Dublin Theatre Festival

RTÉ notes that the preliminary programme for the 50th Dublin Theatre Festival (27 September - 14 October) has been announced.

The full, expanded programme for the festival will be announced later this year, but among the highlights are the Irish premiere of Marina Carr's 'Woman and Scarecrow' at the Peacock Theatre; Druid Theatre Company's production of 'A Long Day's Journey into Night' at the Gaiety Theatre; Laurie Anderson's 'Homeland' at the Olympia Theatre and Japan's premier Butoh dance company's 'Sanki Juku' at the Gaiety Theatre.

Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O'Donoghue, has granted once-off funding of €200,000 for the anniversary year, and a 50th Celebration Committee had been established to work with the Dublin Theatre Festival.