Landmark Productions is a theatre production company in Dublin, Ireland. Established in 2003 by Anne Clarke, Landmark produces plays in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad. The company has an association with a number of Irish writers including

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and Paul Howard, the creator of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly. Recent award-winning productions include Enda Walsh’s ''

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'' and ''Arlington'', Conall Morrison’s ''Woyzeck in Winter'' and the

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/Enda Walsh operas ''The Last Hotel'' and ''The Second Violinist''.

Awards

In 2011, Landmark Productions received the Judges’ Special Award in the

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in recognition of its "sustained excellence in programming and for developing imaginative partnerships to bring quality to the Irish and international stage". In 2015, Anne Clarke received the Special Tribute Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for her "work as a producer of world-class theatre in the independent sector in Ireland."

Co-productions and international touring

In its first 15 years, Landmark Productions has forged partnerships with arts institutions in Ireland and beyond. Main partners in Ireland include

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, the Gaiety Theatre, Olympia Theatre, Project Arts Centre,

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, the

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, and the

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together with Irish National Opera and its precursor, Wide Open Opera. Landmark has also toured shows internationally to venues including St. Ann’s Warehouse, Irish Arts Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in

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;https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/theater/ballyturk-review-enda-walsh.htm the Barbican Centre, the National Theatre and

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in London, UK and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and

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. A film version of ''The Last Hotel'', co-produced with Brink Films and Wide Open Opera, was broadcast on

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in 2016.

Productions

* ''Walking with Ghosts'' (

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), world premiere - 2022 * * ''Ulysses 2.2'' (curated, presented and produced with ANU and MoLI), world premiere - 2022 * * ''Straight to Video'' (

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), world premiere - 2021 * * ''The First Child'' (

), world premiere - co-produced with Irish National Opera - 2021 * * ''The Book of Names'' (co-produced with ANU), world premiere - 2021 * * ''Backwards up a Rainbow'' (

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and Fergus Linehan), world premiere - 2021 * * ''Medicine'' (

), world premiere - co-produced with

- 2021 * * ''The Saviour'' (

Deirdre Kinahan Deirdre Kinahan is an Irish playwright and theatre producer. Life Deirdre Kinahan was born in Dublin in 1968. She lives in County Meath with her husband and two daughters since 1998. She founded and ran Tall Tales Theatre Company for fiftee ...

), world premiere - 2021 * * ''

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'' ( Samuel Beckett) starring Siobhán McSweeney and Marty Rea - 2021 * * ''Theatre For One (and a Little One)'' (

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, Louis Lovett,

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), world premiere - co-produced with Octopus Theatricals - 2020 * * ''Blood in the Dirt'' (Rory Gleeson) - co-produced with Keynote - world premiere- 2019 * * ''Theatre for One'' (

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, Stacey Gregg,

, Louise Lowe,

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), world premiere - co-produced with Octopus Theatricals - 2019 * * ''Asking for It'' (by Louise O’Neill, adapted by Meadhbh McHugh in collaboration with Annabelle Comyn), world premiere - co-produced with The Everyman in association with the

- 2018 * * ''Grief is the Thing with Feathers'' (by Max Porter, adapted and directed by

), world premiere, produced by Complicite and Wayward Productions in association with Landmark Productions and

– 2018 * * ''The Approach'' ( Mark O’Rowe), world premiere – 2018 * * ''The Second Violinist'' (Donnacha Dennehy/Enda Walsh), world premiere, Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards winner for Best Opera Production, co-produced with Irish National Opera – 2017 * * ''Woyzeck in Winter'' (adapted by Conall Morrison with lyrics by Stephen Clark), world premiere, nominated for six Irish Times Theatre Awards, including Best Production, winning two – Best Actor for Patrick O’Kane and Best Supporting Actress for

– 2017 * * '' Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Postcards from the Ledge'' (Paul Howard), world premiere, one-man show starring Rory Nolan, who has played Ross in all the stage shows to date – 2017 * * ''Arlington'' (Enda Walsh), world premiere, starring Charlie Murphy, Hugh O’Conor and Oona Doherty – 2016 * * ''

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'' (Enda Walsh), starring

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, Brian Gleeson and

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– 2015 * * ''The Last Hotel'' (Enda Walsh/Donnacha Dennehy), world premiere, Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera Production, co-produced with Irish National Opera – 2015 * * '' Once'' (Enda Walsh) – 2015, 2016, 2017 * * ''Ballyturk'' (Enda Walsh), world premiere, starring Mikel Murfi,

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and Stephen Rea; Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Production, co-produced with Galway International Arts Festival. In a subsequent revival, which toured to St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York, the part originally played by Stephen Rea was played by the actress

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. – 2014 and 2017 * * '' Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Breaking Dad'' ( Paul Howard), world premiere – 2014 * * ''These Halcyon Days'' (Deirdre Kinahan) – 2013 * *''Howie the Rookie'' ( Mark O’Rowe), Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Actor -

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– 2013 * * ''The Talk of the Town'' (

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), world premiere – 2012 * * ''Greener'' (

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), world premiere – 2012 * * ''Testament'' (

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), world premiere – 2011 * * ''Misterman'' (Enda Walsh), Irish Times Theatre Award winner for Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, co-produced by Galway International Arts Festival – 2011 * * '' Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Between Foxrock and a Hard Place'' ( Paul Howard), world premiere – 2010 * * ''October'' (Fiona Looney), world premiere – 2009 * * ''Knives in Hens'' (

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) – 2009 * * ''

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'' (

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in a version by

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) – 2008 * * ''Alice in Wonderland'' (Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy) – 2008 * * '' Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger'' (Paul Howard), world premiere – 2007 * * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (

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) – 2007 * * '' Blackbird'' (David Harrower) – 2007 * * '' Underneath the Lintel'' (

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) – 2006 * * ''

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'' (

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, dramatised by Neil Duffield) – 2006 * * Edward Albee’s ''

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'' – 2005 * * ''Dandelions'' (Fiona Looney), world premiere, starring

and Deirdre O’Kane – 2005 * * '' Skylight'' ( David Hare) – 2004

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.landmarkproductions.ie/ Companies based in Dublin (city) Entertainment companies established in 2003 Theatre production companies