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AGM 2022 News

Our Annual AGM is due to take place on 17th February 2022 at 8pm. This will be held online using the “Zoom” application and details will be emailed to members shortly. If you have any matters you wish to have raised at AGM, please email to president@dublinshakespearesociety.ie

Shaking It Up!

‘Shaking It Up!’ After 2+ years of enforced absence from face-to -face rehearsal and performance, the Artistic Committee believes it’s the ideal opportunity for our members to re-engage creatively with both the form and content of our theatre. In 2022, we want our members to breathe new life into our output, capturing and expressing the […]

CALL FOR ACTORS ~ Comedy of errors

Dublin Shakespeare Society seeks actors for forthcoming production of The COMEDY of ERRORS Actors 25-40 years of age required to play male roles. Production dates 15 th – 20 th May 2023. Auditions will take place shortly in The Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Rehearsals to commence in the coming weeks. Further information […]

The Catacombs – Working Title

Located in the 1940s basement of 13 Fitzwilliam Place, ‘The Catacombs’ was a nightclub established by Dickie Wyman, who re-located to Dublin from the UK in order to avoid being drafted into WW2 after his boyfriend was killed in action. In an Ireland where conservatism ruled, “The Catacombs” was a place where anything went. It was a den of heavy drinking, discussions, debates, fights and lust and attracted bohemians like Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, J.P. Dunleavy, and Anthony Cronin, even earning a mention in Dunleavy’s ‘The Gingerman’.