Welcome to heart of rural America, to Almost, Maine. A place so far north it’s almost not in the USA. It’s almost in Canada. A place that’s almost a town but not quite, because it’s so rural, and so far off the beaten track. 

Almost, Maine is a series of nine interwoven vignettes which take place on a cold winter’s evening between 8.50 and 9pm when the northern lights appear and there’s magic in the air. It’s a play about real people living life with all its ups and downs, in a small rural community far from the comfort of the city, who are honestly searching for and dealing with love and belonging.

On this cold winter’s night the residents of Almost, Mainefind themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend – almost – in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.

Dalkey Players present Almost, Maine at Dalkey Town Hall from Wednesday 15th November to Friday 17th November 2023.

We are happy to announce our pre-Athlone run. Dalkey Town Hall 22nd and 23rd April at 8pm for tickets click the button below

The story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land.

Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the father of her child, the man she loves. On the brink of despair, she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed. Director, Emma Jane Nulty says, ‘this is a play that speaks to audiences now. Identity is a core part of who we are. In Hester, we see the struggles of someone trying to understand theirs and how other people decide whether we belong or don’t belong. Carr’s By the Bog of Cats is an extraordinary journey that blends the mythic and the real, the dark and the comic.’

Taking place in the Dalkey Town Hall on Wednesday 22nd to Saturday 25th February at 8pm. Not suitable for children.
Bookings online at Eventbrite
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Tickets also available in the Town Hall, Dalkey Ticket price: €15/€10 (Students/unwaged)

Dalkey Players is an award winning theatre group; having won the RTE All Ireland Drama Festival in 2017, ‘By the Bog of Cats’ is their entry to this year’s Full Length Drama Circuit playing in Roscommon, Ballinamore, Cavan, Shercock, Claregalway, Claremorris and Clare.

What can you achieve in 3 minutes in Stage Time with 20 Plays, 20 Directors, 20 Actors?

 Answer: An hour and a half of funny and heart warming drama.

Featuring well known playwrights such as Joseph O’Connor, Ardal O’Hanlon, Deirdre Kinahan this is an evening not to miss!

 Dalkey Players brings this rich and exciting production of

 Tiny Plays for Dalkey

The Studio, dlrLeXicon, Dun Laoghaire

on 29^th & 30^th November and 1^st & 2^nd December

at 8pm.

With special thanks to Fishamble, the New Play Company

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Dalkey Players present Edward Albee’s Zoo Story directed by Gerry Clabby, Saturday 11th June dlr LexIcon studio, staring Simon Cunningham and Conall O’Bealóin.

Shows at 3pm and 8pm

The Zoo Story

A summer afternoon in Central Park, New York City. Like every other Sunday, Peter is sitting on his favourite bench reading a book, when he is approached by Jerry who strikes up a conversation. This is an encounter that will change their lives forever. In this one-act play, celebrated playwright Edward Albee explores different lives in an urban metropolis, our deep need to communicate and connect with other people, and the catastrophic consequences that can ensue if we fail in this endeavour. 

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Pre Athlone performance Dalkey Town Hall 7th-8th May 8pm.

Eurydice, Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld where she meets her dead father, encounters the Lord of the Underworld and struggles to remember her husband, Orpheus.

Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice is a modern re-telling of the Orpheus myth through the eyes of Eurydice. A magical, sometimes menacing, dream-like journey of love, loss and memory.

Coming to Dalkey Town Hall 22nd-23rd February at 8pm

Eurydice, The Power of Memory to Triumph over Death:

In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love, Orpheus. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.

Sarah Ruhl’s quirky contemporary meditation on a much-mediated-upon story has some of the subliminal potency of music, the head-scratching surprise of a modernist poem and the cockeyed allure of a surrealist painting. It’s pretty funny, too.

Special thanks to:

Fiona Keane and Conall O’Beoláin for their work in the development of this production.

The Cast

Eurydice                                   Sarah Coughlan

Father                                      Alan Nuzum

Orpheus                                   Gearoid Molloy

Big Stone                                  Maria Fitzgerald

Loud Stone                               Sharon Nealon

Little Stone                               Alice Meehan

Nasty Interesting Man/

Lord of the Underworld             Dermot Byrne

Director and Designer               Emma Jane Nulty

The Crew

Stage Management                   Emma Mulligan & Siobhan Caskie

Lighting Design                         Barry Donaldson

Technical Design                       Brian Nutley & Caitríona Connolly

Set Construction                       Conall O’Beoláin & Brendan Dunne

Sound SFX                                Julia Crimmins

Sound design and Puppets         Emma Jane Nulty

Graphic Design                           Philip Murphy

Photography                             Lucy Nuzum Photography

Front of House                          Donal Ryan & Team

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The play is set in the Overworld and the Underworld. It is broken into 3 Movements and runs continuously.

THERE IS NO INTERVAL

We are delighted to be returning to Dalkey Town Hall 22nd and 23rd February with Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl directed by Emma Jane Nulty

Cast

• Sarah Coughlan -Eurydice

• Alan Nuzum-Father

• Dermot Byrne- Child/ Nasty Interesting Man

• Gearoid Molloy-Orpheus

• Maria Fitzgerald-Big Stone

• Sharon Nealon-Loud Stone

• Alice Meehan-Little Stone