Droichead Arts Centre – Check Out What’s on this Winter & Spring!

At Droichead Arts Centre, we have the perfect Christmas gifts for everyone on your list. From thought-provoking plays in our Theatre Club to captivating movies in our Film Club, and ecclectic music shows, our upcoming lineup promises something for every taste. Whether you’re shopping for a theatre enthusiast, a film aficionado, or a music lover, our tickets and gift vouchers make thoughtful and unique presents for your loved ones this Christmas. Give the Gift of Art this Christmas — celebrate creativity and support artists and your local arts centre!

Theatre Club Spring/Summer 2025
FRI 7 FEB – SAT 28 JUN
7 plays for €95

Set up in 2017, and heading into its 14th season, Droichead Theatre Club brings audiences together to see a play, and like a book club, our audiences can share their views, thoughts and impressions informally post show with the cast and creatives. If this is your first or your 50th play, it doesn’t matter, come along, and be part of the drama at Droichead.

The season will kick off with the return of Livin’ Dred (Tarry Flynn, Super Bogger) with a classic, The Playboy of the Western World directed by Aaron Monaghan; followed by Frankie McCafferty’s Lisdoon-Nirvana based on the last music festival in 1983 in Lisdoonvarna; there is ground breaking story telling from Mary Kate O’ Flanagan in Making A Show of Myself, the hilarious Chicken by Eva O Connor and Hildegard Ryan, and the story of Nora Joyce in A Rare Journey by Paula Greevy-Lee, as well as that trip to the Abbey Theatre to see Youth’s The Season – ? as part of the Gregory Project, (ticket and bus included). Finally as a treat for 2025, (celebrating our 35th year) we are throwing in Chapterhouse’s Pride and Prejudice at Oldbridge.
So seven great plays for €95 including ticket & return bus trip from Drogheda to the Abbey Theatre, outdoor theatre at Oldbridge and there will be a work in progress or two as well!

The Playboy of the Western World
By JM Synge | Directed by Aaron Monaghan | Livin’ Dred | FRI 7 FEB | 8pm

Lisdoon-Nirvana
By Frankie McCafferty | Directed by Charlie Bonner | An Grianán Productions | THU 6 MAR | 8pm

Making a Show of Myself
By Mary Kate O’Flanagan | FRI 21 MAR | 8pm

Chicken
By Eva O’Connor and Hildegard Ryan | Sundays Child | THU 3 APR | 8pm

Youth’s The Season -?
By Mary Manning | Directed by Sarah Jane Scaife | THU 10 APR | 7.30pm | The Abbey Theatre

A Rare journey
Written and performed by Paula Greevy-Lee | Directed by Gerard Lee | FRI 16 MAY | 8pm

Outdoor Theatre at Oldbridge: Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen | Chapterhouse | SAT 28 JUN | 6.30pm

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Film Club
TUE 14 JAN – TUE 20 MAY
8 Films for €48

Film Club is back for Spring 2025. Droichead Arts Centre in partnership with Access Cinema, are delighted to welcome back our Film Club members, with a season of eight engaging and beautiful films from around the world, once again curated by Sinead Brassil and Niall O’Brien of LMFM’s film review segment ‘Reel Reviews‘. Each film is introduced by the curators and followed by a short post screening discussion. Once again you can expect the wild and wonderful, the best and most breath taking independent cinema from around the world with 8 amazing films for only €48! And we are again delighted to partner with the film makers of DKiT to present one short film by the graduating class before four of the screenings.

DIDI (2024) | Dir Sean Wang | Comedy/Drama | USA | Tue 14 Jan

CROSSING (2024) | Dir Levan Akin | Drama | Turkey | Tue 21 Jan

TOUCH (2024) | Dir Baltasar Kormákur | Romance/Drama | Iceland | Tue 28 Jan

KATHLEEN IS HERE (2024) | Dir Eva Birthistle | Drama | Ireland | Tue 18 Feb

IT’S RAINING MEN (2023) | Dir Caroline Vignal | Comedy | France | Tue 4 Mar

BIRD (2024) | Dir Andrea Arnold | Drama | UK | Tue 29 Apr

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (2024) | Dir Rungano Nyoni | Comedy/Drama | Ireland, UK, Zambia | Tue 13 May

ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (2024) | Dir Payal Kapadia | Drama | France | Tue 20 May

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Upcoming Music at Droichead

NoCrows
SAT 18 JAN 2025
8pm | €20/18

Droichead are delighted to welcome NoCrows to Drogheda in advance of their visit to Celtic Connections in the UK. A dynamic world music orchestra from Sligo’s diverse music scene, formed in 2005 via a casual session in Sligo’s famous Shoot the Crows pub, hence the curious band name. The group eventually grew into an eclectic six piece playing mostly original material which could be filed under “World Music”. With 3 members from Ireland, the other three hailing from Siberia, Switzerland and Mallorca, the band’s original material reflects the diverse individual members’ musical backgrounds, spanning Irish traditional, rumba, classical, jazz, rock, and Balkan music. NoCrows has since enthralled audiences at top European festivals such as Glastonbury, Dranouter, Sitges Live, Sligo Live, and on tour in several European countries. After six CD releases, NoCrows have recently launched their very first limited edition vinyl album, eponymously titled NoCrows. The LP is a remastered-for vinyl “Best Of” collection plus bonus tracks and new compositions written during lockdown.

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The Nanci Griffith Songbook
SAT 25 JAN 2025
8pm | €25

The Nanci Griffith Songbook is an evening of songs and stories dedicated to the late Nanci Griffith, one of America’s greatest musical treasures. A Grammy award winning recording artist whose career spanned nearly four decades, Nanci Griffith’s unique blend of country, folk and pop music made her one of the most respected, popular and loved singer songwriters of her generation.
Join Gillian Tuite and The Blue Moon Band for this unmissable show, as they perform the greatest hits of Nanci Griffith and celebrate her musical legacy.

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Drogheda Comedy Festival 2025
7 – 9 MARCH 2025

Following the phenomenal success of its debut in 2024, the Drogheda Comedy Festival is back in 2025! From March 7th to 9th, your favorite comedians will take over venues across Drogheda for another unforgettable weekend of comedy gold, including three incredible shows at the Droichead Arts Centre. Don’t miss the laughs!

Women in Comedy
SAT 8 MAR 2025
4pm | €15 | Droichead Arts Centre

Funny women being funny about being funny. What could be funnier. Join us for what promises to be a festival highlight. Five titans of the comedy industry sit down in front of an audience to do what they do best. Journalist, playwright and author, Fiona Looney. Stand up, actor and improviser, Sharon Mannion. Stand up, presenter and DJ, Sinead Quinlan. Stand up and viral sensation, Justine Stafford and stand up and warrior Ailish McCarthy will regale you with tales from within the industry and will answer your questions for this once in a lifetime, show. This is what we did before podcasts.

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Young Hot Guys
SUN 9 MAR 2025
4pm | €28 | Droichead Arts Centre

The Kings of tangents are taking their weekly chat out of people’s phones and onto the live stage. There has NEVER been Younger Hotter Guys on stage at Droichead Arts Centre for the Drogheda Comedy Festival. Starring, Shane Daniel Byrne, Tony Cantwell and Killian Sundermann, Young Hot Guys is the podcast you most desire. It is hot enough to melt your eardrums and so young that its generation hasn’t even been named yet. But what it is about … well, my friend, exactly. Coming to a headphone or a venue near you.

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Waterford Whispers News
SUN 9 MAR 2025
7pm | €28 | Droichead Arts Centre

Following its sold out world tour, Waterford’s 6th favourite newspaper Waterford Whispers News is bringing its groundbreaking live show to Droichead Arts Centre in March. Hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning anchorman Paddy Brown and Gunther, the WWN team will inject its biting political and pop culture commentary directly into the eyes and ears of audience members in this one in a lifetime live event.

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Droichead Gift Voucher
Give the Gift of a Droichead Gift Voucher this Christmas. Vouchers are redeemable towards any show at Droichead Arts Centre.

Click here to view and purchase your voucher today!

Visit www.droichead.com or call 041 98 33946 for more information.