PARTY BOY
PARTY BOY The first reading of a new Irish play by Brian Merriman. Based on a true story, meet Patrick the Party Boy as he grows from shy Irish boy in the …
PARTY BOY The first reading of a new Irish play by Brian Merriman. Based on a true story, meet Patrick the Party Boy as he grows from shy Irish boy in the …
MEN’S SHORTS A theatrical threesome of short plays about LGBT men mixing drama and comedy: A Gay Thing Acting Out, IRL Steve and John have been mates since …
Press Release: 25 Plays for 25 Years of Decriminalisation The 15th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival launched its diverse programme online on Tuesday April 10th on www.gaytheatre.ie. “This is a special anniversary year for the LGBTI community in Ireland and the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival has assembled a top class programme of
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We are delighted to launch the programme for the 15th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. 2018 is a year of celebration, marking 15 years of IDGTF and 25 years since decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland. In our programme we explore the diverse lives of LGBT people today – through comedy, drama, short-plays and powerful stories
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Festival 2018 is a year of celebration, marking 15 years of IDGTF and 25 years since decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland. In our programme we explore the diverse lives of LGBT people today – through comedy, drama, short-plays and powerful stories from around the world. Cruising, getting married, LGBT families, staying together through ups
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We’ve been working hard on Festival 2018… and all will be revealed on Monday! Online booking will be available here. Keep watching for more information.
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Update: Table Quiz moved to Wednesday March 7th at 8pm due to weather warning! Stay warm and see you on the 7th. Booking: quiz@gaytheatre.ie. Anyone who booked already will be notified. Our annual table quiz takes place in Street 66 Parliament Street. Join us as we prepare for our upcoming 2018 Festival from May 7-20.
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We are currently accepting submissions for Festival 2018 which runs from May 7-20 2018. The deadline for submissions is December 1 2017. For more check out our Submissions page.
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IDGTF 2018 will take place from May 7-20 2018 The 15th annual Festival runs in venues across Dublin City Centre and will feature drama, comedy, music/cabaret and more. We are the largest Festival of LGBT-related theatre in the world and guarantee you a warm welcome to our exciting and diverse Festival: Mix with artists, organisers
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We will be at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 in mid-August looking for relevant works and catching up with Festival friends & supporters. If you have a work of theatre that you think would be interesting for us: Check out our Submissions page and a bit about us Email us at info@gaytheatre.ie Or get in
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IDGTF 2017 came to a close last night with our Gala Awards Night in front of a packed audience in the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square. We pay tribute to all of our winners and nominees below. IDGTF is a curated Festival, with only a minority of submissions actually accepted. So we would like to thank
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The 14th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival ended last night with our Gala and Awards Night. More news to follow on our winners and nominees! Festival 2017 was the most successful for a number of years and we were happy to report higher average turnout at shows as well as multiple sold-out performances over the
Love Trumps Everything *** How We Glow ***** (Review published in theoutmost.com. Check out more Festival reviews at theoutmost.com here) The appearance of Trump in the title Love Trumps Everything, has nothing to do with the orange man in the Whitehouse. Instead, it’s the thread that loosely binds three short plays where love overcomes life’s unavoidable obstacles.
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Don’t miss our €10 Saturday matinees which take place at 2:30pm & 4pm. With shows like Gypsy Queen selling out each evening and 5-star shows such as The Elephant Girls and Spool – this could be your last opportunity to see many of our shows. Check out our Saturday schedule here.
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Review – Spool The Teachers’ Club 9pm until Sat May 13 (matinee: Sat 13 @ 4pm) Written and Directed by Otto Farrant & Finn Cooke Spool is an introspective analysis about what it’s like to be a young man. Honest, candid and raw, it shows the inner-monologue that haunts every young man and the extreme
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Review – Lines in the Sand By Jim Dalglish Directed by Jim Dalglish & Ian Ryan The Pearse Centre 7:30pm until Sat May 13; €10 matinee @ 4pm Sat May 13 Without wanting to give anything away, Lines in the Sand achieves something unique. The audience is left to wonder where the hell we are
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Review reproduced from theoutmost.com. See here for the original review, published 9 May 2017 Gypsy Queen ***** Now, I don’t know much about boxing but I do remember former Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury got into hot water last year over his comments on gay people, causing a flurry of news headlines on whether he was
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Review reproduced from theoutmost.com. See here for the original review, published 9 May 2017 The Elephant Girls Review Here’s a show that packs a punch with a diamond-clad fist! Masterfully written and performed by Margo MacDonald, The Elephant Girls recounts the escapades of a real-life, all-women gang, who roamed the London streets in the 1920s. We enter
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: The Elephant Girls runs at Outhouse until Saturday at 9pm Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Canadian Margo Mac Donald dons a mafia style pin strip suit to tells us the fascinating story of the East End of London’s notorious lesbian gang, which terrorised, lusted, controlled and rampaged through London for almost a century. Maggie Hale
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Spool runs at The Teachers Club until Saturday 9pm and Saturday has a matinee at 4pm. Two handsome young men are tied together in a beautiful exploration of the pressures faced by young men in exploring modern masculinity. Engagement with social media can confuse and prioritise the physical self from the critical uniqueness
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Lines In The Sand The Pearse Centre Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street 7.30pm Saturday matinee 4pm. Lines In The Sand by Jim Dalglish is a real thriller on so many levels. It is a dramatic thriller as this older man rescues a 15 year old boy from a violent altercation in the woods.
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