List of Irish theatres and theatre companies

This is a list of Irish theatres and theatre companies past and present. It includes organizations of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Theatre or theatre company	Location	Year established	Notes
Abbey Theatre	Dublin		also known as the National Theatre of Ireland
Ambassador Theatre	Dublin
Andrews Lane Theatre	Dublin		Demolished 2018, had operated solely as a nightclub (Hangar) for some years prior
Aula Maxima	Maynooth, County Kildare
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre	Dublin
Born to Burn productions	Dublin
Brokentalkers	Dublin
Camden Palace Hotel Community Arts Centre	Cork City
Capitol Theatre	Dublin
Civic Theatre	Tallaght, South Dublin
Coliseum Theatre	Dublin
Corcadorca Theatre Company	Cork
Cork Arts Theatre	Cork
Craic Theatre	Coalisland		^[1]
Cyclamen Productions	Dublin
Damer Theatre	St Stephen's Green, Dublin	1955	Established by Gael Linn in 1955, closed in 1981.
Dan Lowrey's Music Hall	Dublin		former name of the Olympia Theatre
Dean Crowe Theatre	Athlone, County Westmeath	1937
Druid Theatre Company	Galway
Eblana Theatre	Dublin
Everyman Palace Theatre	Cork
Firedoor Theatre	Dublin
Focus Theatre	Dublin
Gaiety Theatre	Dublin
Gallping Cat Theatre Company	Dublin
Gate Theatre	Dublin
Glass Mask Theatre	Dublin
Granary Theatre	Cork
The Green Heart Company
An Grianán Theatre	Letterkenny, County Donegal
The Helix	Dublin
Impact Theatre	Limerick
Inspirado Theatre Company	County Dublin
Iontas Theatre	Castleblayney, County Monaghan
Leinster Hall	Dublin
Royal Theatre	Castlebar
The Lord Amiens Theatre	Dublin	1795	Oldest surviving theatre building in Ireland
Lyric Theatre	Belfast
Lyric Theatre	Dublin
Mechanics' Theatre	Dublin
Mullingar Arts Centre	Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
New Theatre
Olympia Theatre	Dublin
Passionfruit Theatre	Athlone, County Westmeath	2005
Pavilion Theatre	Dún Laoghaire	2001
The Performance Corporation
Pike Theatre	Dublin
Point Theatre	Dublin
Project Arts Centre	Dublin		Project Theatre
Queen's Theatre	Dublin
The Rabbit's Riot Theatre Company	The North West of Ireland	2015
Riff Raff Theatre Company	Wexford
RSVP (Red Sandstone Varied Productions)	Cork
Second Age Theatre Company
Siamsa Tire Theatre	Tralee, County Kerry	1974	Irish National Folk Theatre, founded by Pat Ahern
[[Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality^[2]]]	Dublin	1991	Smashing Times incorporates the Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company and Smashing Times Youth Arts Ensemble, and is dedicated to the promotion, study and practice of the arts and equality.^[3]
Smock Alley Theatre	Dublin	2012	built on the foundations of the first Theatre Royal, and incorporating structural material from a later 18th century Theatre Royal.
An Taibhdhearc	Galway	1928	Amharclann Náisiúnta na Gaeilge - National Irish Language Theatre.
Theatre of Joy	Dublin
Theatre Royal	Dublin	1662
Theatre Royal	Waterford	1785	Current building mostly dates to 1876. Claims to be Ireland's oldest continually-operating theatre, although it has had several closures.
THEATREclub	Dublin
Tivoli Variety Theatre	Dublin
Torch Theatre	Dublin
W. G. Fay's Irish National Dramatic Company

References[edit]

^ "The CRAIC Theatre & Arts Centre". flavouroftyrone.com. Flavour of Tyrone. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "About – Smashing Times".
^ "About – Smashing Times".

[CraicTheatre-1] "The CRAIC Theatre & Arts Centre". flavouroftyrone.com. Flavour of Tyrone. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[2] "About – Smashing Times".

[3] "About – Smashing Times".

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