The Civic Theatre

The Civic, opened on 23rd March 1999, a project of South Dublin County Council and also grant aided by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. The first production at The Civic Tallaght was Howie the Rookie by Mark O’Rowe, directed by Mike Bradwell and starring Aidan Kelly and Karl Shiels. Since opening we have developed relationships with most Irish theatre companies and most opera, contemporary dance, ballet and children’s theatre companies, developing healthy audiences for these. We are particularly proud of our co-productions – to date we’ve produced; or co-produced 22 plays, involving new Irish writing. We have hosted wonderful international productions, fantastic local work, and we have had some terrific nights of music on stage at the Civic.