What's on
at smock alley theatre
9 Oct
Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Looks
This First Look event offers audiences an early encounter with new work in progress from the Rachel Baptiste Programme, alongside a panel discussion with the artists exploring the ideas, process and possibilities shaping these emerging plays.
As part of Dublin Theatre Festival
BOOK NOW for Rachel Baptiste Programme: First Looks29 Oct - 1 Nov
Dancing At Lughnasa
Set in Donegal in 1936, Brian Friel’s award winning play centers on the five Mundy sisters, who live with their older brother, a priest just returned from Uganda, and the youngest sister’s seven year old son, Michael.
BOOK NOW for Dancing At LughnasaAbout Us
history
Smock Alley Theatre lies in an unassuming part of Dublin city. Nestled on the banks of the River Liffey, you would be forgiven for thinking it a quiet little building. Originally built in 1662, The Theatre Royal at Smock Alley gave the world the plays of George Farquhar (The Recruiting Officer), Oliver Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (The Rivals). 300 people attended the theatre each night, seven days a week to be enthralled, entertained and enlightened by actors, acrobats, dancers, musicians and trapeze artists. Now, 350 years after it was first built, the theatre has been carefully and lovingly restored to become Dublin’s Oldest Newest Theatre. It is now once again a bustling hub of theatre, song, dance, art and creativity.
