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City Theatre Dublin - CTD

OVERVIEW

  • Description

    City Theatre Dublin has been making theatre in Ireland and abroad for about 25 years. Its productions include Sisters, The Hostage, The Matchmaker, The Field, The Vagina Monologues, and The Cuchulain Cycle, as well as the highly acclaimed annual Christmas Shows for children, written by Eurovision Song Contest winner Shay Healy and theatre director Michael Scott.

    Since it began touring John B. Keane's The Matchmaker in 2001, City Theatre Dublin has grown into the largest provider of touring theatre productions in Ireland. City Theatre will continue to develop and investigate new models of touring, providing work ranging from mainstream audience pullers like Mrs. Whippy to boundry pushing community arts paticipatory theatre like Dancing at the Ballroom of Romance.

  • Address

    Co. Dublin

    Artistic Director

    Michael Scott (2)

New Irish Plays Produced By City Theatre Dublin - CTD

Play Title Playwright
Dracula Michael Scott (2) Bram Stoker
Adapted from the original novel by Bram Stoker.
Fragments Of Isabella Michael Scott (2) Gabrielle Reidy
Adapted from the book by Isabella Leitner.
Mrs Whippy Cecelia Ahern

Adapted from Cecelia Ahern's Novella 'Mrs Whippy'

Mysteries 2000 Johnny Hanrahan Joseph O'Connor (1) Pat Kinevane Gavin Kostick Michael Scott (2) Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Declan Gorman Joe O'Byrne Derek Chapman Aidan Mathews Fergus Linehan (1) Brendan Kennelly Michael McCaffery Deirdre Purcell Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
A new adaptation of the Mystery Plays (author unknown).
Sisters Declan Hassett
The Unsung Hero David Gilna
The Yellow Man Michael Scott (2)
Devised by Brian Thunder and Michael Scott. Based on the book and paintings by Pauline Bewick.
Wuthering Heights Michael McCaffery Emily Brontë