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Outlandish Theatre is a platform for artists and local communities to create inter-disciplinary theatre and inter-media projects in Dublin and beyond, exploring who we are within perceived cultural, national and global narratives.

PUBLIC CALL OUT

Would you like to be a maker - performer - participant in our next project: The Other Side of Silence (Open Theatre Practice, Season X, 2026/2027) ? ? ? ?

This season's experiment in arts participation and co-creation is to make an experimental Theatre of the Absurd on film, film with artists Michael Higgins (Experimental Filmmaker), James Hosty (WalkingDopeDesigns, movement and sound artist), Maud Hendricks (Participation and performance artist) supported by Maud Hendricks and Bernie O'Reilly (Creative Production), Fiona Bolger (Language and access artist), Laura Hopes (Dramaturgy).

 

 

Open Theatre Practice An innovative performance making platform for anyone interested in creating new, experimental theatre in a supportive and professional environment. Each season culminates in an ensemble performance co-created with an inter-disciplinary creative team. Arts is Health The integration arts practices in healthcare environments with a focus on co-creation processes that give space for artists, staff and patients/clients to engage in the development of inter-media material for new performances which connect to the wider community. Participatory and inter-disciplinary Long-term performance projects created in arts, health and community contexts connecting artists, participants and audiences from the local to the global within the framework of the Sublime and Anthropocene.

New writing:

A Theatre of Ruins

What is an artist, and what is theatre? Maud Hendricks philosophises what theatre is for and for whom.

February 2026

  • "Quite a damning admission for a poet, but “Rubbish” left me lost for words. I was so taken in by the psychical preoccupations of the central characters, that I was whisked up in the transcendental dance of tribalism, language and music..."

    - Clifton Redmond, poet

  • "Highly recommend this production in the Dublin Fringe! Engaged and engaging, it challenges reductive conceptions of refugee identity and experience, presenting instead a faceted depiction of one woman's struggles with the ramifications of war. Well worth supporting."

    - Justine Nakase (NUIG)

  • "This company apparently presupposes that the fourth wall, which should be removed, exists not between the stage and the auditorium, but between the theatre and the street, and, through their performance, induces the audience to bring their vision home."

    - Futoshi Sukauchi (UCD)

  • "I want to be visible. I was happy to be in the theatre. It was good to hear the women's voices and stories: For a long time I have been alone. In this group I am happy because I see everyone. I am now more connected to the society of Ireland."

    - Sultana participant WoW project

  • "Well done Outlandish Theatre & Abbey Theatre for opening that electric debate on the housing crisis. Moments I thought a new Abbey riot was sparked."

    - Lian Bell