Directed by Annabelle Comyn

ABOUT

Set against the backdrop of a single Sunday afternoon in County Meath, Meredith is a darkly comedic drama that peels back the layers of a family held together by secrets, shared history, and a stubborn refusal to age gracefully. Meredith is written by Erica Murray and directed by Annabelle Comyn as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.  

Meredith’s daughter, Noelle, attempts to manage her mother’s recovery with rigid rules and downstairs beds, Meredith is busy exploring the world of online dating, lending money to mysterious men and striking up a flirtatious “friendship” with her eccentric new neighbour, Terry. 

The arrival of Meredith’s grandson Lorcan, who is under a self-imposed “house arrest” after his own run-in with trouble sets off chain reaction of revelations. As the sun sets, the family must confront a series of crises, from cyber-scams and drug debts to long-buried grievances about a mother who once walked away.

“Why must the words vulnerable and old always go together?”

Opening on 30 September, with previews from 25 September. It runs till 1 November. 

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ABOUT THE WRITER:
ERICA MURRAY

Erica is from County Limerick, Ireland. She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy. While in college, she wrote her first play called Bunk which won the Irish Student Drama Award for Best New Writing. She is a previous member of the Soho Theatre Young Writers Group, Lyric New Playwright’s Programme and the Six in the Attic programme at Irish Theatre Institute.

In 2018, her play; The Cat’s Mother, toured to London, Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe where it won the Fishamble Award for Best New Writing and was subsequently nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award.

In 2019, she was the Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence at The Lyric Theatre in Belfast where her second play All Mod Cons premiered. The new play she wrote while on this residency won the Sonia Friedman Award.

Her play The Loved Ones premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 in a co-production between Rough Magic and The Gate Theatre to critical acclaim. It was remounted in 2025 and went on an Irish national tour.

In 2024, she wrote a play for young audiences for The Abbey Theatre called In Real Life which has been performed across many primary and secondary schools around Ireland. It is currently touring again this May.
The Loved Ones has been recently produced in Buffalo at the Irish Classical Theatre Company and is currently about to be produced at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York.

Erica currently has a residency at the National Theatre Studio in London.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
ANNABELLE COMYN

Annabelle is an award winning theatre director and artistic director of Hatch Theatre Company.

Her freelance work includes: Her Father’s Voice (Lovano Productions at DTF) The Sugar Wife, The Wake, Hedda Gabler, Major Barbara, The House (Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Director) and Pygmalion (The Abbey); Girl On An Altar (The Kiln/The Abbey); Ravens (Hampstead Theatre); Our New Girl, Look Back in Anger, The Vortex (Gate Theatre); Evening Train (The Everyman); Asking For It (Landmark Productions, The Everyman, The Gaiety, Birmingham Rep.); Crestfall, Helen and I (Druid); A Number, Blue/Orange (The Peacock); Dancing at Lughnasa (Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Gaiety Theatre, DTF). Opera credits include Beethoven’s Fidelio for Irish National Opera (The Gaiety); Dubliners in an adaptation by Arthur Riordan (Wexford Opera Festival), both nominated for TITTA for best opera production.

Hatch’s recent productions include the Irish premiere of Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill in a co-production with The Everyman for Cork Midsummer Festival(CMF) and the world premieres of Coetzee’s The Jesus Trilogy in an adaptation by Eoghan Quinn in collaboration with Comyn for Dublin Theatre Festival(DTF); colic by Eoghan Quinn for DTF at Pavilion Theatre; To The Lighthouse in an adaptation by Marina Carr (in a co-production with The Everyman, Pavilion Theatre and CMF); The Talk Of The Town by Emma Donoghue (in a co-production with Landmark and DTF).

MEREDITH runs at the Gate Theatre from 30 September to 1 November

Previews: From Sunday 25 September 2026

Opening Night: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Closing Night: Sunday 1 November 2026

Times:

Evening Shows: Café and Bar: 6:30pm | Doors: 7:00pm | Show: 7:30pm

Matinee Shows: Café and Bar: 1:00pm | Doors: 1:30pm | Show: 2:00pm

ISL-Interpreted Performance: There will be an ISL-Interpreted Performance of Meredith on Saturday 10 October at 2pm.

Accessibility: In advance of booking, we kindly ask that patrons with accessibility requirements to contact boxoffice@gate-theatre.ie

Offers:  

Group Offer (6+):
10% discount for group bookings of 6+. T&Cs apply. You can redeem this offer by contacting the Gate Theatre Box Office only. This offer is not available online. Subject to availability. Not redeemable in conjunction with any other offer. Rate applicable for groups of 6 or more.

Senior  Offer:
Seniors can avail of discounted tickets to see any show here at the Gate Theatre. These tickets can be purchased in-person from the Box Office on the day you intend to attend the show. This offer is available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only. Tickets from €21.50.

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