The Dean Crowe Theatre & Arts Centre, Athlone is a professional venue with strong community links. With a 442-seat theatre, art gallery and bar, we receive a range of events in all performance genres & art forms across professional arts practice, commercial arts practice & events, and community, voluntary & amateur arts practice. We produce an annual pantomime and run the ‘One Tribe’ Arts Ability Project. In 2020, we piloted a new artist development space opportunity. Recently we launched an online chat show series – Dean Crowe Dialogues – featuring local community organisations & artists.
The Dean Crowe Theatre is pleased to offer a wide range of flexible spaces, furniture, equipment, support, knowledge, expertise and facilities to make your event a success. We specialise in receiving and occasionally producing live productions on our stage be they in theatre, comedy, dance, music, musical theatre, opera or any form of performance. Our proscenium arch stage and 442-seat auditorium can also host corporate events or community functions.
Our bright and airy AIB Gallery and our cosy theatre bar can cater for art exhibitions and installations, workshops, classes, seminars, receptions, launches, poetry readings, book clubs, courses, rehearsals, intimate performances, rehearsed readings, work-in-progress or development performances and much more.
We will provide you with the maximum support that we can, working with you to ensure that you get the best possible use of the space and that your event achieves your desired outcome. Please browse our technical specifications below for more details of all our facilities and contact the theatre manager to discuss your plans.
