FLIP at Backstage Theatre, Longford

What to Expect

FLIP comes to Backstage Theatre in Longford on Friday 23 October 2026, with two performances on the day at 10am and 12pm. Tickets are €7. The theatre describes it as a high-energy dance adventure where breakdance, contemporary movement and playful imagination collide, and it is programmed as a children’s show rather than as part of the theatre’s adult evening season.

Morning and midday performances are the standard slot for a children’s dance piece, short enough to hold a young audience and timed so that school groups and families can both get to them. Breakdance and contemporary work well together for this age because the physical vocabulary reads without any explanation, and there is no requirement to follow a plot to enjoy watching the movement. Backstage Theatre runs a small children’s strand across its year alongside the touring theatre, country music and comedy that make up most of its programme, with CHOP following in November and the puppet show How To Catch A Star in December. Booking is through Ticketsolve on the theatre’s own site, and at €7 a seat this is at the cheap end of what the venue charges.

Good to Know

• Friday 23 October 2026, performances at 10am and 12pm
• Venue: Backstage Theatre, Farneyhoogan, Longford
• Price: €7 per ticket
• Booking through Ticketsolve on the Backstage Theatre website
• Aimed at children; a further children’s show, CHOP, follows on 12 November

Getting There

Backstage Theatre is at Farneyhoogan on the edge of Longford town, signposted from the N4 and N63 approaches, with free parking on site. It is about a fifteen-minute walk from Longford town centre and the railway station on the Dublin to Sligo line.