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Venues

Watergate Theatre

OVERVIEW

Address

Parliament Street, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny

Email

info@watergatetheatre.com

Website

http://www.watergatetheatre.com

Phone

+353 (0)56 775 1605

Executive Director

Joanna Cunningham

Technical Manager

Marketing Manager

Emma O'Neill (2)

Administration and Accounts

Box Office Supervisor

Front of House Supervisor

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 By 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 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	Adapter/Translator
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.

Premiered In 2023

Ghosts

The Loved Ones

Country and Irish

Freefalling

Curvy Figures

Premiered on this day

Treasure Hunt

Premiered 14 Sep 1949

Playwright
M.J. Farrell, John Perry
Company

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Registered Office: 17 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 F293
Tel: +353 1 670 4906

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