At the Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny City, national and international performances are curated to provide a diverse, year round programme for all ages. Visitors can choose from comedy, theatre, musical theatre, opera, dance, jazz, trad, classic rock and top class tribute acts.
- Don't Forget To Remember
Family funDon't Forget To Remember Don’t Forget to Remember is a feature documentary which follows the Irish street artist Asbestos as he and his family learn to navigate his mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and cope with her fading memories.
- The Ultimate Bubble Show
Family funThe Ultimate Bubble Show Experience the best in soap bubble entertainment. Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble.
- Thanks For The Dance - The Leonard Cohen Story
Family funThanks For The Dance - The Leonard Cohen Story Cohen Unlimited are bringing back their show celebrating the poems and songs of legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen after a full house in The Watergate last year.
- The Cripple Of Inishmaan
Family funThe Cripple Of Inishmaan Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, Martin McDonagh’s hit play is a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling.
- Driving Madeleine Une Belle Course
Arts and cultureDriving Madeleine Une Belle Course Paris taxi-driver Charles accepts an early morning fare. His client turns out to be 92-year-old Madeleine, who is making the final journey to the care home where her doctors and family have decided she must live.
- Kneecap
Family funKneecap When teacher JJ is roped in to act as Liam Og Irish language interpreter during a Police interrogation, he happens upon Liam and childhood friend Naoise’s raw lyrical prose.
- 80s Icons
Family fun80s Icons 80s Icons Show is back at The Watergate for 2 shows on Friday 04 & Saturday 05 October. 80s Icons is Ireland’s first and only touring live theatre show dedicated to celebrating the music and culture of the 1980s.
- The Night of the 12th
Arts and cultureThe Night of the 12th This is a raw, powerful police drama, layered with social topics addressing some fundamental issues around human behaviour, endemic misogyny and male violence towards women, which is elevated by some stellar performances from the entire cast.