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theatre · Saturday 5 September 2026 · 8:00pm 
The Love Hungry Farmer at the Moat Theatre
At The Moat Theatre · Naas, Co. Kildare
At The Moat Theatre · Naas, Co. Kildare
The Love Hungry Farmer, Seamus O’Rourke’s long-running one-man comedy drama, plays the Moat Theatre in Naas on Saturday 5 September 2026 at 8pm. O’Rourke, a Leitrim writer and actor, built the show around a bachelor farmer navigating middle age and loneliness in rural Ireland, and it has become one of the most widely toured Irish stage shows of the last decade, playing arts centres and theatres in nearly every county.
O’Rourke performs solo, playing the title character directly to the audience rather than through a conventional multi-actor set-up, mixing broad comedy with a more serious undercurrent about isolation and the pressure to marry that many rural bachelor farmers describe living with. The tone shifts between laugh-out-loud lines and quieter, more reflective stretches, which is a large part of why the show has toured so widely and so long: it plays to full houses in small-town venues that do not usually see touring theatre sell out. The Moat Theatre is a 200-seat venue in the centre of Naas, an intimate room that suits a one-man show like this well, putting the audience close to the performer rather than at a distance. Given how frequently O’Rourke tours this piece, expect a well-worn, confidently delivered performance rather than a first-night run.
The Moat Theatre is in Naas town centre, just off the M7 motorway about 30 minutes from Dublin. Naas has its own Bus Eireann and commuter bus connections from Dublin, and the theatre is within walking distance of the town’s main car parks.
Naas town centre has a solid choice of pubs and restaurants within a few minutes’ walk of the Moat Theatre for a pre-show meal. There is more to see in Naas and across Co. Kildare.
Heading to The Moat Theatre in Naas? Kildare has plenty more to see. Read the Naas area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.