This year's edition of the festival will combine in-person and online events.
Though usually held in July, this year the festival will run from August 28th to September 18th.
The 2021 line-up boasts 10 premieres and commissions. These include a new play from Enda Walsh, Medicine and a new production of Happy Days performed in the Irish language in Inis Oírr.
The festival will open with the premiere of the second part of John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion, Leaf Work at Derrigimlagh Bog, Connemara on August 28th.
Partnering with Other Voices, GIAF will feature a special live-streamed festival concert from St Nicholas’ Church, as part of the Courage series which will feature NewDad, Anna Mullarkey, Tolü Makay, Susan O’Neill and Mick Flannery.
The First Thought programme will see discussions on a range of topics from cyber-hacking to the impact of remote working on rural Ireland to vaccine development.
Full details can be found at GIAF.ie, where tickets will be available for purchase from 10am on Friday, July 16th.
