5 February - 5 September 2026
An Abbey Theatre Ireland, Teatro Stabile del Veneto - Teatro Nazionale Italy, and Croatian National Theatre HNK Rijeka co production
Mirandolina
Written by Marina Carr, after Carlo Goldoni, translated by Monica Capuani
Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
Booking Information
Italian and Croatian Performances:
Dublin Performances:
28 Aug – 5 Sept 2026
On the Abbey Stage
Times:
Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Tickets: €15 – €54 plus booking fee
As part of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the Abbey Theatre and Theatro Stabile del Veneto is touring Mirandolina by Marina Carr across Northern Italy, Croatia and Ireland.
“Oh, she’s born and she’ll leave you in smithereens”
Mirandolina is inspired by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni’s masterpiece, La Locandiera (1753). Written by Abbey Theatre Associate Artist Marina Carr and directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, Mirandolina examines the life of a lost young woman and the admirers and predators who surround her.
This is a play about fear – female fear, and the price paid by those lost girls who dare to fight back – a story finding fresh and unprecedented connections with the present.
Translated by Monica Capuani, Mirandolina is performed in Italian with English surtitles and is a world premiere co-production by the Abbey Theatre Ireland, Teatro Stabile del Veneto – Teatro Nazionale Italy, and Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka – HNK Rijeka, as part of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Cultural Olympiad.
It premieres in Treviso, Italy, in February 2026 and tours to Belluno, Venice, Padua, Verona, Rijeka, and Milan; before coming to the Abbey Stage in August 2026. and within the broader cultural context here
You can read Caitríona McLaughlin’s thoughts on this project as part of the Winter Olympics 2026 here and within the broader cultural context here.
A quasi trecento anni dalla sua prima rappresentazione a Venezia, La locandiera di Carlo Goldoni è ancora tra i capolavori più noti e rappresentati del repertorio italiano. Nella commedia emerge chiaro il concetto illuminista di autodeterminazione dell’individuo, particolarmente significativo proprio perché portato avanti da un personaggio femminile, che nel testo di Marina Carr troverà nuove inedite aderenze con il presente.
Mirandolina, il testo della drammaturga irlandese Marina Carr ispirato al capolavoro goldoniano La locandiera, esamina la vita di una giovane donna smarrita e degli ammiratori e predatori che la circondano. In questo clima, le giovani donne non sono mai state così in pericolo o in balia delle bugie che vengono loro propinate su ogni aspetto del loro essere. Questa è una pièce sulla paura, la paura femminile, e sul prezzo che viene estorto a queste ragazze smarrite che osano reagire.
Funded as part of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport EU Presidency Culture Programme and by the Arts Council, An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Meet the cast
Front row: Denis Fasolo, Massimo Scola, Margherita Mannino, Alex Cendron
Second row: Riccardo Gamba, Sandra Toffolatti, Gaja Masciale, Andrea Tich, Giancarlo Previati
Credits
- Father: Alex Cendron
- Fiori: Denis Fasolo
- Rip: Riccardo Gamba
- Ethel: Margherita Mannino
- Mirandolina: Gaja Masicale
- Great-grandfather: Giancarlo Previati
- Fabrizio: Massimo Scola
- Alba: Andrea Tich
- Mother: Sandra Toffolatti
- Writer: Marina Carr
- From: 'La Locandiera' by Carlo Goldoni
- Translator: Monica Capuani
- Director: Caitríona McLaughlin
- Set and Costume Design: Katie Davenport
- Lighting Design: Paul Keogan
- Composition and Sound Design: Anna Mullarkey
- Assistant Director: Martina Testa
- Assistant Set and Costume Design: Florentina Burcea
