Have you ever walked into a bar and seen these signs that say, “You don’t have to be mad to work here but it helps” and then you're greeted by the dullest, mind-numbingly boring bar staff? Here in Club Malfi madness is an essential requirement. "Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, Like diamonds […]
All Shakes Members and Friends, What Joyce did for Dublin, Patrick Kavanagh’s poetry did for the strong grey soil of Monaghan, revealing the unsentimental truth of rural Irish Life and the mystic claims land makes upon the heart. A special evening of to commemorate the work of that great poet Patrick Kavanagh will take place […]
No doubt you are all looking forward to an evening of Cole Porter music and song which will be directed by Dermot Corrigan and will take place in Room 4 of the Teachers Club at 7.30pm on Sat 16th Feb 2019 and again on the following Sat 23rd at 7.30pm. Please note that Sat 16th […]
Dublin Shakes has a unique opportunity to run a weekend Voice Workshop on SaturdayMarch 2nd & Sunda March 3rd and will be presented by Kevin Crawford. (Founding member of the Roy Hart Theatre company, whose ground-breaking influence on contemporary Voice-work for theatre is internationally recognized. Kevin was a full-time member of faculty at the School […]
Dublin Shakespeare is delighted in having Jane Grogan (Associate Professor in English at UCD.) to present a general introduction to the Tempest, looking particularly at the themes been explored with our forthcoming production, directed by Paul Maher. The Talk will be held on Saturday23rd March at 7.30pm, Teachers Club, Room 6. Free Admission. No […]
http://www.dublinshakespearesociety.ie/video/Tempest%20Promo%202%20010419.mp4 “Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this […]
A series of three workshops that aim to introduce and develop actors to red nose clown, that will form the basis of the Shakes production of Cyrano in the Autumn of 2019. The workshops will also be used to adapt some sections of the play and will form the basis for the selection of the […]
Cyrano de Bergerac is in possession of a cadet-position in the French Army, a poet’s soul and a very, very large nose. He is also in love with Roxane, but believes himself too ugly to be loved by her in turn. When the handsome but unpoetic new cadet Christian de Neuvillette himself falls for the […]
This is a rehearsed reading of an original film script written by Brian Murray andset during the Norman invasion of Ireland. Auditions between 6pm and 9pm in Teachers Club on Wednesday 16th October. Performance on Saturday 23rd November. There'll be maximum 4 rehearsals. If you're interested but can't make the audition, just email Brian amd […]
NANNIE’S NIGHT OUT A comedy in one act. by Sean O'Casey It is just 2 years after the establishment of the Free State. Nannie, out of jail, intends to have a good night on the streets of her impoverished, north inner city Dublin. Meanwhile various people are surreptitiously seeking a free place to live. Others […]
Rehearsed Reading Season 2019/20 Auditions for Mothers Day and Significant Loss Written by: Sarah Fahy Director: Breege Fahy Mother's Day A mother with Alzheimer's. A documentary of her life. A family bond. Three lives unwind. Mother's Day is a short play written by Sarah Fahy. It won Best Script at The Clairemorris Fringe Festival 2019, […]