Covid-19 impact on the Gate Theatre was 'financially devastating'

The theatre has been ‘dark’ since March 11th 2019 and is due to re-open on December 1st

Stephen Rea and Judith Roddy in The Visiting Hour at the Gate Theatre which was streamed to an online audience this summer. Audience numbers at the Gate Theatre last year plummeted from 99,187 in 2019 to 14,980 as the number of shows staged reduced from 11 to three. Picture: Ros Kavanagh

The impact of Covid-19 on the Gate Theatre in Dublin has been “financially devastating” with the theatre recording operating losses of €509,868 last year.

That is according to accounts for Edward MacLiammoir Dublin Gate Theatre Productions DAC which show that theatre box office revenues last year plummeted by 85pc from €3.17m to €449,231 due to the pandemic shutdown.