The Gate Theatre and Dead Poets Live present
DEAD POETS LIVE:
AUTUMN JOURNAL
by LOUIS MACNEICE
featuring ÉANNA HARDWICKE
| A thrillingly intimate setting of Louis MacNeice’s Autumn Journal, starring BAFTA & IFTA-nominated actor Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment; Normal People).
The autumn of 1938 was, if you were British, arguably the most frightening moment of the twentieth century. Louis MacNeice was a poet from Northern Ireland, turning thirty-one and working as a lecturer in London and Autumn Journal, his masterpiece, describes his response to a season of intense anxiety and uncertainty. It’s a diary poem, which frets and argues with itself and blends the personal – a love affair, the daily round in London, the leaves falling and Christmas coming – with the overwhelming and terrifying inevitability of an approaching war. There’s no other poem quite like Autumn Journal, and few which communicate that mixture of dread, distraction and incidental beauty which seems so uncannily descriptive of our own present moment. ÉANNA HARDWICKE is an actor and writer from Cork. This is his Gate Theatre debut. Recent theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard (Donmar Warehouse). His film/TV credits include Normal People (Element); A Very Royal Scandal (Amazon); The Sixth Commandment (BBC, BAFTA nomination); Lakelands (IFTA nomination); Fate: The Winx Saga (Netflix); The Sparrow; Smother (RTÉ/Peacock); Joan Verra; The Doll Factory; Krypton; and Vivarium. His most recent role for screen is Roy Keane opposite Steve Coogan in the upcoming sports film Saipan. His short film At Arm’s Length, co-written with Tom Monahan and directed by Brian Deane premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2022. |
TICKETSTickets €31 (Including €1 Building Upkeep Levy) |
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Booking Information
| Date | 1st February 2025 |
| Times | Café and Bar open 1 hour before the performance. Auditorium doors open 30 minutes before the performance.Show begins at: 7.30 pm |
| Accessibility | In advance of booking, we kindly ask that patrons with accessibility requirements to contact boxoffice@gate-theatre.ie |
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