Entr'acte News
The Entr'acte team is grateful for a very successful year for our society!
Check out what our members have been up to below.
The Shadow of a Gunman
Cast Announcement
We are thrilled to announce the cast for our upcoming production of "The Shadow of a Gunman," coming to Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, from October 30th to November 2nd.
Keep an eye on our socials for details on tickets coming soon. This is a performance you won't want to miss
Sweeney Todd
February 2025 Musical
We are delighted to announce our
2025 musical: Sweeney Todd.
Coming to the O'Reilly Theatre from February 19th-22nd.
Directed by Niamh McGowan
Musically Directed by Róisín Heenan
Producer - Kate Canavan
Productions Assistant & Company Manager
- Eoghan Funge
More details coming soon. Stay tuned.
The Shadow of a Gunman
Entr'actes October 2024 Play
We are pleased to announce our October 2024 play: "The Shadow of a Gunman" by Seán O'Casey, directed by Cian Gallagher and produced by Kim Whelan.
Set during the Irish War of Independence, this play explores the lives of ordinary people caught in political turmoil.
The play will run from October 30th to November 2nd in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.
Audition details will be announced soon. Members can register their interest through the form linked in our bio.
Aims Choral Festival 2024
On the 19th of May, our brilliant Entr'acte choir took part in the AIMS Choral Festival in New Ross on Sunday and did the society proud:
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First place male choir competition
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8 First place Disney competition (Female BarbershopQuartet)
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Second place female choir competition
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Second place mixed choir competition
Special mention to our male barbershop quartet for their fantastic performance too
A huge well done to the whole choir and big thank you Catherine Fox & Steve Grimes for putting together our fantastic quartet entries,
big thank you to our assistant choir director Emily Ann Byrne, and a massive thank you to our incredible choir director Róisín Heenan!
Photo Credits: Darragh Carroll
Guys & Dolls
Entr'actes 2024 Musical
Our 2024 musical Guys & Dolls was an immense success this March! Directed by Niamh McGowan, Musically directed by Róisín Heenan, Choreographed by Leah Meagher and Produced by Kate Canavan, it was an incredible production that was very well received by the Irish theatre community!
Lighting Design - Gavin Coll
Sound Design - Cian Murphy
With thanks to Pat Burke and the Estates Team at St Patrick's Auditorium, Drumcondra
Congratulations to our incredible Cast, Production team, Crew, Band and FOH team- an absolutely outstanding production and an immense feat for Entr'acte! We are so proud of you all!
And of course thank you to all those who turned out to support Guys and Dolls as it can also not happen without the support of our members and friends!
Constellations
Entr'acte's First Play
Our first ever play took to the stage in Smock Alley Theatre in January to a sold out audience!
The performances by our incredible cast, Marianne played by the incredible Katie O'Byrne and Roland played by the amazing Lewis Quigley, were out of this world! Stewarded by the genius director Ryan Gillespie and Assistant director Jane Bermingham, this was such an amazing start to Entr'actes journey with plays!
A huge word of thanks to our incredible team, without whom this show wouldn't have been possible!
Set Design - Emily Ann Byrne
Lighting Design - Liam Schmidt
Sound Design - Kevin Cleary
Assistant Sound Design - James Jordan
Assistant Producer - Claire Dunphy
Productions Manager - Charley White
And thank you to all those who attended and made our first play such a success!
See our gallery for images from the play!
Entr'acte
Christmas
Concert
A huge congratulations to our AMAZING Choir who wowed a SOLD OUT audience on Saturday 2nd of December 2023!
They got everybody in the festive spirit with their incredible repertoire!
We are so grateful to each and every member of the choir for giving their time to such a wonderful event!
This performance would not have been remotely possible without the choir's director Róisín Heenan!
Thank you to Kate Canavan who organised the whole event, Emily Anne Byrne our incredible Assistant Choir Director,
Damian Sweeney and Aisling Bonner our two hosts extraordinaire, and Vinny Lynch our accompanist.
Thank you to the members, friends, family and extended patrons of Ent'racte who attended the concert and supported our choir!
We appreciate the support so much!
Until next year...
Guys & Dolls Cast Annoucement
As luck would have it, we’ve found an incredible cast to bring Guys & Dolls to life in 2024! Take a look for yourself!
Thanks to everyone who came to audition this month - we had an unbelievable response, and we’re so excited to have so many people taking part. We really appreciate all of the support.
Coming to Dublin from 24th February - 2nd March 2024.
AIMS Awards June 2023
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners from the 2023 AIMS Awards in Killarney! 🏆
We are so proud of our amazing production team and cast for winning FOUR awards! You all put in so much work that lead to such a fantastic evening. ✨ A big shout out to our two runners up for Best Actress (Hannah McNicholas Roche) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role also (Caoimhe Tyndall). Big thank you to AIMS for a great weekend!!
🏆Best Overall Show
🏆Best Director (Niamh McGowan)
🏆Best Musical Director (Róisín Heenan)
🏆Best Choreography (Leah Meagher)
AIMS Choral Festival 2023
It's been a weekend of congratulations - and we've a few more to celebrate! Our brilliant Entr'acte choir took part in the Annual AIMS Choral Festival this weekend and did our entire society proud.
⭐First place female choir
⭐First place male choir
⭐First place mixed choir
⭐First place cameo
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⭐Best Overall.
