Tipperary Excel

Tipperary Excel
Excel Centre with clock tower (left)
Tipperary Excel
Address Mitchell Street
Coordinates Coordinates: 52°28′29″N 8°09′36″W / 52.474841°N 8.159888°W / 52.474841; -8.159888
Public transit Bus: Tipperary (Abbey Street)[1]
Rail: Tipperary halt
Parking Market Yard car park
Owner Tipperary Excel Heritage Co. Ltd
Capacity 377 (Simon Ryan Theatre)
Construction
Opened 5 May 2001 (2001-05-05)
Construction cost €6.6 million
Website
tipperary-excel.com

Tipperary Excel is an arts and cultural centre located in Tipperary, Ireland, opened in 2001.[2][3][3][4]

History

The Excel was opened by then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on 5 May 2001. Its theatre is named after Simon Ryan (d. 2011), a brother of Tony Ryan and a longtime promoter of amateur theatre.[5]

Tipperary Excel Youth Theatre Group holds an annual play, and productions touring Ireland regularly play at the Excel.

Facilities

The Excel comprises the Simon Ryan Theatre, cinemas, an art gallery, tourism office, interpretative Centre, Internet café and a genealogy research centre.[6] It also hosts a dance school.

The Simon Ryan Theatre has a stage measuring 40 x 27 feet (12 x 8 m). The proscenium arch is 33 feet (10 m) wide and 18 ft 7 in (5.6 m) high.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/1425313313-055.pdf
  2. ↑ "Tipperary Excel Centre - Venues - Arts Centres - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Tipperary - Tipperary - Discover Ireland".
  3. 1 2 "Upcoming Events at the Tipperary Excel Arts Centre – Tipperary Town". 15 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Entertainment.ie. "Tipperary Film times Cinema film listings times movie reviews trailers cinemas information".
  5. ↑ "Late Simon Ryan's daughter urges support for theatre named after her father - Arts culture entertainment - The Nationalist".
  6. ↑ "Tipperary Excel Centre Tours Ireland, how to get to Tipperary Excel Centre, train and buses to Tipperary Excel Centre map".
  7. ↑ "Technical Specifications - Tipperary Excel".
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