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A letter from Brian Merriman, Artistic Director of the IDGTF to the Irish Times regarding the controversy about the level of female representation in the Abbey’s 1916 Centenary Programme. The Irish Times, Nov 16 Sir, – The “grant cake” that too many depend on is too small. Creativity today is about conforming to pre-established criteria […]

Special Guest Performer Geroid Farrelly from RTE’s “The Panel” Something For Everybody! Oscar’s Bar Cafe @8pm, 16 – 18 Fishamble St, D8 FREE ENTRY COMPLIMENTARY FOOD LIVE PERFORMANCES GREAT PRIZES: RAFFLE + AUCTION                  

We will at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 14th to 19th August and if you have have a production we might be interested in we’d like to hear from you. We have taken productions from every Fringe for the past 10 years and we hope that 2014 will be no exception. Click here to find

The nominees and winners of our Festival Awards were announced at the closing Gala Night and Awards in the Sugar Club on Sunday May 18th in front of our audience, guests and companies. Again this year it was challenging to choose just one winner in each category and we congratulate all of our winners and

Many of our closing Saturday performances are selling fast. To avoid disappointment we strongly recommend pre-booking either online or through our Box Office. Shows with very limited availability include: Margaret Thatcher, Queen of Soho [evening] – sold out online. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door on a first-come-first-served basis. Aunty

Due to strong demand an additional performance of Aunty Ben has been added for Friday May 16th at 6pm in the Teacher’s Club. Please note that there are a limited number of tickets still available for the Saturday matinee performance so online booking is strongly advised.

Our Festival Box Office is now open in the Arlington Hotel Temple Bar. Drop in if you’ve any queries about the Festival or to book tickets for any of our shows. You can also call us on 085 871 9466 (Mon – Sat: 12-3pm until May 17th) See our Box Office page for more information.

The 11th International Dublin Gay Theatre was launched in style at the Mansion House Dublin this evening by Festival Artistic Director Brian Merriman with guests of honour Oisín Quinn, Lord Mayor of Dublin and renowned Tony-award winning director Patrick Mason. Secure online booking is now available here. You can download the 2014 brochure (PDF) here.

As we put the finishing touches on our 2014 programme and it’s time for our annual fund-raiser table quiz. Join us at the Front Lounge at 8pm on Wednesday March 12th! Our quiz master for the evening is the fantastic Scott De Buitléir It’s €40 per team of four people. To pre-book a table sign-up

The IDGTF has been short-listed for the Irish Arts & Literature category of the 2014 GALAS LGBT Awards. The ceremony takes place on March 1st in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. The IDGTF has been proudly telling the stories, past and present, of the LGBT community for 11 years. We will soon announce our exciting 2014

he eleventh Festival runs from May 5th to May 18th 2014. We are working hard on an exciting programme of events for 2014. Keep watching for more details.

We’re at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 looking for relevant productions for Festival 2014. If you have a show we might be interested in please contact us at info@gaytheatre.ie For more details check out our Submissions page. Brian Merriman – Artistic Director – IDGTF

The book “Wilde Stages in Dublin – a Decade of Gay Theatre” by Festival Artistic Director Brian Merriman is now availble. The book explores the context and background to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival as well as providing an invaluable compendium of the last ten years of theatre from the world’s largest festival of

The Festival Box Office at the Arlington Hotel Temple Bar is now open. Daily Mon-Sat 12pm – 3pm until Saturday May 18th. Phone: +353 87 9355 449 Click here for details.

The 2013 Programme now available | Secure online booking Newsletter: March 20 2013 click here to view online | forward this email to a friend  It’s here! After many months of preparation the 2013 IDGTF programme is finally available with secure online booking at www.gaytheatre.ie. From Argentina to Africa and Australia, from S&M to quantum

Festival Artistic Director Brian Merriman and special guest Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr. Andrew Montague launched the 2013 IDGTF Programme this evening at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. Secure online booking, powered by Ticketsolve, is now available and the programme is available for download. To read the Artistic Director Brian Merriman’s full launch speech

Join us in Pantibar for our 2013 Fundraising Table Quiz from 8:30pm. Reserve your table now at quiz@gaytheatre.ie. Table of four: €40. Hosted by Miss Panti with lots of wonderful prizes!

At the end of the day, this festival would not survive without the generations contributions made by so many. We would like to give huge thanks to: Our sponsors/supporters: Dublin City Council  Fáilte Ireland  RTÉ Reinkarnated Tattoo and Body Piercing Speak Easy Café Bar Pantibar The Front Lounge The Arlington Hotel, Temple Bar Brasserie Sixty6

The technical problems with online booking have now been resolved. The problem was due to a technical problem with Realex – the system that handles secure online card payments – it was unavailable from 9am to 3:30pm. Unfortunately this issue was out of our control but we are monitoring it closely. Note that no existing

Week 2: May 14th to 20th Sold Out (only stand-by tickets at the venue) all shows currently available Selling Fast (tickets still available but pre-booking recommended) No Fats, No Femmes – Friday [extra seats added due to demand] The Queen B’s – Friday [extra seats added due to demand] The Queen B’s – Friday [extra

The 2012 Festival programme was launched today by guest of honour Senator Katherine Zappone. The programme is now available in venues around the city centre. You can also download the programme here

Senator Katherine Zappone was the guest of honour at the Arlington Hotel, Temple Bar as we launched the programme for Festival 2012 Online booking is now open for the Festival with our 2012 brochures coming soon to city centre venues. Artistic Director Brian Merriman’s Launch Speech and Programme Introduction >> Launch Speech and Programme Introduction