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The Small Things

The Small Things

By Enda Walsh

A fierce and devastating fable about enforced silence.

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Somewhere Out There You

Somewhere Out There You

By Nancy Harris

A romantic comedy with a twist, playfully unravelling the love stories we weave for ourselves. First performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.

Spinning

Spinning

By Deirdre Kinahan

A contemporary tragedy set in small-town Ireland, by one of Ireland's most exciting playwrights.

St Nicholas

St Nicholas

By Conor McPherson

An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

St Petersburg

St Petersburg

By Declan Feenan

A haunting, elliptical play by a talented writer from Northern Ireland.

Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
    Stones in His Pockets

    Stones in His Pockets

    By Marie Jones

    Hollywood comes to rural Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End.

    Published in volume Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays
      Stop/Over

      Stop/Over

      By Gary Duggan

      A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

      Sucking Dublin

      Sucking Dublin

      By Enda Walsh

      A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

      Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
        Take Me Away

        Take Me Away

        By Gerald Murphy

        A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

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        Tearing the Loom

        Tearing the Loom

        By Gary Mitchell

        A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.

        Published in volume Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own
          Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

          Tearing the Loom & In a Little World of Our Own

          By Gary Mitchell

          Two plays from playwright Gary Mitchell, known for his powerful explorations of the conflicts troubling Northern Ireland.

          Terminus

          Terminus

          By Mark O'Rowe

          A blackly comic vision of Dublin infested with demons.

          This Lime Tree Bower

          This Lime Tree Bower

          By Conor McPherson

          A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

          Tilt

          Tilt

          By Ailis Ni Riain

          A beautifully simple debut play, about a woman's search for answers to her family's self destruction.

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          The Unmanageable Sisters

          The Unmanageable Sisters

          By Michel Tremblay Adapted by Deirdre Kinahan

          A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

          Unravelling the Ribbon

          Unravelling the Ribbon

          By Mary Kelly and Maureen White

          A touching and frequently hilarious play about three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.

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          The Veil

          The Veil

          By Conor McPherson

          Set around a haunted house hemmed in by a restive, starving populace, The Veil weaves Ireland’s troubled colonial history into a transfixing story about the search for love, the transcendental and the circularity of time.

          The Waiting List

          The Waiting List

          By Owen McCafferty

          A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

          Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
            The Walworth Farce

            The Walworth Farce

            By Enda Walsh

            A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

            The Weir

            The Weir

            By Conor McPherson

            The spellbinding, beautifully observed hit from the master of suspenseful realism.

            The Wexford Trilogy

            The Wexford Trilogy

            By Billy Roche

            Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

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            What I (Don't) Know About Autism

            What I (Don't) Know About Autism

            By Jody O'Neill

            A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.

            When Cows Go Boom

            When Cows Go Boom

            By Stacey Gregg

            A short play by Stacey Gregg, an oblique parable of love set against the backdrop of a horrific landscape.

            Published in volume Irish Shorts
              Where Sat the Lovers

              Where Sat the Lovers

              By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

              A play about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. First staged by MALAPROP Theatre at the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival.