Friar's Gate Theatre Events
Operating since 1997, Friars’ Gate Theatre is a vibrant venue and arts centre in the heart of Munster. It is dedicated to promoting equality and inclusion in the community by giving all people a forum for expression.
The venue hosts a wide variety of performances, including music, theatre, and drama presented by professional and amateur groups.
Over the past twenty-plus years Friars’ Gate has presented a busy and diverse programme, bringing an eclectic artistic mix and teaching of the highest standards to a wide rural audience.
Check out the Friar's Gate Theatre Website for more information. Tickets are available via email [email protected] or call 063-98727.
Christ Kent - Offline
Event Date: Thursday, 20th February 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
Chris hail from Cork and is a master Storyteller. Chris presents a new show Offline, trying to give up the internet and navigate life offline.
This is sure to give you a superb night entertainment!
Tickets €25.00 + Booking Fee.
Ultimate Bublé – Michael Bublé Tribute Show
Event Date: Saturday, 8th March 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
Celebrate international women’s day with us on Saturday 8th march with a “Ultimate Bublé songbook show”. Tribute artist & fair city star Steven Mangan is the Ultimate Michael Bublé Tribute with songs such as , Home, Feeling good, Haven’t met you yet. This is a fundraising event in aid of local charity Clare’s Wish Foundation helping them to grant wishes for adults with a terminal Medical Illness in all countries of Ireland.
Booking Here
Sharon Mannion – Sharondipity
Event Date: Friday, 28th March 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
Fresh from supporting the likes of Emma Doran, Neil Delamere and Deirdre O’Kane, Sharon Mannion presents her solo show ‘SHARONDIPITY’
From mourning Funghi the Dolphin and refusing to bounce back after having kids, to gawping at Americans and one-woman 32 county mini-musicals, Sharon takes the audience on a hop-on hop-off tour of her own brain in this jam-packed, electric-paced comedy extravaganza.
Best known for her role as ‘Concepta’ in the RTE hit comedy ‘Bridget & Eamon, Sharon is the resident host of the Comedy Cellar at the International, Ireland’s longest running comedy club and has appeared at all the major comedy festivals throughout Ireland and beyond; Paddy Power at the Iveagh Gardens, Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Galway Comedy Festival and more.
Not to be missed!
A Big Egg – The People’s Theatre Company
Event Date: Thursday 3rd April 11am
By Steven Lee
For Jack and his little sister Molly, Easter is all about eggs. But how big can an egg get? And what wonderful surprises might there be inside? Based on the picture book by Steven Lee and performed with a magical mixture of live-action, animation, and puppetry, this scrumptious, sing-along musical is guaranteed to make your little ones love Easter (and each other) more than ever before.
“Beautiful storytelling with just the right mix of sitting listening and joining in.” – The Bristol Post
To Book Call 063-98727 or Email: [email protected]
An Evening of String Quintet Favourites With Vanbrugh and Friends
Event Date: Friday, 11th April 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
The Vanbrugh & Friends present a programme of jewels from the string quintet repertoire including music by Boccherini, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Dvorak. Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood are joined by violinist Marja Gaynor and violist Ed Creedon.
The Vanbrugh has evolved from the work of the Vanbrugh Quartet which was based in Cork as RTE’s Resident Quartet from 1986 to 2013 and as Artists-in-Residence at University College, Cork from 1990 until the retirement of violinist Gregory Ellis in 2017. Over three decades the quartet gave close to three thousand concerts, presenting the chamber music repertoire to audiences throughout Ireland, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. Commercial recordings include more than thirty CDs of repertoire ranging from the complete Beethoven quartets to many contemporary Irish works. In 2016 the group was presented with the National Concert Hall’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their contribution to music in Ireland.
Proudly sponsored by the National String Quartet Foundation, our principal funders the Arts Council and RTÉ Lyric FM.
PLEASE NOTE:
This event is being held at Friars’ Gate, but tickets are managed through Limetree. To book your tickets, please use the link below: https://limetreebelltable.ie/e...
Now That’s What I Call 80’s
Event Date: Friday 18th April 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
Join us for the best experience of your favorite decade! “Now that’s what i call 80’s” is a high-energy five-piece band bringing the best of the 1980s to life with electrifying performances of classic hits!
Get ready to be transported back to the decade of big hair, neon lights and unforgettable tunes, whether you’re a die-hard 80s fan or just looking for a night of feel-good nostalgia, this is the event for you!
Little Women
Event Date: Thursday 15th May 2025
Time and Location: From 8pm at Friars’ Gate Theatre Co. Limerick.
This beloved classic novel by Louisa May Alcott is given a Hotbuckle make-over in a new adaptation by Adrian Preater. The March sister’s journey from adolescence to adulthood is navigated through multi-role playing characterisation and imaginative staging as Hotbuckle explore family, love, and the challenges of growing up.
Hotbuckle are renowned for their fast -paced, multi-role-playing adaptations which cross age and gender traditions, and their latest offering promises to keep true to their style as we are invited to enter the world of The March sisters. Their journey from adolescence to adulthood is navigated through skillful characterisation and imaginative staging, as Hotbuckle explore family, love, loss and the challenges of growing up. With a touch of the highly acclaimed Hotbuckle humour and fast-paced storytelling, 19th Century Massachusetts will be brought to life as you’ve never experienced before!
“Carnacki – The Ghost Finder” and “Frank ‘n’ Stein’s Teddy” Halloween Shows
Frank ‘n’ Stein’s Teddy
Suitable for children aged 6 and under and their families.
Eddy the Teddy gets separated from his best friend Sammy Ragdoll. Soon Eddy runs into Frank and his friend Stein. They have lost their Teddy and decide that Eddy should be the replacement. Eddy doesn’t like this idea and promises to find their Teddy for them so that they won’t want him anymore.
The show uses many elements of theatre, mime, puppetry and songs to join in with. It’s a perfect introduction to live entertainment for children who’ve never been to a show before, and a welcome return for Eddy the Teddy’s young fans.
Carnacki – The Ghost Finder
Thursday 23rd October 11.30am
For children aged between five and ten and their families.
From the stories by William Hope Hodgson. Thomas Carnacki is a Sherlock Holmes style detective, but his speciality is the supernatural.
In this story he investigates a haunting in his own mother’s house. They hear mysterious knocking and door banging in the night. Then Thomas discovers the mysterious history of his mother‘s house, which includes a former tenant named mysterious history, which includes a former tenant named Captain Tobias, and rumours of a ghostly woman…
Barking Dog’s two talented actors (with the help of some puppets and children from the audience) present this exciting tale. With original music and audience participation as well as use of puppetry and mime, this is ideal for any book week, projects on fantasy, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, music or drama.
To Book Call 063-98727 or Email: [email protected]
