Don't miss out on some of the best drama, comedy and much more at the Mill Theatre!
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA
Date: 13th & 14th June
Time: 15.00 (14th only) / 20.00
Admission: €20 / €18 / €16 (matinee only)
Lisa Jones is searching for something she lost on a flight from New York to London. It is giving her much cause for concern when an odd looking man appears to explain how she may have lost the precious artefact; one hour of her life....!
JACK KAIRO
Date:16th - 28th June (except 23rd)
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15/€12
Written, produced and performed by Simon Toal. Low living, hard drinking detective for hire, Jack Kairo hasn't been to Chinatown for a while, probably because he doesn't live anywhere near it..But when a case lands on his lap to track down the murderer of a wealthy industrialist he must rely on his wits and skills (both hopelessly inadequate) to stay one step ahead of a conspiracy that may involve weapons of mass destruction.
DUNDRUM ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Date: 27th June
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15
Dundrum Arts and Cultural Festival presents an evening of International Folk Dance, celebrating our differences with Belgium, Germany , Italy and Poland.
WHAT MEN WANT
Date: 2nd, 4th & 5th July
Times: 20.00
Tickets: €18/€15
Just remember the more you know about men, the more you will love your cat... If a show that starts off with the audience receiving glasses of champagne and pints of Guinness from the stage, can be described as "novel", then brace yourself a 90 minute trek into the most complex species on the planet.
ENCORE! SUMMER SCHOOL
Date: 7th - 11th July
Times: 10.00 - 13.00 / 14.00 - 17.00
Ages: 4 - 6 yrs / 7 - 10 yrs
Fee: €100
Encore! School of Performing Arts present their summer course. Free camp t-shirt and all materials included in the fee. Activities include singing, face painting, drama, theatre games, dancing and much more. Encore! staff are fully trained with plenty of experience, the programme is full, varied and tailored to each age group. (Booking: 01 2969340)
KARL SPAIN and JARLATH REGAN
Date: 12th July
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €18/€15
A Lisa Richards Comedy Double Bill. Karl Spain was born and still lives in Limerick, but has performed his comedy all over the world. He's probably best known in Ireland for his TV series Karl Spain Wants a Woman which was a huge success in that he not only got huge ratings but also found himself his dream woman. Jarlath Regan is recognised as the "one to watch" in the new generation of exciting comedians emerging from Ireland. With his sweetly crafted jokes, charming delivery and radio star looks, he'll steal the keys to your heart and take your funny bone for a joy ride.
WAITING FOR IKEA
Date: 14th - 19th July
Time: 12.45 (lunch) / 13.10 (play)
Tickets: €15/€12 (includes lunch)
Chrissie and Jade spend their days in pyjamas; waiting. Waiting for the kettle to boil, waiting for Coronation Street, waiting for the next bit of juicy gossip. They won't shop in Argos because they're waiting for IKEA. Set in the heart of inner city Dublin, where night wear is day wear and bitching is everywhere, Waiting for IKEA uses quick fire wit and old school charm to investigate what lies beneath the surface, what's behind the bling.
OLEANNA
Date: 16th - 26th July (previews 14th & 15th, €15)
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €20/€17
A seething investigation of "political correctness" in a time when the nation's morality has been tested by increased incidents of sexual harrassment.
TUMBLING DOWN: Book Reading by BILLY ROCHE
Date: 26th July
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €10
Following his sellout reading in January, Billy Roche returns for an intimate reading from his re-released novel Tumbling Down.
THE FANTASTICKS
Date: 29th July - 2nd August
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15/€12
After its sellout run here last year in The Mill Studio this show is back by popular demand! The stage is a wooden platform, the scenery a fragile cardboard moon. There is a boy, a girl, their fathers, and a wall. It seems very little, but it is The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical production in American history, and winner of the Vernon Rice Award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Off-Broadway Theatre".
MIA DOLAN
Date: 10th August
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €25/€22
The star of ITV's Haunted Homes and best selling author of titles such as The Gift and Mia's World will be hold an evening of Psychic Demonstrations. She'll also be holding her Psychic School in the theatre on Saturday 9th August, check her website for further details.
THE ODD COUPLE
Date: 12th - 23rd August
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €18/€15
Neil Simon's famous update of his contemporary classic sees slovenly singleton Olive and uptight, newly seperated Florence sharing an apartment together, with hilarious results! Check out The Mill's very special offer with HARVEY NICHOLS FIRST FLOOR RESTAURANT, where you can enjoy a meal for two, a bottle of wine and two tickets for the show all the an inexpensive €100 (to book, call 01-2969340)
HAIRY BOTTOM and the Jockstrap of Destiny
Date: 18th- 23rd August
Time: 20.00
Admission: €15/€12
Robert Murtagh and Simon Toal return to the stage for their new two man comedy sketch show. Think Monty Python meets d'Unbelieveables meets The Fast Show. Audience interaction, outrageous and bizarre, Hairy Bottom and the Jockstrap of Destiny invites you for a platonic ride into the Land of Side-Splitation where only the fittest survive. Say hello to the Bonson Brothers, gay porn superstars, who insist they're straight and only do gay porn for the money. Sing along with the Dalek's sentimental love-song. Witness the manic capering of the Primitive Man. Take a class with Rocky Dickheader, the world's worst song-writing teacher.
ENCORE! SUMMER SCHOOL
Date: 18th - 22nd August
Times: 10.00 - 13.00 / 14.00 - 17.00
Ages: 4 - 6 yrs / 7 - 10 yrs
Fee: €100
Encore! School of Performing Arts present their summer course. Free camp t-shirt and all materials included in the fee. Activities include singing, face painting, drama, theatre games, dancing and much more. Encore! staff are fully trained with plenty of experience, the programme is full, varied and tailored to each age group.
Booking: 01- 2969340 (open 10.00 - 18.00 Monday to Saturday)
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