Development Officer: Alex Johnston
Company Manager: Valerie Murphy

Artistic Director (on sabbatical until Nov 2008): Jimmy Fay



Bedrock was founded in 1993, with the intention to produce major work that came from outside the conventional Irish dramatic canon. So far, we have staged productions by Caryl Churchill, Brad Fraser, Sarah Kane, Heiner Müller, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Bertolt Brecht and Steven Berkoff.

We have also commissioned new writing by some of Ireland's most inventive new writers, including Alex Johnston, Mark O'Rowe, Ken Harmon, Des Bishop and Arthur Riordan. We remain committed to finding new theatrical forms to reflect the changing realities of contemporary life. The company tours both nationally and internationally.

In 1995 Bedrock created and administered the first Dublin Fringe Festival, which we ran again the following year. Then we handed it over to professionals because it was threatening to become a full-time job.