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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 17:32:00

Ireland's largest fixed-seat theatre opened with Swan Lake and a starchitect's signature. The Bord Gais Energy Theatre, on Grand Canal Square in Dublin's Docklands, was designed by Daniel Libeskind and opened on 18 March 2010 as the Grand Canal Theatre, with the Russian State Ballet of Siberia dancing the christening performance. Libeskind conceived the building as two stages - the 2,111-seat auditorium inside and the public plaza outside - with a soaring glass facade that tilts back in diagona...