This festive season join Centre Stage Theatre, the North’s premier producer of Christmas plays, for a magical tale filled with laughter, music, and mayhem! When Miss Muffet’s enchanted tuffet—capable of granting a dream every Christmas Day—is stolen by the mischievous Ditzi Devilola the Witch, it sparks a race against time to save the season! Luckily,...
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 at 8pm When the local nursing home finds itself in dire straits and in danger of falling to pieces, it’s down to Mother Veronique and the eccentric sisters of the convent of St. Benedict to find a way to help. Spotting a poster for a bike race with a €25,000 cash...
One of Ireland’s most iconic voices returns to the stage for an evening of unforgettable music and cherished memories. Join Red Hurley as he performs his greatest hits from over the decades, including Love Is All, When, Kiss Me Goodbye, Broken Promises, Isadora, A Poor Man’s Roses, Let The Heartaches Begin and many more classics...
Country music star and award-winning vocalist Cliona Hagan returns to Tuar Ard this December with her much-loved festive concert, Christmas Time. Now in its third year, this festive show has become a seasonal tradition for local audiences, and Cliona is thrilled to be back after selling out her last performance here in 2023. Joined by...
As part of our 25th anniversary season, we are thrilled to welcome Simon Casey, one of Ireland’s most beloved performers to Tuar Ard for a magical evening of festive music and heartfelt classics in his five-star-rated show Wish for Christmas. Simon first graced the Tuar Ard stage for our first programme back in 2000 with...
Get ready for a toe-tapping, magical adventure this Christmas with I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas! This heartwarming children’s show, presented by the Talisman Theatre Company, invites audiences into the whimsical world of Polly Greenjeans, a little girl with a BIG Christmas wish. When Polly writes a last-minute letter to Santa asking for a hippopotamus,...
Performance by musicians from Athlone Community Music Hub in association with Music Generation.
After the death of Colm Canavan, his four adult children reluctantly reunite in the family home. Each carries their own resentments and emotional baggage and any attempt at civil conversation quickly spirals into arguments. Things worsen when their father’s will reveals a surprising condition: they must unanimously agree on how the estate is to be...
Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 8pm Souleymane is an asylum seeker from Guinea living in Paris, forced to join the daily rush for a bed in a homeless shelter. Unable to work legally, he earns some money by ‘renting’ someone else’s work profile on a food delivery app. He also pays a fellow Guinean to...
Saturday 14th February 2026 at 8pm A riotous comedy full of confusion, identities, lies and door slamming. Set in a luxury country hotel, Bill the groom wakes up on his wedding morning with a very attractive girl beside him in the bed. In the depths of his drunken hangover, he can’t even remember meeting her...
Irish country music icon Declan Nerney has been inducted into the Irish Country Music Hall of Fame, cementing his status as a beloved national treasure. The honour was bestowed during the Late Late Country Music Special, where Nerney received his award to the delight of fans and fellow artists alike. A Lifetime of Music, Charm,...
John Bosco McLaine is a man who has never lain down with a woman but has had romantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life. Always an optimist, and virgin in equal measure, he embarks on a search for an ideal companion regardless of age, failure rate or dammed advice! … and in a...
