This exciting programme will include spectacular, large-scale shows and once-in-a-lifetime performances to entertain theatre-goers and first-time audiences alike. The festival features 13 world premieres from great Irish writers and companies, alongside an extensive programme of international work. Eimear McBride’s multi award-winning novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing will be adapted for the stage by Annie Ryan of The Corn Exchange and performed by actress Aoife Duffin (Moone Boy). ANU Productions conclude their celebrated Monto Cycle with Vardo – the last in a series of four plays charting 100 years of history in Dublin’s north inner city. Acclaimed Irish language theatre company Fíbín Teo. stage Réiltín by Paul Mercier, the first Irish language play at the festival since 1997. Druid stage a double-bill of plays by Tom Murphy: Bailegangaire and a newly-written companion play, Brigit. Spinning, a new play by Deirdre Kinahan, is featured in a production from Fishamble: The New Play Company. An exciting Australian Season includes three productions showcasing the vitality of Australia’s cultural scene. A stellar cast including Sinéad Cusack, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor stars in an anticipated new work by Mark O’Rowe at the Abbey Theatre, Our Few and Evil Days. And the world premiere of a new play by Hugo Hamilton, The Mariner, is presented by the Gate Theatre.

Further international work from France, the UK, Chile, Belgium and Germany also features in the programme. A delightful Family Season returns to The Ark for ages 3+ with work from Spain, the UK and Australia, and a stage adaptation of Irish author Oliver Jeffers’ The Way Back Home, produced by Branar Téatar do Pháistí and Denmark’s Teater Refleksion. Festival+ – a series of special events, many of which are free – complements the main-stage programme, with talks, critical events, exhibitions and work-in-progress presentations. An exhibit of material from the festival’s history will be on display at The Little Museum of Dublin. The Festival+ line-up will also include a discussion on Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its premiere at Dublin Theatre Festival 1964.

Priority booking for Friends of the Festival:  21st July | General public booking:  12th August

One of the festival highlights, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is already on sale to the general public. Book online at www.dublintheatrefestival.com, by phone on +353 1 677 8899 or in person at the Festival Box Office.

BOOKING DETAILS:

Online: www.dublintheatrefestival.com 
Phone: +353 1 677 88 99 
In person: Dublin Theatre Festival Box Office, 44 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2