Parking Market Yard car park Capacity 377 (Simon Ryan Theatre) Opened 5 May 2001 | Phone +353 62 80520 Construction cost 6.6 million EUR | |
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Public transit Bus: Tipperary (Abbey Street)Rail: Tipperary halt Owner Tipperary Excel Heritage Co. Ltd Address Mitchell St, Carrownreddy, Tipperary, Ireland Hours Open today · 10AM–10PMSaturday10AM–10PMSunday10AM–10PMMonday10AM–10PMTuesday10AM–10PMWednesday10AM–10PMThursday10AM–10PMFriday10AM–10PMSuggest an edit Similar IMC, Odeon Cinema Limerick, Crescent Shopping Centre, Sean Treacy Memorial, Canon Hayes Recreatio | ||
Tipperary Excel is an arts and cultural centre located in Tipperary, Ireland, opened in 2001.
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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.
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. 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.
References
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