Culture Night at The Civic 2025
Tickets are FREE, Booking Essential
6:30pm TenderWRITE Readings
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A programme of three short plays by young playwrights
To be TENDER, to show care, WRITE, to mark, on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil or similar implement. This series of readings shine a light on new stories, fresh stories, the mark of exciting new playwrights, all aged 16 – 24. Work by and for young people. Work for everyone. This is a chance to experience the world, life, through the eyes of our youngest artists. Theirs is a post Catholic, multi-cultural Ireland, their world is equal parts online aether and terra firma, their lives fully complex. There is love & desire, anxiety & fear, and a great ability to laugh despite the fact that the world is heating up to a point of explosion. This programme features work by Aidan Kelly, Blaithín Seville, and David Rawle.
TenderWRITE is a young artist development programme in The Civic Theatre, Tallaght, as part of Tenderfoot, The Civic’s Apprentice Theatre Programme for young adults.
Programme Director Tenderfoot Veronica Coburn
TenderWRITE Directors Gavin Kostick ; Veronica Coburn
TenderWRITE is supported by Fishamble, The New Play Company.
Presented By: TenderWRITE & The Civic
Duration: 60 mins. No Interval
7:30pm Space Deli The Concert
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Space Deli is a sci-fi romantic comedy that follows the highs and lows of the staff of a struggling deli counter…in space. It tells the story of a three-strong deli team struggling with their dead-end jobs, bad customers, love triangles, and a workplace on the brink of financial ruin. Can our space heroes save Space Deli from downfall?
Blasting off straight from a sold-out premiere as part of 2024’s Scene + Heard festival, we return to the stage with Space Deli: the Concert, a high-energy showcase of the show’s biggest musical moments. With a live 4-piece band, three vocalists, and a narrated storyline to guide you through the madness, this is your chance to experience the best of Space Deli exclusively for Culture Night. Expect rock-and-roll bangers, sharp comedy, cyborgs, aliens, and a lot of intergalactic deli drama.
If you’re looking for an evening that’s funny, heartfelt, and just a little bit weird, this concert is for you. Fans of musical theatre with a taste for the unconventional, lovers of sci-fi who don’t mind a little romance with their cyborgs, and anyone who’s ever had a terrible boss or a dead-end job.
Presented By: Pay Attention Productions
Duration: 45 mins. No Interval
Tickets are FREE as part of Culture NightBooking Essential
Pay Attention Productions is a collective of writers, musicians, and theatre-makers committed to telling bold new stories. Their work includes numerous plays and variety shows, with Space Deli being their most recent venture.
8:30pm The Tolka Hot Club
Tolka Hot Club are delighted to return to The Civic for Culture Night, bringing with them an exciting array of music from around the world
FREE, in the lobby
