ILFDublin 2019 will present over 100 events this May. Stimulating, engaging and challenging, on the stages and streets of Dublin, ILFDublin proudly celebrates the most exciting voices in writing today. One of the highlights of this year’s festival will be Beckett | Poems, a rare opportunity to experience the poems of Samuel Beckett in a sparse, true and compelling theatrical presentation. Conceived and directed by Alan Gilsenan whose previous Beckett work includes Footfalls at the Gate Theatre and London’s Barbican Centre, and an acclaimed film of Eh Joe, it will be performed by Tom Hickey, Justine Cooper and Brenda McSweeney, who also featured in Alan Gilsenan’s powerful film drama The Meeting.