The late Una Taaffe continues to inspire many far-fetched tales in her native Galway. Are you there Una? is a reclamation and restoration portrait of Una. It explores collected stories, interviews, personal memorabilia, and fragments of memories of Una, as a means of peeling back the layers of myth-making and finding the real person beneath. Read more

School has just finished and adulthood is fast approaching, the world should be at their fingertips but college could also mean separation. Two best friends attempt to battle their demons together but their deep obsession with Peter Pan and what’s left of their childhood leaves them struggling to stay afloat. Read more

Fusing stand up, storytelling and spiritual memoir, Searlit Ní Gallachoir ~ Fantasy Ireland explores humour, heritage and belonging in this new, one-woman show for the Galway Theatre Festival. Read more

Children's Theatre - Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork. There’s nothing this teddy bear can’t steal. Marty is the most IN-famous thief there is. He’s even pulled off snatching the moon in broad daylight. From cookies to jewellery to the fiver in your pocket, he’s not running out of stuff to swipe. But with a new detective hot on his fluffy heels, Marty is running out of places to hide. Read more

A Government-sanctioned yearly judgement whereby citizens must prove their life’s worthiness or risk being burned alive. Alan is missing something crucial; the shadow of his biggest regret lurks amongst his evidence. With 20 minutes on the clock, and with the help from his friend, the VCR, Alan must now make a choice: hide his instability and manufacture evidence, or face his demon and be true to himself. Read more

The late Una Taaffe continues to inspire many far-fetched tales in her native Galway. Are you there Una? is a reclamation and restoration portrait of Una. It explores collected stories, interviews, personal memorabilia, and fragments of memories of Una, as a means of peeling back the layers of myth-making and finding the real person beneath. Read more

School has just finished and adulthood is fast approaching, the world should be at their fingertips but college could also mean separation. Two best friends attempt to battle their demons together but their deep obsession with Peter Pan and what’s left of their childhood leaves them struggling to stay afloat. Read more

Fusing stand up, storytelling and spiritual memoir, Searlit Ní Gallachoir ~ Fantasy Ireland explores humour, heritage and belonging in this new, one-woman show for the Galway Theatre Festival. Read more

Children's Theatre - Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork. There’s nothing this teddy bear can’t steal. Marty is the most IN-famous thief there is. He’s even pulled off snatching the moon in broad daylight. From cookies to jewellery to the fiver in your pocket, he’s not running out of stuff to swipe. But with a new detective hot on his fluffy heels, Marty is running out of places to hide. Read more

Children's Theatre - Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork. There’s nothing this teddy bear can’t steal. Marty is the most IN-famous thief there is. He’s even pulled off snatching the moon in broad daylight. From cookies to jewellery to the fiver in your pocket, he’s not running out of stuff to swipe. But with a new detective hot on his fluffy heels, Marty is running out of places to hide. Read more

Galway Community Circus, the Irish flagship for youth and social circus, is proud to present its youth performance troupe as part of the Galway Theatre Festival with a show in which, through circus arts, they will explore the interconnections between the 4 elements in themselves. Read more

Fusing stand up, storytelling and spiritual memoir, Searlit Ní Gallachoir ~ Fantasy Ireland explores humour, heritage and belonging in this new, one-woman show for the Galway Theatre Festival. Read more

A Government-sanctioned yearly judgement whereby citizens must prove their life’s worthiness or risk being burned alive. Alan is missing something crucial; the shadow of his biggest regret lurks amongst his evidence. With 20 minutes on the clock, and with the help from his friend, the VCR, Alan must now make a choice: hide his instability and manufacture evidence, or face his demon and be true to himself. Read more

Galway Community Circus, the Irish flagship for youth and social circus, is proud to present its youth performance troupe as part of the Galway Theatre Festival with a show in which, through circus arts, they will explore the interconnections between the 4 elements in themselves.

The late Una Taaffe continues to inspire many far-fetched tales in her native Galway. Are you there Una? is a reclamation and restoration portrait of Una. It explores collected stories, interviews, personal memorabilia, and fragments of memories of Una, as a means of peeling back the layers of myth-making and finding the real person beneath. Read more

School has just finished and adulthood is fast approaching, the world should be at their fingertips but college could also mean separation. Two best friends attempt to battle their demons together but their deep obsession with Peter Pan and what’s left of their childhood leaves them struggling to stay afloat. Read more

Fusing stand up, storytelling and spiritual memoir, Searlit Ní Gallachoir ~ Fantasy Ireland explores humour, heritage and belonging in this new, one-woman show for the Galway Theatre Festival. Read more

Children's Theatre - Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork. There’s nothing this teddy bear can’t steal. Marty is the most IN-famous thief there is. He’s even pulled off snatching the moon in broad daylight. From cookies to jewellery to the fiver in your pocket, he’s not running out of stuff to swipe. But with a new detective hot on his fluffy heels, Marty is running out of places to hide. Read more

Children's Theatre - Fast cars, trainloads of gold, priceless artwork. There’s nothing this teddy bear can’t steal. Marty is the most IN-famous thief there is. He’s even pulled off snatching the moon in broad daylight. From cookies to jewellery to the fiver in your pocket, he’s not running out of stuff to swipe. But with a new detective hot on his fluffy heels, Marty is running out of places to hide. Read more

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

The late Una Taaffe continues to inspire many far-fetched tales in her native Galway. Are you there Una? is a reclamation and restoration portrait of Una. It explores collected stories, interviews, personal memorabilia, and fragments of memories of Una, as a means of peeling back the layers of myth-making and finding the real person beneath. Read more

Vision Nation presents a series of stories featuring everyday characters and lives within the direct provision system in Ireland.
In these stories we can see the impact of life in the direct provision system - adults from different countries, speaking different languages, of different ages and personalities, all sharing a room and trying to live their lives with no privacy or dignity. Read more

A Government-sanctioned yearly judgement whereby citizens must prove their life’s worthiness or risk being burned alive. Alan is missing something crucial; the shadow of his biggest regret lurks amongst his evidence. With 20 minutes on the clock, and with the help from his friend, the VCR, Alan must now make a choice: hide his instability and manufacture evidence, or face his demon and be true to himself. Read more

Work in Progress - Also for Roaring is nonsense and notional. It is inspired by Tristan Tzara’s Dadaist play The Gas Heart but it doesn’t identify as Dadaist; like many good contemporary creations, it is confused. It is trying things out, playing around, dipping its toe in the waters of sense and nonsense, of coping and caving, of mundane and catastrophic. Maybe it is going through a phase. Maybe you can help.

The late Una Taaffe continues to inspire many far-fetched tales in her native Galway. Are you there Una? is a reclamation and restoration portrait of Una. It explores collected stories, interviews, personal memorabilia, and fragments of memories of Una, as a means of peeling back the layers of myth-making and finding the real person beneath. Read more

School has just finished and adulthood is fast approaching, the world should be at their fingertips but college could also mean separation. Two best friends attempt to battle their demons together but their deep obsession with Peter Pan and what’s left of their childhood leaves them struggling to stay afloat. Read more

Rehearsed reading - Neil O Mara is an Irish exile living in the UK, he lives in fear because he was set up for murder nineteen years ago and he absconded rather than face trial. He lives a dormant life. Neil sends a letter to his son Eoin seeking closure on his past. From the start someone else is looking for Neil for their own motivations. The past and the present will come face to face and Neil’s letter is only the beginning.

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

Work in Progress - Welcome to Diffused Theatre’s first ever Choose Your Own Adventure play, meaning the audience gets to play God with our poor protagonist, Claire.

Vision Nation presents a series of stories featuring everyday characters and lives within the direct provision system in Ireland.
In these stories we can see the impact of life in the direct provision system - adults from different countries, speaking different languages, of different ages and personalities, all sharing a room and trying to live their lives with no privacy or dignity. Read more

Work in Progress - Between Language and Limb explore some creative and performance possibilities that can emerge between the two separate art forms of poetry and movement/dance. Dancers respond to the poet's words, while the language of movement, shape and dynamics of the dancer can inspire poetic images.

Hairy Jaysus is a biopic based on the events that led to the execution of Frank Sheehy Skeffington on Easter week 1916. Sheehy-Skeffington was a pacifist, feminist, socialist and atheist who was murdered after being wrongly identified as a one of the rising leaders while trying to stop looting during the Dublin rebellion during Easter week in 1916. Read more

Vision Nation presents a series of stories featuring everyday characters and lives within the direct provision system in Ireland.
In these stories we can see the impact of life in the direct provision system - adults from different countries, speaking different languages, of different ages and personalities, all sharing a room and trying to live their lives with no privacy or dignity. Read more

In his one-man musical Sharpe takes an autobiographical look at being a 30 something gay man in a post yes equality Ireland. With more freedoms, options, obstacles and expectations for the LGBTQ+ community, how will Steven deal with the current social climate? Read more

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

Work in Progress - The Irish harp, a powerful symbol of Irish culture, was silenced by Cromwell who hanged the harpers and silenced their voice. This voice re-emerges through storytelling and the oral arts, in contemporary dance, music and poetry. Tógann an dráma idir láimhe seo foirm na cruite Gaelach mar mheafar, agus ansin stroiceann as a chéile í trí mheáin seanchais, na filíochta, damhsa comhaimseartha agus an cheoil.

Macnas drumming troupe will showcase their work in progress involving percussion techniques and skills in an outdoor environment with performance energy and character. Expect to move and groove with the usual Macnas Magic!

Growing up Laurence never saw dads with cerebral palsy; which made him think he’d never be a parent himself. Besides, the only thing he’d ever managed to look after was a cactus, and even that died from dehydration. But then his future wife says he’d better be prepared for the fact she wants babies… which is a pretty strong opening line! What follows is the hilarious and heart-warming story of two people with cerebral palsy traversing the ups and downs of parenthood. Read more

Hairy Jaysus is a biopic based on the events that led to the execution of Frank Sheehy Skeffington on Easter week 1916. Sheehy-Skeffington was a pacifist, feminist, socialist and atheist who was murdered after being wrongly identified as a one of the rising leaders while trying to stop looting during the Dublin rebellion during Easter week in 1916. Read more

Fusing stand up, storytelling and spiritual memoir, Searlit Ní Gallachoir ~ Fantasy Ireland explores humour, heritage and belonging in this new, one-woman show for the Galway Theatre Festival. Read more

One Take Challenge - The idea is very simple - the films screened will be 5 mins long and will mimic the restrictions as theatre! So, they will be made in just one take, and it has to be the first take! (lots of rehearsing)!

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

Hairy Jaysus is a biopic based on the events that led to the execution of Frank Sheehy Skeffington on Easter week 1916. Sheehy-Skeffington was a pacifist, feminist, socialist and atheist who was murdered after being wrongly identified as a one of the rising leaders while trying to stop looting during the Dublin rebellion during Easter week in 1916. Read more

Growing up Laurence never saw dads with cerebral palsy; which made him think he’d never be a parent himself. Besides, the only thing he’d ever managed to look after was a cactus, and even that died from dehydration. But then his future wife says he’d better be prepared for the fact she wants babies… which is a pretty strong opening line! What follows is the hilarious and heart-warming story of two people with cerebral palsy traversing the ups and downs of parenthood. Read more

Hairy Jaysus is a biopic based on the events that led to the execution of Frank Sheehy Skeffington on Easter week 1916. Sheehy-Skeffington was a pacifist, feminist, socialist and atheist who was murdered after being wrongly identified as a one of the rising leaders while trying to stop looting during the Dublin rebellion during Easter week in 1916. Read more

This Was Never Going to Be Normal. This was always going to be a catastrophe. This was never before. There is always going to be a clown. We germinate; we nurture agency. We collect the detritus of breath, the exhaled debris of our consumption. We renegotiate value. We are gods, balancing weight and lightness as a means to cope in a changing world. We are humans, reflecting the radiance of wisdom which has come before. The silver bullet has backfired. Read more

In his one-man musical Sharpe takes an autobiographical look at being a 30 something gay man in a post yes equality Ireland. With more freedoms, options, obstacles and expectations for the LGBTQ+ community, how will Steven deal with the current social climate? Read more

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

Growing up Laurence never saw dads with cerebral palsy; which made him think he’d never be a parent himself. Besides, the only thing he’d ever managed to look after was a cactus, and even that died from dehydration. But then his future wife says he’d better be prepared for the fact she wants babies… which is a pretty strong opening line! What follows is the hilarious and heart-warming story of two people with cerebral palsy traversing the ups and downs of parenthood. Read more

This Was Never Going to Be Normal. This was always going to be a catastrophe. This was never before. There is always going to be a clown. We germinate; we nurture agency. We collect the detritus of breath, the exhaled debris of our consumption. We renegotiate value. We are gods, balancing weight and lightness as a means to cope in a changing world. We are humans, reflecting the radiance of wisdom which has come before. The silver bullet has backfired. Read more

One year on from its inaugural meeting, Theatre57 invites you to be part of a wider conversation about how a city supports its creative community, and vice versa. We will look at models of creative hubs, future developments in the city and county, and international initiatives that have benefited both artists and communities.
Theatre57 was founded in summer 2018. It is a collective of over 60 independent theatre artists making work in Galway city and county. We advocate for sustainability in the arts and investment in local infrastructure to enable the creative professional development of artists.

“Every Sunday they would arrive in, the pair of them. They’d be dressed to the nines and tens, pockets full of coins and the hair done, all for to ring the daughter in Boston…” A collection of true stories, short plays, musings and dreams. Captured inside two old phones, these are the stories of connections, both lost and found. The phone is ringing. Pick it up. It’s for you.

This Was Never Going to Be Normal. This was always going to be a catastrophe. This was never before. There is always going to be a clown. We germinate; we nurture agency. We collect the detritus of breath, the exhaled debris of our consumption. We renegotiate value. We are gods, balancing weight and lightness as a means to cope in a changing world. We are humans, reflecting the radiance of wisdom which has come before. The silver bullet has backfired. Read more

Growing up Laurence never saw dads with cerebral palsy; which made him think he’d never be a parent himself. Besides, the only thing he’d ever managed to look after was a cactus, and even that died from dehydration. But then his future wife says he’d better be prepared for the fact she wants babies… which is a pretty strong opening line! What follows is the hilarious and heart-warming story of two people with cerebral palsy traversing the ups and downs of parenthood. Read more

This Was Never Going to Be Normal. This was always going to be a catastrophe. This was never before. There is always going to be a clown. We germinate; we nurture agency. We collect the detritus of breath, the exhaled debris of our consumption. We renegotiate value. We are gods, balancing weight and lightness as a means to cope in a changing world. We are humans, reflecting the radiance of wisdom which has come before. The silver bullet has backfired. Read more