Old classics and cutting-edge new work: 10 to see at Dublin Theatre Festival 

Hamlet performed by actors with Down syndrome, and a stage adaptation of Katriona O’Sullivan’s memoir about her poverty-stricken upbringing feature among the highlights of Dublin Theatre Festival 

Physical comedy is to the fore with The Maker, likely one of the highlights of Dublin Theatre Festival. Picture: Ste Murray 

Macbeth, Sept 25-Oct 5, Gaiety Theatre 

Tickets for Druid’s 50th-anniversary Shakespeare show were harder to come by than All-Ireland tickets when it played the tiny Mick Lally Theatre in Galway this summer. The appeal of that show was its claustrophobic intensity, with Marty Rea’s eyes burning out at you as his Macbeth descended into madness. What will it be like when it transfers to a bigger theatre, and perhaps a more orthodox staging? An interesting question, but a chance for more people to see an extraordinary piece of work either way.