The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival continues to celebrate positive LGBT identity and diversity with another terrific programme of music, dramas, comedy and dance. Now in its 13th year, this year’s programme is underpinned by a heroic cast of characters including Helen of Troy, Oscar Wilde and the modern heroes involved in passing the referendum for equal marriage.
Featuring ten performances each night over two weeks, the Festival offers a unique opportunity to witness an exciting and diverse range of Irish & International productions from the UK, USA, Canada, Iran, Germany, Spain, Greece and The Netherlands. This year, for the first time, the festival also welcomes artists living under regimes that endanger their lives as LGBT people.
This year’s programme features a host of 1916-themed productions, including a collection of Irish historical shorts and a free academic seminar detailing the forgotten role played by LGBT people and women in the events of 1916.
Festival goers can also look forward to Brian Merriman’s “Eirebrushed”, a full length play in which the hidden lesbian and gay heroes of 1916 return to discuss their place in modern Ireland.
The Festival welcomes audiences of all ages and sexual identities.
Secure online booking is now open on www.gaytheatre.ie.
The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival runs from Monday May 2nd to Sunday May 15th 2016.
Tickets are priced at €15 per show (€13 Concession/€10 matinee).
Nightly Venue tickets; two plays in the same venue (7.30pm/9.00pm), available at €25.
Matinees are on Bank Holiday Monday, May 2nd & each Saturday May 7th/14th.
Box office opens April 25th from 12 noon to 3pm daily in Flanagan’s Restaurant, 61 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. +353892029673
