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Roscommon Arts Centre opened its doors to the public in 2002, and is located on the outskirts of Roscommon town, the capital of County Roscommon. It is the only dedicated and purpose built arts venue in Roscommon. Roscommon Arts Centre was founded to provide arts facilities for the people of County Roscommon to accommodate the breadth of creative activity in the region and to actively encourage its development.

The centre features a 194 seat auditorium, gallery space and a workshop/project space with a fully licensed theatre bar.

The performance programme includes theatre, music, dance, comedy, cinema and literary events by local, national and international performers, while the gallery space plays host to a dynamic visual art programme by artists working in both traditional and contemporary mediums. The arts centre also operates a regular film programme, screening both art house films and commercial cinema releases and a programme of workshops and classes which include dance, drama and music, taking place each season in the workshop/project space. Artists and companies who have performed onstage at Roscommon Arts Centre include The Gate, Reduced Shakespeare Company, comedians Neil Delamare, Jason Byrne, Colin Murphy, musician Jack L and more.

Roscommon Arts Centre is one of the founding members of Nomad Theatre Network, which was established in 2006 with the aim to further the development of the performing arts in the North Midlands region of Ireland, and extend the parameters of regional, national, and international performances available to venues and their audiences. The network is supported by The Arts Council. Nomad Theatre Network members are: Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon; An Táin Theatre, Dundalk; Backstage Theatre, Longford; Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda; Iontas Theatre, Castleblaney; Livin’ Dred Theatre Company, Virginia; Mullingar Arts Centre, Mullingar; Ramor Theatre, Virginia;

Roscommon Arts Centre is supported by Roscommon County Council and The Arts Council.

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