Selina Cartmell

By Phillip McMahon

By Jack Thorne

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & Book by John Weidman

By Hans Christian Andersen in a new version by Nancy Harris

By Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Lucy Caldwell

By Frank Wedekind, in a new version by Anya Reiss

By George Brant
Irish premiere
Starring Claire Dunne
***** Irish Examiner
**** Irish Times/ Independent
'Grounded soars to stunning heights'

By Marina Carr
First revival production
Starring Susan Lynch
**** Irish Examiner/Sunday Post
'a mesmering triumph'

By Verdi, in a new version by Marina Carr
**** Daily Mail/Examiner

By Simon Stephens
Irish premiere
Best Director, 2014 Irish Times Theatre Awards and nominated for 6 Awards, including Best Production and Best Actor
**** Guardian/Times/Telegraph
'it is impossible to tear your eyes away from Selina Cartmell's cracking production'

By Simon Stephen
Third year graduation showcase production

By Ben Power.
Irish premiere
Starring Owen Roe and Olwen Fouéré
***** Sunday Times/Metro
'a production that has the hallmarks of a legendary staging you'll want to have seen'

By Rona Munro

By Stacey Gregg
**** whatsonstage.com

By Mark Ravenhill
Third year graduation showcase production

The play's first production at the Abbey in over 80 years
Nominated for 3 Irish Times Theatre Awards, including Best Actor and winner of Best Supporting Actor
Starring Owen Roe, Hugh O'Connor, Caolifhionn Dunne and Lorcan Cranitch
***** Daily Mail
**** Sunday Business Post/Metro/Sunday Times

New adaptation by Jemma Kennedy
***** Daily Mail
**** Telegraph/The Times
'The success of Selina Cartmell's light and supple production lies in its creation of a complete theatrical world'

Off-Broadway premiere and New York debut.
Nominated for Lucille Lortel Award.
**** New York Post
'Selina Cartmell deserves accolades not just for reviving ... The Broken Heart but also for giving it the kind of revelatory production that proves its an overlooked classic. Cartmell is obviously a classical director to watch.'

Starring Louis Lovett, Kate Stanley Brennan and Cathy Belton
**** Guardian/Metro/Tribune/Daily Mail
'The best Jacobean Drama I have ever seen' The View

International Dublin Theatre Festival.
Nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award.
Starring Camille O'Sullivan and Lorcan Cranitch.

Musical Theatre workshop.
Starring Rosaleen Linehan, Domnhall Gleeson, Louis Lovett and Cora Venus Lunny.

UK Friel Festival
**** Telegraph/Guardian

New translation by Robin Robertson. World premiere.
Best Director 2010 Irish Times Theatre Awards and nominated for 5 further awards.
Starring Eileen Walsh, Olwen Fouéré and Eleanor Methven
***** Irish Theatre Magazine
**** Irish Times
'one of the most distinguished pieces we've seen in Dublin for some considerable time'

By Tom McIntyre
World Premiere
Starring Michael McElhatton, Marty Rea, Don Wycherley, Fiona Bell and Cathy Belton

By Marina Carr.
World premiere.
Nominated for Best Production, Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Starring Don Wycherley and Catherine Walker
***** Sunday Business Post
**** Irish Times

By Marina Carr.
World premiere.
Starring Michelle Gomez and David Hargreaves.

By Chuck Mee.
Irish premiere.
Starring Marion O'Dwyer, Judith Roddy, Kelly Gough, Ciara O'Callaghan, Barbara Brenan and Rory Nolan.

Site-specific
Starring Domnhall Gleeson, Rory Keenan and Olwen Fouéré.
**** Irish Times

By Marina Carr.
Irish Premiere at Dublin Theatre Festival.
Starring Olwen Fouéré, Barbara Brennan, Bríd Ní Neachtain and Simon O'Gorman
**** The Guardian

Best Opera Production, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2007.
Starring David Shannon, Anita Reeves, Camille O'Sullivan and Mark O'Regan.
**** Sunday Times/Irish Times
'The earth moved. My spine tingled for Ireland .... Flawless'

By Frank McGuinness
Starring Olwen Fouéré

Irish premiere. Nominated for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Production at the Irish Times Theatre Awards.
Starring Owen Roe, Rory Keenan, Cathy Belton, Simone Kirby and Rona Leahy.
**** Irish Times/Independent
'overwhelming excellence'

By D.C. Jackson. Rehearsed Reading.

Nominated for Best Director, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2006 and winner of Best Actor
Starring Owen Roe and Olwen Fouéré.
**** Telegraph

Best Director, 2006 Irish Times Theatre Awards and winner of 3 further awards.
Starring Ruth Negga, Aidan Turner, Sarah Greene, Owen Roe and Olwen Fouéré.
**** Sunday Times/Irish Times

Devised. Filmed by cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Starring Olwen Fouéré.

Devised and choreographed
Starring Ella Clarke.
**** Irish Times
'subtlety of touch [that] makes Shutter rattle round in the mind long after viewing'

Devised/Site Specific
Starring Olwen Fouéré.
***** Irish Theatre Magazine
'it is a rarity for a theatrical performance to shake one to one's core .... it pushes the boundaries of theatre, making one wonder why it was not done before, but having to acknowledge that it takes rare talent indeed to envisage and carry through such seemingly simple theatrical daring'.

By Marguerite Duras.
Best Production and Actress at Dublin Fringe Festival.
Starring Olwen Fouéré and Ronan Leahy.

By Fernando Arrabal
Starring Fiona O'Shaughnessy and Tadhg Murphy.

Winner of Best First Short Film (Drama) at Galway Film Fleadh