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re: Theatergoing in Dublin/ any suggestions advicei
Last Edit: Ann 08:52 am EDT 05/31/18
Posted by: Ann 08:47 am EDT 05/31/18
In reply to: Theatergoing in Dublin/ any suggestions advicei - bmc 08:38 am EDT 05/31/18

Looks like Jimmy's Hall is on at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin (the "national theatre of Ireland").

Enjoy County Kerry and the Cliffs - and the rest of this beautiful country. I've been a number of times, and it looks like I'll visit even more regularly in the future.
Link https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/jimmys-hall/
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Also check out The Gate Theatre in Dublin and Druid Theatre in Galway.
Posted by: portenopete 10:08 am EDT 05/31/18
In reply to: re: Theatergoing in Dublin/ any suggestions advicei - Ann 08:47 am EDT 05/31/18

The Gate is the second theatre of Dublin and produces a wide range of classics (they were the ones doing ASSASSINS, I think).

There are also a number of smaller companies, some without permanent homes, around town, especially in the Temple Bar neighbourhood.

And Druid has, of course, brought many a show stateside, including the original BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, the Atlantic Theatre revival of THE CRIPPLE OF INSIHMAAN and the vast DRUID SYNGE Festival (which I think played Lincoln Center a few years ago?). [Last time I checked they were actually on tour in America with GODOT, I think.]
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But real theatre in Ireland is.....
Posted by: portenopete 10:14 am EDT 05/31/18
In reply to: Also check out The Gate Theatre in Dublin and Druid Theatre in Galway. - portenopete 10:08 am EDT 05/31/18

.....the show that God designed.

I can't imagine any play taking my breath away like The Cliffs of Moher did. Or the scenic wonder of the Beara, Dingle and Kerry peninsulas. Or the barren moonscape of The Burren.

And it may not fit with your trip, but the Arran Islands off Galways (especially Inishmaan) are beautiful and bleak and when I was there, empty.

Funnily, I had to content myself with two American classics in Dublin: ALL MY SONS at the Abbey (with two American actors in the leads) and ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE at the Gate (with Lia Williams, who was terrific).
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re: But real theatre in Ireland is.....
Posted by: bmc 03:03 pm EDT 05/31/18
In reply to: But real theatre in Ireland is..... - portenopete 10:14 am EDT 05/31/18

Thanks. I'll tell the pope you all said hello.
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