News & Events

Ahead of our World Premiere production of What Are You Afraid Of? with Kilkenny Arts Festival, we are thrilled to announce the cast! Joining writer and performer Peter Hanly will be Domhnall Herdman and Niamh McAllister. Domhnall performed in our Great Plays series earlier this year and recently performed in Emma at the Abbey Theatre. Niamh … Continued

We are thrilled to be returning to Kilkenny Arts Festival this summer to present What Are You Afraid Of?, a world premiere by Peter Hanly. You may remember the actor Peter Hanly from such projects as Mel Gibson’s multi-Oscar winning Braveheart, or BBC’s smash hit TV show Ballykissangel? Maybe? Well, how about all the times … Continued

We are so pleased to welcome Clara Purcell to Rough Magic as our new Associate Producer. Clara most recently worked on the producing team at the Abbey Theatre. Prior to that, she was a freelance producer working with The New Theatre, WitchWork Theatre Company and Devious Theatre among others. Her work has toured around Ireland … Continued

Rough Magic presents a series of play readings. Project Arts Centre March 2025.

We are looking for an Associate Producer to join the Rough Magic team. This will be a full-time role working with the company on all aspects of operation and strategy including production, fundraising and public engagement. The successful candidate will play a vital role in the delivery of a very exciting programme of events in … Continued

We are thrilled to launch our collaboration with Trinity Long Room Hub, and to announce the inaugural Rough Magic Fellow Eoghan Carrick. The Fellowship has been created with the research institute to mark our long connection with Trinity College Dublin, where Rough Magic was formed and where our archive is housed.   The Trinity Long Room … Continued

Rough Magic announces CN Smith and Ruth McCloskey as the two Rough Ideas Open Call winners.

A very special concert performance of IMPROBABLE FREQUENCY to mark the production’s 20th anniversary. 16th Dec 2024. The Sugar Club, Dublin.

In celebration of Rough Magic’s 40th Birthday, we are partnering with Draíocht to give 40 pairs of free tickets to young audiences in the Dublin 15 area for our production of FREEFALLING by Georgina Miller. FREEFALLING is a daring aerial trapeze act, telling the true story of a near death experience. It’s theatre, but not … Continued

Rough Magic is delighted to announce another ROUGH IDEAS: Open Call for writers! To celebrate our 40th birthday; this time it’s bigger and brighter. We want to use the opportunity during this anniversary year to discover new talent, continue our artist development, and engage with even more artists. An Open Call for emerging/early career writers … Continued