Wednesday 28th – Saturday 31st August 2024

Making a Show of Myself

Mary Kate O’ Flanagan, an Irish raconteur shares the most ridiculous, hilarious and tragic episodes of her life, showing there’s a story in every stumble and a little magic in every story.

Making A Show of Myself is on tour around Ireland following a sell-out first run in November/December 2023 at Dublin’s historic Smock Alley Theatre. This piece of theatre is a moving testimony to the Irish gift for storytelling, by one of our most celebrated storytellers. Recounting her most ridiculous and embarrassing episodes and showing how making them into stories allowed her to find the gift in each of them, Mary Kate entertains while inviting audience to consider how they tell their own stories. This play shows how each of us shapes our own narratives and how they shape us in return.

Mary Kate’s show is a demonstration, and celebration, of the power of stories to sustain us. And this RTE Radio clip is a good example of that (click on image below)…

Here’s what the critics said:
“full of positivity”
“a life-affirming show”
Irish Independent.

“Mary Kate O’Flanagan has perfected the art of storytelling. She is an entertainer of the first rank”
“enchanting”
“life-affirming”
“heart-warming”
nomoreworkhorse.ie

O’Flanagan is a joy”
“endearing and uplifting”
“get there while you can!”
thereviewhub.ie

85 minutes duration.

Making A Show Of Myself is part of our Summer Season. Running throughout July and August, each of the eight shows in the season will have 6 performances from Wednesday – Saturday, including a 1pm show on Thursday and Friday.

For the lunchtime performances, patrons can choose a Lunch & Show ticket for €18, which includes soup or sandwich option, served from 12 noon until ten minutes before the performance time. Show Only tickets are also available for the 1pm shows at €15.

Tickets: €18, €15
*Booking fees apply.