The recently formed Friends of the Simon Ryan Theatre are delighted to announce full details of the inaugural Simon Ryan Theatre Celebration of Drama. This fundraising event runs over the weekend of April 12-14, 2013. Founding members of the Friends of the Simon Ryan Theatre, say its principal aim is to promote both the theatre and the Tipperary Excel Arts Centre, which houses this purpose-built and state of the art facility. This weekend of drama is dedicated to the memory of Simon Ryan, a proud Tipperary man. The schedule of events is as follows.