theatres dublin

The Gate Theatre part of the Rotunda Hospital was founded in by Michael Mac Liammoir and Hilton Edwards and it is said that Orson Welles and James Mason began their careers there.

A plaque at no 5, opposite the theatre, marks the birthplace of the poet Oliver St John Gogarty.

The box office is open from Monday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., for reservations and credit card bookings. Tickets reserved by telephone must be collected 45 minutes before the start of the p...

Smashing Times Theatre Company was founded in 1991 by a group of women committed to providing access to drama and theatre in communities that would not usually be exposed to the arts. The company recognises the power of drama in relation to its effect on personal and community development. While providing this access the board members discovered that many of the women in the audience were themselves interested in devising and performing plays and so "Switched On - ESB Accessing Theatre for Women...

The National Theatre comprises the world famous Abbey and Peacock Theatres. Founded in 1904, by the poet William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn, the theatre stands today on its original site at the corner of Abbey Street. Since its opening of On Baile's Strand by W B Yeats, the theatre quickly gained an impression on audiences with plays such as The Playboy of The Western World by J M Synge (which caused a riot on its opening performance), The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson (...

Chrysotheres present METSANSKAYIA ST. NO. 3
11th ­ 17th September Liberty Hall Dublin This production is part of the Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival ¹06
Featuring three lovers, seven songs, and eight roles for our narrator, Metsanskayia St. No. 3 is a Russian romantic triangle as seen through Greek eyes. Set in 1926 Moscow during an acute housing crisis, this very unique production is a funny and serious piece of theatre, incorporating silent film slapstick, farce,...

Team's aim is to produce arresting, thought provoking theatre that is child centred and challenges young people to investigate their role in the changing world around them.

A Team programme uses theatre, interactive workshops and teacher's resource pack which relate directly to a particular age group and has specific educational objectives....

Housed in the basement of Busarus (the central bus station), this 230-seat midtown theatre presents a varied program of modern plays and events....

A tale o f love, madness, murder,and redemption, Orlando promises to be a stimulating and riverting antidote to the dark autumnal nights, directed by opera Theatre Company's very own critically acclaimed Artistic Director, Annilese Liskimmon, whose 2006 direction of Beethoven's Fidelio, performes in Kilmainham jail, is still being talked about as the operatic highlight of 06: "mightily impressive" - The Irish Times.
The conductor is Christian Curnyn an outstanding of baroqu...