MoLI is marking 125 years since the death of Irish writer Oscar Wilde with a brand new film installation and very special theatre production.
EXHIBITION
Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis
A love letter rediscovered
7 March – 1 October 2025
One of the greatest love letters ever written, Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis was the only work that the Irish writer completed during his two-year imprisonment. Now, 125 years after Wilde’s death, MoLI is proud to present a new film installation rediscovering this moving and richly layered text – perhaps the most raw and honest version of Wilde available to us, at times deeply philosophical, at times white with rage, at times heartbreakingly tender. Read more about this exhibition.
THEATRE
Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes
An afternoon with Oscar Wilde
Sundays 6, 13, 20, 27 July, 12pm and 2pm
Sundays 3, 10, 17, 24 August, 12pm and 2pm
Join us for an afternoon of Oscar Wilde with Neil Titley's Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes. Presented in a special, limited run and performed by actor Will Govan, this wonderfully witty and sincere show will teleport audience goers to 1898 Paris, one year after Wilde’s release from prison. Read more about this production.
