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It is now only 2 days until Irish Modern Dance Theatre returns to Project! Running from 6 – 8 July, get ready for a line-up over over 22 Irish & Irish-identifying choreographers. Come to one performance or come to all 3 for €60 via the link below.

From panel discussions to performances, get ready for a 3 day programme of dance works celebrating the strength and diversity of Irish identity and the Irish dance landscape.

Our very own Dance Artist in Residence Jessie Thompson will also feature with her solo performance of BENCH as part of the programme on 8 July.

Now in its eighth year, Dancer from the Dance Festival of Irish Choreography is a series of mixed programmes or gatherings of Irish and Irish-identifying choreographers, crossing borders of ethnicity, dance practices, generations, genders and dance styles from Contemporary to sean nós to classical ballet.

6 – 8 July | Space Upstairs
Tickets €24/22 or all 3 for €60 via the link: https://t.co/ZMNZCS8UFF

Trailer by Luca Truffarelli

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Got your tickets yet? It is now less than 3 weeks until Dead Centre come to Project with To Be A Machine Version 2.0, a VR experience starring Jack Gleeson and you. Running from 21 – 25 July. Book now via the link below. But hurry! Many performances have sold out.

“Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd’s playfully original work tests expectations of reailty and theatrical illusion.” ★★★★ Irish Times

From its very beginning theatre has offered audiences a chance to escape the world and enter a new one. But what happens when theatre stops working? Where do we go next?

Dead Centre’s To Be A Machine (Version 1.0) meditated on the use of technology to improve the human condition. Version 2.0 goes further, exploring how virtual reality will soon feel more immersive than reality itself. And that might mean we never have to go to the theatre again.

Please note: Ticket holders must submit a photo of their face, to be able to take part in the experience. After purchasing a ticket, you will be sent a link by email with instructions on how to upload your photo. It is important that you upload your photo immediately after booking your ticket, to confirm your place in the experience.

21 – 25 July | Space Upstairs
Preview – SOLD OUT
Performances €24/22 via the link: https://t.co/8g1DSGjp8W

Video: Footage from To Be a Machine (Version 2.0) by Dead Centre. Trailer edit by Gareth Byrne.

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Low ticket warning! 🚨 It's less than 4 weeks until Breadline return to their home base at Project with The Fattest Dancer at St Bernadette's. Running in the Cube from 28 July – 1 August. Book now via the link below.

“An excellent tribute to, and send-up of, the stage-school world… hilarious reinvention of the one-man show.” – The Irish Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Julian La Blanc could have been a star. A real bleedin’ contender he was. So how did he end up teaching these ungrateful little wagons in St. Bernadette’s Parish Hall Ballybough? Well, point your toes, pay your fees and he just might tell ya.

This legend of Dublin Fringe makes its Norma Desmond return reimagined as a one man spectacular. Written and performed by TKB.

Want bang for your buck? Click the link and grab a ticket to the next PAF Connects event in collab with Breadline, happening on 30 July! Make a night out of it with your mates: https://t.co/SmzSKm0xlL

28 July – 1 August | Cube
Tickets €22/18 via the link: https://t.co/zaxtiqLkFr
Poster by Ste Murray

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Ham Sandwiches and Discipline by NAF Dance runs in the Cube from 15 – 18 July as part of As Seen On Fringe, deemed “a must-see” by The Irish Times and District Magazine. Tickets from €18 via the link below.

After a national and international festival tour, Ham Sandwiches and Discipline returns to Dublin for a four night run at Project. Witness the passionate drive of the GAA, fused with dance, disco and comedy to encapsulate the beautiful madness of Irish culture.

From mammies’ sideline screaming, manic pundits, stadium crisp eating and teenage club socials, we delve into what makes this sport a national tradition. While injecting this hive of Irishness with campiness and humour, we glimpse at what growing up in Ireland can be like and what can shape a national identity.

15 – 18 July | Cube
Tickets €20/18 via the link: https://t.co/RAJqllA33B

Why catch one when you can have them all? Come see two As Seen On Fringe shows for €35, or catch all 4 shows for €60. Simply add the x1 full price ticket for each show to your basket and the discount will be automatically applied.

Video by Nóra Ní Anluain Fay

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Roots in Every Room by Anna D runs in the Cube from 15 - 18 July as part of As Seen On Fringe. Tickets from €18 via the link below.

Off the back of its sell-out Dublin Fringe run in 2025, Roots in Every Room is a powerful one-woman live performance blending spoken word, poetry, film, and sound to tell a deeply personal story of healing and ancestral reckoning. Inspired by dreams passed down through generations, it is a viciously vulnerable exploration of the struggles of womanhood, trauma and emotional survival.

A visceral, multi-sensory experience, the show invites you to witness one woman’s journey to break cycles, reclaim feminine power, and transform inherited pain into radical hope and strength.

15 - 18 July | Cube
Tickets €20/18 via the link: https://t.co/p4dKpz6mui

Why catch one when you can have them all? Come see two As Seen On Fringe shows for €35, or catch all 4 shows for €60. Simply add the x1 full price ticket for each show to your basket and the discount will be automatically applied.

Video by Greg Purcell.

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Irish Modern Dance Theatre are back in the building! Dancer From The Dance Festival of Irish Choreography runs from 6 – 8 July in the Space Upstairs. Book now here: https://t.co/ZMNZCS8UFF

Boasting a line-up of over 22 Irish & Irish-identifying choreographers, get ready for a 3 day programme of dance works celebrating the strength and diversity of Irish identity and the Irish dance landscape.

Just announced! Join us on 6 July at 4:30pm in our Upper Foyer for a panel discussion: The Dancing Body – Who gets to be Irish? Moderated by Seona MacReamoinn, the panel will focus on the contemporary perceptions of Irishness and concepts of the Irish dancing body. €5 tickets available on our website.

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Tickets | €24/22
Get a ticket for all three performances on 6, 7 and 8 July for €60!

Partners include Dance Ireland, Project Arts Centre, IFI Irish Film Institute, Dublin City Council, Galway Dance and Millenium, Année européenne des Normands.

Please note: Performances will be held at Project Arts Centre. Workshops, dance films and classes will happen off site. Full information for these available at https://t.co/rhct4XGJnK.

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Two weeks. Four Shows. One Stage. A host of your Fringe faves are returning to Project this July for our As Seen On Fringe mini festival, running from 13 – 25 July. Book now via the link below.

Why chose only one when you can have them all? Make a night of it and catch both performances in one evening (7pm & 9:15pm) for only €35. You can also catch all four performances throughout the 2 weeks for just €60. Simply add the individual tickets into your cart and the discount will be automatically applied.

Every year Dublin Fringe Festival lights up the city with a jam-packed programme of theatre, performance, dance and more. Whether your itinerary didn’t allow you to catch everything, or you loved a performance so much you need to see it again, our As Seen on Fringe programme allows Fringe audiences to experience the magic of these productions once more!

Find out more about these shows via the link: https://t.co/DuysFaPWDw

Graphic & logo design by Jen Mongey Balfe
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We were absolutely delighted to host dancer and choreographer Sindri Runudde and their Access supporter Pavel Heidler in Ireland for a few days last month as part of their international residency with Europe Beyond Access. Sindri and Pavel travelled from Multiplie Festival in Trondheim to Dublin for a week of artistic research and collaboration with some of Ireland’s leading access facilitators. Learn more at the link below.

Alongside dramaturgical support from our Artistic Director Sophie Motley, Sindri met with our Access Manager and Creative Producer Adrian Colwell, as well as our long-time collaborator Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, to discuss access provision within arts organisations and approaches to audio description. An audio-described performance of PUFF was also organised for Sindri to attend, which ran at Project as part of the Dublin Dance Festival.

Further artistic research included a visit to West Kerry to meet with Michael Keegan Dolan of Teac Damsa and listen to the sounds of their studio, as well as participation in a creative audio and sensory experience at the Samuel Beckett Theatre facilitated by access artist Helen Hall.

We look forward to continued collaboration with Sindri in the future, and a huge thank you to Europe Beyond Access for making international connections between disabled artists like this possible.

Find out more about Sindri’s International residency at the link: https://t.co/JGJLCEuUcv

Pictured: Sindri recording the sounds of a Dublin pedestrian crossing as part of a soundscape composition.

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Created by the neuro-spicey, for the neuro-spicey. Get ready for the return of Wired, a neuro-friendly club night, on Thurs 9 July at Project Arts Centre. Grab a €10 ticket via the link below.

Meet the Wired collective, the creatives behind this new club night. From high-energy BPMs to sensory areas and quiet spaces, the collective have made sure that Wired is the hottest accessible event on Dublin's nightlife map.

After a sell-out club night in May, Wired is back for its July edition. Four DJs. Three chill out areas. Two dance floors. One building. Move through the entire Project Arts Centre building, and explore a range of neuro-friendly spaces, each designed with its own atmosphere, energy and pace. This is a night for club lovers and club avoiders alike.

Wired is presented in collaboration with Dublin Dance Festival and Project Arts Centre with the support of the ESB Energy for Generations Fund.

Thurs 9 July
8 – 8:30pm: Ease your way into the space
8:30 – 11:30pm: Club night
Tickets €10 via the link:https://t.co/a85AHfKNe2

Video by Christos Celniku.

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Free this Thursday? For just €10 join us on 25 June at 7:45pm for our Disabled Artists Scratch Night, a curated evening of new ideas and works-in-progress showings from a group of disabled artists. Book now via the link below.

Take a listen to our Artistic Director Sophie Motley and Access Manager & Creative Producer Adrian Colwell chat a bit more about what audiences can expect from a Scratch night at Project, as well as our relationship with Europe Beyond Access. From connecting disabled artists around the globe to giving local disabled artists the opportunity to present work for the first time, EBA and Project are committed to breaking the glass ceiling of contemporary performing arts.

We are absolutely thrilled to be hosting four disabled artists this Thursday: Erin McNamara, Niamh McPhillips, the Lunatraktors & Maryam Madani. From folk music to wheelchair dancing and participatory performance, expect a little bit of everything from some of Ireland's most exciting disabled artists.

Thurs 25 June, 7:45pm | Cube
Tickets €10 via the link: https://t.co/Q1Pelgk3Dt

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Low ticket warning! 🚨 Dead Centre's To Be A Machine (Version 2.0), a virtual experience starring Jack Gleeson and you, is coming to Project from 21 – 25 July. Limited tickets remain via the link: https://t.co/8g1DSGjp8W

What’s wrong with reality? Why do we feel the need to escape it? From its very beginning theatre has offered audiences a chance to escape the world and enter a new one. But what happens when theatre stops working? Where do we go next?

Dead Centre’s To Be A Machine (Version 1.0) meditated on the use of technology to improve the human condition. Version 2.0 goes further, exploring how virtual reality will soon feel more immersive than reality itself. And that might mean we never have to go to the theatre again.

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: Ticket holders must submit a photo of their face, to be able to take part in the experience. After purchasing a ticket, you will be sent a link by email with instructions on how to upload your photo. It is important that you upload your photo immediately after booking your ticket, to confirm your place in the experience.

📸: 1 & 4 Ste Murray, 2 & 3 Vincent VDH
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Tomorrow, we kick off our annual Open Day! The time has nearly come for us to swing our doors open in Temple Bar and invite you in for a full day of free food, workshops, performances, screenings, tours & more! Running from 11am – 5pm. Find out more via the link below.

Our Bar Manager Eli is here to take you through what you can expect in our spaces throughout the day, as well as make sure you definitely know where we are...once you see us, you can't miss us!

If you haven't already, check out the full programme at the link below. Have a specific event in mind? Make sure you double check the time & space so you don't miss out. Or, if you're taking it chill, come prepared to wander in and out of our spaces with an open mind – and chill, chat and connect.

Tomorrow has an open door policy. No faff, no fuss, no booking required. We have everything sorted, all you have to do is show up.

Find out more: https://t.co/WqZP50EUv4

We can't wait to see you ❤️‍🔥
End card design by Emma Conway

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Wired, a neuro-friendly club night, is BACK for its July edition! Join us on 9 July at Project Arts Centre for the second iteration of the hottest accessible event on Dublin's nightlife map. Grab a €10 ticket via the link below before they sell out!

Do you want to go clubbing but low key get over stimulated and need to have a quiet sit down and listen to Enya? Move through the entire Project Arts Centre building, and explore a range of neuro-friendly spaces, each designed with its own atmosphere, energy and pace. This is a night for club lovers and club avoiders alike.

Picture gentle ambient lighting, soft quiet furnishings, chill groovy sounds, and high-energy BPMs inviting you to stim the night away. Whether it’s a high-energy or a relaxed club experience you’re after, this is your opportunity to take up space and dance on your terms.

Thurs 9 July
8 – 8:30pm: Ease your way into the space
8:30 – 11:30pm: Club night
Tickets €10 via the link: https://t.co/a85AHfKNe2

Supported by the ESB Energy for Generations Fund, Wired is a capacity building initiative developed through a partnership between Project Arts Centre and Dublin Dance Festival, bringing together a new collective of neurodivergent artists.

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Let the sermon, begin.

For tonight and tomorrow, Day Magee is taking over The Cube.

You are at a bus stop waiting for a bus – in short, you are following the rules. The bus is due, but has yet to arrive – the game itself is not following the rules.

You are approached by a fellow passenger-in-waiting, who begins to tell you a story about a bus driver. As to where the story goes, you will have to wait and see. It would appear that, either way, waiting is the name of the game.

Here, the performance artist Day Magee delivers an artist’s sermon to their fellow artists – a preaching to the choir, if you will – on the rules they are expected to follow, the rules they are expected to break, and the rewards and punishment they might be seeking.

Tickets are #SoldOut but keep an eye on our socials for any last minute releases!

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Final programme announcement! Our annual Open Day is this Sat 20 June, so it's about time we spill the beans and announce the final few artists and collectives who will be joining us on the day. View the full programme via the link: https://t.co/WqZP50EUv4

To keep us fed and watered we of course had to invite our neighbours over at Indigo & Cloth to pour their Cold Brew Cream Top (a seasonal special!) to set us up for the day. Joining the line-up as well is Food Baby who will be serving some of Nigeria's most loved flavours and street food favourites to keep us moving!

Woman in STEM will be keeping the vibes going with some nu-disco, electronica, tech house, Khia Assylum Pop and plenty of cheeky soundcloud pop edits.

Want to know more about how we run things? Join Han, our House Manager, for a tour of the entire building, including back-stage access and a peek into our non-public spaces, including our balcony.

And finally, speaking of spaces, check out Tobi Bello's digital and print archive installation titled The Queer Archive, presented in our brand new space, The Percolator. Located in our lower foyer, this space is in the works to provide yet another way for audiences to engage with the artists we work with and the work that they present. More on that soon...

We have everything covered, so all that's left to do is show up. As always our Open Day is free to attend, no booking required!

We can't wait to see you 🪩
Sat 20 June | 11am – 5pm

Designs by Emma Conway
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📣 Introducing four artists presenting at our Open Day for the first time: Tierra Porter, Sophie O'Toole & Trudy Nolan (D'Girlos Theatre) and Ciarán O'Keefe (Smilin' Kanker). You can catch them throughout the building on Sat 20 June from 11 am – 5pm.

Whether these guys have presented work in other forms or are making their Project debut, they promise a fresh-faced perspective with new ideas and opportunities for our Open Day.

Tierra will present Gather & Sing, a music workshop blending classical vocal training and gospel-rooted musicality – no previous experience necessary! D'Girlos will be performing a short except from their award-winning play, That's Sooo Povo, and Ciarán is bringing back Smilin' Kanker to sing a cycle of love songs throughout the day.

And we've just dropped the timetable for the day! Check out the link for the itinerary and keep your eyes peeled for our final announcement next week: https://t.co/WqZP50EUv4

Our Open Day is free to attend, with no booking required. No faff, no fuss. Just turn up, wander through each space and see where the day takes you.

End card design by Emma Conway.

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Just announced! Join us on Tues 23 June at 6pm in our Gallery for an in-conversation between artist Liliana Zeic and co-curator Dr Aleksandra Gajowy to find out more about the thinking behind our current exhibition, Eating the Sun. Limited free tickets are available to book now at the link below.

The Polish-born, Warsaw-based artist Liliana Zeic works with craft techniques, video, photography, objects, and text, creating intermedia and performative projects based on artistic research. Her artistic practice is grounded in queer feminism and queer ecology, most recently focusing on queer histories through the lens of folk mythology.

Eating the Sun is part of a research-led curatorial project, developed in collaboration with Dr Aleksandra Gajowy (UCD), designed to introduce Central and Eastern European (CEE) lesbian artistic practices to an Irish audience.

Book a free ticket now and find out more at the link: https://t.co/uaVtobAB7p
Eating the Sun runs in our Gallery until 18 July from 11am - 6pm.

This exhibition is co-curated by Dr Aleksandra Gajowy, UCD and Marysia Więckiewicz, Project Arts Centre. This exhibition is kindly supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland, and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin.

Image credit: Liliana Zeic, Water Nymphs (Świtezianki), 2025. Intarsia: Californian walnut burl, thick shelled river mussel and swan mussel shells, steel, 49 x 40 cm. Photography by Ste Murray.

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Open Day announcement! Whether you are creating your own itinerary or going with the flow, we want to make sure you are fully equipped to enjoy our annual Open Day on Sat 20 June. Take a scroll through for our latest drop of artists and collectives and find out more at the link: https://t.co/WqZP50EUv4

Black Tones, a literary arts community for minority writers, will be presenting a number of performers from their community, recreating the essence of their open-mic nights. Featured performers will include poets Bridget Kabouet and Tamilore Rivera-Clinton.

Sementes do Cerrado are bringing the rhythms with The Samba de Roda, a vibrant expression of music, dance, and poetry. This project is an artistic and cultural gesture of reverence to the generations who shaped Brazil, and an invitation to collectively embody and celebrate their living legacy.

Next up we have Ailbhe O'Connor and Emma O'Grady presenting We FORAGE for... An arts collective exploring the multiplicity of ways in which we can engage with the natural world. Take a moment for yourself in this workshop as you create a petal mandala made from foraged foliage.

And finally, back by popular demand, NeuroGamers Ireland return to our Open Day! Join us for even more board games, a chance to learn something new, and connect with fellow gamers.

With a few more tricks still up our sleeves we are counting down the days till we open our doors in Temple Bar to welcome YOU, our artists and audiences, to experience Project like never before.

Are you in? Join us on Sat 20 June from 11am - 5pm and find out more at the link: https://t.co/WqZP50EUv4

Designs by Emma Conway.
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Block off your calendar from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, June 20 💖 👉 https://t.co/ZlN1P0Q8GQ #GCNnews #AD @projectarts

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Dancer From The Dance Festival of Irish Choreography is back! 2026's edition hosts an extraordinary line-up of Irish and Irish-identifying choreographers crossing borders of ethnicity, dance practices, generations, genders and dance styles. Running from 6 - 8 July in The Space Upstairs.

Now in its 8th year, the festival features over 22 choreographers performing short exciting dance works celebrating the strength and diversity of the Irish identity and the Irish dance landscape. Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/7rET9nJFZM

Tickets | €24/22
Get a ticket for all three performances on 6, 7 and 8 July for €60!