The Dublin Theatre Festival returns from September 26th to October 13th, taking place at venues across the city. With over 30 productions, the festival features a mix of new voices and familiar faces, showcasing a wide range of Irish and international works. Themes explored include family, identity, migration, climate change, colonial legacies, conflict, and resolution.
The winner of this competition will enjoy three standout shows: Reunion, Find Your Eyes, and Exit, Pursued by a Bear.
Reunion
Following a sold-out run and 5-star reviews in Galway, Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival bring the highly anticipated Reunion to Dublin. Set on an island off the west coast of Ireland, the play follows a family gathering for a celebration.
Mark O’Rowe turns his laser focus on the deep currents of family life with a masterfully orchestrated story which resonates with biting humour, profound insights and extraordinary authenticity.
Reunion is that most exciting of things: a major new ensemble play, starring a roll-call of Ireland’s finest actors.
You will receive two tickets for Reunion at The Gaiety Theatre, Tuesday, October 8th at 7.30pm.
Find Your Eyes
Award-winning photographer and hip hop theatre pioneer Benji Reid blends Afro-futurist imagery with hard hitting tales from his life and adventures in a unique show that unfolds before your very eyes.
This passionate piece draws on Benji’s work both as an award-winning photographer and pioneer of hip hop theatre – bringing dancers and photography into the fold to create images in real time in front of his audience. Journeying through highs and lows, Find Your Eyes explores how we make sense of the world through our stories and our art.
“A powerful show, filled with devastating honesty and wonder.”- The Guardian
You will receive two tickets for Find Your Eyes at O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Saturday, October 12th at 7.30pm.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
The Winter’s Tale – retold from the perspective of the Bear.
Paulina tells Leontes, “It is required you do awake your faith,” and for five acts, Shakespeare challenges his audience to be led beyond the usual limits of encounter. We rewind and watch the same scenes unfold. Perdita decides she’ll queen it no further – but can restoration or resolution take place in the dream world of Bohemia?
The answers may lie beyond language in Shakespeare’s gestures towards silence, movement, repetition and transgression of boundaries in Pan Pan’s response to The Winter’s Tale.
You will receive two tickets for Exit, Pursued by a Bear at Royal Irish Academy of Music, Friday, October 4th at 7.30pm
To view the full programme, visit dublintheatrefestival.ie or contact our Box Office at 01 677 8899.
To be in with a chance of winning this prize, simply fill in the form below. Best of luck!
Terms & Conditions
1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.
3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.
4. The Promotion will run from 06/09/2024 to midnight on 22/09/2024 inclusive.
5. All entries must be received by the Promoter by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.
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8. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.
9. The prize is 3 pairs of tickets for Dublin Theatre Festival: Two tickets for Reunion at The Gaiety Theatre, Tuesday 8 Oct, 7.30pm, two tickets for Find Your Eyes at O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Saturday 12 Oct, 7.30pm, two tickets for Exit, Pursued by a Bear at Royal Irish Academy of Music, Friday 4 Oct, 7.30pm. There will be one winner.
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