The 22nd festival is coming:
May 5th-19, 2025

If you have a show for the 22nd Festival, go to our Festival Submissions page. to find our Criteria for Participation and submission form.

Bursaries are available for  the 2025 Festival. Bursaries may be awrded for:

  • Any LGBTQ+ rights issue, historical story, or untold, lesser-known stories of LGBTQ+ life in Ireland up to the present;
  • New Irish comedies; and
  • New works centered around underrepresnted voices in our diverse community.
In addition to cash payments, winners will receive a performance or play reading slot in the 2025 Festival, and may be awarded mentoring opportunities. Applicants should use the forms on our Festival Submissions page.
 
As always, we are in need of volunteers to help plan and run the Festival. Check our Get Involved link above and join us.
 

 

Latest Festival Updates

The deadline for the 2025 Festival is December 15. Get your submissions in now!

Give a gift of theatre for someone special! Gift certificates for the 2025 Festival are now on sale.

Volunteers are needed for the 2025 Festival, May 5-18. Sign up here.

Mark your calendar! Our pub quiz will be at Street 66 on Thursday 27 February.