Internationally renowned theatre designer Jean-Guy Lecat has transformed the auditorium of this, the nation's premier theatre. Where there used to be a balcony there is now...
26 Abbey Street LowerDublin's only year-round venue for lunchtime drama, this café theatre is an elegant and intimate space that has a reputation for staging exciting, innovative productions of...
78 Grafton StreetThe windy suburbs of Tallaght may be a far cry from theatreland, but trekking out to this 350-seater - a bright state-of-the art space with a studio, restaurant, bar and...
Tallaght Town CentreThis well-appointed suburban theatre also has studio space, an art gallery, a handy bar and a brand-new café. Like the Civic, Draiocht acts as a receiving house, playing host...
Blanchardstown CentreThe Gaiety is a spacious, old-time concert hall whose main trade is opera and theatre, but it has given space to rock performers like the Divine Comedy and Lambchop. A few...
King Street SouthThe Gaiety is a lovely Victorian chocolate box-style theatre that hosts the Christmas pantos and the spring opera season. It also caters for classic Irish plays and West End...
King Street SouthThe Abbey's misfortune is the Gate's opportunity. While the national theatre has been foundering since the start of the millennium, its younger, sassier rival has gone from...
1 Cavendish RowThis performance space on the northern campus of Dublin City University is home to three separate venues, and hosts a wide variety of theatre, music and popular entertainment....
Dublin City UniversityThis old-style variety theatre - it was Dublin's first music hall - retains its physical characteristics (many of them authentically worn) but has largely parted company with...
72 Dame StreetA conglomeration of custom-designed theatre and performance spaces as well as a gallery, Project (as it is known locally) was founded back in the 1960s but is probably still...
39 East Essex StreetPAC began 40 years ago as a visual arts project in the foyer of the Gate, before settling into these refurbished premises in 2000. The building's three multi-functional...
39 Essex Street EastThis place hosts all manner of live entertainment, from serious drama to musicals. Irish and international shows feature in equal measure, but don't expect to see anything radical.
135-138 Francis Street