Official tourism website for Northern Ireland
En

The Playhouse

5-7 Artillery Street, Derry~Londonderry, County Londonderry, BT48 6RG
The Playhouse

Book Tickets Online

About

Historically home to St. Mary's convent and St. Joseph's school in the 19th and early 20th century, The Playhouse is based in Artillery Street and was established in 1992 with a grant of just £300. Since then it has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading award-winning multi-disciplinary Community Art Resource Centres.

The Playhouse works to deliver Arts, Education and Peace-building Programmes to every corner to society, to provide a platform for new and emerging artists, and to create and touring important theatre around the island of Ireland.
Every day The Playhouse delivers an innovative and impactful programme of arts training, support and qualifications for people who most need it; children, young people, those who have slipped through the cracks in statutory education, those with disabilities, young people at risk of committing crime, vulnerable and lonely older people.
As part of its remit to simply "Make arts accessible to all", The Playhouse strives to develop pioneering new types of theatre- from performance work with ex combatants and victims and survivors of conflict, to theatre that steps between real and virtual worlds, using human actors, theatrical direction and digital puppeteering.
Since Covid-19 and its devastating effect on the world of the arts, The Playhouse has developed a an imaginative digitally led programme, broadcasting live around the world as part of our new Digital Playhouse- enabling us to thrive in a new artistic and theatrical landscape.
Find out more at www.derryplayhouse.co.uk.

Social Narrative Video available here

Book Tickets

Guide Prices

Admission charges will apply to performances held at the venue.

Add The Playhouse to your Itinerary

Close window

Call direct on:

Tel+44 (0) 28 7126 8027

Map & Directions

What's Nearby

  1. Derry~Londonderry is the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland and is one of…

    0.03 miles away
  2. Get yourself down to Badger's Bar where you'll find the infamous Derry Girls mural, one…

    0.07 miles away
  3. Dominating the skyline on all approaches to the city of Derry~Londonderry is Saint…

    0.1 miles away
  4. Explore the Blue Coat School Heritage Centre and discover the compelling, and often…

    0.14 miles away
  5. The new Siege Museum and Exhibition is a permanent display of the history of the Siege of…

    0.15 miles away
  6. A neo-Gothic church of 1872. built of whinstone with sandstone dressings. Iit is…

    0.16 miles away
  7. The Verbal Arts Centre is an educational charity founded in 1992 and now located in the…

    0.16 miles away
  8. The Tower Museum houses two permanent exhibitions: The Story of Derry and An Armada…

    0.2 miles away
  9. Fashioned in neo-gothic style, the Guildhall is one of the most striking buildings in the…

    0.22 miles away
  10. Void is a contemporary art gallery that commissions and produces a visual arts programme…

    0.23 miles away
  11. The museum is a public space where the concept of Free Derry can be explored in both…

    0.26 miles away
  12. The Archive and Genealogy Service of Derry City Council has responsibility for the…

    0.28 miles away
  13. The Peace Bridge has become an integral part of the city’s infrastructure and is held in…

    0.3 miles away
  14. In the grounds of the Long Tower Church, the Áras Cholmcille or St. Columba Heritage…

    0.32 miles away
  15. The Peacemakers Museum focuses on how the North of Ireland moved from decades of violent…

    0.4 miles away
  16. Ebrington, a former military barracks just across the Peace Bridge, with a rich history,…

    0.43 miles away

Virtual Tour

Map & Directions

Back to Top

Tourism Northern Ireland

Don't Miss