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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 1d

A special afternoon talking about activism, compliant, feminism & movements that continue to shape us

Thanks to hosts Dublin Theatre Festival & Abbey Theatre, panel chair Emma Dabiri & panelists Sarah Durcan Lian Bell Sara Ahmad & Catriona Crowe

WTF Happened is available in bookshops nationwide

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to open this one
BÁN by Carys D. Coburn.
Directed by Claire O'Reilly.
Break a leg to all cast, crew and company @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social
until 8 November. Tickets and info...
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/ban/
📸 Rich Davenport

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Nathalie Lamprecht @paradisecitygal.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant event @abbeytheatre.bsky.social today with Sarah Durcan, Sara Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe, chaired by Emma Dabiri. All about effecting institutional change, being a joyful killjoy, complaining, saying no, and not despairing in our desperate times #DublinTheatreFestival

Zoomed in on the Abbey main stage, which is dark, only the centre lit. In the background a screen showing a wall full of post-its, in front from left to right: Catriona Crowe, Emma Dabiri, Sara Ahmed and Sarah Durcan.

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 1d

Special day @abbeytheatre.bsky.social Complaining for Good to launch WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists & the Movement that Changed Irish Theatre by SarahDurcan with Lian Bell as part of Dublin Theatre Festival

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone's favourite free co-working opportunity returns on October 13!

October's edition of #TimeToWrite features Sonya Kelly as our guest speaker

Join us at the Abbey Theatre for a free day of co-working and creativity - book your spot now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/time-to-write/

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Performing Arts Forum @pafireland.bsky.social · 3d

A PAF Producer Room will take place on Fri 17th Oct at 11am.

The session will be led by Sara Cregan from Rough Magic and Rob Furey from Abbey Theatre and will explore the practicalities of Production Scheduling.

🔗 Register below:

www.performingartsforum.ie/forum-notice...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 2d

See you today at the Abbey Theatre @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social 🎭

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 3d

TOMORROW at 12.30pm join us at @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as part of @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for ‘Complaining for Good’ with UCD Press author Sarah Durcan, Sara Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe. Chaired by Emma Dabiri.

🎟️ Tickets are €10 and available here: dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla...

COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE - Dublin Theatre Festival

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sarahdurcan.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social · 4d

Join Sara Ahmed, Emma Dabiri and Catriona Crowe and I, Tuesday 7 Oct @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for Complaining For Good at 12:30. Still a few tickets available. I’ll be talking about WTF Happened, the book I wrote with @lianbell.bsky.social from @ucdpress.bsky.social

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to the cast, crew and creative team of The Boy and The God and His Daughter on two legendary Opening Performances yesterday. Thank you to all the Abbey staff and our wonderful audience for making the day so special 🖤

https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the-boy/

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 8d

Playwright Carys D. Coburn discusses all things BÁN with Una Mullally for The Irish Times.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2025/09/28/playwright-carys-d-coburn-on-ban-can-we-be-real-to-one-another-and-be-family-often-the-answer-is-no/

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Céline Thobois-Gupta @celinethoboisgupta.bsky.social · 9d

Marina #Carr’s The Boy revives Ancient Greek tragic myths and characters for the present times. It redefines the tragic and the performance of #tragedy on the contemporary Irish stage. Masterfully directed, deftly performed, smartly designed.

@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
@dublintheatrefest.bsky.social

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10d

Playwright Carys D Coburn on Bán: ‘Can we be real to one another and be family? Often the answer is no’

Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Coburn’s prowess is in addressing the space between what we say and what we know

www.irishtimes.com

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 13d

📚🎭 Take home the best of Irish theatre this autumn with Faber Drama's Pop-Up Shop at the Abbey Theatre

Read more about this exciting collaboration: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/take-home-the-best-of-irish-theatre-this-autumn-with-faber-drama-pop-up-shop-at-the-abbey-theatre/

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 15d

🎟️ Join us 7 October at the Abbey Theatre for a panel discussion with Sarah Durcan, Sarah Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe, chaired by Emma Dabiri. Tickets: bit.ly/wtf-dtf

COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE - Dublin Theatre Festival

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 15d

📣 The T. S. Eliot Estate and the Abbey Theatre present: The T. S. Eliot Lecture 2025 with Colm Tóibín

🎟️Promising to be an unforgettable evening, tickets are on sale now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/t-s-eliot-lecture/

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 15d

The Gods are particular when it comes to revenge.

THE BOY by Marina Carr, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
Now on the Abbey Stage until 1 November 2025

🎟️ Tickets available from €15.00. Book now at the link in bio
📸 Ros Kavanagh

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 16d

ALL WELCOME
to the launch of

WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre

@irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social

by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell

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Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social · 16d

There's our own Belinda McKeon writing about her relationship to the @newyorker.com, ahead of the 12th October event 'A Century of the New Yorker's Irish Writers' at the @abbeytheatre.bsky.social. @maynoothuniversity.ie

Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 19d

Roddy Doyle: ‘I got a phone call from one of the New Yorker’s famous fact-checkers’ . Doyle, Anne Enright, Colin Barrett and Belinda McKeon reflect on their relationship with the magazine ahead of an Abbey Theatre celebration. Plus panel listing all Irish in mag

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Roddy Doyle: ‘I got a phone call from one of the New Yorker’s famous fact-checkers’

Authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Colin Barrett and Belinda McKeon reflect on the Irish relationship with the magazine ahead of an Abbey Theatre celebration

www.irishtimes.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Announcing new events for Faber Members – including a Dublin event. Join us at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre for our first international Script Club where we’ll be discussing Seamus Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes over a drink.

faber.co.uk/product/faber-members-script-club-the-burial-at-thebes/

www.faber.co.uk

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 18d

Authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Colin Barrett and Belinda McKeon reflect on the Irish relationship with the magazine ahead of an Abbey Theatre celebration

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Roddy Doyle: ‘I got a phone call from one of the New Yorker’s famous fact-checkers’

Authors Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Colin Barrett and Belinda McKeon reflect on the Irish relationship with the magazine ahead of an Abbey Theatre celebration

www.irishtimes.com

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 21d

The Abbey Theatre is thrilled to announce the second edition of Next Wave, a year-long artist advancement programme for early-career playwrights.

🔗 Learn more about our Next Wave programme here: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/abbey-theatre-unveils-five-playwrights-participating-in-next-wave-2025-2026/

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 23d

Join us at Dublin Theatre Festival for ‘Complaining for Good – Activism, Feminism and How to Affect Change’ featuring UCD Press author Sarah Durcan alongside Sara Ahmed, Caitriona Crowe, and chair Emma Dabiri.

🗓️ 7 Oct
Abbey Theatre, Abbey Stage
€10
12.30pm

🎟️ Tickets available here: bit.ly/wtf-dtf

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 21d

Join us on October 7 to celebrate the launch of two books exploring institutional change through feminist strategies of complaint, listening, and sector transformation as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 🎭

🎟️ Tickets are €10 and now on sale: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/complaining-for-good/

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 23d

Expect delicious drama this autumn at the Abbey Theatre – announcing our new partnership with Lindt Excellence.

Read more: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/discover-lindt-excellence-at-the-abbey-theatre-during-the-boy-a-two-play-theatrical-event/

Discover Lindt Excellence at the Abbey Theatre during The Boy: A Two-Play Theatrical Event - Abbey Theatre

Expect delicious drama this autumn at the Abbey Theatre

www.abbeytheatre.ie

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Abbey Theatre @abbeytheatre.bsky.social · 27d

Our Flash Friday sale is here!

See selected performances of The Boy for €10 with promo code 'TheBoyFlash25'. Promo code only valid between 1-2pm today!🩸👁️

Promo code must be applied before selecting your seats on the following dates: 15, 17, 22, 25 and 29 September, 13, 16, 20, 23 and 30 October.