Once Off Productions

FOR THE RECORD

This summer sees the world premiere of For the Record, a bold new live performance from Colin Dunne , created in collaboration with Becky Ní Éallaithe (concertina/vocals) and Ultan O’Brien (fiddle/viola).

Blending voice, electronics, spoken word, live music, and dance, the work unfolds as a dynamic and shape-shifting encounter where roles constantly blur and no two performances are ever the same.

Rooted in tradition while pushing beyond its boundaries, For the Record creates a richly layered live experience that is both intimate and unpredictable, bringing together three exceptional performers in a shared act of listening, improvisation, and exchange.

The production will premiere this summer at:

7 July — glór, Ennis
9 July — Dance Limerick
12 & 13 August — Kilkenny Arts Festival

For the Record is produced by Once Off Productions , commissioned by Luail – Ireland’s National Dance Company , and co-produced by Luail, glór , and Dance Limerick

UNCLE VANYA
by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov

🔥 Tickets are selling fast, with some performances already sold out. Early booking is strongly advised.

📍 Smock Alley Theatre, Main Space
📅 4–20 December 2025
🕖 7pm | Saturday Matinées on 13 and 20 December at 2pm
🤟 ISL Performance: Tuesday 9 December
🎧 Audio Described Performance: Wednesday 17 December

🎟️ Tickets: https://smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/

Chekhov’s masterpiece returns to Dublin in Brian Friel’s vivid, funny and devastating version. A fragile rural household is thrown into turmoil when old resentments and long-buried desires erupt with life-changing consequences.

Following last year’s sold-out production of A Streetcar Named Desire, award-winning director Cathal Cleary brings audiences another unmissable classic this Christmas.

Featuring an outstanding ensemble:
Catherine Byrne
Risteárd Cooper
Nick Dunning
Adam Fergus
Eavan Gaffney
Morgan C Jones
Eleanor Methven
Maria Oxley Boardman
HK Ní Shioradáin

Creative Team:
Written by Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Brian Friel
Directed by Cathal Cleary
Set & Costume Design: Maree Kearns
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Composer & Sound Design: Martha Knight

Funded by the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Age Suitability: 14+

Image description:
Black and white promotional portrait featuring one performer (Risteárd Cooper) upright and the other (Eavan Gaffney) reflected below, both resting their heads in their hands. Bright green title text reads UNCLE VANYA.

Uncle Vanya - Smock Alley Theatre 1662 Brian Friel’s version of Uncle Vanya is clear, urgent, and heartbreakingly funny. Staged for the first time in Dublin in nearly 30 years, it asks us: is happiness ever worth the risk, and what price must we pay for wanting more? Directed by Cathal Cleary with Risteárd Cooper as Vanya.

✨ LOVE AT THE END OF TIME ✨
Opens tonight at Project Arts Centre — and runs until 8 November.

In a city washed clean by catastrophe, four survivors circle each other in a strange new world of bewilderment, desire, and suspicion.

A darkly absurd, mythic fantasy — intimate, unsettling, and shot through with flashes of humour.

Written by Roderick Ford
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Set & Costume Design Alyson Cummins
Lighting Design Stephen Dodd
Sound Design Carl Kennedy

⭐ Featuring
Brenda Meaney
Tierra Porter
Karl Quinn
Saorla Rodger

📍 Project Arts Centre
🎟️ Runs until 8 November — tickets at projectartscentre.ie

Once Off Productions Asylum Productions
Supported by Axis Ballymun
Funded by

📸 Photos by P atricio Cassinoni