The Catacombs – Working Title

Posted on 9th December 20239th December 2023

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’.

The Last Night at The Catacombs

ALL SHOWS NOW SOLD OUT!!! Cast * AIDAN JUDD * HILARY BOYLE * IAN PRENDERGAST * * SIOBHAN MOONEY * MARTIN O’CONNOR * BRENDAN O’DALY * * BILLY MULLIGAN * CLAIRE CARROLL * CATHAL O’RIORDAN * * DÁITHÍ O BRION * NEIL SHARPSON * DARRAGH BARRON * SARAH BYRNE * * MARIA MONTELEONE * MARCOS […]

Auditions ~ The Winter’s Tale

Auditions will be held to to fill the roles for the array of characters that populate The Winter’s Tale, which will be performed in the hall of the Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square West, from Tuesday April 1st to Saturday April 5th (including a matinee on Sat 5th), directed by Tim Casey.

If you are interested, please bring along a Shakespeare monologue (it doesn’t have to be long). Those with musical abilities, (singing, musical instruments or both) feel free to give us an example of your skill(s).

Auditions are open to members and non-members – however, if cast as a non-member you are obliged to join the society with annual membership fee at €35 general, €20 student.

The Winter’s Tale

€20 Concessions available €18 A jealous husband, a wronged wife, a friendship sundered. Watch in horror as the Sicilian ruler Leontes spins out of control, wreaking destruction on his family, his kingdom and on himself. Find much needed relief as you are transported through time to a bucolic Bohemia of song and dance, of […]

Auditions Two One Act Plays

Posted on 18th December 202518th December 2025

Auditions!! Monday 5th & Wednesday 7th January, Teachers’ Club (36 Parnell Square West), 7-9pm
Performances 27-28th March 2026, including Saturday matinée.

Flesh and Fantasy

The Dublin Shakespeare Society Presents FLESH & FANTASY Two One Act Plays. Bobby Gould In Hell by David Mamet and 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams. 27th to 28th March 2026.

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

In this adaptation—written and directed by George Carroll for the The Dublin Shakespeare Society, Oscar Wilde’s Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime follows the seemingly fortunate Lord Arthur, a young aristocrat on the brink of a perfect marriage, whose life is abruptly unsettled by a chilling prediction. At a high-society gathering, a palm reader reveals that Arthur is destined to commit a terrible crime. What begins as an amusing curiosity quickly takes hold of his mind, transforming his engagement and future into something shadowed by inevitability and dread.

Macbeth To Be Thus Is Nothing

A modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, set in Dublin’s inner-city underworld. The ‘Vault’ is a rundown rave club — the meeting place for our characters. Macbeth and his wife Amelia are an ambitious couple part of a dysfunctional family. Spurred on by dark forces, they commit murder to seize control of the operation. As guilt, paranoia and violence take hold, their bond unravels with devastating consequences.