Tipperary Excel

The Excel was opened by then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on 5 May 2001. Its theatre is named after Simon Ryan (died 2011), a brother of Tony Ryan and a longtime promoter of amateur theatre.^[6]

Tipperary Excel Youth Theatre Group holds an annual play, and productions touring Ireland regularly play at the Excel.^[7][8][9]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Excel was used as a courthouse.^[10]

In 2022, Gemma Hayes performed a show at the Excel for Mabon, an autumn equinox festival.^[11][12]

It was refurbished in 2023.^[10]

The Excel comprises the Simon Ryan Theatre, cinemas, an art gallery, tourism office, interpretative centre, Internet café and a genealogy research centre.^[13] It also hosts a dance school.^{[citation needed]}

The Simon Ryan Theatre has a stage measuring 40 x 27 feet (12 x 8 m). The proscenium arch is 33 feet (10 m) wide and 18 ft 7 in (5.6 m) high.^[14]