Touring Company
Our touring company is called Directions Out Theatre Company which tours nationally.
The company was founded in 2014 to tour productions and create new work using classic and experimental theatre techniques.
Halcyon Days opened at The Viking Theatre, Clontarf in January 2019. It Went on tour Ireland in Autumn of the same year. The Most recent revival of Halcyon Days toured Ireland in Spring 2022 and featured Barry McGovern, veteran actor of Irish stage and screen.
Produced by Directions Out Theatre, Halcyon Days is written by Irish Playwright Deirdre Kinahan and is a hilarious and poignant story, set in a nursing home, that dramatises the emerging friendship between Patricia played by Una Crawford O'Brien and Sean played by Bryan Murray.
As the pair negotiate their failing health, a combative and charming friendship begins to blossom.
'In Search of Mr B' is an hilarious comedy with Bryan Murray & Michael Bates in an irreverent vaudeville about one of
Ireland's greatest talents.
Samuel Beckett wakes up in the after-life to find that his conscience won’t let him rest.
The show was produced by Directions Out Theatre and toured nationwide including the Civic Theatre Tallaght, Draiocht Blanchardstown, and Smock Alley Theatre Dublin. Written by Brian McAvera. Directed by Joe Devlin & Brian McAvera
Produced by Directions Out Theatre, THE KISS, is a play by Jimmy Murphy, starring Luke Griffin and directed by Joe Devlin.
Eddie has dreams but can’t get moving on them anymore. Life was perfect for him and Val. They’d always dreamt of opening a little place of their own - ‘Valentine’s Steaks and Suds’. And then, just as they found the ideal place, a kiss changed everything forever.
As the country embarks on a marriage equality referendum don’t miss this poignant and touching new drama about life and love in contemporary Ireland. A riveting new drama from the writer of hit plays The Hen Night Epiphany, The Kings of The Kilburn High Road and Brothers of the Brush.
'Dave at Large', is a comedy which celebrates the work of the controversial and groundbreaking Irish comedian Dave Allen. The play is written by Brian McAvera and tells the extraordinary story of the iconic Irishman whose rise to international fame saw him become one of the most challenging yet fondly remembered comedians and television personalities of his day.
The show was produced by Directions Out Theatre and toured nationwide including the Civic Theatre Tallaght, the Town Hall Theatre Galway, An Grianán Theatre Letterkenny, the Theatre Royal Waterford, the Wexford Arts Centre and the Viking Theatre Clontarf. Cast includes Michael Bates, Tara Breatnach and Bryan Murray. Directed by Joe Devlin & Brian McAvera.
Life in the Village
In conjunction with the Ranelagh Arts Festival, Directions Out Theatre Company developed and presented a site specific walking tour of places of historical and cultural interest in the Ranelagh/Donnybrook Area.
The exercise resulted in an adaptable pack that other towns and villages could apply to their own areas and histories.
"Bloomsday Breakfast"
Directions Out Theatre developed and provided a yearly Bloomsday Breakfast performance in the Ranelagh Arts Centre which then preambled out in the main village visiting cafés and businesses with performed vignettes from James Joyce's Ulysses.
