22 November - 31 January 2026

A World Premiere Abbey Theatre production

Dublin Gothic

Written by Barbara Bergin

Directed by Caroline Byrne

Booking Information


Dates: 22 November 2025 – 31 January 2026  

Previews: 22 – 26 November 

On the Abbey Stage 

Times:
Mon – Sat 7pm

Sat matinees 1pm

Tues 23 December, 1pm

Wed 31 December, 4pm

Running time: Approx. 3 hours 30 minutes including interval.

Tickets:  €15 – €55 

 

Everyone has a story to tell.

And Number 1 O’Rehilly Parade is teeming with them.

Over one hundred years, generations of Dubliners share their joys, struggles and secrets in this bold, funny and deeply moving new play.

Full of wit and warmth, Dublin Gothic celebrates the glory and the grime of Dublin. In this spectacular production, more than a hundred unforgettable characters will dance through time as they make their way through life in the 20th century.

Tickets now on sale to see this glorious collection of endearing and dastardly Dubliners this winter – meet the Gatelys, the Cumminses, the Meehans, and their neighbours from the 22nd of November.

Extra performances now on sale. Tickets for all performances from €15.

Meet the cast of Dublin Gothic 

Video credit: Laura Sheeran. Photo credit: Johnny Savage. Location: The Sackville Lounge.

Barbara Bergin  

Barbara Bergin

Barbara Bergin is a writer and actor from Dublin who makes original work for Screen, Audio and Theatre. Barbara trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre, TCD. Writing credits include Love is the Drug and The Clinic (RTÉ), and On the Couch (TV3) which she also directed. Plays include The Bulletin for The National Archives UK and 14 Voices from the Bloodied Field at the Abbey. She is the recipient of an Irish Times Irish Theatre award, a Markievicz award and a Commemoration Bursary from the Abbey Theatre.

Credits

  • Cast: Karen Ardiff
  • Cast: Jonathan Delaney Tynan
  • Cast: Carolyn Donnelly
  • Cast: Seán Duggan
  • Cast: Emmet Farrell
  • Cast: Clara FitzGerald
  • Cast: Kate Gilmore
  • Cast: Kenneth Hudson
  • Cast: Thommas Kane Byrne
  • Cast: Barry John Kinsella
  • Cast: Denise McCormack
  • Cast: Gus McDonagh
  • Cast: Joshua McEneaney
  • Cast: Dan Monaghan
  • Cast: Penny Morris
  • Cast: Sarah Morris
  • Cast: Roxanna Nic Liam
  • Cast: Áine Ní Laoghaire
  • Cast: Ericka Roe


  • Writer: Barbara Bergin
  • Director: Caroline Byrne
  • Choreographer and Movement Director: Meadhbh Lyons
  • Set Designer: Jamie Vartan
  • Costume Designer : Madeleine Boyd
  • Lighting Designer: Aedín Cosgrove
  • Composer and Sound Designer: Giles Thomas
  • Associate Director: Éadaoin Fox
  • Voice Director: Andrea Ainsworth
  • Hair and Make Up: Leonard Daly
  • Assistant Set Designer: Florentina Burcea
  • Fight Director: Ciaran O'Grady
  • Intimacy Coordinator : Ruth Lehane
  • Casting Director: Barry Coyle
  • Dublin Image: Jam Art Factory
  • Graphic Design: AAD
  • Illustration of Barbara Bergin: Louise Boughton
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