A modern theatre. Its exterior has some cool lighting on show nights. Interior is nice and modern too. However, interior lobbies are small and crowded. Not sure why they hold all patrons till right before the show creating a back-up as tickets are scanned…Take away a star. Seats are comfortable and not a bad seat in the house. Fantastic performance of Somewhere out there is you. Yes, I’d so return for shows here.

My wife and I love theater. During our Ireland tour, we missed out on the opportunity to see a little theater production in Galway. However, when we could spend our last night in Dublin at the Abbey Theater, we jumped at the chance. We had no idea of how good or how strong the cast would be for Girl On An Altar. Suffice it to say, we had an emotional workout in the audience. I do not know how the actors could portray such an intensity of raw emotions day after day. This truly was a Greek tragedy in the truest sense. I do not know how long this play is lasting, but go see it! The theater alone is amazing with such history. Thank you Dublin and thank you Abbey Theater for a perfect last night in Ireland.

Backstage Tour of the Abbey. I chose to take a backstage tour of the Abbey when I saw it advertised on its website and considered it as a great opportunity to have a better time travel experience to revisit a curiosity about the venue dormant in me all this time. When I was young, millions of years ago, going to the theatre was for the privileged. For 1970s kids at least. These things are in social cycles over history others would argue. The last time I was at the Abbey was 43 years to the day, so I booked it for the same date as the visit in 1980 when I was brought on a school event to see a play. I wanted to line up the date then and now and explore what I was going to feel on this occasion about the experience to the Abbey. I was right in my silent expectation in that it has something special about it. The tour guide Darragh is a Supreme Master of the ceremony. He greeted everyone arriving for the tour, instantly made us all feel welcome as the group was of mixed nationality. His knowledge and style of talking and taking us through the tour was first class. His patience and courtesy to all was impeccable. There would not be enough time to answer all the questions we had but he had certainly triggered much for us to want us to learn more. He covered history, politics, technical details of stage work, showed us the actual structure back stage , explained the work involved in setting up a stage production, acoustics, props, portraits , play performances, famous people, all telescoped into an excellent tour. He is first class professional tour guide and wish to thank him for making my visit as special as it was on December 2nd 1980, 43 years previously. He is surely an agent and Lord of time travel if he can succeed in doing what I had hoped to experience on my visit which I had specially planned in advance.

Just completed a backstage tour with Darragh at the Abbey, loved it. Darragh was very well informed and really connected with the group, sharing all the titbits of information and so relaxed. It really was a thrill to stand on the Abbey stage.

Amazing experience on the Abbey Theatre Backstage tour. It was well worth it, hugely informative and such a great piece of Irish culture. Our tour guide Daragh was brilliant, he made it entertaining and engaging. He added lots of his own personal stories about the Abbey and many plays which greatly enhanced the overall experience. I felt like an awestruck child getting to peer behind the wizards' curtain.

On 15/03/2024 a few friends and I did the backstage Abbey Tour. Our tour guide Daragh's breadth of knowledgeable of the theatre's interesting history was really impressive, and the entire tour very entertaining. We had a terrific time! I highly recommend taking this tour, you will not be disappointed!

We did the backstage tour with Jen. It was way beyond what we imagined. Jens enthusiasm and knowledge without a doubt made the tour for us. Even if you are not a regular theatre goer like us it is well worth visiting our national theatre. To be surrounded by so much history and that history conveyed in such an informed way was a morning well spent!! Thank you Jen and thank you Abbey Theatre. It has given us the push to make more of an effort to ho to more productions not only in the Abbey but in other theatres too.

We stopped by just after the amazing GPO tour and to our surprise, Daragh offered us an impromptu tour! He shared the connection of the theater to the Easter Uprising in 1916 - a fantastic story. He was kind and so very knowledgable and even got us into the theater for a few minutes during a rehearsal...my sister in law who teaches voice and theater was so moved she was in tears. A highlight of our trip!

This is a tour of the theatre, not a comment on a performance. This tour is an opportunity to learn about the genesis of the theatre and to explore both the public and some of the backstage areas at a time when the theatre is closed. It is a fascinating tour and gives a great insight into the challenges involved in working in a very confined space where most of the space is occupied with the seating. Our guide was Daragh who was knowledgeable and entertaining and gave us a most interesting 1.5 hour tour.

The backstage tour was fascinating. A huge thanks to Daragh, our guide, for imparting lots of information in a very engaging and interesting way. Our parish group were delighted with it. We highly recommend it and hopefully you'll be lucky enough to get Daragh! Rev'd David