Abbey Calling News Today

THE brilliant Katie Honan returns to her native Waterford this March to perform in a show she has written herself called, ‘How to fall flat on your face’.

January 19, 2021 Up next in First Stages Virtual Season of Plays is ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLAND - A CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE PLAY, written by award-winning, internationally renowned childrens playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer (THE SNOW, 2015 and ANTARCTICA, WI, 2018) and directed by First Stage Artistic Director Jeff Frank. December 14, 2020 In April, Graham McLaren and Neil Murray, Directors of the Abbey Theatre, created Dear Ireland - a moment for the country to reflect on itself in a time of cr...

More than 300,000 people tuned in online this year to watch performances from the Abbey Theatre, a record-breaking engagement figure for the theatre.

Almost half (46pc) of the audience came from overseas after all productions were cancelled on March 11. On average, 122,820 people attend a show annually - this year, the figure fell to just 18,728. However, the audience took to virtual means to view some of their favourite productions and 324,490 tuned in to watch shows online over the course of the year. 46pc of people tuned in from overseas, with a third watching from the UK and 6.3pc from the United States. Viewers from Canada, Australia, G...