Town Hall Theatre (Galway)
| Amharclann Halla na Cathrach | |
  Town Hall Theatre | |
| Address | 1, Courthouse Square |
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| Location | Galway, Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°16′34″N 9°03′14″W / 53.276177°N 9.053985°WCoordinates: 53°16′34″N 9°03′14″W / 53.276177°N 9.053985°W53°16′34″N 9°03′14″W / 53.276177°N 9.053985°W |
| Public transit | Galway railway station |
| Capacity |
393 (Main Auditorium) 60 (Studio Space) |
| Opened | October 1995 |
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The Town Hall Theatre (Irish: Amharclann Halla na Cathrach[1]) is a theatre in Galway, Ireland.
History
The building which houses the Town Hall Theatre was erected in the 1820s and served first as a courthouse and later as a town hall. In the 1950s, the building was converted into a cinema and was used for film screenings until it fell into disrepair in the 1990s. Galway Corporation (now Galway City Council), with the assistance of a grant from the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, undertook a major refurbishment of the building between 1993–95 and it reopened as a state of the art, 393-seat Municipal Theatre in October 1995.
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