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NINETEEN EIGHTY SOMETHING – WORLD PREMIERE COMING SOON!

I am excited as a KITTEN finally to premiere my new solo show “Nineteen Eighty Something” at Garage Theatre Monaghan in April 2026 and to proceed on a short regional tour (Trim, Newbridge, Virginia, Galway and Dundalk) – with Dublin dates slated for September. Full details including booking links will be published here by 1st February. For now, this link will take you to one of the venue websites (Swift Cultural Centre, Trim) where you can read all about this new autobiographical performance! It’s been a long time in the works: the first ever showing of a scene-in-progress was during my Co. Monaghan Theatre Artist Residency in 2018 at a showcase night in Íontas, Castleblayney. The Monaghan Arts Network wrote:

“The first act of [the evening] started with a bang… playwright actor and performer extraordinaire Declan Gorman with the energy of a twenty one year old sprang onto the stage – hotly pursued by a train! This multi-media presentation had the audience on the edge of their seats from the very start! […] The scene follows the train of thought (no pun intended) of a young man desperately trying to piece together the events from the previous night and the circumstances that brought him to where he was in Germany. This piece was lively, captivating and certainly provided a thirst to know more. […] a wonderful start to the evening. What a great performer!”

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NOW THE (semi) PERMANENT STUFF!

Welcome to the website of Declan Gorman Arts & Events!

I am a playwright, director, performer, producer and public artist with a practice that has covered many aspects of the arts.  At the core is an unswerving belief in the power of live performance – the working towards it and the sharing of it – to change, entertain, question, and somehow to make the world around us a better and more exciting place.

This website contains information about current projects; selected archive materials; resources and a “News & Views” section which combines news with occasional reflections and personal essays, mainly but not exclusively about the arts.

The artist is grateful to the Arts Council, Bealtaine Festival, Fingal County Council and Monaghan County Council for certain short term grants and supports over the past decade, which are listed against the relevant projects on these pages.

(FAIRLY) RECENT NEWS: JANUARY 2025

Below is a selection of images by Anita Murphy (c) from “A Personal Prism” the debut play of David Joyce which was staged in November 2024 (Declan Gorman Arts & Events in associaton with Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Creative Places Tuam and Portumna Community). For more information you can follow this link to teh archived listing on Arts & Disability Ireland. Or check the blog pages of this website.