Following on from the hugely successful production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan earlier this year, the Gaiety Theatre is delighted to present a major new production of McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore for early next year. Directed by Andrew Flynn this exciting new production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore will run at the Gaiety Theatre from 27 January 2020 for a very limited run. Tickets are on sale now from the Gaiety Theatre and Ticketmaster.  
 
Oscar Award-winning director and playwright Martin McDonagh’s work is known and loved by both theatre and film audiences alike (In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Audiences flocked to see The Gaiety Theatre production of The Cripple of Inishmaan last spring.
 
Details of the sterling ensemble cast for The Lieutenant of Inishmore were announced earlier this week, which features exciting young stars of TV, film and theatre in Ireland and abroad today. Already making their mark on stages and TV screens across Ireland the cast includes Paul Mescal (BBC’s Normal People, The Great Gatsby), Aisling Kearns (Darklands, Asking For It), Alex Murphy (The Young Offenders), Cillian Ó Gairbhí (Blood, Darklands), Desmond Eastwood (Blackout, Normal People), Cillian Lenaghan (Blackout) and in his professional debut Pádraig O’Grady. They are joined by Don Wycherley in the role of Donny (Sing Street, Ballykissangel, Bachelor’s Walk).  
 
About The Lieutenant of Inishmore: On a lonely road on the island of Inishmore, someone killed Mad Padraic’s cat. He'll want to know who did it when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip-shop bombing in Northern Ireland. He loves his cat more than life itself, and someone is going to pay. Set in the 1990s, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a clever satire on terrorism, the beautification of violence in contemporary culture and a hilarious farce in true McDonagh fashion.
 
Director Andrew Flynn is renowned for his productions of McDonagh’s work which include The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Pillowman and A Skull in Connemara, which received 3 nominations in The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. Other credits to date include Port Authority by Conor McPherson, The Thing About December by Jarlath Tivnan in collaboration with Andrew Flynn, The Mai by Marina Carr, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, Pumpgirl by Abbie Spallen, The Weir by Conor McPherson, The Dead School by Pat McCabe, Defender Of The Faith by Stuart Carolan, Port Authority by Conor McPhearson (for which he was nominated as Best Director at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards), Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (2 nominations in The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards), Eden by Eugene O’Brien, Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Philadelphia Here I Come by Brian Friel and Dockers by Martin Lynch.
 
The Lieutenant of Inishmore runs at the Gaiety Theatre from 27 January 2020 for a very limited run.
Monday – Saturday nightly at 7.30pm
Matinees: Thursdays and Saturdays at 2.30pm  
Tickets are on sale now from the Gaiety Theatre and Ticketmaster from €18.50 (inc €1 restoration levy).
 
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Gaiety Theatre Box Office South King Street, Dublin 2.  
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The sensational feel-good musical MAMMA MIA! is coming to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from 10th December 2019 – 5th January 2020 as part of its UK & International Tour celebrating 20 years since MAMMA MIA! premiered in London in April 1999. 

Irish actress / singer Sharon Sexton will take on the leading role of Donna, which was originally played in the very first stage production of MAMMA MIA! in 1999 by another Irish actress Siobhán McCarthy. Sharon’s recent credits include originating the role of Sloane in Bat Out Of Hell The Musical (The Manchester Opera House) and The Commitments (The Palace Theatre).

The full cast are Sharon Sexton (Donna Sheridan), Sarah Harlington (Alternate Donna), Nicky Swift (Rosie), Helen Anker (Tanya), Rob Fowler (Sam Carmichael), Daniel Crowder (Harry Bright), Jamie Kenna (Bill Austin), Emma Mullen (Sophie Sheridan), Toby Miles (Sky), Marie Finlayson (Ali), Mariella Mazzilli (Lisa), James Willoughby Moore (Pepper), Eamonn Cox (Eddie) and Matthew Ronchetti (Father Alexander) will star in the production from 10th December.

Completing the cast are Taylor Bridges, Ambra Caserotti, Martin Dickinson, Billy Downes, Katie Dunsden, Matt Kennedy, Lewis Kidd, Emma Odell, Blair Robertson, Kaine Ruddach, Ellie Rutherford, Chiara Sparkes, Amy Thiroff, Cameron Vear, Sarah Wilkie and Robert Knight.

​From West End to global phenomenon, MAMMA MIA! is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs with a sunny, funny tale of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads unfolding on a Greek island idyll.

MAMA MIA! IS ON AT BORD GÁIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
Tuesday 10th December 2019 – Sunday 5th January 2020
Tickets from €25 - €65

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For more info on MAMMA MIA! UK & International Tour, click HERE

25 years ago, 7 minutes changed the face of Irish dancing forever. The Eurovision interval act performance gave millions of people a new and exciting glimpse of the future of Irish dance. It could have ended there, but it didn’t – in fact producer Moya Doherty, composer Bill Whelan and director John McColgan were only beginning their Riverdance journey, a journey which has already lasted 25 years and one we invite you to celebrate with us in February 2020 when Riverdance - 25th Anniversary show will premiere at 3Arena Dublin, the exact spot where it all began.
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Tickets for these dates go on sale this Thursday 10 October at 9am from Ticketmaster.
 
Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show is a powerful and stirring reinvention of this beloved family favourite, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance.
 
Since it began, Riverdance has toured the globe. The show has been performed over 12,160 times and seen live by over 27.5 million people in 546 venues worldwide.
Now it is coming home to celebrate another milestone on that journey.
 
Twenty-five years on, composer Bill Whelan has rerecorded his mesmerising soundtrack while producer Moya Doherty and director John McColgan have completely reimagined the ground-breaking show with innovative and spectacular lighting, projection, stage and costume designs.
 
The 25th Anniversary show catapults Riverdance into the 21st century and will completely immerse audiences in the extraordinary and elemental power of its music and dance.
 
The cast for this tour will feature, for the first time, many dancers and musicians who were not even born in the year that the show first opened; 1995 at the Point Theatre.
 
Twenty-five years on, both new and devoted fans of all ages will once again fall in love with the magic of Riverdance – the original, and still the best.
  
Tickets for Riverdance - 25th Anniversary Show go on sale Thursday 10 Oct at 9am.
Dates: Thursday 6 February (preview), Friday 7 February, Saturday 8 February (2pm matinee and evening) & Sunday 9 February 2020. 
Booking:  All usual Ticketmaster outlets Nationwide. 24hr Credit Card Bookings 0818 719300 (ROI) / 0844 277 4455 (NI)  Book ONLINE
 
For more Information click HERE

Fun Facts about Riverdance:

• Played 12,160 performances
• Seen live by over 27.5 million people in 546 venues worldwide
• Played throughout 47 countries across 6 continents
• Played to a global television audience of over 300 billion people
• Sold over 3 million copies of the Grammy Award-winning CD
• Sold 10 million Riverdance videos & DVDs
• Riverdance holds the Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Riverdance Line,’ which featured 1693 participants
• Since the Riverdance Summer School began in 2015 over 1600 Irish Dancers from 23 countries worldwide have attended the school and learned the iconic Riverdance steps

 
Among the 27.5 million people who have seen Riverdance live are:

• Michelle Obama
• Meryl Streep
• U2
• Hugh Jackman
• HRH Queen Elizabeth II
• HRH Princess Diana
• Harvey Keitel
• Scarlett Johansson
• Rory Best
• Joe Schmidt
• Jackie Chan
• Madonna
• Pierce Brosnan
• Saoirse Ronan
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Jim Gavin & the Dublin team

 
What the critics have said around the world:

• “Triumphant! A perfect Gem.” - New York Post
• “The original ….the best.” - The Irish Times
•  “Entertainment doesn’t come much better than this.” - The Irish Examiner
• “One of the most entertaining shows you will ever see.” - The Evening Herald
• “Dance does not often get so good.” - The Guardian
• “The phenomenon rolls on!… There will always be a Riverdance!” - The New York Times
• “The sort of spectacle and experience that comes along once in a lifetime.” - The Hollywood Reporter
• "Excellence beyond compare … majestic unshackled emotion … the audience was teeming with passion, so much that some audience members were even dancing in the aisles.” - Guangzhou Daily
• “The show is quite simply incredible. A phenomenon of historic proportions” - The Washington Times
• “As for the flaws? Well, there simply aren’t any.” - The Edinburgh Evening News
• “A Riverdance to Love! Exciting! Hypnotic! Thrilling!” - The Globe and Mail
• “…this one is the original, it is full of energy and exudes a smooth professionalism.” - South China Morning Post
• “Riverdance is the No. 1 dance show of the world.” - Shenzen Daily
• “Delightful! Energetic! Sexy!” - Toronto Star
• “Riverdance is as much a phenomenon as a show.” - New York Post