Event category
Plays, musicals, comedy, opera, dance and staged performances.
75 confirmed listings
Tuesday 15 September 2026 to Sunday 18 October 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The RSC's multi-award-winning Roald Dahl musical with songs by Tim Minchin returns to Dublin for a five-week run at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsWednesday 23 September 2026 to Saturday 7 November 2026 · 19:30
Abbey Theatre
World premiere Abbey Theatre production adapted by Dan Colley from the short stories of Blindboyboatclub, with Pat Shortt in the cast. An absurdist, surreal comedy-drama on the Abbey Stage for adult audiences.
Event detailsWednesday 30 September 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026 · 19:30
Gate Theatre
New family drama by Erica Murray directed by Annabelle Comyn at the Gate Theatre, starring Dearbhla Molloy and Niall Buggy. A darkly comic play set over one Sunday afternoon in Co. Meath; part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2026.
Event detailsFriday 2 October 2026 to Saturday 14 November 2026 · 20:00
Abbey Theatre
World premiere play by Eoghan Quinn, directed by Claire O'Reilly, on the Abbey's Peacock Stage. Five people in a historic city-centre ballroom face fraying relationships and an uncertain future.
Event detailsTuesday 13 October 2026 to Saturday 24 October 2026
Dublin Municipal Theatre (DMT) at Smock Alley
A one-man drama about the life, language and legacy of David Ervine, written by Robert Niblock with Martin Lynch and Matthew McElhinney, in Smock Alley's Main Space.
Event detailsTuesday 13 October 2026 to Saturday 17 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Murder-themed stage production playing a week-long run at the Gaiety Theatre.
Event detailsWednesday 14 October 2026 to Thursday 15 October 2026
Dublin Municipal Theatre (DMT) at Smock Alley
Annmarie Cullen's uplifting one-woman musical about loss, change and resilience, with original songs, in the Boys' School at Smock Alley.
Event detailsThursday 15 October 2026
Vicar Street
Scottish stand-up Larry Dean plays two shows in one night at Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 18 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Mentalist and magician Keith Barry brings the final performances of his Unhinged show to the Gaiety for one night.
Event detailsMonday 19 October 2026
Vicar Street
Live football podcast/stage event IPFBA Talking Reds at Vicar Street.
Event detailsMonday 19 October 2026 to Tuesday 20 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Irish stand-up Rory O'Hanlon performs his show Morning Guys!!! over two nights at the Gaiety.
Event detailsTuesday 20 October 2026 to Saturday 24 October 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The Cole Porter-scored musical comedy High Society plays a one-week engagement at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsWednesday 21 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Madison Cawley brings The Maddie Show to the Gaiety for one night.
Event detailsThursday 22 October 2026 to Saturday 24 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Belfast-based Italian-Irish comedian Vittorio Angelone brings his new stand-up show to the Gaiety for three nights.
Event detailsSaturday 24 October 2026
The Helix
Podcaster Chris Williamson (Modern Wisdom) brings his live show Mostly Wise to The Helix.
Event detailsSaturday 24 October 2026
The Helix
CreepyTown, a family Halloween panto, plays The Helix for the October mid-term.
Event detailsSunday 25 October 2026 to Monday 26 October 2026
Dublin Municipal Theatre (DMT) at Smock Alley
Awkward Productions (Gwyneth Goes Skiing) bring back their multi-award-winning Edinburgh Fringe sell-out comedy Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story to Smock Alley's main stage by popular demand.
Event detailsSunday 25 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
One-night stage show Middle Rage at the Gaiety Theatre.
Event detailsMonday 26 October 2026 to Saturday 31 October 2026
Gaiety Theatre
The acclaimed one-woman drama Myra's Story, about a Dublin woman's life on the margins, returns for a week at the Gaiety.
Event detailsMonday 2 November 2026 to Saturday 7 November 2026 · 19:30
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Irish National Opera opens its 2026/27 large-scale season with Bizet's Carmen at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, directed by Paul Curran with mezzo-soprano Niamh O'Sullivan in the title role.
Event detailsTuesday 3 November 2026 to Saturday 7 November 2026
Gaiety Theatre
Blackeyed Theatre and Verdant Productions present Nick Lane's ensemble adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic thriller, fittingly staged in Stoker's home city.
Event detailsThursday 5 November 2026 · 19:30
The Helix
Comedy duo Scummy Mummies (Helen and Ellie) bring their new show Hot Mess — songs, sketches and stand-up — to The Helix for a mums'-night-out-style comedy evening.
Event detailsFriday 6 November 2026
Vicar Street
Irish stand-up Catherine Bohart brings her tour show to Vicar Street.
Event detailsFriday 6 November 2026 to Saturday 7 November 2026
Dublin Municipal Theatre (DMT) at Smock Alley
Daniel Kitson's Thrum — music, stories and jokes from one of the most admired live performers around — plays two nights at Smock Alley.
Event detailsSunday 8 November 2026
3Olympia Theatre
American stand-up and online comedy star Trevor Wallace brings The Alpha Beta Male tour to the 3Olympia.
Event detailsTuesday 10 November 2026 to Saturday 14 November 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The international hit pub-choir show The Choir of Man, a celebration of community and camaraderie set in a working pub, returns to Dublin.
Event detailsSunday 15 November 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
An evening with physician, author and podcast host Dr Rangan Chatterjee at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsTuesday 17 November 2026 to Saturday 21 November 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The dark comedy musical Heathers, based on the cult 1980s film, plays a one-week run at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsFriday 20 November 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027
The Helix
The Helix's 2026 panto heads to Neverland with pirates, fairies and festive mayhem, produced by TheatreworX. Dublin's big northside family panto on the DCU campus.
Event detailsFriday 20 November 2026 to Sunday 31 January 2027
Venue details being confirmed
The sell-out immersive promenade production of Joyce's The Dead returns to UCD Newman House (MoLI), 85 St Stephen's Green, for a third year. Small audience groups move through the historic house with the actors.
Event detailsSaturday 21 November 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027 · 18:30
Gate Theatre
The Gate's Christmas 2026 production: Mary Elliott Nelson's stage adaptation of the classic film, directed by Claire O'Reilly. The story of George Bailey and an angel second class in Bedford Falls.
Event detailsSaturday 21 November 2026
Vicar Street
David O'Doherty plays a headline comedy night at Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 22 November 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027
Gaiety Theatre
The 2026 Gaiety Christmas pantomime is Robin Hood: a swashbuckling panto with the Sheriff of 'Snottingham', Maid Marian and the usual mayhem, continuing a tradition at the theatre since 1873.
Event detailsTuesday 24 November 2026 to Saturday 28 November 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
A stage adaptation of Thomas Harris's thriller The Silence of the Lambs plays a one-week engagement at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsWednesday 25 November 2026 to Saturday 30 January 2027 · 19:30
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey's 2026 Christmas production: a world premiere by Erica Murray directed by Joe Dowling. Six nuns face one last Christmas together in a warm, witty new play.
Event detailsThursday 26 November 2026
Vicar Street
British-Malaysian stand-up Phil Wang brings his tour show to Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 29 November 2026
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
British comedy star Harry Enfield brings his one-night solo show to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsWednesday 2 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The West End comedy musical Mrs. Doubtfire, based on the Robin Williams film and starring Gabriel Vick, receives its Irish premiere as the Bord Gáis 2026 Christmas show.
Event detailsThursday 3 December 2026
Vicar Street
Comedian Simon Brodkin (Lee Nelson) plays Vicar Street.
Event detailsFriday 4 December 2026 to Saturday 5 December 2026
Dublin Municipal Theatre (DMT) at Smock Alley
Grand Slam Champion storyteller Mary Kate O Flanagan tells six true tales in a solo show fresh from a sellout off-Broadway run, in the Boys' School at Smock Alley.
Event detailsSaturday 19 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027
3Olympia Theatre
The 3Olympia's annual panto celebrates 22 years with Cinderella, as Olly and the gang rescue Cinderella from her outrageous Ugly Sisters. Wall-to-wall audience-participation comedy for kids and grown-ups.
Event detailsFriday 8 January 2027 to Saturday 9 January 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
A two-night dance production, Nōs, by Luail (Ireland's national dance company) at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsFriday 29 January 2027 to Saturday 30 January 2027
3Olympia Theatre
Jarlath Regan continues his now-annual January 3Olympia residency with his 2027 stand-up show Craic Pot: three performances over two nights (extra Friday show added by demand).
Event detailsFriday 29 January 2027
Vicar Street
Irish comedian and actor Shane Daniel Byrne brings his stand-up show to Vicar Street.
Event detailsMonday 1 February 2027 to Tuesday 2 February 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Brazil's acclaimed São Paulo Dance Company brings a two-night programme to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsThursday 4 February 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Internet duo Dan & Phil bring their one-night live stage show to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsThursday 4 February 2027
Vicar Street
Live stage edition of The Offload at Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 7 February 2027 · 17:30
The Helix
Irish National Opera's touring production of Rameau's French baroque opera Les Boréades plays The Helix — the Dublin date of a tour also visiting Wexford, Tralee, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Letterkenny and London. A co-production with Royal Ballet and Opera, with the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Luail (Ireland's National Dance Company); Lila Dufy makes her INO debut as Alphise.
Event detailsSunday 7 February 2027
3Olympia Theatre
Bernard O'Shea (Republic of Telly, Bridget & Eamon) brings his new stand-up show Desperate House Husband — midlife, marriage and modern domesticity — to the 3Olympia.
Event detailsTuesday 9 February 2027 to Saturday 13 February 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Reginald Rose's classic jury-room drama Twelve Angry Men plays a one-week engagement at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsFriday 12 February 2027 to Saturday 13 February 2027
Vicar Street
Jason Byrne plays two nights at Vicar Street.
Event detailsTuesday 16 February 2027 to Saturday 20 February 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The irreverent Olivier Award-winning comedy retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, performed by a small all-female cast, comes to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsFriday 19 February 2027
3Olympia Theatre
Gearóid Farrelly brings his new stand-up show No Pressure to the 3Olympia, unpacking the chaos of modern life after a stint on Dancing with the Stars.
Event detailsTuesday 23 February 2027 to Saturday 27 February 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The classic Hollywood musical Singin' in the Rain dances into Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for a one-week run.
Event detailsTuesday 2 March 2027 to Saturday 13 March 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage returns to Dublin for a two-week run at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsThursday 11 March 2027 · 19:00
The Helix
The Sofia City Ballet performs the classical ballet The Sleeping Beauty in the Mahony Hall at The Helix.
Event detailsTuesday 16 March 2027 to Saturday 20 March 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats returns to Dublin for a one-week run at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsFriday 2 April 2027 to Saturday 3 April 2027
3Olympia Theatre
Jason Byrne celebrates thirty years of stand-up with 30 Years Byrning, revisiting fan-favourite stunts, over two nights at the 3Olympia.
Event detailsSunday 4 April 2027
Vicar Street
The Hole in the Wall Gang bring their long-running Northern Irish satirical comedy show Give My Head Peace to Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 4 April 2027 to Saturday 10 April 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Irish National Opera presents Puccini's Turandot at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, directed by David McVicar with Sinéad Campbell Wallace in the title role, Celine Byrne as Liù and tenor Young Woo Kim. Features the rarely performed first version of Alfano's ending.
Event detailsTuesday 13 April 2027 to Saturday 17 April 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The global pop-concert musical phenomenon Six, in which Henry VIII's wives tell their own stories, plays Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for one week.
Event detailsThursday 22 April 2027 to Saturday 24 April 2027
Vicar Street
Joe Lycett plays three nights at Vicar Street on his current stand-up tour.
Event detailsSunday 25 April 2027 · 15:00
The Helix
Strictly Come Dancing champion Giovanni Pernice headlines Unstoppable, a theatrical dance production with world-class dancers and West End performers, at The Helix.
Event detailsTuesday 27 April 2027 to Saturday 1 May 2027
Gaiety Theatre
Giovanna Fletcher stars in the world stage premiere of the psychological thriller adapted from S.J. Watson's bestselling novel, from the team behind The Girl on the Train.
Event detailsSaturday 8 May 2027
Vicar Street
One-liner specialist Gary Delaney brings his stand-up tour to Vicar Street.
Event detailsTuesday 11 May 2027 to Saturday 15 May 2027
Gaiety Theatre
Peter Polycarpou plays Hercule Poirot in Fiery Angel's new staging of Agatha Christie's The Hollow, directed by Lucy Bailey (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile).
Event detailsTuesday 18 May 2027 to Saturday 22 May 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
The stage play inspired by the Paranormal Activity films brings its live scares to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for one week.
Event detailsThursday 20 May 2027
Vicar Street
American stand-up star Jo Koy plays Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 23 May 2027 to Saturday 29 May 2027
Gaiety Theatre
Irish National Opera's new co-production (with Opera North and Opera Queensland) of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, with Jennifer Davis and Sean Michael Plumb, conducted by Fergus Sheil and directed by Patrick Nolan. Sung in Russian with English surtitles.
Event detailsSunday 23 May 2027
Vicar Street
Ruby Wax brings her live show to Vicar Street.
Event detailsWednesday 26 May 2027
Vicar Street
The acclaimed Morecambe and Wise stage tribute show Eric and Ern comes to Vicar Street.
Event detailsTuesday 8 June 2027 to Saturday 12 June 2027
Gaiety Theatre
The theatrical world premiere of Midsomer Murders: Daniel Casey (the original Sgt Troy) plays Inspector Barnaby in Guy Unsworth's stage adaptation of The Killings at Badger's Drift.
Event detailsSaturday 12 June 2027
Vicar Street
Ed Gamble (Taskmaster, Off Menu) brings his stand-up tour to Vicar Street.
Event detailsSunday 20 June 2027
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
An evening with astronaut Chris Hadfield at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Event detailsThursday 18 November 2027 to Saturday 20 November 2027
3Olympia Theatre
Alan Carr brings his Have I Said Too Much? tour to the 3Olympia for four performances over three nights in November 2027; all sold out at check date.
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