Deirdre Murphy

Capitalism: The Musical

Capitalism: The Musical: The greatest show on earth is eating itself alive!

Deirdre Murphy and the Wilde Stages Queer Theatre Festival bring you Capitalism: The Musical. 

May 4th-9th, The Teachers Club Dublin.  

Tickets are available at https://gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873685123/events/129674246

Deirdre Murphy’s seminal work of theatre Capitalism: The Musical offers a powerful, funny and catchy perspective on our economic system and the culture it creates. The musical is deeply appropriate for the cultural moment we are currently experiencing, touching lightly but emphatically on homelessness, income precarity, the military industrial complex, corruption, use of violence, whistleblowing, heroism, and the power of love. It invites the weird and the surreal, and shines light on the power of women's wisdom through the ages.

The musical delivers an elegant message of solidarity, creativity, and the transformation of consciousness - inviting a more beautiful world. A large international cast and live band will leave you singing the songs for weeks. Costumes by designer Claire Garvey bring visual richness, glamour and intrigue to our fairy godmothers, superheroes and emperors. 

Deirdre Murphy is a multidisciplinary musician, writer, theatre maker and physical performer. She released her first album Matriotism in 2024 and is at work on the second, with her unique style of gig theatre. 

Capitalism: The Musical is enjoying a second coming and wowed crowds at the Electric Picnic and Culture Night 2025. High resolution photos available on request. 

 Capitalism: The Musical will make its 2026 premiere, May 4th-9th, as part of the Wilde Times Dublin Queer Theatre Festival! Tickets available at https://gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873685123/events/129674246.

Musically it covers ground from salsa to tango, from rollicking Tom-Waitsian rock to delicate and powerful choral harmonies. In the fully staged version the acrobatic physicality of the show enables a visceral response to the crushing impact of systemic harm - the emperor characters never touch the ground but are found standing on the heads, shoulders, even the faces of our superheroes. 

Capitalism: The Musical's origins are in 2013 with a residency and studio showing of four songs with a live band, initial script, and choreography in Dublin Ireland, in Dancehouse. Galway Dance Days invited a second iteration of the musical in 2014, which featured seven songs and an extended cast. In 2016 the musical went into a developmental performance residency at The Back Loft in Dublin, with five runs between February 2016 and April 2017. Each performance featured a Noble Call, with Dublin artists and activists such as Jesse Jones and Caoimhe Butterly offering insight as to how the themes of the musical play out in daily life. Every show sold out and received standing ovations. 

In early 2017 the musical was offered production of an Italian tour, and performed in Florence and Bologna, inspiring the Italian translation by Alita Rivera and Antonella Scanu. Capitalism: The Musical re-debuted in 2025 at the Electric Picnic, and had a packed out house of 300 people in Dublin on Culture Night. 

The people of the musical are delighted to bring it to its 2026 premiere, as part of the Wilde Stages Queer Theatre Festival. It will run May 4th-9th at the Teachers Club in Dublin. https://gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873685123/events/129674246. 

Please inquire with deirdremurphymusic@gmail.com to discuss potential collaboration, bringing the musical to a place near you, and if you'd like to hear more about it!