Limerick’s Lime Tree launch

The new theatre will offer a venue for professional tours, director Louise Donlon tells Colette Sheridan

THE new Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick will officially open with the Abbey Theatre’s touring production of Seán O’Casey’s iconic play, ‘The Plough and the Stars’ on October 30.

The theatre, situated in Mary Immaculate College, has a seating capacity of 510 and is managed and programmed by Louise Donlon. Louise has worked with the now defunct Island Theatre Company in Limerick, Druid Theatre Company in Galway and the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise and she is currently a member of the Arts Council.