SFX City Theatre, Dublin

City Theatre Dublin (formerly SFX Hall) is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1984. It is currently just a producing company that puts on over 300 shows each year in over 50 venues around the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Its productions include Sisters, The Hostage, The Matchmaker, The Vagina Monologues, and The Cuchulain Cycle, as well as highly acclaimed annual Christmas shows for children. In 2008, City Theatre Dublin ran productions of The Importance of Being Earnest with Dillie Keane and Love Letters with David Soul and Jerry Hall.

The venue, SFX Hall (short for Saint Francis Xavier Hall), used to host concerts until 2001, but this practice stopped and concerts were rehoused at the Ambassador Theatre.

Cecelia Ahern

On 17 September 2008, it was announced that City Theatre Dublin, in conjunction with MCD, would be producing Cecelia Ahern's first play Mrs. Whippy, based on her novella of the same name. The show is set to run in Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre in late October. The show is to star Marion O'Dwyer as the lead role of Emelda.

The Empty Space

From July 2007 until March 2008 City Theatre Dublin held a temporary residency in The Empty Space in Smock Alley, Temple Bar. It is a unique venue in Dublin's Cultural Quarter, both historically and aesthetically. The building itself forms part of the old City Walls, and the interior was designed by Peter Brook's internationally renowned technical director, Jean Guy Lecat. Lecat has been technical director and space designer for Jean-Louis Barrault and Peter Brook for over 35 years, and has transformed more than 200 spaces throughout the world, including such theatres as the théâtre d'Orsay in Paris. City Theatre Dublin used the space in their production of Brendan Kennelly's The Trojan Women, which ran as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2007.

List of artists who have played the SFX Hall

• ABC^[1]
• Accept^[2]
• Alanis Morissette^[3]
• Alice in Chains^[4]
• An Emotional Fish^[5]
• Anthrax^[6][7][8]
• Ash^[9]
• Big Audio Dynamite^[10]
• Billy Bragg^[11]
• Björk^[12]
• The Black Crowes^[13]
• Bush^[14]
• Chumbawamba^[15]
• The Clash^[16]
• Counting Crows^[17]
• The Cramps^[18]
• The Damned^[19]
• Def Leppard^[20]
• Deftones^[21]
• Depeche Mode^[22]
• Dio^[23]
• Dokken^[24]
• Echo and the Bunnymen^[25]
• EMF^[26]
• Fear Factory
• Foo Fighters^[27]
• Fugazi^[28][29]
• Green Day^[30]
• The House of Love
• Iron Maiden^[31]
• James^[32]
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts^[33]
• The Jesus and Mary Chain^[34]
• Judas Priest^[35]
• Kerbdog^[36]
• Korn^[37]
• Machine Head^[38]
• Madness^[39]
• Mama's Boys^[40]
• Manowar^[41]
• Marillion^[42]
• Megadeth^[43]
• meat loaf
• Metallica^[44][45][46]
• The Mission^[47]
• Moby^[48]
• My Bloody Valentine^[49]
• New Order^[50]
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds^[51]
• Nine Inch Nails^[52]
• The Offspring^[53]
• Ozzy Osbourne^[54]
• Pantera^[55]
• Paradise Lost^[56]
• Phish^[57]
• Placebo^[58]
• The Pogues^[59]
• Poison^[60]
• Portishead^[61]
• The Pretenders^[62]
• Queensrÿche^[63]
• Ratt^[64]
• R.E.M.^[65]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers^[66][67]
• Rollins Band^[68]
• Rory Gallagher^[69]
• Sepultura^[70][71]
• Silverfish^[72]
• Simple Minds^[73]
• Sinéad O'Connor^[74]
• Siouxsie and the Banshees^[75]
• Slayer^[76]
• The Smashing Pumpkins^[77][78]
• The Smiths^[79]
• Soul Asylum^[80]
• Stone Temple Pilots^[81]
• Suede^[82]
• The Sugarcubes^[83]
• Therapy?^[84]
• Thin Lizzy^[85]
• Tool^[86]
• Type O Negative^[87]
• U2^[88]
• Ultravox^[89]
• The Verve^[90]
• The Wedding Present^[91]
• Whitesnake^[92]
• The Wonder Stuff^[93]
• ZZ Top^[94]

References

1. ABC ticket
2. Accept ticket
3. Alanais Morissette
4. Alice in Chains at the SFX
8. Anthrax ticket
9. Ash
10. B.A.D ticket
11. Billy Bragg ticket
12. Björk
13. The Black Crowes at the SFX
14. Bush
15. Hope Collective gigography
16. The Clash at the SFX
17. Counting Crows
18. The Cramps ticket
19. The Damned ticket
20. Def Leppard at the SFX
21. Deftones
22. Depeche Mode ticket
23. Dio
24. Dokken ticket
25. Echo and the Bunnymen
26. EMF
27. Foo Fighters at the SFX
28. Fugazi
29. Hope Collective gig list
30. Green Day's gigography
31. Iron Maiden
32. James
33. Joan Jett ticket stub
34. JMC at the SFX
35. Judas Priest ticket
36. Kerbdog
37. Korn
38. Machine Head ticket
39. Madness ticket
40. Mama's Boys ticket
41. Manowar ticket
42. Marillion ticket
43. Megadeth at the SFX
44. Metallica ticket
45. Cliff Burton at the SFX
46. James Hetfield at the SFX
47. The Mission ticket
48. Moby
49. My Bloody Valentine
50. New Order ticket
51. Nick Cave at the SFX
52. NIN at the SFX
53. The Offspring at the SFX
54. Ozzy at the SFX
55. Pantera ticket
56. Paradise Lost ticket
57. Phish
58. Placebo
59. The Pogues ticket
60. Poison ticket
61. Portishead
62. The Pretenders advert
63. Queensrÿche
64. Ratt at the SFX
65. R.E.M. at the SFX
66. Red Hot Chili Peppers at the SFX
67. RHCP ticket
68. Rollins Band at the SFX
69. Rory Gallagher
70. Sepulutura ticket
71. Sepultura ticket
72. Silverfish ticket
73. Simple Minds ticket
74. Sinead O'Connor
75. Siouxsie ticket
76. Slayer ticket
77. Smashing Pumpkins at the SFX
78. Smashing Pumpkins at the SFX
79. The Smiths advert
80. Soul Asylum ticket
81. STP ticket
82. Suede at the SFX
83. Sugarcubes ticket
84. Therapy? ticket
85. Thin Lizzy
86. Tool
87. Type O Negative ticket
88. U2
89. Ultravox ticket
90. The Verve
91. Wedding Present ticker
92. Whitesnake
93. The Wonder Stuff ticket
94. ZZ Top ticket

External links

• Official website