Dublin Shakespeare Society – Zoom performance of ” A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Episode 2 Friday 25th June 2021 Login @7:30pm Performance @ 8:00pm Co – Directors George Carroll & Brendan O’Daly Cast Bottom Padraig Denihan Demetrius/Fairy Barry O’Connor Egeus Peter Prior Helena/Snug Niamh O’Brien Rihannon Hermia Niamh Delaney Hippolyta/Fairy Brigid Sweeney Lysander/Fairy Kevin […]
Render Unto Caesar is a radio play written by the late Patrick J. Power. About the author Patrick J Power, a “Raheny veteran” was born in 1929 and he died in March of this year (2021) – just three days before his 92nd birthday. The renowned storyteller was originally from Roscommon where his father was […]
‘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 […]
A U D I T I O N S Dublin Shakespeare Society will be presenting a workshop performance of “His Grave Has Got No Name”, a short play based on Oscar Wilde’s Poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’. This piece is part of our ‘Shake It Up’ Programme where work in progress is workshopped for one […]
This show will be performed on 25th of June 2022. Auditions will be held on 11th and 12th of May. It is a Revue style show which is inspired by Samuel Beckett. There will be sketches, poems and musical numbers. Cast requires 6 female characters and 6 male characters no particular age. Contact Dermot Corrigan […]
Based on The Ballad of Reading Goal by Oscar Wilde the themes still relevant today: loss, guilt, imprisonment and a judicial system based on the idea of revenge and retribution and how that affects the most vulnerable in society. His Grave has got No Name is a devised piece especially for theatre based on the […]
This Forum Theatre event comprised two short pieces devised over six weekly workshops with Shakes members. Forum Theater, one of the major techniques within Theatre of the Oppressed, allows spectators to collaborate in the experience by becoming ‘spect-actors’ (the audiences who participate in the actual performance). Through a moderator (Joker) and a group of actively […]
As part of the Shake it Up! program we present a selection of sketches, poems and performance using techniques and themes associated with Samuel Beckett. Cast Peter Prior, Eoin O’Séaghdha, Dáithí O Broin Edward Clinton, Brigid Sweeney, Anne McManus, Noelle Timmons, Aoife Kelly, Deaglan Page, Aiden Judd, Geraldine Maguire Directors Geraldine Maguire and Dermot Corrigan […]
Auditions to take place August 10th Overview of the play: DEARBHLA ekes out a living writing copy for a mothers and babies magazine. She also blogs about her single life, including her own decision never to have children. Meanwhile, she and her UK editor TOBY have been carrying on an affair. Her mother BRID is […]
The Shakes Red Nose Clowns make a journey through Shakespeares Forest, using anything they can along the way!
