Just over halfway through the Festival and as we say goodbye to many amazing shows, the next batch open in various theatres around Dublin. Amongst our opening weekend shows, SITI Company who gave us the wonderful bobrauschenbergamerica and Radio Macbeth, have gone back to New York, and the multi-talented 7 Fingers who wowed audiences with Traces in the Olympia have left our shores breathless. The middle weekend of the Festival brought some truly special events to Dublin. La Marea transformed the Italian quarter for three nights with beautifully cinematic stories staged in shop windows, restaurants and street corners. Every passer-by was treated to be part of a personal and poignant story, making us forget we were in Dublin on a chilly October evening. This week, we are very excited that Krétakör will still be with us performing a stripped down version of The Seagull, Pan Pan open The Idiots tomorrow at Project and a real gem, small metal objects currently playing lunchtime down at the Docklands gives will give a real treat to all passer-bys. It’s also a great excitement having such a worldwide hit as The History Boys coming to the Festival, and tickets are flying out the door so don’t be disappointed and miss this multi award-winning show. Our third and final Gala Corporate Night is at The History Boys tonight at the Olympia with pre-show drinks in SIN and dinner in Fire afterwards. Two more sponsor nights, a few more company parties and all of a sudden, the curtains will be coming down on the Festival.

It is great to see the marketing campaign coming to fruition as we hear everyone in theatre foyers around Dublin asking “What did you think?”, and after having so many full houses on a sunny Saturday afternoon across all venues in Dublin, it just shows how theatre can touch all shapes and sizes. We may only have five days left but we still have a plethora of productions to entertain the masses so book before it’s too late!!

Shauna Lyons
Marketing Assistant