26/08/2026
We’re delighted to welcome Olwen Fouéré and Roger Doyle back to the Gate Theatre next Thursday, 3 September, to feature in GATECRASHES: all the dead voices, curated by foggy notions.✨🎶
Fouéré and Doyle will present OPERATING THEATRE, A influential avant garde musical and theatre group. To celebrate the pair’s return, we’ve gathered a selection of archived photos from some of Olwen’s past productions with us over the years.
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OPERATING THEATRE is the influential avant-garde musical and theatre group formed in the 1980s, whose cult classic Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth was recently revived by Caroline Polachek. Operating Theatre was active in two phases: the first from 1981 to 1988 and the second from 1998 to 2008. The company operated as both a theatre company, integrating music as an equal partner in the theatrical environment, and as a band releasing records. Roles were flexible, in that Fouéré also sang and Doyle also acted, and as a duo they collaborated with numerous other artists, including writers, musicians, directors, actors and designers.
➡ Read more about OPERATING THEATRE: gatetheatre.ie
📅 Thursday 3 September
🕢 7.30pm
🎟️ Book now at gatetheatre.ie
Image 2: Olwen Fouéré in the legendary production of Oscar Wilde’s SALOMÉ, directed by Steven Berkoff at the Gate Theatre in 1988.
Image 3: Olwen as Anna in Harold Pinter’s OLD TIMES, directed by Kevin Billington at the Gate Theatre as part of its Pinter Festival (1994).
Image 4: Fouéré played the Assistant in Samuel Beckett’s CATASTROPHE, directed by Selina Cartmell as part of the Gate Theatre’s 2006 Beckett Centenary Festival, which was subsequently presented at the Barbican.
Image 5: Olwen as Caterina in INNOCENCE: THE LIFE OF CARAVAGGIO, written by Frank McGuinness and directed by Patrick Mason at the Gate Theatre (1986).
