Smock Alley Theatre
@smockalley.bsky.social
Dublin's newest oldest theatre. Enjoys contemporary takes on the classic and the excitement of the emerging artist.
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Would you risk it all for a losing chance?
MU Drama proudly presents 3 original plays written by our very own students. Each play is joined together by a common theme of chance, fate, and the cruelty of decisions.
🎭 Lose Your Chance: One Acts Festival
📅 3 + 4 Dec
🎟️ tinyurl.com/k5ewart8
MU Drama proudly presents 3 original plays written by our very own students. Each play is joined together by a common theme of chance, fate, and the cruelty of decisions.
🎭 Lose Your Chance: One Acts Festival
📅 3 + 4 Dec
🎟️ tinyurl.com/k5ewart8
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Would you risk it all for a losing chance?
MU Drama proudly presents 3 original plays written by our very own students. Each play is joined together by a common theme of chance, fate, and the cruelty of decisions.
🎭 Lose Your Chance: One Acts Festival
📅 3 + 4 Dec
🎟️ tinyurl.com/k5ewart8
MU Drama proudly presents 3 original plays written by our very own students. Each play is joined together by a common theme of chance, fate, and the cruelty of decisions.
🎭 Lose Your Chance: One Acts Festival
📅 3 + 4 Dec
🎟️ tinyurl.com/k5ewart8
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life and death decision that swiftly unravels into chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅16 - 19 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/dead-monks/
🎭 Dead Monks
📅16 - 19 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/dead-monks/
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life and death decision that swiftly unravels into chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅16 - 19 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/dead-monks/
🎭 Dead Monks
📅16 - 19 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/dead-monks/
✨SELLING FAST✨
UNCLE VANYA by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov
Smock Alley Theatre & Cathal Cleary Company, with Once Off Productions, present Anton Chekhov’s classic play, starring Risteárd Cooper & Eavan Gaffney.
🎭 UNCLE VANYA
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟 tinyurl.com/2jaews3j
UNCLE VANYA by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov
Smock Alley Theatre & Cathal Cleary Company, with Once Off Productions, present Anton Chekhov’s classic play, starring Risteárd Cooper & Eavan Gaffney.
🎭 UNCLE VANYA
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟 tinyurl.com/2jaews3j
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
✨SELLING FAST✨
UNCLE VANYA by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov
Smock Alley Theatre & Cathal Cleary Company, with Once Off Productions, present Anton Chekhov’s classic play, starring Risteárd Cooper & Eavan Gaffney.
🎭 UNCLE VANYA
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟 tinyurl.com/2jaews3j
UNCLE VANYA by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov
Smock Alley Theatre & Cathal Cleary Company, with Once Off Productions, present Anton Chekhov’s classic play, starring Risteárd Cooper & Eavan Gaffney.
🎭 UNCLE VANYA
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟 tinyurl.com/2jaews3j
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Expect tension. Expect chaos. Don’t expect a happy ending.
🎭 Murder Is For Other People
📅 24 - 29 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/murder-is-fo...
🎭 Murder Is For Other People
📅 24 - 29 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/murder-is-fo...
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Expect tension. Expect chaos. Don’t expect a happy ending.
🎭 Murder Is For Other People
📅 24 - 29 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/murder-is-fo...
🎭 Murder Is For Other People
📅 24 - 29 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/murder-is-fo...
What really happened the night Jesus was born?
This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing. It may not be quite the tale you know, or even think you know. Sometimes a good story needs a little… fabrication…maybe even a spaceship?
📆 11 - 13 Dec
This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing. It may not be quite the tale you know, or even think you know. Sometimes a good story needs a little… fabrication…maybe even a spaceship?
📆 11 - 13 Dec
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What really happened the night Jesus was born?
This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing. It may not be quite the tale you know, or even think you know. Sometimes a good story needs a little… fabrication…maybe even a spaceship?
📆 11 - 13 Dec
This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing. It may not be quite the tale you know, or even think you know. Sometimes a good story needs a little… fabrication…maybe even a spaceship?
📆 11 - 13 Dec
Tonight! 🌟
An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler and discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life.
🎭 Trawled
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/trawled/
An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler and discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life.
🎭 Trawled
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/trawled/
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Tonight! 🌟
An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler and discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life.
🎭 Trawled
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/trawled/
An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a prawn trawler and discovers a rarely seen world of hard labour and harder fishermen, where drinking, fighting, storms and hungry sharks are part of everyday life.
🎭 Trawled
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ smockalley.com/trawled/
Join us before Uncle Vanya this Christmas for a light supper comprising a grazing platter along with a drink in our stunning and beautifully ornate Banquet Hall.
*Available on selected evenings only.
🎭 Uncle Vanya
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/
*Available on selected evenings only.
🎭 Uncle Vanya
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Join us before Uncle Vanya this Christmas for a light supper comprising a grazing platter along with a drink in our stunning and beautifully ornate Banquet Hall.
*Available on selected evenings only.
🎭 Uncle Vanya
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/
*Available on selected evenings only.
🎭 Uncle Vanya
📅 4 - 20 Dec
🎟️ smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Smokey stylish noir meets surreal and silly sincerity in this murderous tale where logic unravels, performers make big accent choices, and nothing is quite what it seems.
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Smokey stylish noir meets surreal and silly sincerity in this murderous tale where logic unravels, performers make big accent choices, and nothing is quite what it seems.
Oliver Cole, born in Kells, County Meath, is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound. His latest album, Wingspan, released on October 3, 2025, has been described as a stream of consciousness approach to songwriting.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Oliver Cole, born in Kells, County Meath, is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound. His latest album, Wingspan, released on October 3, 2025, has been described as a stream of consciousness approach to songwriting.
Amhráin na Gealaí is a performance of songs of Phoebe Bridgers translated into Irish by poets Caitríona Ní Chléirchín and Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and performed by Belfast indie-pop artist Aoibha.
🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/0Dyx4
🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/0Dyx4
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Amhráin na Gealaí is a performance of songs of Phoebe Bridgers translated into Irish by poets Caitríona Ní Chléirchín and Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and performed by Belfast indie-pop artist Aoibha.
🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/0Dyx4
🎭 AMHRÁIN NA GEALAÍ: TIONSCADAL PHOEBE BRIDGERS
📅 22 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/0Dyx4
Guth na hÉigse is a Poetry Speaking Competition for Post-Primary Schools, based on the Poetry Aloud poetry speaking competition initiated by the National Library of lreland & Poetry lreland.
🎭GUTH NA hÉIGSE: COMÓRTAS LABHARTHA FILÍOCHTA D'IAR-BHUNSCOILEANNA
📆21 Nov
🎫Free event for schools
🎭GUTH NA hÉIGSE: COMÓRTAS LABHARTHA FILÍOCHTA D'IAR-BHUNSCOILEANNA
📆21 Nov
🎫Free event for schools
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Guth na hÉigse is a Poetry Speaking Competition for Post-Primary Schools, based on the Poetry Aloud poetry speaking competition initiated by the National Library of lreland & Poetry lreland.
🎭GUTH NA hÉIGSE: COMÓRTAS LABHARTHA FILÍOCHTA D'IAR-BHUNSCOILEANNA
📆21 Nov
🎫Free event for schools
🎭GUTH NA hÉIGSE: COMÓRTAS LABHARTHA FILÍOCHTA D'IAR-BHUNSCOILEANNA
📆21 Nov
🎫Free event for schools
In the Duais Bashō Haiku Poetry Competition, post-primary students are invited to compose a haiku in the English or Irish language and submit their haiku for adjudication.
🎭 DUAIS HAIKU BASHŌ: HAIKU READING AND AWARD PRESENTATION
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/neJl1
🎭 DUAIS HAIKU BASHŌ: HAIKU READING AND AWARD PRESENTATION
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/neJl1
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In the Duais Bashō Haiku Poetry Competition, post-primary students are invited to compose a haiku in the English or Irish language and submit their haiku for adjudication.
🎭 DUAIS HAIKU BASHŌ: HAIKU READING AND AWARD PRESENTATION
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/neJl1
🎭 DUAIS HAIKU BASHŌ: HAIKU READING AND AWARD PRESENTATION
📅 21 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/neJl1
Join Irish poet Julie Breathnach-Banwait as she reads from her 2023 collection Cnámha Scoilte to live music from composer and concertina player Jack Talty, interwoven with sean-nós songs from Síle Denvir, and featuring on-screen visuals created by Donegal artist Kim Sharkey.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Join Irish poet Julie Breathnach-Banwait as she reads from her 2023 collection Cnámha Scoilte to live music from composer and concertina player Jack Talty, interwoven with sean-nós songs from Síle Denvir, and featuring on-screen visuals created by Donegal artist Kim Sharkey.
"If you’re going to be sad, son, you might as well be sad in the sun."
Lost In Asia opens tonight at Smock Alley Theatre!
🎭 Lost In Asia
📅 11 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/fVcuH
Lost In Asia opens tonight at Smock Alley Theatre!
🎭 Lost In Asia
📅 11 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/fVcuH
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"If you’re going to be sad, son, you might as well be sad in the sun."
Lost In Asia opens tonight at Smock Alley Theatre!
🎭 Lost In Asia
📅 11 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/fVcuH
Lost In Asia opens tonight at Smock Alley Theatre!
🎭 Lost In Asia
📅 11 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/fVcuH
Do all monks go to heaven?
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life-and-death decision that swiftly unravels into an chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅 16 - 19
🎟️ tinyurl.com/56twt484
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life-and-death decision that swiftly unravels into an chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅 16 - 19
🎟️ tinyurl.com/56twt484
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Do all monks go to heaven?
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life-and-death decision that swiftly unravels into an chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅 16 - 19
🎟️ tinyurl.com/56twt484
When their abbot dies and a Viking ship appears on the horizon, three cowardly medieval monks face a life-and-death decision that swiftly unravels into an chaos, self-reflection, betrayal and adventure.
🎭 Dead Monks
📅 16 - 19
🎟️ tinyurl.com/56twt484
What really happened the night Jesus was born? You dont know? Let us show you. This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing.
🎭 A Scandal In Bethlehem
📅 11 - 13 Dec
🎟️ shorturl.at/tiuXf
🎭 A Scandal In Bethlehem
📅 11 - 13 Dec
🎟️ shorturl.at/tiuXf
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What really happened the night Jesus was born? You dont know? Let us show you. This is our tale of how it all began, you know, the whole Christmas thing.
🎭 A Scandal In Bethlehem
📅 11 - 13 Dec
🎟️ shorturl.at/tiuXf
🎭 A Scandal In Bethlehem
📅 11 - 13 Dec
🎟️ shorturl.at/tiuXf
Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. The show asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. The show asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
Join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started as a College project has grown into a passion, but the dance steps are exhausting.
🎭DO I LOVE YOU?
📅 18 – 21 Mar
🎟️ shorturl.at/cSwRA
🎭DO I LOVE YOU?
📅 18 – 21 Mar
🎟️ shorturl.at/cSwRA
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Join twenty somethings Sally, Nat and Kyle in this hilarious comedy as they develop a love for, and the people involved with, Northern Soul. What started as a College project has grown into a passion, but the dance steps are exhausting.
🎭DO I LOVE YOU?
📅 18 – 21 Mar
🎟️ shorturl.at/cSwRA
🎭DO I LOVE YOU?
📅 18 – 21 Mar
🎟️ shorturl.at/cSwRA
Oliver Cole is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound.
Join us as he performs songs from his highly acclaimed new album Wingspan as well as some old favourites.
🎭 Oliver Cole Album Launch
📆 20 Nov
🎫 tinyurl.com/5ydk2nyx
Join us as he performs songs from his highly acclaimed new album Wingspan as well as some old favourites.
🎭 Oliver Cole Album Launch
📆 20 Nov
🎫 tinyurl.com/5ydk2nyx
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Oliver Cole is an acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and distinctive sound.
Join us as he performs songs from his highly acclaimed new album Wingspan as well as some old favourites.
🎭 Oliver Cole Album Launch
📆 20 Nov
🎫 tinyurl.com/5ydk2nyx
Join us as he performs songs from his highly acclaimed new album Wingspan as well as some old favourites.
🎭 Oliver Cole Album Launch
📆 20 Nov
🎫 tinyurl.com/5ydk2nyx
Join us after The Dolldrums on 8 Nov in the Banquet Hall for a drink, some audiovisual trans artistry and queer speakers before we descend deep into The DollHouse Rave on the site of a former Dublin gentleman’s club in the Boys School. Watch and join in as we transform it with queer joy and dance.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Join us after The Dolldrums on 8 Nov in the Banquet Hall for a drink, some audiovisual trans artistry and queer speakers before we descend deep into The DollHouse Rave on the site of a former Dublin gentleman’s club in the Boys School. Watch and join in as we transform it with queer joy and dance.
Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. The show asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Following a three month affair between two anonymous men, Boyfriends, charts the ups and downs and roundabouts of a modern situationship. The show asks us to ponder on that age old question: what the f*ck is romance anyway?
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
🎭 Boyfriends
📅 12 - 15 Nov
🎟️ shorturl.at/Tii3Q
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Smokey stylish noir meets surreal and silly sincerity in this murderous tale where logic unravels, performers make big accent choices, and nothing is quite what it seems.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
An inspector. An artist. A book full of unanswered questions. Whatever happens, this is going to be a mess. Smokey stylish noir meets surreal and silly sincerity in this murderous tale where logic unravels, performers make big accent choices, and nothing is quite what it seems.
The Dolldrums is a modern parable about the truths we deny and the perceptions we embrace. No matter how far we run from ourselves, we can never escape who we truly are. A New Play by Liath Hannon, star of hit Irish Film Girls and Boys.
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Dolldrums is a modern parable about the truths we deny and the perceptions we embrace. No matter how far we run from ourselves, we can never escape who we truly are. A New Play by Liath Hannon, star of hit Irish Film Girls and Boys.
After the sudden death of his father, Aaron is left completely numb. He runs. Runs from his grief, the mourning neighbours, the auntie in law’s and the Deirdre’s and Sharon’s of Dublin with their endless talk of mortgages and buying bleedin’ gaffs.
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
After the sudden death of his father, Aaron is left completely numb. He runs. Runs from his grief, the mourning neighbours, the auntie in law’s and the Deirdre’s and Sharon’s of Dublin with their endless talk of mortgages and buying bleedin’ gaffs.
Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written”, Our Town is set in the small town of Grover’s Corners over three acts. A poignant, powerful exploration of everyday life, love, and loss, we are delighted to host this Pulitzer Prize winning classic in November.
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hailed by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written”, Our Town is set in the small town of Grover’s Corners over three acts. A poignant, powerful exploration of everyday life, love, and loss, we are delighted to host this Pulitzer Prize winning classic in November.