Theatres
The dates for the 2012 festival are 10-19 August. We bring you 10 days of the very best in Irish and international visual art, classical music, theatre and dance, jazz, world & traditional Irish music, literature, film, indie music, craft, and street events.
Entertainment Ireland is an excellent guide to events, festivals, music, the theatre, cinema, television, art exhibits and more.
Culture Northern Ireland is an online cultural atlas, covering music, literature, sport, heritage, dance, theatre, fashion and the visual arts.
The 50th Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s promises to be an explosion of music, drama, theatre, talks, film, dance and comedy.
The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1903 by W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory. Its precursors were the Irish Literary Theatre and Frank and Willie Fay’s National Dramatic Society. With patronage from Miss Annie Horniman, premises were purchased on Old Abbey Street and on December 27th 1904, the Abbey Theatre opened its doors for the first time.
An Grianan Theatre is a modern 383 seat arts and entertainment venue in Letterkenny in the North West of Ireland. We have a very varied programme of events throughout the year including comedy, drama, music, and much more.
The Ardhowen, opened in 1986, offers a year-round programme of professional drama, classical music, opera, ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, blues, variety, comedy, country music, puppets, mime, children's events, traditional Irish music and dance, ethnic arts, film and lectures. Its programme also includes a wide variety of community-based and amateur events such as plays, concerts, charity events and school performances.
Belfast Waterfront opened for business in 1997 and has played a key role in Belfast’s economic and social development since then.
Showing national and internationl contemporary arts. This building also hosts a wide range of activites from classes in art, writing and photography to workshops in drama, music and voice.
The Hawk's Well is a 340 seat theatre in Sligo, North West Ireland, hosting a diverse programme of arts and entertainments.
Currently celebrating its 60th anniversary in a new state of the art venue, the Lyric Theatre in Belfast makes a unique and vital contribution to the community as the only full-time producing theatre in Northern Ireland.