The Complex Dublin

The Complex Dublin Art lives here. The Complex is a vibrant multi-disciplinary venue in Dublin city centre. D07XR70. All our venues are available to book now.

The Complex is situated on Arran Street East and Mary's Abbey in the heart of the markets area of Dublin's north west inner city. The converted warehouse comprises a large, uniquely flexible theatre/performance space, 17 newly developed artist studios, a gallery space and rehearsal rooms. The Complex produces and co-produces theatre, events and exhibitions. The centre also operates as a space avai

lable for hire for arts programming, filming, rehearsals, set building, theatre, live events, conferences, cinema, streaming events, digital conferencing, car launches, immersive events, shows, special music performances, company events, innovative experiences, branded briefings and much more. Its unique warehouse aesthetic provides a blank canvas for arts of all kinds for both in-house and visiting artists. It is also home to several community engagement initiatives such as the Browbeating Project, High Hopes Choir and Complex Youth Theatre. The Complex aims to enrich our community with art of meaningful social value. These unique times call for original approaches and we are ready to thrive in these challenging times. Our ambitious and energised team are ready to help you deliver brilliantly in this new reality we find ourselves. Working consciously within the government safety guidelines, we are ready to help you, your company, business and community to put on the world class event you and your audience deserve. Yes, things are different, but we are ready to entertain, inspire, enthrall, immerse, captivate, illuminate and more. For more information on booking, rental costs and other questions, contact us on 01 5378352 or [email protected] and we will help you in every way we can.

❌ FINAL DAY ❌Please be advised A Question Mark Hangs Over Gaza exhibition closes today at 5pm. If you haven't made it in...
12/08/2025

❌ FINAL DAY ❌

Please be advised A Question Mark Hangs Over Gaza exhibition closes today at 5pm. If you haven't made it in yet, we highly recommend you visit now.

Thank you to all who came to the powerfully moving exhibition throughout the run.

Check out the new QR code on The Complex building. We are delighted to announce something very exciting is coming later ...
11/08/2025

Check out the new QR code on The Complex building. We are delighted to announce something very exciting is coming later this week ... stay tuned.

❌ Dublin Fringe Festival ❌The Complex is a proud partner of Dublin Fringe Festival, which is back with 3 events programm...
06/08/2025

❌ Dublin Fringe Festival ❌

The Complex is a proud partner of Dublin Fringe Festival, which is back with 3 events programmed for September 2025.

For show times and tickets, click the link in bio 🔗

❌ The Depot Sessions: Tickets and Special Guest ❌Tickets are now live for the next edition of The Depot Sessions. Get th...
25/07/2025

❌ The Depot Sessions: Tickets and Special Guest ❌

Tickets are now live for the next edition of The Depot Sessions. Get them at the 🔗 in bio.

📢 The Complex is delighted to announce the support act for Sack as Clara Tracey.

Originally from Co. Fermanagh, Clara fell in love with the piano as a child but it was only after moving to Paris in her early twenties that she discovered her passion for songwriting. Her first performances took place in intimate jazz cafes and a sultry, old world romanticism still inspires her sound, which continues to evolve through a constant exploration of synthesisers and psych-orchestral textures.

Clara’s lyrics and soundscapes draw subtle cues from her artistic heroes and heroines in cinema, art and literature, from Harry Clarke and Lotte Reiniger to Jane Birkin and Colette. Her critically acclaimed debut album “Black Forest” won the public vote for album of the year in the NI Music Prize 2023.

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❌ Studio Vacancy ❌The Complex has a studio vacancy, available to rent from the 1st of August. There is a rolling deadlin...
25/07/2025

❌ Studio Vacancy ❌

The Complex has a studio vacancy, available to rent from the 1st of August. There is a rolling deadline until the vacancy is filled.

The Complex invites applications from artists of all disciplines for Studio 12A.

STUDIO 12A: MAIN BUILDING, FLOOR 2

- Available from August 1st
- Dimensions: Approx 13 feet x 8 feet
- Studio €350 p/m incl utilities, insurance, rates, wifi
- Use of communal kitchen
- 24-hour access
- Second floor
- Deposit of one month's rent required
- Artist Studio Subsidy Programme (Annual)
- Shared access with 12B Artist (images below)

Submit your interest with a brief description of your practice to [email protected]

❌ Studio Vacancy ❌The Complex has a studio vacancy, available from the 1st of August. There is a rolling deadline until ...
24/07/2025

❌ Studio Vacancy ❌

The Complex has a studio vacancy, available from the 1st of August. There is a rolling deadline until the vacancy is filled.

More info and apply at the 🔗 bio

❌ SOMETHING BIG IS COMING ❌Stay tuned for a series of announcements next week, starting Monday.After the success of prev...
18/07/2025

❌ SOMETHING BIG IS COMING ❌

Stay tuned for a series of announcements next week, starting Monday.

After the success of previous sessions and with a growing cult following, The Complex's The Depot Sessions will return.

More local talent, new names, an electrifying warehouse atmosphere and a stunning audio-visual experience harmonise into unmissable nights in the heart of Dublin city. 

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❌ FRINGE FEST: MELTYBRAINS? THIS-TOPIA ❌Location: The Depot at The Complex, 12 Mary's Abbey, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07XR...
17/07/2025

❌ FRINGE FEST: MELTYBRAINS? THIS-TOPIA ❌

Location: The Depot at The Complex, 12 Mary's Abbey, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07XR70
Date: 20 - 21 September
Time: Doors 7.30pm, Starts 8pm
Duration: 75 mins
Tickets: From €20, 🔗 in bio

The Complex welcomes cult-favourite Meltybrains? for Dublin Fringe Festival. The Irish band returns to the fest after seven years with a visceral, genre-smashing live show exploring 21st-century digital life through a collaborative ritual of fear, escapism, addiction, collective catharsis and transcendence.

This-Topia is part theatre, part rave, part group therapy - a meltdown in motion that asks what happens when identity unravels, and what is waiting on the other side.

Funded by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
IMAGE: Mark McGuinness

16/07/2025

❌ Exhibition Announcement ❌

A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA | UNICEF

Location: The Gallery at The Complex
Preview: 24 July, 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Run: 25 July - 22 August
Hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 12-5pm Sat
Tickets: Free entry, no booking required

The Complex invites you to A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA, a poignant and immersive photographic exhibition of life for children in Gaza.

Supported by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and produced by UNICEF, A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA is a traveling exhibition that showcases the situation of Palestinian children as seen through the lenses of those who meet them daily.

It sheds light on the critical need for a ceasefire and a just and lasting solution for all children in the region. It also highlights the critical support provided by ECHO and UNICEF.

More at the 🔗 in bio.

UNICEF UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط و شمال إفريقيا

❌ Exhibition Announcement ❌A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA | UNICEFLocation: The Gallery at The ComplexPreview: 24 July,...
16/07/2025

❌ Exhibition Announcement ❌

A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA | UNICEF

Location: The Gallery at The Complex
Preview: 24 July, 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition Run: 25 July - 12 August
Hours: 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 12-5pm Sat
Tickets: Free entry, no booking required

The Complex invites you to A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA, a poignant and immersive photographic exhibition of life for children in Gaza.

Supported by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and produced by UNICEF, A QUESTION MARK HANGS OVER GAZA is a traveling exhibition that showcases the situation of Palestinian children as seen through the lenses of those who meet them daily.

It sheds light on the critical need for a ceasefire and a just and lasting solution for all children in the region. It also highlights the critical support provided by ECHO and UNICEF.

More at the 🔗 in bio.

❌ Studio Artist Spotlight ❌The Complex is proud to share that studio artist Rónán Ó Raghallaigh is exhibiting new work t...
08/07/2025

❌ Studio Artist Spotlight ❌

The Complex is proud to share that studio artist Rónán Ó Raghallaigh is exhibiting new work this August-September at Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiach on The Falls Road in Belfast.

TURAIS TAIBHSÍ is an exhibition of paintings exploring themes of sacred Irish spaces, colonialism and folklore.

Location: Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, 216 Falls Road, Belfast
Preview: 7pm Thurs, 7 Aug
Runs: 7 Aug - 11 Sept
Open: Mon - Thurs 9am - 6pm, Fri - Sat 9am- 9pm,
Sun 11am- 4pm

There are sacred places in the land. They hold ghosts. We have disturbed them.

Each painting in this exhibition is the result of a personal pilgrimage to a sacred place in the Irish landscape. The titles of the paintings are in Irish, honouring the original names of these places and the memories they hold.

Rónán researched the folklore imbued in these places, their logainmneacha (Irish place names) and archaeology. He has a personal connection to many of the places visited. He performed meditations to ‘channel’ the places, like the filí (Gaelic poets) might have done. Rónán’s research and meditation visions formed a spring for new paintings.

Sacred places are sites of conflict. Their folklore has been overlaid by Christianity. Their Irish names have been translated. Archaeological finds have been removed. They are damaged naturally, but some have been purposefully vandalised like at the Hill of Tara. Some are destroyed by state-approved industry such as quarrying of the Hill of Allen by Roadstone Ltd. Most sites are on private land. They are often surrounded by Sitka spruce forests. They prompt ancestral memories at odds with Rónán’s contemporary life such as his grandfather’s turf cutting on Church Mountain, having never held a ‘sleán’ himself.

The painting method mirrors these conflicts- some parts are deliberately unfinished and obscured. Visual motifs from various periods of vernacular Irish art are overlaid on top of each other, blended with abstraction.

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Turais Taibhsí translates to ‘Haunted Pilgrimages’

Image, courtesy of the artist: ‘Cnoc Alúine, Cill Dara,’ ink, watercolour and gouache, 44 x 56 cm, 2025

Read more at the 🔗 in bio

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The Complex is a dynamic arts centre that presents the work of both emerging and established artists, while offering a welcoming and inclusive space. Its unique warehouse aesthetic provides a blank canvas for arts of all kinds for both in house and visiting artists. It is also home to nine artist studios and several community engagement initiatives, such as the High Hopes Choir and Complex Youth Theatre. Located in the heart of North Dublin, The Complex aims to enrich our community with art of meaningful social value. The Complex has received support from Dublin City Council, The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Arts Council, CDYSB, Leargas, and the Smithfield Business Association. Patrons: Colm O’Snodaigh, Olwen Fouere, Amanda Coogan, Cindy Cummins, Mark O’Halloran.