DREAM BIG

New Plays from The Ark 20192025

Celebrating thirty years of The Ark, Dream Big: New Plays from The Ark 20192025 brings together five plays commissioned by Europe’s first childrens cultural centre.

Since opening its doors in 1995, The Ark has operated in Dublin city as a dedicated cultural centre for children making and sharing fun, ambitious work that aims to realise every childs right to participate freely in the arts.

At the heart of the award-winning building is the intimate, child-sized theatre, which for thirty years has been launching new plays written for and with children up to age twelve. Dream Big: New Plays from The Ark 20192025 brings together five playscripts commissioned for performance in this unique space, collected and lovingly introduced by The Arks Director Aideen Howard. Each play incorporated child consultation as an essential part of its development, each is bursting with its own c