Rough Magic Theatre Company

New musical 'The Train' is a fiery retelling of events surrounding the legendary ‘Contraceptive Train’ in 1971. The sell-out hit of the Dublin Theatre Festival, direct from its run at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

"The whole show is a triumph!" Irish Independent

It’s the story of the remarkable media coup orchestrated by the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement in 1971 that changed the social landscape of Ireland. Determined to challenge the laws of the Irish State, a group of 47 trailblazing women take a train to Belfast and return to Dublin with forbidden contraceptives.