Once Off Productions

26/05/2026

POISON makes its Irish premiere this week at in Galway, before traveling to in Dublin next month.

In this rehearsal room conversation, director talks about the relationship at the heart of Lot Vekemans’ powerful two-hander: two people bound together by grief, memory, love, and everything left unsaid.

Irish premiere.
Book now via / .
70 minutes, no interval.

GALWAY
📍
📅 28–30 May
🕖 8pm | Sat matinee, 3pm

DUBLIN
📍 — Cube
📅 3–6 June
🕖 7:45pm | Sat matinee, 2:45pm

Tickets via

Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by

26/05/2026

*POISON* makes its Irish premiere this week at in Galway, before traveling to in Dublin next month.

In this rehearsal room conversation, and Rachel O’Byrne talk about the relationship at the heart of Lot Vekemans’ powerful two-hander — two people bound together by grief, memory, love, and everything left unsaid.

Irish premiere.
Book now via / .
70 minutes, no interval.

GALWAY
📍
📅 28–30 May
🕖 8pm | Sat matinee, 3pm

DUBLIN
📍 — Cube
📅 3–6 June
🕖 7:45pm | Sat matinee, 2:45pm

Tickets via

Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by

Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne

Video:

Funded by
Supported by

Age 14+

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Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by
Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne
Set & Costume Design:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: .kav
Stage Manager:
ASM / Wardrobe: .bates_
Production Manager:
Company Manager:
Producer:
Lead Image Photo:

26/05/2026

POISON makes its Irish premiere on Thursday 28th May at the Mick Lally Theatre in Galway, before traveling to Project Arts Centre in Dublin on Wednesday 3rd June.

Mullen Bursary recipient Lianne O'Shea (), director of POISON by Lot Vekemans, talks about the play and the importance of , its audiences, and the Bursary to her and this new production.

POISON is an intimate, powerful two-hander about grief, memory, love, and everything left unsaid.

GALWAY
📍
📅 28–30 May
🕖 8pm | Sat matinee, 3pm

DUBLIN
📍 — Cube
📅 3–6 June
🕖 7:45pm | Sat matinee, 2:45pm

Tickets via

Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by

Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne

Video:

Funded by
Supported by

Age 14+

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Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by
Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne
Set & Costume Design:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: .kav
Stage Manager:
ASM / Wardrobe: .bates_
Production Manager:
Company Manager:
Producer:
Lead Image Photo:
Design:

26/05/2026

Naoise Dunbar and Rachel O’Byrne in our final week of rehearsals for POISON by Lot Vekemans, directed by Lianne O'Shea .

An intimate, powerful two-hander about grief, memory, love, and everything left unsaid. In the room, we’ve been exploring the silences as much as the words ... the fragile space between two people reconnecting after years apart.

POISON opens on Thursday 28th May at the Mick Lally Theatre in Galway, before traveling to Project Arts Centre in Dublin on Wednesday 3rd June.

GALWAY
📍
📅 28–30 May
🕖 8pm | Sat matinee, 3pm

DUBLIN
📍 — Cube
📅 3–6 June
🕖 7:45pm | Sat matinee, 2:45pm

Tickets via

Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by

Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne

Photos:

Funded by
Supported by

Age 14+

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Written by Lot Vekemans
Translated by Rina Vergano
Directed by
Performed by and Rachel O’Byrne
Set & Costume Design:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: .kav
Stage Manager:
ASM / Wardrobe: .bates_
Production Manager:
Company Manager:
Producer:
Lead Image Photo:
Design:

26/05/2026

FOR THE RECORD

This summer sees the world premiere of For the Record, a bold new live performance from Colin Dunne , created in collaboration with Becky Ní Éallaithe (concertina/vocals) and Ultan O’Brien (fiddle/viola).

Blending voice, electronics, spoken word, live music, and dance, the work unfolds as a dynamic and shape-shifting encounter where roles constantly blur and no two performances are ever the same.

Rooted in tradition while pushing beyond its boundaries, For the Record creates a richly layered live experience that is both intimate and unpredictable, bringing together three exceptional performers in a shared act of listening, improvisation, and exchange.

The production will premiere this summer at:

7 July — glór, Ennis
9 July — Dance Limerick
12 & 13 August — Kilkenny Arts Festival

For the Record is produced by Once Off Productions , commissioned by Luail – Ireland’s National Dance Company , and co-produced by Luail, glór , and Dance Limerick

30/04/2026

Huge congrats to Cork Midsummer Festival on the launch of a brilliant festival programme.

We’re very proud to be presenting two at this year’s festival: two exciting pieces of new Irish writing, brought to life by exceptional artists.

* Deirdre Kinahan’s The Homecoming of Joseph Grace*
Directed by Louise Lowe, and performed by Michael Glenn Murphy .

*The Lost Tapes of Lydia Howell*
An intimate new work written and performed by Ray Scannell, directed by Tom Creed.

See you in Cork!

Book now via Cork Midsummer

17/04/2026

Huge congrats to Bernie and Emilia , our newest recruits in to the OOP Producer Programme, who graduated yesterday from &

20/11/2025

UNCLE VANYA
by Brian Friel, after Anton Chekhov

🔥 Tickets are selling fast, with some performances already sold out. Early booking is strongly advised.

📍 Smock Alley Theatre, Main Space
📅 4–20 December 2025
🕖 7pm | Saturday Matinées on 13 and 20 December at 2pm
🤟 ISL Performance: Tuesday 9 December
🎧 Audio Described Performance: Wednesday 17 December

🎟️ Tickets: https://smockalley.com/uncle-vanya/

Chekhov’s masterpiece returns to Dublin in Brian Friel’s vivid, funny and devastating version. A fragile rural household is thrown into turmoil when old resentments and long-buried desires erupt with life-changing consequences.

Following last year’s sold-out production of A Streetcar Named Desire, award-winning director Cathal Cleary brings audiences another unmissable classic this Christmas.

Featuring an outstanding ensemble:
Catherine Byrne
Risteárd Cooper
Nick Dunning
Adam Fergus
Eavan Gaffney
Morgan C Jones
Eleanor Methven
Maria Oxley Boardman
HK Ní Shioradáin

Creative Team:
Written by Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Brian Friel
Directed by Cathal Cleary
Set & Costume Design: Maree Kearns
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Composer & Sound Design: Martha Knight

Funded by the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Age Suitability: 14+

Image description:
Black and white promotional portrait featuring one performer (Risteárd Cooper) upright and the other (Eavan Gaffney) reflected below, both resting their heads in their hands. Bright green title text reads UNCLE VANYA.

Brian Friel’s version of Uncle Vanya is clear, urgent, and heartbreakingly funny. Staged for the first time in Dublin in nearly 30 years, it asks us: is happiness ever worth the risk, and what price must we pay for wanting more? Directed by Cathal Cleary with Risteárd Cooper as Vanya.

06/11/2025

✨ LOVE AT THE END OF TIME ✨
Opens tonight at Project Arts Centre — and runs until 8 November.

In a city washed clean by catastrophe, four survivors circle each other in a strange new world of bewilderment, desire, and suspicion.

A darkly absurd, mythic fantasy — intimate, unsettling, and shot through with flashes of humour.

Written by Roderick Ford
Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
Set & Costume Design Alyson Cummins
Lighting Design Stephen Dodd
Sound Design Carl Kennedy

⭐ Featuring
Brenda Meaney
Tierra Porter
Karl Quinn
Saorla Rodger

📍 Project Arts Centre
🎟️ Runs until 8 November — tickets at projectartscentre.ie

Once Off Productions Asylum Productions
Supported by Axis Ballymun
Funded by

📸 Photos by P atricio Cassinoni

05/11/2025

💥 LOVE AT THE END OF TIME previews tonight and opens tomorrow at Project Arts Centre!

In a city washed clean by catastrophe, four survivors circle each other in a strange new world of bewilderment, desire, and suspicion.

A darkly absurd, mythic fantasy — intimate, unsettling, and shot through with flashes of humour.

🎭 Written by Roderick Ford
🎬 Directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks
⭐ Starring Karl Quinn, Brenda Meaney, Tierra Porter & Saorla Rodger

📍 The Cube, Project Arts Centre
📅 Previews tonight 5 Nov | Opens Thurs 6 Nov | Runs until 8 Nov
🎟️ Book now → projectartscentre.ie/events/love-at-the-end-of-time

Once Off Productions | Asylum Productions
Supported by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

In a city washed clean by catastrophe, four survivors circle each other in a strange new world of bewilderment, desire, and suspicion. Love at the End of Time is a darkly absurd, mythic fantasy. Intimate, unsettling, and shot through with flashes of humour. Written by award-winning poet and playwrig...