PIANIST FINGHIN COLLINS BRINGS THE JOY OF MUSIC AROUND IRELAND THIS WINTER WITH HIS WANDERER TOUR In the spirit of a cultural adventurer, Finghin Collins, pianist and classical music dynamo, embarks on his national Wanderer Tour this winter. The tour spans three weeks from November 13th to December 5th, 2021. He’ll be performing here at …
Our current guidelines for attending shows at An Grianán Theatre. Please note that under current Covid guidelines all adults attending shows must provide proof of vaccination. Unvaccinated under 18s must be accompanied by a vaccinated adult. Covid Certs and Photo ID will be checked at the front door. The use of face coverings is mandatory …
An Grianán Theatre’s cafe was the home for Donegal’s first Wellness Cafe and it’s great to see the movement expanding with a number of cafes now opening around the county. The Wellness cafe was set up for people to meet up in a relaxed informal space to connect and socialise with an opportunity to participate …
An Grianán hosts a reading of a new play by Shirley-Ann Bonner on Sat 9 October as part of this year’s Frances Brown Literary Festival. In My Mind’s Eye explores how Frances Browne’s intense imaginative inner life and creativity transformed obstacles into unbelievable artistic success. Despite a lack of formal education, being blind, and the …
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An Grianán has now made the switch to electronic tickets and we will no longer be providing printed tickets for our shows. Where a show has a capacity of more than 50 people you will need to download and print out your ticket at home, or better still display it on your phone, which is …
As we prepare for the full reopening of the event industry, An Grianán Theatre welcomes the new regulations that allow it to run more events and in response has added six more shows in early October. Events which take place before 22nd October will run with a maximum of 60% of capacity, and all ticket …
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UPDATE: 27 Sept 2021: With the exception of the 4-7 year old group, all our classes are now fully booked. If you would like to be added to our waiting list to be notified when we open classes for booking again you can do so by sending an eMail here – use the subject line …
Youth Theatre is back! New day, new times…And a new location! Read More »
The theme for this year’s Culture Night is ‘Come Together Again’ and whether you can make it out in person to see a show or get together at home to watch online we hope you can find time to enjoy some of this year’s events. At An Grianán we’ll be presenting a blended programme of …
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The monastery at Iona, the setting of The Enemy Within An Grianán Theatre embarks on its most ambitious production to date later this year, with Caitríona McLaughlin, the newly announced Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, directing a new version of Brian Friel’s The Enemy Within, and Sean McGinley the talented and popular actor originally …
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DramaCast is an exciting new initiative created by An Grianán Theatre, and Workhouse Theatre Company, to bring Shakespeare, and Friel, back into the classroom. With Covid curtailing all live touring it’s been impossible for schools to take their classes to see plays as normal. DramaCast fills that gap by selecting scenes relevant to the school …
An Grianan · Little Acorns: The Radio Plays At the end of January 2021 we put a call out for writers to submit short plays, 5 to 10 minutes long, that we could film and share on our social media platforms. We had over 50 plays submitted and chose 6 in all to turn …
An Grianán Theatre recently received the excellent news that it is one of 11 arts and culture organisations to be awarded a capital grant from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Speaking today, An Grianán’s director, Patricia McBride explains how the grant of €290,299 will be used: “We are delighted to …
Theatre adventures for audiences of babies, early years and children with complex needs. An Grianán is one of seven Irish venues who are part of The Network for Extraordinary Audiences. Member venues are committed to strategically and in the long-term, to programming, developing and advocating for high quality arts experiences for underserved younger audiences, including …
DramaCast is an exciting new initiative created by An Grianán Theatre to bring Shakespeare back into the classroom. With Covid curtailing all live touring it’s been impossible for schools to take their classes to go and see plays live as normal. DramaCast is our attempt to fill that gap by selecting scenes relevant to the …
Our musician in residence Cormac McCarthy is joined by Donegal musician Micheál Murray on alto sax for this concert specially recorded for this year’s Earagail Arts Festival. Cormac McCarthy is a Cork-based composer, pianist and arranger. He brings to bear a background across traditional, jazz and classical in his innovative music. Presenting an individualistic use …
