Following a period of essential rebuilding, urgent technical work and maintenance on our websites – IRISHTHEATRE.ie and PLAYOGRAPHYIreland – we are delighted to announce we are now actively updating both websites again. The team is working hard to ensure the databases are fully updated as quickly as possible.  

This important and necessary work is made possible through an Arts Council Capacity Building Support Scheme Award which allows for greater functionality across both websites. 

A FURTHER EXCITING PHASE FOR PLAYOGRAPHYIreland

We are also delighted to announce further details on the exciting next phase for PLAYOGRAPHYIreland, which will see theatre production images from Ireland’s most esteemed theatre photographers added to the website for the first time. In addition, the website will be improved with increased search functionality. This development of the website has been made possible through Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2023 funding from The Heritage Council of Ireland for the Preservation and Illumination of PLAYOGRAPHYIreland.  

For now, we do ask for your patience while we enter a busy catch-up period across both websites. Updates can be sent to info@irishtheatreinstitute.ie and a member of the team will be in touch to confirm the details.  

ABOUT IRISH THEATRE 

IRISHTHEATRE.ie, produced by Irish Theatre Institute, is a comprehensive multimedia directory of professional drama, dance and opera in Ireland, North and South. Containing detailed information on 130+ theatre, dance and opera companies, 100+ venues and networks, and 30+ theatre and arts festivals, the directory also houses listings on funding bodies, training and support organisations, actor and literary agencies and international performing arts festivals and networks. All the information and images contained within IRISHTHEATRE.ie have been supplied by the organisations and individuals themselves. 

ABOUT PLAYOGRAPHYIreland 

PLAYOGRAPHYIreland comprises two comprehensive online searchable databases: Irish Playography (all new professionally produced Irish plays written in English since the formation of the Abbey, Ireland’s National Theatre, in 1904) and Playography na Gaeilge (all new plays written and produced in the Irish language since 1901). Each play listing contains a playwright biography, synopsis, cast size, creative and production team for the premiere production, date and location of the first performance and much more.