DANCE FIRST: New Trailer + Interview

The San Sebastian Film Festival is off to a rousing start now in Spain, with one of its “official selection” films getting the new trailer treatment–finally! Dance First will premiere on September 30 at the festival, so it is only natural for Gabriel Byrne to pop up in an interview […]

DANCE FIRST: World Premiere at San Sebastian Film Festival!

So exciting! We’ve been waiting, and now it is here. Variety broke the news: James Marsh’s ‘Dance First,’ Starring Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett, to Close San Sebastian Film Festival “Dance First,” a portrait of Irish writer Samuel Beckett starring Gabriel Byrne and directed by Oscar winner James Marsh, will […]

Dance First

Status: Completed Premiering September 30, 2023 at San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain, as part of the Official Selection Directed by James Marsh and written by Neil Forsyth Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fionn O’Shea, and Bronagh Gallagher Brief Synopsis Dance First is an imaginative, playful and often poignant […]

DANCE FIRST: New Cast and Start Date

Back in November, we first heard the news that Gabriel Byrne was set to star in a new film about the Irish literary legend Samuel Beckett, entitled Dance First and directed by James Marsh, who brought Stephen Hawking to life in The Theory of Everything. So exciting! Then, the holidays […]

New! DANCE FIRST, a film about Samuel Beckett

Variety brought us the great news: Production, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation is launching pre-sales on upcoming Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” to be directed by James Marsh and to star Gabriel Byrne. Marsh won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2009 with “Man on Wire,” and […]