The Tony award-winning production of Assassins opened with a bang at the Gate Theatre last week. Based on the book by John Weidman with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and directed by Selina Cartmell, it has been getting rave reviews since opening.

To celebrate we’re giving our readers the chance to win two tickets to see the show that’s been getting rave reviews since it opened last week.

‘Expect murderously good fun’ – Irish Times

‘Dazzling. …stunningly impressive production values.’ – Sunday Independent
‘The entertaining musicality and choreography…are a joy to experience.’ – nomoreworkhorse.com

‘a dizzy, funny, high-octane exploration of the always slippery motives for assassination’ – Gay Community News

‘a memorable production.’ – The Mail on Sunday

The most notorious assassins in the United States gather on stage to pursue a twisted American Dream, in a show that lays bare the lives of nine people who assassinated (or tried to assassinate) the President of the United States, from Abraham Lincoln to JFK.

It is a bold, original, dark and very funny musical. “We’re not going to apologize for dealing with such a volatile subject,” Mr Sondheim told the New York Times ahead of the first production in 1991. “Nowadays, virtually everything goes.” This is the first Sondheim musical directed by Selina Cartmell since her critically acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd at the Gate Theatre in 2007.

Assassins is the sixth production in The Outsider, Selina Cartmell’s first season as Director of the Gate Theatre. The Outsider season has seen a bold and eclectic range of stories told through a total of 7 productions staged throughout 2017and 2018. The season has celebrated the epic and the intimate embraced artistic diversity and gender equality and empowered new and established voices on the Gate stage.

Assassins runs at the Gate Theatre from April 12 – June 9, 2018, Running Time: 1 hr, 45 mins

Shows: Mon to Sat – 7.30pm | Matinees: Sat – 2.30pm | Tickets: €27-42

For bookings see gatetheatre.ie

For your chance to win two tickets to this Friday’s performance, just answer the following question:

Who wrote and composed the music in Assassins?