Pre & Post Conference activities
The Scenario 2024 team are delighted to suggest a range of activities for you to enjoy whilst in Dublin.
Please note that these activities are NOT included in the conference registration fee and should be viewed as a fun add-on, rather than an alternative to our exciting Conference Programme.
Pre-Conference Suggestions
‘What’s On’ in Dublin Theatres
The Abbey Theatre (The National Theatre of Ireland)
‘Children of the Sun’ by Hilary Fannin
Date: May 8th
Time: 7.30pm
Discount: 15% off for conference attendees* booking B and C tickets
Promo code: Scenario24
A radical adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s classic 1905 dark comedy
“Children of the Sun is the story of how a small family, their collection of friends and one eccentric stranger distract, entertain and enrage each other at a moment of crisis.
Meanwhile, unseen beyond their fragile walls, their world is being reshaped by unstoppable forces.”
This play is part of ‘The Gregory Project’, a season of plays produced to mark one hundred and twenty years of the national theatre of Ireland and to honour its co-founder, Lady Gregory who, along with W.B.Yeats began the history of this theatre in 1904. Their manifesto included the ambitious phrase “to bring upon the stage the deeper emotions of Ireland.”
See: www.abbeytheatre.ie
*This offer is limited to the 'Children of the Sun' performance on 8/05/24, for up to 50 Scenario conference attendees. The promo code must be entered before choosing the seats. Choose standard price tickets for the discount to be applied.
The Gate Theatre Dublin City Centre
‘The Pull of the Stars’ by Emma Donoghue
Set in a Dublin hospital in 1918 during the Spanish flu pandemic, the action takes place in a quarantined maternity ward and this play has an
all female creative team.
“The Gate was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir ......... to offer Dublin audiences an introduction to the world
of European and American theatre, as well as classics from the modern and Irish repertoire ....” (Theatre website)
Date: May 8th
Time: 7.30pm
Matinee 2pm, Sunday May 12th
See: www.gatetheatre.ie
The Gaiety Theatre Dublin City Centre
70th Anniversary Tour from London’s West End ‘The Mousetrap’ by Agatha Christie (World’s longest running play)
Date: May 8th 7.30pm
See: www.gaietytheatre.ie
Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin South City
‘I Should Be So Lucky’ (Touring from the U.K.)
The official Stock ,Aitken,Waterman musical (from the hit pop song factory of this trio ) “featuring the soundtrack of a generation with music from pop royalty including Kylie Minogue,Rick Ashley Jason Donovan and Bananarama”. (Theatre website).
May 8th, 7.30p.m
See: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
Post-Conference Suggestions
Musical Tour of Glendalough
https://www.discoverireland.ie/wicklow/glendalough-musical-tours
For conference delegates who would like to visit some of Ireland’s most renowned tourist spots close to Dublin, we recommend a musical tour of Glendalough on Sunday May 12th.
The musical tour guide is a personalised walking tour that involves a tour guide acting as a storyteller, sharing the history and associated folk stories about the site, as well as playing live traditional Irish music associated with the site.
Fees: 18 euro (instead of 30 euro) for Scenario delegates, for a group of 10 people; 15 euro for a larger group.
Deadline for booking the musical tour: 28/04/2024
Transport to Glendalough not included (1 hour 20 minutes from Dublin City Centre; return fare 16 euro by public transport, see here)
Sample Audio - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g0oERGs-FeigTTdl88F5-dzIAVr57Hvd/view?usp=share_link
The Book of Kells museum
While on Campus, visit
the Book of Kells Immersive Experience
https://www.visittrinity.ie/book-of-kells-experience/
and The Long Room