Town Hall Theatre (Galway)

The Town Hall Theatre (Irish: Amharclann Halla na Cathrach[1]) is a theatre in Galway, Ireland.

Town Hall Theatre
Amharclann Halla na Cathrach
The courthouse, as seen from the Town Hall Theatre
Town Hall Theatre is located in County Galway
Town Hall Theatre
Town Hall Theatre
Location within County Galway
Location1 Courthouse Square, Galway, Republic of Ireland
Coordinates53.276177°N 9.053985°W / 53.276177; -9.053985
Public transitGalway railway station
Capacity393 (Main Auditorium)
52 (Studio Space)
OpenedOctober 1995
Website
tht.ie

History

The building which houses the Town Hall Theatre was erected in the 1820s and served first as a courthouse and later as a town hall. In the 1950s, the building was converted into a cinema and was used for film screenings until it fell into disrepair in the 1990s. Galway Corporation (now Galway City Council), with the assistance of a grant from the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, undertook a major refurbishment of the building between 1993–95 and it reopened as a state of the art, 393-seat Municipal Theatre in October 14th 1995 with a production of "Chess" by the Patrician Musical Society.

The venue attracts audiences in excess of 100,000 annually (close to 2 million since being officially re-opened on 1st February 1996) making it the most successful theatre of its size in Ireland.[2]

It is used as a venue for several festivals annually including Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway Film Fleadh and more. Charlie Byrne's hosts a pop-up bookshop there each year during Cúirt.[3]

References
  1. "Front Page".
  2. "All about the Town Hall Theatre in Galway". tht.ie. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. "About Charlie Byrne's"
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