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About The Simon Ryan Theatre

The Theatre is named after Simon Ryan,  who was born near Limerick Junction, Tipperary Town in 1940.  He had a life-long love affair with the performing arts and in particular dramatic theatre.
 
His parents Martin Ryan, a train driver and Lil O’Donnell met on a production of Autumn Fire performed by The Railwaymen’s Dramatic Society, Limerick Junction in mid- 1930’s. Taking after his mother and father, he took to the stage from a very young age playing both male and female roles, which was the norm at the  time.  In the years that followed, his love of theatre deepened. He was a member of a number of dramatic societies which took part in amateur drama festivals around the country. He often quoted Russia’s Konstantin Stanislavski, dubbed “the father of modern acting”-

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
 
In the late 1990’s he co-founded Stacumny Players with his nephew Cathal Ryan. They toured the country and parts of the UK and were successful in making it to the Dean Crowe Theatre to take part in the All Ireland Amateur Dramatic Festival.  The first play to be performed in the Simon Ryan Theatre shortly after it opened in 2001 was John B Keane’s classic;  The Field by Stacumny Players, which had amongst its cast Simon Ryan, his grandson Cian Ryan and great niece Danielle Ryan. 

​Up until his untimely death in 2011, Simon Ryan remained a proud Tipperary man, holding great passion for his two loves theatre and hurling.  
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  • HOME
  • CINEMA
    • Now Showing
  • THEATRE
    • About The Simon Ryan Theatre
    • Excel Youth Theatre
  • Other Activities
    • Aleen Crust Talk
    • TIPPERARY DANCE
    • Yoga
    • Excel Writers Group
    • FAMILIES & CHILDREN
    • SCHOOLS
    • Classes at the Excel
  • HERITAGE & GENEALOGY
    • Tipperary Family History Research Centre
    • About Heritage
    • Heritage Festival
    • Tipperary 1912-1923 War & Revolution
    • Welcome to Tipperary
    • Tipperary - A Heritage Town - Photo Gallery
  • GALLERY
    • Love of Nature by Inese Bernane
    • Judy Carroll Deely March 2020
    • Excel Writers Group Exhibition March 2020
    • PAST EXHIBITIONS
  • ABOUT THE EXCEL
    • EXPLORE EXCEL
    • Tipperary Town Library
    • ROOM HIRE & CONFERENCES
    • THE FRENCH QUARTER CAFE
  • LOTTO
  • CONTACT