Bullied in Germany as part of Zeitgeist Irland 2024
Bullied in Germany as part of Zeitgeist Irland 2024, If you are near the city of Giessen in Germany, you can’t miss ‘BULLIED’ from June 6th to June 8th! We’re thrilled to announce that ‘BULLIED,’ a play nurtured at Five Lamps, is touring Germany as part of Zeitgeist Irland 24 This incredible play, which we supported with […]
The Five Lamps – a play by Roddy Doyle
The Five Lamps Arts Festival and Co-Motion Media present the new stage work by Roddy Doyle, first presented at the Five Lamps Arts Festival in April 2023. The show is an adaptation from the Life Without Children collection by Roddy Doyle published in 2021. Adapted and Directed by Joe O’Byrne, and starring Eoin O’Sullivan, the […]
BULLIED, play by Michael J. Harnett at Sean O’Casey Theatre this autumn
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett starring IFTA nominated actor Vinnie McCabe and Shauna Brennan is back this autumn in the Sean O’Casey Theatre. This incisive drama is about a sixteen-year-old who spends the mid-term break with Grandad, during which he discovers that the teenager is being bullied. After much coaxing, the girl reaches […]
The Noble Call back in the Irish Film Institute
The Noble Call, starring IFTA-nominated Vinnie McCabe and Noni Stapleton and written by Michael J. Harnett, is back for a showing at the Irish Film Institute
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett
“BULLIED”, a play by Michael J. Harnett starring IFTA-nominated actor of THE NOBLE CALL Vinnie McCabe and Áine Collier.
The Cloudspotter
A sneak peek of Michael J Harnett’s wonderful play The Cloudspotter, directed by Vinnie McCabe, which run in The Clasaċ, Clontarf, last November. This compelling play received excellent reviews after performances at Holyhead, The Viking theatre, and Seán O’Casey theatre. The Cloudspotter centres around a grandmother with early signs of dementia and her grandson Thomas, […]
The Cloudspotter by Michael Harnett
Following a run of outstanding performances in April, Micheal Harnett’s play, “The Cloudspotter”, returns to the Sean O’Casey Theatre this May. “The Cloudspotter” is about Nan, a woman in her seventies showing signs of dementia, and Thomas, her wayward 16-year-old grandson. They live together in an inner-city flat in Dublin’s Five Lamps and – despite […]
Michael Harnett in Centre Stage with Jack Gilligan
Centre Stage is a radio show on Dublin City FM where Jack Gilligan explores every aspect of Theatre in Dublin and keeps you up to date with what’s on near you. In this show, he talks with Michael Harnett about his new play The Cloudspotter, which runs from the 28th of April to the 21st […]
‘The Cloudspotter’ Podcast
Director Michael J. Harnett joins Donie Tarrant to discuss his new play The Cloudspotter a work which features a young teenage boy and his grandmother who because of unfortunate circumstances live together. https://nearfm.ie/podcast/michael-j-harnetts-new-play-the-cloudspotter/ You can get tickets for this play taking place in Sean O’Casey Theatre HERE
Five Lamps Arts Films
During the last few weeks, we released online, through our Youtube channel and IGTV, three short films that premiered at the Odeon Cinema last summer as part of our Festival 2021 edition. You can watch them at the links below or by visiting our website. “Nearby Dublin”, directed and written by Grace Corry is a […]
Nichola MacEvilly about Philo
What has the response to Philo been like so far? We’ve had such a wonderful response to Philo. Full houses of laughter and tears in the Sean O’Casey Theatre. Many people return for a second time with gangs of friends and family. We knew we were working on a very special story but we couldn’t […]
Peter Sheridan on his new play Philo
I will never forget the first time I met Philo. It was February 1982 in the offices of the North Centre City Community Action Project (NCCAP) in Summerhill. A vibrant but small community organisation, we had just been awarded a grant from the Department of Labour to employ twelve people on a pilot drama scheme. […]
Drag Storytime
Drag Storytime is a storytelling session facilitated by drag performers: Drag Queens, Drag Kings and queer performers. The phenomenon began in the San Francisco, USA in 2015 as Drag Queen Story Hour and since then it has taken off worldwide. The story sessions are generally 60-90 minutes and include reading story books with themes of […]
Behind the Scenes Volunteering Experience: Making NIGHTTOWN
Behind the Scenes Volunteering Experience: Making NIGHTTOWN by Laurie Ingram NIGHTTOWN is a play based on a chapter from James Joyce’s Ulysses that records the feverish experience of Dublin’s sordid nightlife in the early 1900s. Adapted by director Joe O’Byrne and presented by Co-Motion Media and Carnation Theatre Company, this performance brings into action the […]