Tivoli Theatre (Dublin)

The Tivoli Theatre was a theatre on Francis Street in The Liberties, Dublin which closed in 2019 and was demolished shortly afterwards for replacement by a hotel[1]

The theatre opened on 21 December 193 as a replacement for an earlier Tivoli Theatre located on Burgh Quay, which had closed in May 1928.[2]

Built to the designs of architect Vincent Kelly with seating provided for 700. The Tivoli Theatre opened as a cine-variety theatre, but by the late-1930s it had converted to full-time cinema use and was renamed Tivoli Cinema.

The Tivoli Cinema was closed in September 1964. It was converted into a nightclub and a shop; before finally re-opening as a live theatre in 1987 and renamed Tivoli Theatre. At time of closing, the upper theatre could seat 475; and the lower venue was in operation as a nightclub

The walls of the carpark had become a noted street art location and the planning permission to demolish the theatre required the extant art to be photographed and documented prior to demolition[3]

Notable Performances

The venue had seen The Cranberries, Oasis, Blur, Suede, The Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine,[4] Deadmau5 and $uicideBoy$ perform.

That Petrol Emotion played the Tivoli three times,[5] including their Irish farewell gig in 1994. Recordings from that concert were included on the live album Final Flame (Fire, Detonation And Sublime Chaos).

References
  1. "Final curtain for Tivoli Theatre as hotel plan given green light". Irish Independent. 18 July 2018.
  2. "About". Tivoli. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. "Dublin's Tivoli Theatre will be knocked for a hotel - once the developer preserves its graffiti". Journal Media. 18 Jan 2018.
  4. "PIC: Rage Against the Machine made their Irish debut 22 years ago today and the review is gold". JOE. 2016.
  5. "The TPE live archive".

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