Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-05-18

The big event this week is the opening of the Dublin Dance Festival with Giselle in the Bord Gais Theatre, but there’s much more besides such as On Raftery’s Hill in the Abbey and also Cyprus Avenue in the Peacock (Abbey). See what you can find below.

The Dublin Dance Festival has announced its new programme. It runs from May 2nd to 20th. You can explore it here. You can also find our preview here.

Our Top Five Theatre Picks –

1. Giselle – Bord Gais Theatre
2. The Plough and the Stars – Gaiety Theatre
3. Cyprus Avenue – Peacock (Abbey)
4. On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey
5. Assassins – Gate Theatre

Theatre – This Week – From 1-05-18

Abbey – On Raftery’s Hill – 27 April – 12 May 2018
Cyprus Avenue – 30 April – 19 May 2018

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – English National Ballet: Akram Khan’s Giselle – 2 May 2018 – 6 May 2018

Gaiety Theatre – The Plough And The Stars – 24 April 2018 – 5 May 2018

Smock Alley – Pilgrim – 23 Apr – 5 May
The Wendy House – 1 – 12 May

Project Arts Centre – Waiting by Fiona Looney – 30 Apr to 2nd May
A Play of Life by Emma O’Kane – 3rd to 5th of May
Colm O’Regan Wants a Word – 3 May – 05 May

New Theatre – The Curse of the Button Accordion – Apr 23rd – May 5th

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – My Fair Ladies – May 1st – 28th

Viking Theatre – The Good Father – Apr 30-May 12

The Gate –  Assassins – 12th April – 9th June, 2018

Theatre Upstairs – Electric – 20 Apr – 5 May 2018

Mill Theatre – The Night Alive – 15th – 19th May

Other Theatres include –

Civic Theatre (Tallaght), The Complex (Little Mary Street), Mermaid Arts Centre (Wicklow), Helix (DCU), Dolmen (Cornelscourt), Pavilion Theatre (Dun Laoghaire), Teacher’s Club (Parnell Square), Beckett Theatre (Trinity College), O’Reilly Theatre (Denmark Street, Dublin 1), The Lir (Pearse Street), Mill Theatre (Dundrum)…

Theatre – Next Week – From 8-05-18

Abbey – On Raftery’s Hill – 27 April – 12 May 2018
Cyprus Avenue – 30 April – 19 May 2018

Bord Gais Energy Theatre – An Audience with Shay Given, John Aldridge and Paul McGrath – 7 May 2018

Gaiety Theatre – Maeve Binchy’s Minding Frankie – 8 May 2018 – 12 May 2018

Smock Alley – The Wendy House – 1 – 12 May
Cinderella’s Dreamland – 13 May
The Streets Are Ours – 14 May
Quentin Crisp : Naked Hope – 15 + 16 May

Project Arts Centre – And so you see… – 08 May – 09 May
Autumn Royal – 8th – 12th May
(b)reaching stillness – 11 May – 12 May
Akram Khan: Can We Live With Robots? –  13 May

New Theatre – The James Connolly Festival – May 9th – May 13th

Bewleys Cafe Theatre – My Fair Ladies – May 1st – 28th

Viking Theatre – The Good Father – Apr 30-May 12

The Gate –  Assassins – 12th April – 9th June, 2018

Theatre Upstairs – Electric – 20 Apr – 5 May 2018

Other Theatres include –

Civic Theatre (Tallaght), The Complex (Little Mary Street), Mermaid Arts Centre (Wicklow), Helix (DCU), Dolmen (Cornelscourt), Pavilion Theatre (Dun Laoghaire), Teacher’s Club (Parnell Square), Beckett Theatre (Trinity College), O’Reilly Theatre (Denmark Street, Dublin 1), The Lir (Pearse Street), Mill Theatre (Dundrum)…