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VENUES

Samuel Beckett Theatre

OVERVIEW

    Address

    Trinity College, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin

    Email

    fthackab@tcd.ie

    Website

    www.tcd.ie/beckett-theatre/

    Phone

    + 353 (0)1 896 1334

  • General Manager

    Francis Thackaberry

  • Technical Manager

    Michael Canney

  • Box Office Phone

    + 353 (0)1 896 2461

  • Programming Policy

    The Samuel Beckett Theatre hosts TCD School of Drama productions in University term time and is a touring venue for professional Irish and international theatre and dance companies for the rest of the year.

NEW IRISH PLAYS PRODUCED AT SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE

Play Title Playwright
An Ghráin agus an Ghruaim Alan Titley
Burning Dreams Frances Kay
Dedalus Lounge Gary Duggan
Distance from the Event Eoghan Quinn
ELIZA’S Adventures in the Uncanny Valley Eugene O'Brien Gavin Quinn
Everyday Michael West
Written in collaboration with the company
Milseog an tSamhraidh Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
Mr. Staines Dermot Healy
Myrmidons Mike Poulton
Sardines Michael West
Stoker Paul Walker
Sucking Dublin Enda Walsh
Tom and Vera Joe Lawlor Christine Molloy

ADAPTATIONS/TRANSLATIONS

Play Title Playwright
A Girl is a Half-formed Thing Annie Ryan Eimear McBride
Adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name.
Chekhov's First Play Bush Moukarzel Anton Chekhov
Adapted from Laurence Senelick's translation of Chekhov's untitled play commonly known as "Platonov".
Giselle Michael Keegan-Dolan

A radical retelling of the Giselle legend.
Medea Robin Robertson Euripides
A new version of the tragedy by Euripides.
Tales from Ovid Michael Barker-Caven
Adapted from the original poetry collection by Ted Hughes.
The Brothers Karamazov Nick Johnson Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Illusion Peter Sheridan Pierre Corneille
An adaptation of 'L'Illusion Comique' by Corneille.