The Moat Club
At the heart of Naas since 1954
The Moat Club is an amateur drama club, part of the fabric of Naas. Our home is the Moat Theatre.
We have a busy schedule of five productions a year and we compete on the amateur drama circuits for one-act and full-length plays. There are always opportunities for new members to get involved, both off-stage and on.
Now Showing/In Rehearsal
Dublin Carol
13th - 17th October 2026
Culture Night
Friday 18th September 2026
For one night a year doors are flung open all over the country to welcome everyone to a night of culture, in its many and varied forms. For the second year, we are excited to present MusiCulture, an evening showcasing the incredible talent of our local music and performance community, with a programme spanning trad, folk, rock, jazz, blues and dance. Tickets are free but must be booked.
Featuring energetic young rockers The Frontmen, local favourites Alucard, Esker, The Fuzzy Sea, Row E, Jo Anna, and solo vocalist Aoife Ní Mhurchú, alongside a special appearance from Dublin folk and trad act Lawlor. The lineup also includes the footwork of Keeley and Barbie, plus the blues-infused sounds of The Blues Boggers.
With every act bringing something unique to the stage, it's a night celebrating the breadth of talent on our doorstep.
Jack and the Beanstalk
27th Nov - 12th Dec
It’s panto time again …oh yes it is!
This is Naas’s longest-running panto, now in its 44th edition!
Bring the whole family to this colourful show, full of music, special effects and laugh-out-loud moments, in fact all the ingredients of a classic Christmas panto.
SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT OFFER - €15 PER TICKET!
All other performances €20, or €70 for 4
Friday 27/11/2026 8pm
Saturday 28/11/2026 2pm
Saturday 28/11/2026 5pm
Sunday 29/11/2026 2pm
Sunday 29/11/2026 5pm
Thursday 03/12/2026 8pm
Friday 04/12/2026 8pm
Saturday 05/12/2026 2pm
Saturday 05/12/2026 5pm
Sunday 06/12/2026 2pm
Sunday 06/12/2026 5pm
Thursday 10/12/2026 8pm
Friday 11/12/2026 8pm
Saturday 12/12/2026 2pm
Saturday 12/12/2026 5pm
Our October full-length play is Dublin Carol by Conor McPherson. This production will be directed by Samantha Coventry and will star Michael McHugh as John, Rebecca Byrne as Mary and Nick Pearson-Buffoni as Mark.
Set in Dublin on Christmas Eve, undertaker John Plunkett takes a retrospective look at his own life, revealing lost opportunities, a misused past and one last chance to make it right.
Dublin Carol was produced just three years after McPherson’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning The Weir. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in February 2000, and at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in October of that year, starring Brian Cox as John, Bronagh Gallagher as Mary and Andrew Scott as Mark.
“McPherson's prose glimmers and glows in his richly understated tale of an undertaker seeking salvation on Christmas Eve.” The Guardian
October Full Length Play TBA
13th - 18th October 2026
A (Brief) History!
The Moat Club was established in 1954 as a table tennis and drama club. In 1959, the Club purchased the recently vacated Christian Brothers school at the North Moat and converted the upper rooms into a hall for table tennis and the lower rooms into a 125-seat theatre known as the Moat Hall, opening in 1963. The building was transformed in the early 2000s with funding from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism and Naas Town Council, re-opening in 2003 as the Moat Theatre, an accessible, 200-seat theatre.
The Moat Theatre, while receiving a wide variety of productions, from comedy to dance, continues to be the home of the Moat Club.
Open for Members
Join the Moat Club at any time! If being on stage is not your thing, that is not a problem, because it takes a team to create a production. We need directors, production managers, technical crew (sound and lighting), backstage crew, set designers, costume makers, and more. No experience required!
Annual membership rates (September to September):
Student (aged 16-18): €20; Adult €40
To join or find out more, email moatsecretary@gmail.com.
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