National Tour
If performance designers could offer new possibilities for Irish theatre after the pandemic, what shapes and sounds, spaces and acoustics, materials and formats, structures and hierarchies might they propose? What new creative and collaborative practices might emerge? What new social and artistic functions for theatre might present themselves? How might an exhibition of design indicate new directions rather than just revisiting the past?
After a fantastic experience at the 15th edition of the Prague Quadrennial in June 2023, we are delighted to kick off The Next Four Years National Tour as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2023. There will be two separate events: a Screening & Conversation with the designers at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on 06.10.2023 at 15.30, and a Film Installation at Project Arts Centre from 30.09.2023 to 07.10.2023.
On 15.10.2023, as part of Belfast International Arts Festival, a Conversation & Screening will take place at the Lyric Theatre Belfast. The film will be presented in the Lyric’s foyer on a loop (55 mins) between 10.00 – 14.30, followed by a conversation with the designers at 15.00 (free but ticketed).
Other events include Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, and The Everyman, Cork.
More detailed information on all these events in the next section.
National Tour Venues & Dates
Screening & Conversation
Date: Friday 06.10.2023
Time: 15.30
Venue: Carolan Room, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin 2
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Film Installation
Date: 30.09 – 07.10.2023
Venue: Project Arts Centre, 39 Essex St E, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Time: 11.00 – 20.30
Duration: 55 mins on loop
Free (no booking required)
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 12.10.2023
Time: 13.00
Venue: The Everyman, 5 MacCurtain Street, Victorian Quarter, Cork
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
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Screening & Conversation
Date: Sunday 15.10.2023
Time: 15.00
Venue: Lyric Theatre Belfast, 55 Ridgeway St, Belfast BT9 5FB
Duration: 55 min screening & 60 min conversation
Free but ticketed
Film Installation
Date: Sunday 15.10.2023
Venue: Lyric Theatre Belfast, 55 Ridgeway St, Belfast BT9 5FB
Time: 10.00 – 14.30
Duration: 55 mins on loop
Free (no booking required)
Screening & Conversation
Date: Thursday 19.10.2023
Time: 19.00
Venue: glór, Studio, Causeway Link, Ennis, Co. Clare
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed
Screening & Conversation
Date: Friday 27.10.2023
Time: 19.30
Venue: Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O’Connell St, Limerick
Duration: 2 hours
Free but ticketed