From towering installations to colossal performances, we’ve scaled up with a 2026 programme of landmark works and creative firsts, including: • 6 new theatre and opera world premieres and a showstopping line-up of Irish and international theatre, opera, dance, circus, & street spectacle; • A major Heineken® Big Top programme, featuring Patti Smith Quartet, The Flaming Lips, Emeli Sandé, James Morrison and Sophie Ellis-Bextor amongst others; • A major citywide visual arts programme led by the internationally renowned sculptor Sean Henry; and Assembly, Ireland’s Pavilion from the Venice Biennale of Architecture; • First Thought Talks featuring Bel Trew, Fintan O’Toole, Marion McKeone, Andrew O’Hagan, Lara Marlowe, Ben Brantley, Sally Hayden and Nick Maynard amongst others;