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The Man & The Tower
From a brief stay to an enduring legacy, James Joyce’s connection to the Martello Tower at Sandycove has become part of literary and cultural history. It served as the setting for the opening of Ulysses, a landmark shaped by memory, story, and place.
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TELEMACHUS
Step inside the iconic Martello Tower in Sandycove, Dublin, and experience the opening episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses brought to life with this extraordinary production by VOLTA Theatre Company. Directed by Liam Hourican and starring Dan Mahon, Jack Morey Walker, Darren Mone, Geraldine Plunkett, this adaptation will transport you back to 1904 and the intense, impecunious lifestyle of two young men with literary ambitions. Set in the iconic Sandycove Martello Tower and environs, this is an exuberant, ambient production that will faithfully recreate the first episode of Ulysses.
The Bloomsday Festival takes place on 11-16 June 2026. It is organised by The James Joyce Centre in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
CYCLOPS
Don’t miss this hilarious, sharply satirical production by Volta Theatre Company of James Joyce’s CYCLOPS
Leopold Bloom finds himself in the proverbial lion’s den of Barney Kiernan’s, where the ‘broadshouldered deepchested stronglimbed’ Citizen demonstrates the ugly side of Irish Nationalism. Inflammatory speeches over afternoon pints, decrying the British Empire and ‘foreigners’ in general, lead to an antisemitic rant against Bloom and an assault with a biscuit tin.
The Cyclops episode of Ulysses is performed by Oliver Flitcroft, Liam Hourican, Jim Roche and Darragh Shannon.
The Bloomsday Festival takes place on 11-16 June 2026. It is organised by The James Joyce Centre in partnership with Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
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