine Murphy

            A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

            Sink

            Sink

            By John O'Donovan

            A play of two voices for one actor, about memory, catastrophe and sacrifice.

            Six Acts of Love

            Six Acts of Love

            By Ioanna Anderson

            A bittersweet play about the rich complexities of life, love and death.

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