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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 8h

Join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started as a College project has grown into a passion, but the dance steps are exhausting.

🎭DO I LOVE YOU?
📅 18 – 21 Mar
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 2d

Oliver Cole is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound.

Join us as he performs songs from his highly acclaimed new album Wingspan as well as some old favourites.

🎭 Oliver Cole Album Launch
📆 20 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 5d

🎭 The Dollhouse Fundraiser
📆 8 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 5d

The Dolldrums is a modern parable about the truths we deny and the perceptions we embrace. No matter how far we run from ourselves, we can never escape who we truly are. A New Play by Liath Hannon, star of hit Irish Film Girls and Boys.

🎭 The Dolldrums
📆 4 - 8 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 5d

Join us after The Dolldrums on 8 Nov in the Banquet Hall for a drink, some audiovisual trans artistry and queer speakers before we descend deep into The DollHouse Rave on the site of a former Dublin gentleman’s club in the Boys School. Watch and join in as we transform it with queer joy and dance.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 6d

Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. The show asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?

🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 8d

🎭 Murder Is For Other People
📅 24-29 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 8d

An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Smokey stylish noir meets surreal and silly sincerity in this murderous tale where logic unravels, performers make big accent choices, and nothing is quite what it seems.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 11d

🎭 The Dolldrums
📆 4 - 8 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 11d

The Dolldrums is a modern parable about the truths we deny and the perceptions we embrace. No matter how far we run from ourselves, we can never escape who we truly are. A New Play by Liath Hannon, star of hit Irish Film Girls and Boys.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 12d

He chases the noise and chaos anything that might make him feel alive again. But what happens when feeling something means feeling everything?

🎭 Lost in Asia
📅 11-15 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 12d

After the sudden death of his father, Aaron is left completely numb. He runs. Runs from his grief, the mourning neighbours, the auntie in law’s and the Deirdre’s and Sharon’s of Dublin with their endless talk of mortgages and buying bleedin’ gaffs.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 13d

Entr'acte are a Dublin-based Musical Theatre and Drama Society founded in the midst of the global pandemic in 2020. The society’s goal is to be bold & innovative, providing young professionals with a platform to perform and create impactful theatre and art.
🎭Our Town
📆 5 - 8 Nov
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Our Town - Smock Alley Theatre 1662

Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written”, Our Town is set in the small town of Grover’s Corners over three acts. A poignant, powerful exploration of everyday life, love, and...

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 13d

Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written”, Our Town is set in the small town of Grover’s Corners over three acts. A poignant, powerful exploration of everyday life, love, and loss, we are delighted to host this Pulitzer Prize winning classic in November.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 14d

Sa chomórtas filíochta Haiku Duais Bashō tugtar cuireadh do dhaltaí iar-bhunscoile haiku a chumadh, i mBéarla nó i nGaeilge nó go dátheangach, agus a gcuid haiku a chur faoi bhráid moltóra.

As part of IMRAM

🎭 DUAIS HAIKU BASHŌ: HAIKU READING AND AWARD PRESENTATION
📆 21 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 15d

Opening tonight! 🌟

Beatrice is expecting and it’s a girl… fuck. She’s hormonal, frustrated, horny, lonely and feeling totally and utterly F-… F-… fine about it all.

🎭 It's F-
📅 20 - 24 Oct
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 16d

Amhráin na Gealaí is a performance of songs of Phoebe Bridgers translated into Irish by poets Caitríona Ní Chléirchín and Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and performed by Belfast indie-pop artist Aoibha.

🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 18d

This Halloween Bum Notes will be improvising Ireland’s first musical in the dark!

Come see what happens when you let the story, songs, & characters of Broadway get written in real time by some of Ireland’s silliest improv comics.

🎭 The Improvised OoOoOoOosical
📆 29 + 30 Oct
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 19d

Featuring poetry and prose from Colm Mac Gearailt, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Dara Ó Cinnéide and Alan Titley; as well as new songs and music from Colm Ó Snodaigh.

🎭 BARD NA PÁIRCE: THE POET OF CROKE PARK
📅 21 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 19d

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was without doubt Ireland's most gifted sports commentator. Across his sixty year career, from his 1949 radio debut to his last All-lreland final on television in 2010, he was a deeply loved companion for generations of GAA fans.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 20d

Amhráin na Gealaí is a special performance of her songs translated into Irish by poets Caitríona Ní Chléirchín and Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and performed by Belfast indie-pop artist Aoibha.

🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 20d

Fusing pastoral acoustic folk with dreamy electronic pop, Phoebe Bridgers is known for exquisitely crafted lyrics that explore themes of heartbreak, loss, faith, family relationships and coming-of-age.

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 21d

Entr’acte Musical Theatre and Drama Society present Our Town this November.

Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written”, Our Town is a poignant, powerful exploration of everyday life, love, and loss.

🎭 Our Town
📅 5 - 8 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/ourtown/

Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 22d

✨ ANNOUNCING ✨

UNCLE VANYA
by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov

Smock Alley Theatre and Cathal Cleary Company, in association with Once Off Productions, present Anton Chekhov’s classic play, starring Risteárd Cooper and Eavan Gaffney.

🎭 UNCLE VANYA
📆 4 - 20 Dec
🎟 tinyurl.com/2jaews3j

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Smock Alley Theatre @smockalley.bsky.social · 23d

Secrets are revealed, enemies made, and it becomes clear that no matter where they go, there is no escaping the past.

🎭 Belfast Girls
📆 29 Oct - 1 Nov
🎫 smockalley.com/belfast-girls/

Belfast Girls - Smock Alley Theatre 1662

Set in 1850, Belfast Girls tells the story of five fierce young women who face their dark pasts on a ship bound for Australia, as they leave Belfast in search of a better life. Confined in close quart...

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