The Sleepwalkers
By Box Office Wednesday, 2nd October 2019
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Pan Pan Theatre and Dublin Youth Theatre
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019
'Oh how hard it is when pretense falls! But it falls, it falls! I am so alone in the world now.'
During an unknown natural catastrophe, seventeen members of Dublin Youth Theatre (DYT) find themselves trapped in an abandoned building. Every time they try to leave and go outside, they fall asleep and wake up back where they started, rehearsing the same scene from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Along the way they try to solve the world’s problems, just in case they ever wake up to find that the world still exists. Think classic horror movie plots, teenage angst, and the natural wisdom of the young, all given a voice that you can’t help listening to.

Collaboratively created from ideas generated by DYT members as well as found texts, the production will ask the question: what does it mean to be awake?
The Sleepwalkers is a leap into the void. Are we sleepwalking towards Armageddon? Should we really fear the world changing?
Suitable for ages 12+
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Supported by CDYSB and Dublin City Council.
This production is funded by the Arts Council.
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Presented by axis: Ballymun in association with Dublin Theatre Festival.
Dates: October 2nd - 5th
Times: 8pm
October 5th 3pm Matinée & 8pm
Tickets: €18/16 (Groups 8+ €12)
Dublin Theatre Festival 2019
On sale from 10am on August 14th
Cast and Creative Team
Directed by Gavin Quinn
Assistant Director: Sibéal Ní Mhaoileoin
Designer: Aedín Cosgrove
Assistant Designer: Fenna von Hirschheydt
Movement Director: Aoife McAtamney
Music: Simon Kenny
Costume Design: Ciara Fleming
Dramaturgy by Nicholas Johnson
Assistant Dramaturg: Aoife Daly
Performed by members of Dublin Youth Theatre