Music, Between the Notes
Andrea Vanzo
Fri 12 Dec, 8pm
Andrea Vanzo is an award-winning composer and musician based in Bologna, Italy, who merges modern classical with elements of the pop soundscape to create a new cinematic musical language.
Music, Between the Notes
Music, Christmas
Eimear Quinn
Sat 13 Dec, 8pm
Songs of Winter Dreaming
The Eurovision winner returns to Pavilion Theatre with her ethereal voice, performing seasonal treasures and Celtic classics alongside the Mamisa String Quartet and guitarist Robbie Overson.
sold out
Music
Ye Vagabonds
Sun 14 Dec, 8pm
Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn are an award-winning folk duo who weave rich harmonies and timeless stories into songs that feel both traditional and new.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
The Marching Band
Mon 15 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
7 Nominations incl. Best Film, César Awards 2025
Emmanuel Courcol’s French comedy-drama follows two newly discovered brothers who bond over music, blending humour, warmth, and charismatic performances from Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin.
Family, Schools, Christmas
Julia Donaldson’s The Smeds and the Smoos
Tue 16 - Sun 28 Dec
THE PERFECT FAMILY CHRISTMAS TREAT
Zoom into outer space this Christmas, with two warring aliens in Julia Donaldson’s playful, Olivier-nominated hit show. Music, laughs and interplanetary adventures for everyone aged 3 and up!
Cinema, Dance, Event Cinema, Christmas
Cinema: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Thu 18 Dec, 7pm
The Royal Ballet (Encore Screening)
Peter Wright’s beloved production, where fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky.
Cinema, Event Cinema, Christmas
It’s a Wonderful Life
Fri 19 Dec, 8pm
Christmas Movies
Frank Capra’s classic Christmas tale follows George Bailey (James Stewart), who struggles with his own desires against always doing the right thing. At the peak of his desperation, a guardian angel arrives to remind him how worthwhile his life has been.
Cinema, Family, Christmas
Elf
Sat 20 Dec, 5.30pm
Christmas Movies
Will Ferrell stars as Buddy the Elf in this modern Christmas classic about a human raised in the North Pole who heads to New York looking for his real father - teaching the whole city the true meaning of Christmas in the process.
Cinema, Family, Christmas
Home Alone
Sun 21 Dec, 5.30pm
Christmas Movies
The beloved family comedy starring Macaulay Culkin as ten-year-old Kevin McCallister who is inadvertently left home alone by his family when they go on vacation.
Family, Christmas
There’s a Monster in Your Christmas Show
Wed 31 Dec - Sun 4 Jan
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as Tom Fletcher’s beloved Who’s in Your Book? series returns with a Christmas version of this hit show.
Music
Foster & Allen
Wed 14 Jan, 8pm
50 Years of Hits Tour
The international recording artists look forward to celebrating half a century in the music business with a show featuring all their classics like Bunch Of Thyme, Old Flames, Maggie and After All These Years.
Comedy
Deirdre O’Kane
Thu 15 & Fri 16 Jan, 8pm
O’Kaning It
A night of relentless laughs fuelled by warped personal insight from the comedic fireball who mercilessly mines hilarity from the human condition.
Family
The Speks
Sun 18 Jan, 2pm & 4.30pm
The Speks are back to present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats!
Comedy
Neil Delamere
Wed 28 & Fri 30 Jan, 8pm
Reinventing the Neil
Join the star of the Blame Game, Live at the Apollo, QI and Celebrity Chase as he ponders the eternal question, if it ain’t broke should he fix it?
Theatre, Music, Comedy, Matinée
An Evening without Kate Bush
Sat 31 Jan & Sun 1 Feb
★★★★★ The Telegraph
Best Cabaret Award, Adelaide Fringe 2025
This award-winning cabaret pays glorious tribute to the music, fans and mythology of one of the biggest voices in British music. Kate’s not there, but you are.
Theatre
Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer
Thu 12 - Sun 15 Feb 2026
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
The intrepid Antarctic explorer and one of Ireland’s unsung heroes is brought to life in this dramatic and humorous solo performance by Aidan Dooley.
Theatre, Music, Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen
Thu 19 - Sun 22 Feb
Irish National Opera
Follow the Vixen into a vivid forest world in Janáček’s moving, magical opera about freedom, resilience, and the cycle of life. Starring American soprano Amber Norelai.
extra date added
Music
Eddi Reader
Wed 25 - Fri 27 Feb, 8pm
Back by popular demand after sellout runs of multiple nights at Pavilion Theatre in 2024 and 2025, Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers.
Music
Reeling in the Showband Years
Sun 1 Mar, 8pm
The smash-hit show returns once again to Pavilion Theatre in 2026 for another nostalgic journey back in time to the magical Showband era. Join Ronan Collins along with a host of other stars to celebrate its amazing 16th year!
Theatre
The Love Hungry Farmer by John B Keane
Tue 3 & Wed 4 Mar, 8pm
Starring Seamus O’Rourke
John Bosco McLaine, eternal optimist and virgin, pursues love against all odds. Seamus O’Rourke channels John B Keane’s spirit in a hilarious, heartfelt tale of wit, longing, laughter and hope.