Double Bill – ‘#Mil4Millie’ & ‘Capitalism: The Musical’’ – The Being Well: SoloSIRENs Festival 2026

Double Bill – ‘#Mil4Millie’ & ‘Capitalism: The Musical’’ – The Being Well: SoloSIRENs Festival 2026

About the show

Two dynamic ensemble performances take to the main stage. #Mil4Millie from ROOTS Youth Theatre, and Deirdre Murphy’s Capitalism: The Musical, tackle questions of power, connection, resistance and transformation. What is the world we live in and what is the world we hope to create?

#Mil4Millie

Follow Millie, a teenager navigating the all consuming world of social media. A hunger for online fame prompts Millie to turn to her AI chatbot in search of advice on gaining 1 million followers. What starts as an innocent chat quickly spirals into increasingly personal exchanges. With digital boundaries blurring, Millie becomes drawn towards their AI for emotional support and validation, threatening isolation from their real life connections.

#Mil4Millie confronts urgent questions around the idealisation of online fame, AI regulation and the growing influence of artificial companionship. The piece asks what happens when a generation raised online begins turning to AI not just for answers, but to fulfil deep human needs?

Credits: Devised by ROOTS Youth Theatre with mentorship from Freshly Ground Theatre
Dramaturgy: Liam Wilson Smyth and Seán Farrelly
Content Warnings: This piece explores themes of mental health, (anxiety and depression)

Supported by The Arts Council’s Young Ensemble Scheme and The National Youth Council of Ireland’s Innovation Fund.

Capitalism: The Musical

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

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, 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.

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

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Presented as Part of The Being Well: SoloSIRENs Festival 2026

What do we as individuals, society, and a planet, need to be truly well?
Join us to explore community, connection, resilience and hope in SoloSIRENs third festival at the Civic. Over four weekends from October 29 to December 12, the festival presents performances, works-in-progress, conversations, installations and free workshops exploring festival shows and themes.

A space for artists and audiences to imagine how we can co-create ways of living better together.

SoloSIRENs Festival is funded by the Civic, Tallaght, The Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Creative Ireland South Dublin, Tallaght Community Arts and Creative Places Mac Uílíam

Event type

Musical Theatre

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