Box office income plunges by more than €500k at Abbey Theatre after 11 fewer productions staged

Drop in box office income and number of productions stages coincided with Arts Council funding increasing by €500,000 from €8m to €8.5m

Actors Aidan Quinn and Steve Buscemi at a reading of “Ages of the Moon” by Sam Shepard at the Abbey Theatre last year. Picture: Mark Stedman

Box office revenues at the Abbey Theatre last year plunged by €584,640 after the theatre staged 11 fewer productions than in 2023.

The Abbey Theatre’s annual review for 2024 show that the theatre’s box office revenues last year totalled €2.059m from staging 24 productions.