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VENUES

Watergate Theatre

OVERVIEW

    Address

    Parliament Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny

    Email

    info@watergatetheatre.com

    Website

    www.watergatetheatre.com

    Phone

    +353 (0)56 775 1605

  • Executive Director

    Joanna Cunningham

  • Technical Manager

    Gerry Taylor

  • Marketing Manager

    Emma O'Neill (2)

  • Administration and Accounts

    Breda Gertberg

  • Box Office Supervisor

    Cara Brennan

  • Front of House Supervisor

    Nicola Moses

  • Box Office Phone

    + 353 (0)56 776 1674

  • Programming Policy

    The Watergate Theatre was converted from a cinema to a theatre in 1993. Its goal is to create a rich, diverse artistic programme for all age groups, backgrounds and budgets and to support the production and touring work of professional artists of all disciplines locally, nationally and internationally including theatre, music, comedy, traditional arts, schools’ performances.

NEW IRISH PLAYS PRODUCED AT WATERGATE THEATRE

Play Title Playwright
A Murder of Crows Mike Kenny

Written in collaboration with the the company.
Bananas in the Bread Bin Maeve Ingoldsby
Digger, Doc and Dee Dee Maeve Ingoldsby
Adapted from the original play 'Bella, Boss and Bulli' by Volker Ludwig.
Easter Dues John Waters
Kevin's Story Maeve Ingoldsby
Little Light Kareen Pennefather Phyllis Root

Based on the book, Lucia and the Light, by Phyllis Root.
Scaredy Cats Maeve Ingoldsby
Silly Bits of Sky Maeve Ingoldsby
Stuck in the Mud James Butler
The Biggest Adventure in the World Shaun Prendergast
The Bus Philip Hardy Maeve Ingoldsby
The Ice Child Mike Kenny
Commissioned by Barnstorm.
The Leaving Brendan Griffin
The Messenger Mike Kenny
The Roaring Banshees Peter McGann John Morton
Voyage Kareen Pennefather

ADAPTATIONS/TRANSLATIONS

Play Title Playwright
Judas Maciek Reszczynski Brendan Kennelly
Adapted from The Book of Judas by Brendan Kennelly.
Little Light Kareen Pennefather Phyllis Root

Based on the book, Lucia and the Light, by Phyllis Root.
Solar Bones Michael West Mike McCormack
The Book of Evidence Alan Gilsenan John Banville
Adapted from the original novel by John Banville.