The Complex Dublin

27/10/2024

On The Waterfront Preview Ticket Comp! 🎫 -

“I could have been a contender”  mourns protagonist Terry Malloy, played by Lloyd Cooney in a performance that promises to echo the strength and vulnerability of one of film’s greatest ever male roles. 

24/10/2024

One Week Until 'On The Waterfront' Opens! 🎭 -

24/10/2024

Dockers past and present, show your button at The Complex's bar and enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne for you and a guest, before the show on Opening Night, 1st November 🥂
Tickets are from just €18 + fees 🎟️ www.thecomplex.ie

23/10/2024

❌ TU Dublin MA Show Artist Spotlight: Kat Lalor ❌

There's just 2 days to go until Waystation, the TU Dublin Graduate Fine Art exhibition opens at The Complex Gallery! Five talented artists have worked alongside Gallery curator Mark O'Gorman to create moments of flux and slippage acted out, documented, and archived within the multiplicities of The Complex Gallery - a space retains pasts from its storied life - from warehouse to gallery to Waystation. The artists generate portals into possible pasts and speculative futures, inviting viewers to cross thresholds and collaborate in world building.

Today we're highlighting our fifth and final artist, Kat Lalor!

Kat Lalor is a Q***r Visual Artist, using speculative fiction and performative film to explore the multiplicity of Q***r intelligibility. Operating from a position of other, Lalor’s work is invested in moments of tension, choice and slippage. Drag is adapted as a methodology of purposeful embodiment, used to interrogate theoretical and personal ponderings of identity. Subversion, absurdity and humor explore the fragility of narrative and knowledge production, putting pressure on dominant ideals and evoking intimacy with a Q***r experience.

Lalor graduated with a BA(Hons) in Fine Art from TU Dublin in 2022. They were a recipient of the Fire Station Artists’ Studios Digital Media Graduate Award (2022), and an Arts Council Agility Award (2022). Their work has since been exhibited in the RDS Visual Arts Awards (2022), and The RHA Annual (2023).

Waystation will run at The Complex Gallery on Arran Street East from 26 October - 2 November with a preview on Friday, 25 October 6-8 pm.

18/10/2024

star Lloyd Cooney reveals his cultural picks in Something For The Weekend, with Culture on RTÉ

Check it out here, to find out what he's listening to, watching and reading when he's not in rehearsals 👉

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/1018/1475418-something-for-the-weekend-lloyd-cooneys-cultural-picks/

18/10/2024

❌ OPEN CALL: STEP UP DANCE PROJECT 2025

Step Up Dance Project is a professional development programme for recent dance graduates or equivalent early-career dance professionals in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Limerick, the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and Dance Ireland.

Step Up celebrates its 15th edition in 2025 and is delighted to offer an extended 8-week programme this year that will include six weeks of training and choreographic process with Philip Connaughton at Dance Limerick and the Irish World Academy, as well as two full additional weeks in the Moving in Collaboration International Intensive with Luail – Ireland's National Dance Company.

Step Up is looking for up to five dancers born or resident in Ireland who graduated in 2022 or since then. You’re also eligible if your professional dancing career has started since 2022 but you have come through other training routes that didn’t involve graduation.

This is an opportunity for dancers in the early stages of their professional careers. If you are only starting your career or graduating in 2025 you are not eligible. Previous Step Up participants who match the criteria above are eligible to apply again.

Curated by Fearghus Ó Conchúir with Dance Limerick Director Mary Wycherley and delivered under the guidance of Rehearsal Director, Lucia Kickham, the programme is focused on developing artists as performers while recognising the creativity necessary in the performer’s work.

As part of this year’s edition, dancers will have the chance to train with guest teachers, such as Finola Cronin and Mufutau Yusuf, who will provide them with a range of physical practices as well as a chance to hear from dance artists working in Ireland about how they sustain their practice.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 25 November at noon IST. Please send your CV and a personal statement outlining your motivation to be involved in Step Up along with a web link to a 1-minute improvisation to [email protected]

More details @ the link in bio.

11/10/2024

in this month’s Totally Dublin 🚢
Pick up a copy to find out how director Vanessa Fielding and actor Lloyd Cooney are preparing for the production, what to expect at the Irish premiere of Budd Schulberg’s with Stan Silverman’s play, and lots more.
With previews starting from 30th Oct, tickets are available from €18 plus fees - don’t miss out 💥 https://www.thecomplex.ie/event/on-the-waterfront

11/10/2024

You saw her on , now experience ✨LIVE✨ at the GORM Gathering, taking place at The Complex, 12th October! 🌀

This Irish-Ghanaian musician has wowed crowds from Trafalgar Square to with her unique musical blend of R&B, pop, and soul. 🌟

Her energy and stage presence are truly something you don’t want to miss!

And don’t forget the "What is Unifying in Practice" panel, where creativity meets collaboration, breaking barriers and sparking new ideas.

This is a conversation you'll want to be a part of 🎤

🎟️ Limited tickets remaining— Grab yours NOW at the link in our bio!

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08/10/2024

❌ What's happening @ The Complex? ❌ -

07/10/2024

❌ EXHIBITION WALK-THROUGH ❌

On Wednesday, 9th October at 1 pm, Complex Gallery curator Mark O'Gorman will be joined by artist Naomi S*x for a walk-through of her ongoing exhibition 'Speak Back' at The Gallery on Arran Street East.

All welcome!

02/10/2024

❌ GORM GATHERING ❌

Step into the "What is Unifying in Practice" panel at the GORM Gathering on October 12th, 202d4. Guided by dynamic COO Beatriz Gómez Moreno, this panel will break down how creativity can dismantle barriers and spark new connections.

Here’s the lineup shaking things up:

🎤 Mikey Cullen: Dublin’s poet and hip hop artist, blending spoken word to unite hearts with rhythm and rhyme.

🕺 Subhashini Goda: A dance artist bridging traditional Bharatanatyam with modern choreography, forging cultural connections that move both bodies and souls.

🎬 Amanda Adé: Creative director and activist, using media to drive social justice conversations and dismantle divisions.
Calling all creatives who want to make waves—this is your moment!

👉 Get your tickets at the 🔗
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30/09/2024

day one 🚢
First day of rehearsals for our new production with this fantastic team. We’re very excited to welcome you to the Irish theatre premiere of our bold new show, written by Budd Schulberg with Stan Silverman and directed by The Complex’s Artistic Director and founder, Vanessa Fielding.
With previews starting in exactly one month on 30th Oct, tickets start from €18 plus fees - don’t miss out 🎟️ https://shorturl.at/vvW4X

27/09/2024

Here's your cast for 🚢

Say hello to Michael Collins, Lloyd Cooney, Eoin Geoghegan, David Gorry, Luke Griffin, Darren Mone, David O’Meara, Mark O’Regan, Shane O’Regan and Anne O’Riordan 👏

This is the Irish theatre premiere of On The Waterfront, by Budd Schulberg with Stan Silverman. This bold new production is directed by The Complex’s Artistic Director and founder, Vanessa Fielding, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the acclaimed film. Tap the link to learn more and get tickets 🎟️ https://www.thecomplex.ie/event/on-the-waterfront
30 OCT - 16 NOV |

Supported by:
Dublin City Council
Dublin City Arts Office
Dublin Port Company
FUEL
Evans Art Shop
Heritage Credit Union
The Boars Head Pub Dublin
Louis Copeland & Sons
Dubco Credit Union
Culture on RTÉ
Oxmantown

12/09/2024

06/09/2024

On the 70th anniversary of one of the most acclaimed films in Hollywood history, The Complex brings On The Waterfront to the Irish stage for the first time.

“I could have been a contender” mourns protagonist Terry Malloy, played by Lloyd Cooney in a performance that promises to echo the strength and vulnerability of one of film’s greatest ever male roles.

The famous line still resonates every time we question our values in the face of injustice or hold on to our integrity, despite the consequences. Directed by Vanessa Fielding with rising star Cooney leading an ensemble cast, On The Waterfront is a thrilling story of corruption, power and masculinity.

This bold new production will take advantage of the industrial aesthetic in The Depot at The Complex, with the staging to include a giant recreation of the New York docks.

The immersive experience will be completed by the definitive sound of that city – jazz.

05/09/2024

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Naomi S*x | Speak Back

Preview: 04 October 6pm - 8pm

Speak Back is a multi-screen video installation by Naomi S*x featuring scenographic backdrops, actors, and scripted performance.

Exhibition Run: 05 - 18 October
Venue: THE GALLERY | ARRAN ST EAST | D07 YY97
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 12pm - 5pm

Image credit: Production still. Title: It’s A Potato, By Naomi S*x, Featuring: Susan S*x, Venus Patel and Sean McDonagh, Image credit, Jenny Brady, 2024

See link in bio for more information.

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05/09/2024

Announcement: John Lydon’s tour to come to The Complex September 2025! Tickets on sale tomorrow morning, link in bio.

Legend and icon John Lydon will talk about his unique and extraordinary career during a spoken word tour visiting England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

The shows in Autumn 2025 have been booked due to overwhelming demand, following the success of a spoken word tour in Spring 2024.

Lydon will reflect on the S*x Pistols, Public Image Limited (PiL), his art and his life’s story during informal evenings of conversation and audience questions.
An icon, a revolutionary and an immortal, as the frontman and lyricist of the S*x Pistols, Johnny Rotten changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. He caused an earthquake which transformed music for good. During his remarkable years in Public Image Ltd he consistently pushed back the boundaries and still continues to challenge and thrive.

As a writer, Lydon wrote two best-selling volumes of memoir: the excoriating Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs and the ridiculously entertaining and uncompromising Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored. Now he is embarking on a spoken word tour, where fans will get to hear his stories up-close-and-personal.

John said: “I could be s**t. I could be s**te. I’m left-handed. John Lydon or John Rotten.”

Link in bio for tickets, on sale Friday 6th September 2024

04/09/2024

Announcing The Depot Sessions second edition! Tickets on sale this Friday 6th at 9am, link in bio.

After a resounding success with its inaugural event, The Depot Sessions at The Complex are set to return on October 17th, 2024. Described by Totally Dublin as “one of the most stimulating venues in the city,” The Complex will once again open its doors to music enthusiasts for a night that promises to be even more electrifying than the first.

Building on this success the second edition will feature performances by three of Ireland’s most talked-about bands: BIG LOVE, CABL, and CHERYM.

Set your alarm for 9am Friday and grab your tickets!

04/09/2024

30/08/2024

❌ ON THE WATERFRONT ❌

The Complex is buzzing today as we're exactly a month out from rehearsals!!

Ahead of the show, we're sharing some BTS stills of Lloyd Cooney (Terry Malloy) by the brilliant George Ho**er against the backdrop of Dublin Port.

This is also a reminder that there's only ONE day left to grab your early-bird tickets to the show for just €18 🎟️ 🤯

Previews: 30/31 Oct.
Shows: 1-16 Nov.
Matinees: 5, 7, 12, 14 Nov.

See you there 🏗️

Tickets: https://www.thecomplex.ie/event/on-the-waterfront

29/08/2024

❌ What's New @ The Complex? -

26/08/2024

There’s a definite buzz around at The Complex as we count down the days until the first rehearsal for ‘On the Waterfront.’

With a cast of exceptional Irish talent, we can’t wait to welcome audiences who’ll watch the drama unfold from the immersive set which replicates the industrial surroundings of the New York City docks.

The early birds are FLYING for this one, don’t miss out and pick yours up at the link in bio before August 31st! 🦅🦅

17/08/2024

❌NEW MUSICAL AT THE COMPLEX ❌

Brian Warfield, leader and principal songwriter of The Wolfe Tones, has announced a brand-new musical, Celtic Exodus, written and created by Warfield himself, to run at the unique space of The Complex in January 2025!

Brian’s career has spanned an incredible 60 years of sell-out arena tours in the USA, UK and at home in Ireland. After the band’s farewell tour wraps in late 2024, Celtic Exodus is Brian’s invitation to bring three generations of Wolf Tones fans to the theatre, where they can experience his finely honed storytelling skills in a new musical format, with much of the musical content adapted from the Wolfe Tones wildly popular back catalogue, including ‘A Great Hunger’, ‘Misty Foggy Dew’, ‘Thank God For America’ and ‘Ireland My Ireland’

Don’t miss this incredible original musical, running for just FOUR nights at The Complex. Tickets at the 🔗

17/08/2024

❌ TICKETS ON SALE NOW ❌

Brian Warfield, leader and principal songwriter of has announced a brand-new musical, Celtic Exodus, created and written by Warfield himself, to run at the unique space of The Complex in January 2025!

Running for just FOUR nights, be sure to snap up your tickets now before they're gone! 🎟️

Tix at the 🔗

16/08/2024

❌ LEGAL CHEEK LAW FAIR 2024 ❌

have announced their 2024 law fair, taking place at The Complex from 2-4 pm, on the 17th September!

Law students, find out more at the 🔗