Must-see entertainment in Temple Bar

  • The facade of the Smock Alley Theatre.

    Smock Alley Theatre

    Temple Bar

    One of the city’s most diverse theatres is hidden in this beautifully restored 17th-century building. It boasts a broad program of events (expect anything…

  • Workman's Club

    Temple Bar

    A 300-capacity venue and bar in the former working-men's club of Dublin. The emphasis is on keeping away from the mainstream, which means everything from…

  • Project Arts Centre

    Temple Bar

    The city's most interesting venue for challenging new work – be it drama, dance, live art or film. Three separate spaces allow for maximum versatility…

  • Mother

    Temple Bar

    The best club night in the city is ostensibly a gay night, but it does not discriminate: clubbers of every sexual orientation come for the sensational DJs…

  • Ark Children's Cultural Centre

    Temple Bar

    Aimed at youngsters between the ages of three and 14, the Ark runs a range of age-specific programs, talks and interactive experiences designed to…

  • Olympia Theatre

    Temple Bar

    This lovely Victorian-era theatre specialises in light plays and, at Christmastime, pantomimes. It also hosts some terrific live gigs.

  • New Theatre

    Temple Bar

    This small theatre's location above a left-wing bookshop should be a guide to the kind of thinking that informs most of the performances taking place on…

  • Button Factory

    Temple Bar

    A multipurpose venue where one night you might be shaking your glow light to a thumping live set by a top DJ, and the next you'll be shifting from foot to…

  • Chaplins Comedy Club

    Temple Bar

    A regularly changing line-up of up-and-coming and local talent look for laughs at this all-seater club; failing that, there's always pizza and craft beer…

  • Ha'Penny Bridge Inn

    Temple Bar

    A traditional old bar that features local comics on the rise upstairs at the Unhinged Comedy Club on Sundays and Wednesdays, and Irish music downstairs.

  • Irish Film Institute

    Temple Bar

    The IFI has a couple of screens and shows classics and new art-house films. The complex also has a bar, a cafe and a bookshop.