Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach

‘Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist.’
From the preface to A Dream Play, Strindberg, 1901

A dream about a girl from another world who comes to find out why people complain so much. The National Youth Theatre performs Strindberg’s groundbreaking experiment in surrealism, in a new version by Caryl Churchill.

Strindberg wanted to create a play that imitated the form of a dream. The result is ‘a blend of memories, experiences, pure inventions, absurdities, and improvisations’, in which the ‘characters split, double, redouble, evaporate, condense, fragment, cohere’. In the story, ‘time and space do not exist, events are disconnected and illogical, anything can happen, everything is possible and plausible’. The play consists of a series of short scenes set in several different locations including, a tower, a family home, outside a theatre stage door, a lawyer’s office, a cave, and the sea shore.

The cast of the National Youth Theatre, will bring a youthful enquiry and energy to their unique presentation of this unique play.

On the Peacock stage

Performance Dates and Times

Wednesday 25 August – Saturday 28 August
Previews Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 August
Matinee Saturday 28 August

8pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm

Ticket Prices & Special Rates

Tickets: €12 – €25
Previews €15 – €18
Youth Theatre Member rate €12