Bord Gãƒâ¡is Energy Theatre Daniel Libeskind and Arts Team

Ireland's largest all-seated indoor theatre

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Exterior venue with former signage (c.2010)
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Location within Dublin City
Former names	M Culvert Theatre (2010–12)
Address	One thousand Canal Foursquare Dublin 2 D02 PA03 Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′39″Northward 6°14′24″Westward  /  53.34425°N vi.24004°W  / 53.34425; -6.24004 Coordinates: 53°twenty′39″N half dozen°14′24″West  /  53.34425°N 6.24004°W  / 53.34425; -6.24004
Public transit	Thou Canal Dock DART
Possessor	Crownway Investments
Operator	Alive Nation Republic of ireland
Capacity	2,111
Acreage	0.viii acre
Construction
Broke footing	9 January 2007 (2007-01-09)
Opened	18 March 2010 (2010-03-eighteen)
Construction cost	€80 1000000
Architect	RHWL Studio Liebskind
Project managing director	Lafferty
Structural engineer	Arup Grouping
Primary contractors	Sisk Group
Website
Venue Website
Building details
Design and construction
Developer	Charted Land
Other designers	Billings Design Associates Martha Schwartz Partners McCauley Daye O'Connell Pritchard Themis Permasteelisa Arts Squad Michael Slattery Associates Bruce Shaw
Quantity surveyor	Davis Langdon

The Bord Gáis Free energy Theatre (originally the Thousand Canal Theatre) is a performing arts venue, located in the Docklands of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland's largest stock-still-seat theatre.^[1] It was designed by Daniel Libeskind for the DDDA, built by Joe O'Reilly (Chartered Land), and opened past Harry Crosbie on 18 March 2010.^[two] It is endemic past Bernie and John Gallagher (of Doyle Hotels), who bought the theatre in 2014 from NAMA, through their company, Crownway.^{[iii] [4] [v]}

History [edit]

The site in 1985 prior to demolition

The site originally housed diverse buildings and structures of the Dublin Gasworks Company which were demolished in 1985 and decontaminated by the DDDA in the late 1990s and early 2000s at a price of over €50m.^{[six] [7]}

Development (2004–2010) [edit]

Grand Culvert Theatre (148,171 ext. / 117,132 int. square foot, 2,111 seats)^{[8] [9] [ten]} is the largest fixed seated theatre in Ireland,^[i] and the only Irish theatre with a stage^[11] capable of hosting major London West-End shows.^{[12] [xiii] [14]}

It would rank as the 4th largest London Westward-Stop theatre, and exceeds the capacity of all New York Broadway theatres.

The theatre was built by Joe O'Reilly^[15] of Chartered Land (Castlethorn),^[8] on a 0.8-acre site,^[16] at a reported cost of €80 1000000 (incl. land), to the specifications of the Dublin Docklands Development Potency (or "DDDA").^{[nine] [17] [xiv]}

The price of the theatre was funded by the auction of two sites, on either side of the theatre, that Joe O'Reilly purchased from the DDDA in 2006.^[eighteen] Therefore, as well equally the K Culvert Theatre, O'Reilly congenital the s office block (2 Grand Culvert Square at 150,000 gla sq ft), and due north office blocks (4 & 5 Grand Culvert Square at 225,000 gla sq ft), as well as a 222-space car-park (underneath the 1000 Culvert Square plaza).^{[xix] [twenty] [21]}

Polish-American starchitect Daniel Libeskind designed the theatre for the DDDA in 2004 (who were regenerating the expanse). Studio Liebskind also designed the office blocks on either side of the theatre (2, 4 & v Grand Canal Foursquare) to ensure O'Reilly'due south scheme was integrated.^[8] Studio Liebskind collaborated with RHWL architects in London (theatre specialists) and McCauley Daye O'Connell architects in Dublin (executive architects).^[22] Construction started on the theatre in January 2007 and finished in late 2009. The main contractor was John Sisk & Sons and Arups were the primary engineers.^[8]

The DDDA's wider development of the Grand Canal Square (Yard Canal Dock regeneration project), included another role block (1 Grand Canal Square^[23] at 125,000 sq ft, completed in 2007), a 5-star Hotel (the Manuel Aires Mateus designed, Mark Hotel, completed in 2012 but to a lower specification^[24]) and a Martha Schwartz designed 10,000 sq ft central piazza (on a "scarlet rug" theme, integrating with the Liebskind theatre, completed in 2008).^{[25] [26]}

Buying (2010 onwards) [edit]

Possessor Harry Crosbie at the opening night of the theatre on 18 March 2010

As construction began in January 2007, the DDDA reportedly proposed the Grand Canal Theatre to the Country (Section of Arts and Civilization) or the Abbey Theatre, or as a new venue for National Concert Hall, only neither were able to meet the price of fit-out (circa €4m), or handle the scale of the venue.^[17]

The theatre was purchased by Dublin Docklands-based businessman Harry Crosbie (co-possessor of Point Theatre, at present 3Arena, amongst other docklands properties) for €10m in July 2007 from Joe O'Reilly. Crosbie borrowed the purchase price, plus another €iii.8m for the fit-out, from Allied Irish Banks ("AIB").^[27]

Crosbie then leased the management contract for the Grand Canal Theatre to Alive Nation (who were likewise co-owners, and managers, of the 3Arena).^{[28] [29]}

Crosbie officially opened the 1000 Canal Theatre with a performance of Swan Lake by the Russian State Ballet of Siberia on 18 March 2010.^[2]

The Thou Canal Theatre was formally renamed the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on 7 March 2012 as function of a 6.5-year naming rights deal with Bord Gáis Free energy^{[xxx] [31]} worth a reported €four.5 million (or €700k per year).^[32]

The theatre was put into receivership by the NAMA in April 2013.^{[33] [34]} Crosbie's AIB theatre loans had been transferred to NAMA, withal, Crosbie had larger loans with NAMA on various docklands projects (e.thou. Point Village).^[10] He unsuccessfully fought the foreclosure by NAMA's receiver, Grant Thornton.^{[35] [36] [37]}

Grant Thornton took control of the theatre for NAMA, still Alive Nation continued to manage the venue and back up the sales procedure with CBRE.^[xiv]

The theatre was sold in September 2014^{[14] [13] [x]} on behalf of Grant Thornton for €28m (twice what Crosbie paid in 2007, and 40% in a higher place CBRE's €20m asking), to Bernie and John Gallagher (of Doyle Hotels),^{[4] [5] [38] [three]} i of Republic of ireland's richest hotel couples. They had not previously owned a theatre or concert venue.^[39]

LiveNation remain as venue managers (non clear if this is Harry Crosbie'south original charter or a new management agreement with Bernie and John Gallagher).

Operational performance [edit]

View out from inside the theatre

Filed accounts (including 2014 CBRE sales materials^{[13] [14] [x] [sixteen]}), indicate that the Bord Gáis Free energy Theatre:^{[xl] [41]}

• sells circa half a million tickets per yr;
• hosts circa 330 events per year (including afternoon and evening shows), shut to busiest U.k. theatres of 350 per year;^[14]
• 70% of events are described as West-End musicals, and twenty% are described every bit Due west-End theatre;
• makes circa €8m in revenues per twelvemonth (tickets, food and drink, venue rent and naming rights)
• makes circa €i.5m in EBITDA, and circa €1m in pre-revenue enhancement profit (there is some ambivalence over the definition of EBITDA and pre-revenue enhancement profit).^[41]

Events [edit]

Productions [edit]

As per to a higher place, the Bord Gáis Free energy theatre imply that circa xc% of the events are Due west-End musicals and West-End theatre shows.

The following West End shows accept been shown in the theatre:^[14]

• Wicked (2013 & 2018)
• The Panthera leo King (2013)
• Claret Brothers (2014)
• Muddied Dancing (2014)
• War Horse (2013)
• Miss Saigon (2017)
• Les Misérables (2018–2019)
• Kinky Boots (2019)
• Book of Mormon (2021)

The following other notable performances have been shown in the theatre:

• In March 2010, the theatre hosted a performance of Swan Lake by the Russian State Ballet of Siberia on 18 March 2010.^[2]
• Besides in March 2010, the theatre hosted a classical Chinese dance performance Shen Yun by Shen Yun Performing Arts on 28 March 2010.
• In September 2014, TEDxDublin was held in the theatre.
• In March 2016, the theatre hosted 'RTÉ Centenary', a concert for boob tube to mark the ane hundredth ceremony of the 1916 Rising.^[42]

Performers [edit]

• Samantha Mumba
• The Beach Boys
• Robert Establish
• Josh Groban
• Tony Bennett
• Gavin James
• Incubus
• Leo Sayer
• Marti Pellow
• Suede
• David Gray
• Josh Ritter
• Maroon 5
• Jedward
• Tori Amos
• Alexandra Burke
• Norah Jones
• Kraftwerk
• Damien Rice
• Conor Oberst
• The Waterboys
• Janet Jackson
• Why Don't Nosotros

See besides [edit]

• Dublin Docklands Development Authority
• Daniel Libeskind
• Martha Schwartz
• Grand Canal Docks
• Due west End theatre
• Broadway theatre
• Bord Gais Energy

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Irish Theatre Venues". irishtheatre.ie. 2018.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Grand Unveiling: New Theatre Opens Its Doors With 'Swan Lake'". Irish gaelic Times. 19 March 2010.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Bord Gáis Theatre sold in €28m deal". Irish Times. 23 September 2014.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Theatre sold to John and Berie Gallagher of Jurys Doyle fame". Irish Independent. 23 September 2014.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Bord Gáis theatre sold for €28m to Celtic Tiger winners". Irish Contained. 23 September 2014.
6. ^ "Turtle Bunbury - Laurels-winning travel writer, historian and author based in Republic of ireland". www.turtlebunbury.com . Retrieved eighteen October 2020.
7. ^ "Dublin'southward toxic gasworks material could end up every bit office of Dutch road network". The Irish gaelic Times . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} "BORD GÁIS Energy THEATRE AND Grand CANAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT". Studio Liebskiend. 2010.
9. ^ ^{a b} "Daniel Libeskind's K Canal Square Theatre". Buildipedia. 3 January 2011.
10. ^ ^{a b c d} "Harry Crosbie's Bord Gáis theatre for auction at €20m". Irish gaelic Times. ix July 2014.
11. ^ "Grand Canal Theatre Stage Equipment Instance Study" (PDF). Unusual Rigging Limited. 2010.
12. ^ "Curtain upward on a new theatrical era?". Irish Times. 21 January 2010.
13. ^ ^{a b c} "Prestigious Dublin Theatre to Concenter Investor Appetite". CBRE Ireland. 4 July 2014.
14. ^ ^{a b c d eastward f one thousand} "Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (CBRE)". CBRE. 2014.
15. ^ "Profile of Joe O'Reilly". Irish Times. 12 Feb 2014.
16. ^ ^{a b} "Bord Gáis Theatre takes centre stage". Irish Examiner. fourteen July 2014.
17. ^ ^{a b} "Selling our largest theatre: the public instance for a cultural jewel". Irish gaelic Times. 9 July 2014.
18. ^ "Grand designs volition exam patience". Irish Times. eight December 2006.
19. ^ "Dockland scheme to express 'vitality of Dublin'". Irish gaelic Compages News. nineteen September 2007.
20. ^ "K Canal Square". Chartered Land. 2018.
21. ^ "Grand Culvert Square / Studio Libeskind". archidaily. March 2010.
22. ^ "Interview with Daniel Liebskind" (PDF). Regal Irish Architecture Institute. January 2010. p. 15.
23. ^ "1 1000 Culvert Square". archiseek. 2010.
24. ^ "Marker Hotel Grand Culvert Square". archiseek. 2010.
25. ^ "One thousand Culvert Square Dublin". Martha Schwartz Partners MSP. 2010.
26. ^ "Yard Canal Square past Martha Schwartz Partners". deZeen. 2010.
27. ^ "Crosbie business firm buys €100m theatre being built in Dublin docklands". Irish Times. iii July 2007.
28. ^ "Edifice row takes heart phase on opening night of €80m theatre". Irish gaelic Independent. ix March 2010.
29. ^ "Nick Webb: Live Nation after Harrys' theatre". Irish Independent. fourteen September 2014.
30. ^ "1000 Canal Theatre to change name equally part of Bord Gáis deal". Irish Times. 25 October 2011.
31. ^ "We Have Now Changed Our Proper noun!". Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Website. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
32. ^ "Bord Gáis secures naming rights to Grand Canal Theatre". thejournal.ie. 24 October 2011.
33. ^ "Receivers appointed to companies behind onetime G Culvert Theatre and Point Hamlet". thejournal.ie. 19 April 2013.
34. ^ "Docklands king's downfall – why Nama pursued Harry Crosbie". Irish Times. xvi May 2014.
35. ^ "Bord Gáis theatre sale 'cruel', says Harry Crosbie". Irish Times. xix July 2014.
36. ^ "Harry Crosbie in courtroom challenge to Nama over seizure of theatre". Irish Independent. 25 May 2014.
37. ^ "Bord Gáis Free energy Theatre upwards for auction for over €20m". RTE News. July 2014.
38. ^ "New owners for Bord Gáis Energy Theatre". Irish Times. 24 September 2014.
39. ^ "Tycoons under the radar". Sun Business Mail service. ane Oct 2017.
40. ^ "Theatre hits €1m profit thanks to top musicals". Irish gaelic Independent. 21 October 2016.
41. ^ ^{a b} "Bord Gáis theatre sees profits triple to €682,120". Irish gaelic Times. 9 October 2017.
42. ^ Aoife Barry (29 March 2016). "RTÉ had another 'Riverdance moment' last night". TheJournal.ie.

External links [edit]

• John and Bernie Gallagher, current owners of the theatre
• Chartered Land, developers of the theatre
• Studio Liebskind, Grand Culvert Development
• CBRE Bord Gáis Free energy Theatre Brochure 2014

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