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FIVER FRIDAYS

VARIOUS ARTISTS / CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE, LONDON

THE AUTONOMY PROJECT

VARIOUS ARTISTS / LOCATIONS, LIMERICK 

DOLORES

JUNK ENSEMBLE / CHOCOLATE FACTORY, DUBLIN

OPEN CHOREOGRAPHY
​PERFORMANCE EVENING

JANINE HARRINGTON + THE UNCOLLECTIVE + MARINA COLLARD / SIOBHAN DAVIES STUDIOS, LONDON

PORCELAIN

MARGARET PERRY / PEACOCK THEATRE, DUBLIN

relational stalinism: the musical

MICHAEL PORTNOY / ABRONS ARTS CENTRE, NEW YORK

ALBUM

MARIANA VALENCIA / ABRONS ARTS CENTER, NEW YORK

Fruits of labor

MIET WARLOP / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE, DUBLIN

ENDINGS

TAMARA SAULWICK / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

JOSEPHINE K and the algorithms

STACEY GREGG / PEACOCK THEATRE, DUBLIN

RAPIDS

SHAUN DUNNE / TALKING SHOP ENSEMBLE / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

we come from far far away

NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER / THE ARK, DUBLIN

MELT

ROUGH MAGIC / SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE, DUBLIN

GIRL SONG

UNITED FALL / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE, DUBLIN

I'M NOT HERE

DOIREANN COADY / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

THIS IS A ROOM

DYLAN COBURN GREY + VERONICA COBURN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

Hamnet

DEAD CENTRE / PEACOCK THEATRE, DUBLIN

playboyz

MARTIN SHARRY / THE NEW THEATRE, DUBLIN

aon mhac tíre, nO roinnt mic tíre

RUAIRÍ O'DONOVAN + MICA SIGOURNEY / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

SPLICED

TIMMY CREED / DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL

TALK REAL FINE, JUST LIKE A LADY

AMANDA COOGAN + DUBLIN THEATRE OF THE DEAF / PEACOCK THEATRE, DUBLIN

Triple Threat

LUCY MCCORMICK / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

THE HALF OF IT

MOMMO / DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL, DUBLIN

EVERYTHING NOW

IRISH MODERN DANCE THEATRE / SMOCK ALLEY, DUBLIN

MDLSX

MOTUS / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

POLAR NIGHT

AARON STAPLETON + NADINE FLYNN / THE NEW THEATRE, DUBLIN

soldier still

JUNK ENSEMBLE / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

THE WATER ORCHARD

COLLAPSING HORSE / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

HEROINES OF SOUND

LISA STREICH + OXANA OMELCHUCK + MARISOL JIMENEZ + IRIS TER SCHIPHORST
RADIALSYSTEM, BERLIN

TOTEMS

LIZ ROCHE COMPANY / NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND

THE DAVID FRAGMENTS

NICHOLAS JOHNSON / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE, DUBLIN

FUTUREPROOF

TOM CREED / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

MASTER

W. DAVID HANCOCK / THE FOUNDRY THEATRE, NEW YORK

ALBA

JO BANNON / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

free admission

URSULA MARTINEZ / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

This BRIGHT FIELD

THEO CLINKARD / BRIGHTON DOME

Birdwatching

LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN / PALEIS VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN, BRUSSELS

time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine

METTE EDVARDSEN / GALERIE RAVENSTEIN, BRUSSELS

autoctonos

AYELEN PAROLIN / THEATRE LES TANNERS, BRUSSELS

DUBLIN  DANCE  FESTIVAL

COLIN DUNNE / CHRISTOS PAPADOPOULOS /
EMANUEL GAT / MARIA NILSSON WALLER /
MAGUY MARIN / MITHKAL ALZGHAIR / 
CHRIS HARING/LIQUID LOFT /
​COMPANY PHILIP CONNAUGHTON / PERE FAURE
VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DUBLIN

ENDGAME

TANIA BRUGUERA / CINEMA MARIVEAUX, BRUSSELS

slug's Garden / Cultivo de babosas

FABIÁN BARBA & ESTEBAN DONOSO / LA BELLONE, BRUSSELS

feeling dubbing

MONIRA AL QARIDI / BOGHOSSIAN FOUNDATION - VILLA EMPAIN, BRUSSELS

THE PARTHENON MARBLES

ALEXANDRA PIRICI / STATE OF CONCEPT, ATHENS (DOCUMENTA 14)

retro(per)spective

SPLIT BRITCHES / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

THE GAME

THEATREclub / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

FIND

ROMEO CASTELLUCCI / DEAD CENTRE / KEVIN ARMENTO / MAPA TEATRO / SAMAN ARASTOU / GARY OWEN
​SCHAUBÜHNE, BERLIN

PERFORMATIK 17

ALIOUM MOUSSA + MAARTEN VANDEN EYNDE / MIET WARLOP / DOROTHEA VON HANTELMANN / GRACE SCHWINDT / 
LOTTE VAN DEN BERG +  DAAN ‘T SAS / BENJAMIN VANDEWALLE
​KAAI THEATER + VARIOUS LOCATIONS, BRUSSELS

THE EFFECT

ROUGH MAGIC / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

The eurydice project

JOANNA CRAWLEY / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

george bush and children

DICK WALSH / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

ballyturk

ENDA WALSH / ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN

JERICHO

MALAPROP THEATRE / BEWLEY'S CAFE THEATRE, DUBLIN

ON. PULSE.

LUCIA KICKHAM / FIRKIN CRANE, CORK

ARLINGTON

ENDA WALSH / ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN

AUTUMN ROYAL

KEVIN BARRY / CAITRIONA MCLAUGHLIN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

QUARTER BLOCK PARTY /  Day #2

DARRAGH MCLOUGHLIN / MELANIE JAME WOLF / ALLIE HANKINS 
​VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CORK

QUARTER BLOCK PARTY /  DAY #1

SNAKE TALK / ENA BRENNAN / WILL DICKIE  / VICTORIA ANDERSSON & FRIDA GIULIA FRANCESCHINI
​VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CORK

Danse, Morob

THE EMERGENCY ROOM / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

REVOLVER

ISELI-CHIODI DANCE COMPANY / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

ANNA  KArenina

LEO TOLSTOY / WAYNE JORDAN / MARINA CARR / ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN

night wandering / precious metal

IRISH MODERN DANCE THEATRE / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

I RIDE IN COLOUR AND SOFT FOCUS,
​NO LONGER ANYWHERE

LAST YEARZ INTERESTING NEGRO AKA JAMILA JOHNSON-SMALL / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

ALIBI

MARK DURKAN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

often  onstage

FIGS IN WIGS / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

RECOVERY

ZOE NÍ RIORDÁIN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

yayaya ayayay

LOUISE AHL / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

VICKEY  CURTIS  ISN'T  SORRY

VICKEY CURTIS / DUBLIN 8

An anatomy act

ANNA FURSE / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

7 promises

RANDOM SCREAM / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

whAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

RANDOM SCREAM / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

investment

RANDOM SCREAM / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

Ireland

THEATREclub / ABBEY THEATRE, DUBLIN

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOTHING

PAN PAN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN

LEAR

JOHN SCOTT / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE

Butterflies  and  bones

FEARGHUS O CONCHUIR / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE

It's  not  Over 

THEATRE CLUB / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE

This  is  not  a  love  story

GUNILLA HOLBORN / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE

alien  Documentary

UNA MCKEVITT / PROJECT ARTS CENTRE

swan lake / loch  na  heala

TEAC DAMHSA/MICHEAL KEEGAN DOLAN / O'REILLY THEATRE

THE  CIRCUS  ANIMALS'  DESERTION

BROKEN TALKERS / SAMUEL BECKETT THEATRE

The SEAGULL

CORN EXCHANGE / GAIETY THEATRE

GUERRILLA 

EL CONDE DE TORREFIEL, PROJECT ARTS CENTRE

CRISIS MEETING 

KRIðPLIER, PROJECT ARTS CENTRE