Venues

Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata

OVERVIEW

Address

Cavendish Row, Dublin 1, Co. Dublin

Email

info@gate-theatre.ie

Website

http://www.gatetheatre.ie

Phone

+353 (0)1 874 4368

Box Office Phone

+ 353 (0)1 874 4045

Programming Policy

The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir and became internationally renowned as one of the most adventurous and far-sighted playhouses in Europe. During the forties and fifties, the theatre continued under the dual directorship of Edwards-MacLiammóir and Lord Longford and flourished as the home of European and experimental drama.

In 1983, Michael Colgan became Director of the Gate. During his 33 years, he produced many high quality, award-winning plays and he established unique relationships with leading contemporary playwrights including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Brian Friel.

In 2017, Selina Cartmell became Director of the Gate. She has directed a diverse range of work and her productions have won multiple theatre awards. Selina's inaugural season included, amongst others, a sell-out immersive production of The Great Gatsby, Tribes by Nina Raine, The Red Shoes by Nancy Harris, and Roddy Doyle’s The Snapper.

GATE STUDIO As well as functioning as the primary rehearsal space for the Gate, the Studio will also launch the next generation of artists onto the world stage and put them at the "heart of the Gate". The Gate Studio will develop and commission an eclectic range of bold new work and nurture outstanding talent through a collaborative and interdisciplinary practice, crossing art forms and transcending genres.
Resident Company

Gate Theatre

New Irish Plays Produced By Gate Theatre/Amharclann an Gheata

Play Title	Playwright
A Better Place	Robert Hogan
A Bride for the Unicorn	Denis Johnston
A Flutter of Wings	T.C. Murray
A Slipper for the Moon	Micheál Mac Liammóir
Afterplay	Brian Friel
Aintí Bríd	Annraoi Saidléar
An Cleachtadh Deiridh	Mícheál De Paor
An Ráidhteas Oifigeamhail	Séamus de Bhilmot
An Udhacht	Máiréad Ní Ghráda Bunaithe go scaoilte ar cheoldráma 'Gianni Schicchi' le Puccini
Anything But the Truth	Christine Longford
Ascendancy	Lord Longford
Black Man's Country	Desmond Forristal
Breakdown	Eugene McCabe
Bride	Ulick Burke
Cadenza in Black	Arthur Duff
Captive Audience	Desmond Forristal
Come on Over	Conor McPherson
Crestfall	Mark O'Rowe
Dark Waters	Dorothy Macardle
Decision at Easter	G.P. Gallivan
Dia 'Á Réidhteach	Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha
Diarmuid and Grainne	Micheál Mac Liammóir First presented in Irish at the Taibhdhearc, Galway. English translation by the author.
Encounter in the Wilderness	Hugh Carr
Forests of the Night	Arnold Sundgaard
Gates of Gold	Frank McGuinness
Gealach na Fonnóide	Mícheál Ó hAodha
Gone Tomorrow	Tom Coffey
Grania of the Ships	David Sears
Grogan and the Ferret	George Shiels
Guardian Angel	M.J. Farrell
Hamilton and Jones	Winifred M. Letts
Happy Family	Mary Manning (1)
Here's Your Uncle George!	Peter Powell
Home For Christmas	Micheál Mac Liammóir
In High Germany	Dermot Bolger
Innocence	Frank McGuinness
Jennifer's Vacation	Robin Glendinning
John Donne	Christine Longford
King Herod Explains	Conor Cruise O'Brien
Little City	Séamus Byrne
Lord Edward	Christine Longford
Lovers : Losers	Brian Friel
Lovers : Winners	Brian Friel
Madigan's Lock	Hugh Leonard
Many Happy Returns	Bernard Farrell
Marrowbone Lane	Robert Collis
Milk and Honey	Don Alwyn
Molly Sweeney	Brian Friel
Mount Lawless	Christine Longford
Mr. Jiggins of Jigginstown	Christine Longford
Mr. Supple	Christine Longford
Mrs. Howard's Husband	Seamus De Burca
Murder, Like Charity, ...	Andrew Ganly
Na Gaduithe	Gearóid Ó Lochlainn
Noone	Joe O'Donnell
Not For Children	Elmer Rice
One, Two, Three, O'Leary	Bernard Farrell Adapted by Bernard Farrell from the German original 'Max und Milli' by Volker Ludwig.
Patrick Sarsfield	Christine Longford
Performances	Brian Friel
Portrait in Marble	Hazel Ellis
Prelude in Kazbek Street	Micheál Mac Liammóir
Queens and Emperors	Christine Longford
Sea Change	Christine Longford
Semi-Private	Mary Halpin
Shapes	John Kelly (3)
Sister Eucharia	Austin Clarke
Smock Alley	Maureen Charlton
Stella by Starlight	Bernard Farrell
Stephen Stoney	Christine Longford
Stop the Clock	Christine Longford
Storm Over Wicklow	Mary Manning (1)
Storm Song	Denis Johnston
Tankardstown	Christine Longford
Tar Éis an Aifrinn	Cyril Cusack
The Antonietta	John Good Maurice Good
The Au Pair Man	Hugh Leonard
The Boys and Girls are Gone	Seamus De Burca
The Bread Man	Frank McGuinness
The Brontës of Haworth Parsonage	John Davison
The Dalers	Paddy Cullen
The Director	L. A. G. Strong
The Earl of Straw	Christine Longford
The Golden Cuckoo	Denis Johnston
The Golden Link	Edward Lindsay-Hogg
The Goose	Alun Owen
The Hill of Quirke	Christine Longford
The Holy Ground	Dermot Bolger
The Home Place	Brian Friel
The Horse Dealer	John Molloy
The Hunger Demon (The Son of Learning)	Austin Clarke
The Ice Goddess	James Douglas
The Last Summer	Declan Hughes
The Mariner	Hugo Hamilton
The Mask of Moriarty	Hugh Leonard
The Melians	Lord Longford
The New Girl	Christine Longford
The Order of Melchizedek	Críostóir Ó Floinn
The Orphans	Tom Murphy (1)
The Paragons	Christine Longford
The Poker Session	Hugh Leonard
The Seventh Sin	Desmond Forristal
The Signalman's Apprentice	Brian Phelan
The Spirit of Annie Ross	Bernard Farrell
The Strange Lover	Lord Dunsany
The Third Day	John Kelly (3)
The True Story of the Horrid Popish Plot	Desmond Forristal
The Uncrowned King	Brinsley MacNamara V.A. Pearn
The United Brothers	Christine Longford
The Vineyard	Lord Longford
The Weeping of Angels	Joseph O'Connor (1)
Thirst	Flann O'Brien
Three Leopards	Cecil Monson
Tolka Row	Maura Laverty
When Lovely Woman	Lennox Robinson
White Horses	Neil Jordan
Women Without Men	Hazel Ellis
Yahoo	Lord Longford
Youth's the Season -?	Mary Manning (1)

Adaptations/Translations

Play Title	Adapter/Translator
A Christmas Carol	Tomás Mac Anna Charles Dickens
A Month in the Country	Brian Friel Ivan Turgenev A version of Ivan Turgenev's original play.
After Sunset	Terence de Vere White from an idea of Anatole France.
An Apple a Day	Micheál Mac Liammóir Jules Romains
An Bheirt Aodhairí	Tomás Ó hÉighneacháin Gregorio Martinez Sierra Aistriúchán ar 'Los Pastores'(1913)
An Geocach Duine Uasail	Máire Ní Shíthe Molière Aistriúchán ar 'Le Bourgeouis Gentilhomme' (1670)
An Liúdramán	Eoghan Ó Neachtain Rutherford Mayne Aistriúchán ar 'The Drone'(1908)
An Sár-Ghadaí	Gearóid Ó Lochlainn Matthew Boulton Aistriúchán ar 'The Burglar and The Girl' (1926)
An Turas Go dtí an Eilbhéis	Seán Ó Foghludha Édouard Martin Eugène Labiche Aistriúchán ar 'Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon' (1860)
Ar Maidin Go Moch	Micheál Mac Liammóir Eugene O'Neill Aistriúchán ar 'Before Breakfast' (1916)
Asmodée	Basil Bartlett François Mauriac
Autumn	Margaret Kennedy Gregory Ratoff from the Russian of Ilya Surguchev
Bean na Gruaige Duibhe	Micheál Mac Liammóir Sacha Guitry Aistriúchán ón bhFraincis
Carmilla	Lord Longford Sheridan Le Fanu Adapted from J. Sheridan Le Fanu by the Earl of Longford
Céad Bliain D'Aois	Tomás Ó hÉighneacháin Serafín Alvaréz Quintero Juaquín Álvarez Quintero Aistriúchán ar 'El Centenario'(1909)
Dublin One	Hugh Leonard James Joyce Based on Short Stories by James Joyce
Geamaireacht Droichid an Diabhail	Liam Ó Briain Henrí Ghéon Aistriúchán ar 'La Parade du Point-au-Diable' (1926)
Greann Háthalába	Gearóid Ó Lochlainn Lord Dunsany Aistriúchán ar 'The Jest of Hahalaba' (1928)
Great Expectations	Hugh Leonard Charles Dickens Adapted from the original novel by Charles Dickens.
Hedda Gabler	Brian Friel Henrik Ibsen
Hollywood Pirate	Micheál Mac Liammóir Isa Hughes Marcel Achard Adapted from 'Le Corsaire' (1938)
I'll Go On	Barry McGovern Gerry Dukes Samuel Beckett Selected from Samuel Beckett's trilogy of novels 'Molloy', 'Malone Dies', and 'The Unnamable'.
It's Later Than You Think	Lucienne Hill Jean Anouilh From the originial by Jean Anouilh.
Jane Eyre	Alan Stanford Charlotte Brontë An adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel.
Jane Eyre	Micheál Mac Liammóir Charlotte Brontë
Juliet in the Rain	Micheál Mac Liammóir Henry René Lenormand Adapted from Lenormand's play 'Les Ratés' (1920)
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme	Lord Longford Molière
Le Malade Imaginaire	Lord Longford Molière
Liam Liar	Hugh Leonard Adapted from 'Billy Liar' by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.
Little Women	Anne-Marie Casey Louisa May Alcott Based on the 1868 novel of the same name.
Love and a Bottle	Bill Morrison Michael Ruggins George Farquhar
Mícheál	Máiréad Ní Ghráda Leo Tolstoy Aistriúchán nua ar an athchóiriú Béarla (Miles Malleson,1928) ar an ghearrscéal Rúiseach 'What Men Live By' (1885)
My Cousin Rachel	Joseph O'Connor (1) Daphne Du Maurier Based on Daphne du Maurier's 1951 novel of the same name.
Na Cluig	Proinsias Ó Míodhacháin Aistriúchán ar 'Le Juif Polonais' (1867)le Erkmann-Chatrian.
Oedipus, The Tyrant	Lord Longford Sophocles Translated by Lord Longford.
Oliver Twist	Alan Stanford Charles Dickens Adapted from the classic novel by Charles Dickens.
Peer Gynt	Frank McGuinness Henrik Ibsen A new version of the original play by Henrik Ibsen from a literal translation by Anne Bamborough.
Phaedra	Derek Mahon Jean Racine A translation of Racine's Phaedra.
Pride and Prejudice	Christine Longford Jane Austen Adapted from the novel of Jane Austen by Christine Longford.
Proxopera	Peter Luke Adapted from the original novel by Benedict Kiely.
Roly Poly	Lennox Robinson Guy de Maupassant
Scapin na gCleas	Tomás Ó hÉighneacháin Molière Aistriúchán ar 'Les Fourberies de Scapin' (1671)
Seachain an Dathadóireacht	Liam Ó Briain René Fauchois Aistriúchán ar 'Prenez garde à la peinture'
Seasg	Risteárd Ó Foghludha Constance Powell-Anderson Aistriúchán ar 'Barren' (1928)
See You Next Tuesday	Ronald Harwood An adaptation of Francis Veber's 'Le Diner de Cons'.
Sgoil an Scannail	Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha Richard Brinsley Sheridan Aistriúchán ar 'The School for Scandal' (1777)
Stephen D.	Hugh Leonard James Joyce
Taidhreamh Oidhche Lughnasa	Pádraig Ó Catháin Gregorio Martinez Sierra
Tartufe	Lord Longford Molière Based on the classic French comedy of the same name (1664)
Tartuffe	Michael West Molière A new version of the original play by Molière.
The Absentee	Christine Longford Maria Edgeworth Based on the 1812 novel of the same name
The Agamemnon	Christine Longford Lord Longford Translated by Lord and Lady Longford from the Greek.
The Avenger	Christine Longford J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Barber of Seville	Lord Longford Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Translation of the French play by Pierre Beaumarchais written in 1775, and originally entitled Le Barbier de Séville
The Bear	Brian Friel Anton Chekhov A version of the original play by Anton Chekhov after a literal translation by Úna Ní Dhubhghaill.
The Birds	Conor McPherson Daphne Du Maurier Adapted from the 1952 short story by Daphne du Maurier.
The Family Way	Hugh Leonard Eugène Labiche Adapted from "Celimare, Le Bien-Aime" by Eugene Labiche
The House of Bernarda Alba	Aidan Mathews Federico García Lorca A translation of Federico Garcia Lorca's original play.
The Lady of the Manor	Carolyn Swift Lea Goldberg Adapted from T. Carmi's translation from the Hebrew of Lea Goldberg's play 'The Lady of the Castle'.
The Liar	Micheál Mac Liammóir Translated by the author from the Irish.
The Masquerade of Henry IV	Micheál Mac Liammóir Luigi Pirandello Translated from Luigi Pirandello's Original Play.
The Passion of Peter Ginty	Hugh Leonard Henrik Ibsen A new version of the original play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Gavin Kostick Oscar Wilde An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's original novel.
The Picture of Dorian Gray	Micheál Mac Liammóir Oscar Wilde
The Real Charlotte	Terence de Vere White Adrian Vale Adapted from the original novel by Somerville and Ross.
The Red Shoes	Nancy Harris Hans Christian Andersen
The Saints go Cycling In	Hugh Leonard Flann O'Brien
The School for Wives	Lord Longford Molière
The Snapper	Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle
The Speckled People	Hugo Hamilton Hugo Hamilton Adapted by the author from his 2003 memoir of the same name
The Third Policeman	Eamon Morrissey Flann O'Brien
The Threepenny Opera	Frank McGuinness Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill A new version of Bertolt Brecht's and Kurt Weill's original, from a literal translation by Constance Hayes.
The Unguarded Hour	Bernard Merivale Otto Bastian Based on 'Kopf in der Schlinge' (1930)
The Watcher	Christine Longford J. Sheridan Le Fanu 'The Watcher' is adapted from the story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu which was re-printed in 'In a Glass Darkly' under the title of 'The Familiar'.
The Wife to a Famous Man	Liam Ó Briain Gregorio Martinez Sierra A new translation of 'La Mujer del Héroe' (1914)
The Yalta Game	Brian Friel Anton Chekhov After Chekhov
Three Sisters	Frank McGuinness Anton Chekhov A version of Anton Chekhov's original play.
Tzar Paul	Th. Komisarjevsky J. Alford Dimitri Merijkowski
Uncle Silas	Christine Longford J. Sheridan Le Fanu Adapted by Christine Longford from the Novel by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
Uncle Vanya	Brian Friel Anton Chekhov A new version of the original play after a literal translation by Úna Ní Dhubhghaill.
Watt	Barry McGovern Samuel Beckett
Wuthering Heights	Ria Mooney Donald Stauffer Emily Brontë Adapted from the novel of Emily Bronte