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theatre · Tuesday 30 June 2026 · 8:00pm 
0800 CUPID
At Hawk's Well Theatre · Temple Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo
At Hawk's Well Theatre · Temple Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Cork-born performer Emer Dineen brings her five-star cabaret show to Hawk’s Well Theatre for one night this summer. 0800 CUPID is a bold, genre-defying musical about love, loss and a couple of very strange years - told through Dineen’s drag persona Cupid, a crumbling club-kid navigating loneliness, resilience and late-night dancefloors. The Irish Examiner named it the highlight of Dublin Theatre Festival 2024. The Guardian gave it five stars and called it “feverish, fantastical.” If you want theatre that doesn’t sit still, this is worth the trip.
Dineen co-created the show with award-winning playwright and director Phillip McMahon (THISISPOPBABY), and it shows in the precision underneath the glitter. The production features a live band, original music co-composed with musical director Tom Beech, and electronic production from Irish artist Elaine Mai. It runs 70 minutes without an interval - tight, propulsive, no slack. The show explores what it means to navigate love in a lonely world, filtered through camp, house music and raw theatrical honesty. Age guidance is 14 and over. There are trigger warnings for adult themes, strong language, flashing/strobe lighting and sudden loud sounds.
Sligo town is well served by road and rail. From Dublin, the N4 takes you north-west in roughly two and a half hours. Irish Rail runs regular services on the Dublin Heuston to Sligo line (about two hours forty minutes). From Galway, the N17 north takes around an hour and a half. Hawk’s Well Theatre is on Temple Street in the centre of town, a short walk from the bus and rail station. Street parking is available nearby, and there is a multi-storey car park on Connaughton Road a few minutes on foot.
Sligo has a strong arts tradition and the theatre sits at the centre of it. The town is also the gateway to Yeats Country - Benbulben, Lough Gill and Rosses Point are all within easy reach if you make a day of it. There is more to see in Sligo and across Co. Sligo.
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