About The Gate Lab

 
THE GATE THEATRE LAB has become a significant force in Irish Theatre, playing host to FREE pre-show talks, public interviews, rehearsed readings, new writing showcases, workshops, symposia, launches and forum meetings.

Not only does it function as the primary rehearsal space for Gate productions, but it is a creative hub with a multifunctional role.

Equally, it is a venue available for hire and has been used to launch exciting initiatives such as the Edinburgh Festival and Culture Ireland’s Imagine Ireland programme.

Since June 2011, three new works developed from rehearsed readings in the Lab have featured in the Gate Theatre programme; Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People, Anne-Marie Casey’s Little Women and Joseph O’ Connor’s My Cousin Rachel, with at least two further new plays in the pipeline for later this year.

The Lab has begun to establish its support of emerging writers with public readings of new plays, mentoring schemes, writers’ workshops and open interviews with established writers such as Emma Donoghue and Conor McPherson.

In addition, the Lab provides high standard training for the theatre community through initiatives such as the 2011 Director’s Symposium and a variety of workshops for actors.

The Lab has been used by a range of artists including companies such as Fishamble Theatre Company, Landmark Productions, Pan Pan Theatre Company, Second Age, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and many more independent actors, writers and directors.

Our series of FREE pre-show talks and forum meetings have proved immensely popular, with informal sittings with artists and thinkers including Marina Carr, Ingrid Craigie, Hugo Hamilton, Ciaran Hinds, Patrick Mason, Frank McGuinness, Mark O’ Halloran, Mark O’ Regan, Fintan O’ Toole, David Parnell, Owen
Roe, Colm Toibín and Willie White.

For further details on The Gate Theatre Lab, please contact info@gate-theatre.ie

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