Nollaig Shona

All the board and staff at Siamsa Tíre would like to thank all of its patrons, donators, funders and local partners for your continued support throughout another challenging year for us all.  We...

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Forging The Dance

Last Friday 18th November, Fr Pat Ahern launched his book, ‘Forging The Dance — A Theatrical Exploration Of The Concept Of Folk Theatre And The Birth Of Siamsa Tíre’....

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Keeping the cultural flame alive

This Friday 28th October at 8pm, Siamsa Tíre celebrates our Irish cultural and sporting traditions in Cultúr.  This Centenary celebration showcases the traditions that inspired, sustained and...

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SpOOKtacular Halloween Events

Fancy-dress Fun, Wicked Workshops and a screening of Disney’s greatest Halloween movie – just some of the SpOOktacular activities taking place at Siamsa Tíre this Halloween....

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Keep the faith tours to Derry

The National Folk Theatre recently presented a production ‘Keep the faith, keep the folk’, on the Siamsa stage, closely followed by inclusion in Derry’s Echo Echo Dance Festival...

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Traditional Munnix Dance Goes Global

As part of Siamsa Tíre’s continued focus on sharing and sustaining our traditional arts, and as a response to the Covid pandemic, it launched a series of online traditional Irish dance, music...

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Rose of Tralee Festival Special

We are thrilled to see the return of the Rose of Tralee International Festival for 2022. To celebrate, we are offering a very special discount rate for performances of Fadó Fadó during the festival...

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Festival of Irish Choreography 2022

In collaboration with Dance Ireland | Project Arts Centre | Irish Film Institute | The Complex On 11th-14th July 2022, John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre IMDT rebooted the company’s annual...

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NFT awarded support from RTÉ Supporting the Arts

Siamsa Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, are delighted to announce that we have been awarded support from RTÉ Supporting the Arts this July. The RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme is an...

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Musical Extravaganza ‘Back to the Music’ by the Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre

Following on from the Easter Panto “Cinderella”, the award-wining director Oliver Hurley presents a variety of musical theatre excerpts. This two hour production is full of dynamic dance routines...

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