Debut One Act Festival 2026

About the production

The three one act plays of the 2026 Debut One Act Festival were:

The IT by Vivienne Franzmann
Cast: Ada Meyler, Bella-Rose Feely, Genevieve Morgan, Jean-Luc Mulloney, Kendra Soria Gonzalez, Marianne Binchy, Theo Saccomano
“Because when they all saw Grace Freemantle lose her sh*t on the P.E field that day… I saw something different.”
The IT follows the story of Grace Freemantle, a “totally average” student whose world begins to fall apart as she faces external and internal horrors.

Ivan and the Dogs by Hattie Naylor
Cast: Tuathla Cooling, Gráinne Nally, Alin Doljescu, Ryan Skelly, Shane Carpenter, Sonja Murrogh .
“…So Mothers and Fathers tried to find things they could get rid of, things that ate, things that…needed to be kept warm.”
4-year old Ivan finds himself alone on the cold streets of a city where all the children, and all the dogs, are not welcome. But then, he finds a family…in a pack of dogs, and soon becomes one.

Scraps devised by the company with Fionntán Larney
Cast: Chloe Donnet, Linnet Walsh, Saffron Wilmot, Ollie McHugh, Robert Lee-Miller, Holly Webster
“Welcome to the Madhouse!”
Devised, written, and performed by the cast, Scraps is about the moments of connection, confusion, and contention. Memories, love and all of the moments in between.

Age Suitability: 14+
Warnings: Discussion of Suicide and Mental Illness

DIRECTED BY Luka Costello, Fionntán Larney, Eftychia Spyridaki
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Xaver Bosbach, Conor Hynes, Molly Lavin, Aoife Maguire, Patrick Meenan, Lucy Savage
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Ash Kennedy
COSTUME DESIGN BY Jack Irwin, Aaron Dempsey
COSTUME ASSISTANTS Aaron O’Neill, Oscar Ryan
LIGHTING OPERATORS Coco Evans, Aifric Lemtouni, Moya O’Keefe
SOUND OPERATORS Dani Batacan, Ruby Macdiarmuda
PRODUCTION MANAGER Eli McCarthy
PROPS DESIGNED BY Lucia Derrington
BACKSTAGE CREW Polly-Jean Wilson, Lauren Furlong
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING Elliott Hynes

TICKETS €12 | €10 (student/OAP/unemployed)

RUNNING TIME 2 Hours incl interval