The Award Winning The Playhouse is based in Artillery Street, Derry and was established by Pauline Ross in 1992 with a grant of just £300. Since then it has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading Award Winning multi-disciplinary Community Art Resource Centres based on a neutral site with the city centre. It is a self-help, grass roots, bottom-up community development project which is people centre with charitable status.
The Playhouse comprises two theatres (860 and 129 seats), an extensive Education and Outreach Department, a Dance Studio, the Source Arts Resource Centre, a gallery and is home to several cultural/art based groups and tenants. The Playhouse filled (and continues to fill) a large gap in the provision of the arts in the North West. It also is one of only a handful of venues commissioning, producing and touring theatre in the island of Ireland The Playhouses runs a large selection of in-house and outreach education program -mes and workshops in the North West and across the island of Ireland for more information click here.September |
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The Playhouse, St Columb's Theatre, Orchard Street, Derry, BT48 6EG. Tel: 028 7126 8027 Fax: 028 71261884 E-mail: info@derryplayhouse.co.uk