• 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Dublin

For forty years the Project Arts Centre has preserved the best in contemporary Irish and International, dance, music and visual arts in the heart of Dublin's Temple Bar.

It exists in order to encourage emerging and established artists in creating innovative work. The Project Arts Centre was at the centre of the early careers of U2, Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan.

Monday - Saturday
11.00 - 19.00

• 74 Dame Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

• 1 Cavendish Row, Dublin 1, Dublin

The Gate Theatre part of the Rotunda Hospital was founded in by Michael Mac Liammoir and Hilton Edwards and it is said that Orson Welles and James Mason began their careers there.

A plaque at no 5, opposite the theatre, marks the birthplace of the poet Oliver St John Gogarty.

The box office is open from Monday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., for reservations and credit card bookings. Tickets reserved by telephone must be collected 45 minutes before the start of the performance. A limited number of car parking spaces is available to patrons of the Gate, within the grounds of the Rotunda Hospital, which proceeds go to the Hospital and spaces must be pre booked....

• Templebar , Dublin 2, Dublin

• 14 Sackville Place, Dublin 1, Dublin ,

CoisCéim Dance Theatre creates and presents contemporary dance theatre. We also offer a diverse range of dance classes and workshops for people of all ages, experiences and abilities....

• Coleraine House, Coleraine Street, Dublin 7, Dublin

Smashing Times Theatre Company was founded in 1991 by a group of women committed to providing access to drama and theatre in communities that would not usually be exposed to the arts. The company recognises the power of drama in relation to its effect on personal and community development. While providing this access the board members discovered that many of the women in the audience were themselves interested in devising and performing plays and so "Switched On - ESB Accessing Theatre for Women" was born.

The "Switched On" - ESB Accessing Theatre for Women community arts programme creates a niche in the drama world for women of all walks of life. The aim is to use drama as a tool for social change. The plays celebrate and explore the diversity of women's experiences and challenge the boundaries of what constitutes the female perspective. Every year sees the company work with over 10 different women's theatre groups both North and South of the border with work focusing on, and inspired by social issues relevant to the group in question....

• Francis Street, Dublin 8, Dublin

The Tivoli centre has become firm favourite for hosting new plays and music acts....

• The New Theatre, East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Dublin

Barren Land Productions Present
Curse Of The Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Steve Gunn

Where: The New Theatre (at the back of Connolly Bookstore,
Tickets: €15 / 10 concession
When: Mon Nov 30th-Sat Dec 5th @8pm

Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic exploration of the American family psyche. The play focuses on the dysfunctional Tate clan -- the drunken dreamer of a father, burned-out mother, rebellious teenage daughter, and idealistic son -- as they struggle for control of the rundown family farm in a futile search for freedom, security, and ultimately meaning in their lives.

Cast: Shane Gately, Lesa Thurman, Aoife Moore, Jack Lowe, Brian Robinson,
Neill Fleming, Jose Mantero

• Cuckoos Nest, Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Dublin

• Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

ROUGH MAGIC PRODUCTION OF NEIL SIMON’S COMEDY PLAZA SUITE AT PAVILION THEATRE, DUN LAOGHAIRE FROM JULY 13TH for three weeks only

THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER

This summer, the award-winning theatre company Rough Magic is going to the seaside... from July 13th they will present one of Neil Simon’s most enduring, endearing and entertaining comedies PLAZA SUITE at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire. This three act play will be directed by three of Ireland’s most exciting young theatre directors, graduates of Rough Magic’s SEEDS and run for three weeks only.

PLAZA SUITE is a confection of three stories (acts) with three different couples all set in Suite 719 of New York City’s famous Plaza Hotel. In the first act, directed by Sophie Motley, we meet a not-so-blissfully married couple, (Karen Ardiff and Mark Lambert), who revisit their honeymoon suite in an attempt to revive their marriage.
In the second act, directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks, a famous Hollywood producer entertains an old flame, (Darragh Kelly and Ali White), with interesting results.
And, in the final act, directed by Matt Torney, a distraught couple (Nick Dunning and Eleanor Methven) face their daughter’s wedding jitters.

If only walls could talk ... and in this hilarious and delightful comedy the walls of Suite 719 certainly do as difficult decisions, romantic diversions and emotional baggage all unfold.

Jody O’Neill and Carl Kennedy take supporting roles. Set and Costume Design is by Bláithín Sheerin with Lighting Design by Sarah Jane Shiels (who is also a SEEDS graduate).
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon is one of America's most productive and popular dramatists. He has received more Academy and Tony nominations than any other writer and is the only playwright to have four Broadway productions running simultaneously.

PLAZA SUITE showcases Simon at his best - witty, clever and relentlessly funny.

An avalanche of hilarity…. Time Magazine
Sets the town laughing… The New York Times

BOOKING INFORMATION:
Rough Magic presents Plaza Suite by Neil Simon
13 – 30 July 2024

Low Price Previews Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 July 2024
Opens Friday 15 July
Mon – Sat 8.00 pm
Matinees Sat 3.00pm
Running time 2 hours including interval
Ticket prices €20/25
Previews and matinees €18
Tel: 01 2312929
www.paviliontheatre.ie
www.roughmagic.ie