Dance and migration works set for Longford theatre this autumn
The Act of Existing is a bold new dance duet by acclaimed choreographer Philip Connaughton for Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company
FROM experimental dance to stories of Irish emigration, Backstage Theatre has a diverse programme lined up for audiences this autumn.
The Act of Existing is a bold new dance duet by acclaimed choreographer Philip Connaughton for Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company, where choices have unexpected consequences and no two moments are quite the same.
Playful, surprising and sometimes unsettling, this thought-provoking new work explores how we influence one another and what it really means to simply be ourselves. Expect a live encounter where anything can happen.
The dance show is strictly 18+. Contains nudity and strobe lighting.
Tickets for The Act of Existing at Backstage Theatre on Wednesday, September 30 at 8pm are available on 0433347888 or backstage.ie.
Led by Co-Artistic Directors Tara Brandel and Bobbi Byrne, Croí Glan is an award-winning disabled led Contemporary Dance Company celebrating diverse bodies on stage, and a flagship company for EDI with a case study in the new AC EDI handbook.
As part of Lasta Festival 2026, there will be an exciting show blending performance, video, archive testimony and live electronic music, a mother and daughter on a road trip meet present-day migrants, activists and strangers along the route, asking who gets to draw the lines between us and them.
Performed in English, French and Italian with surtitles, Aliens will take to the stage on Thursday, October 1 at 8pm. Tickets cost €15. Aliens won the Beyond Borders Award and was nominated for Best Production at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025. ,
The LASTA Festival 2026 is the sixth edition of a national, youth-curated arts festival created by young people for young people across Ireland.