The Focus Theatre in Dublin is a small but respected theatre which offers a variety of plays from new and established writers.

The theatre was founded in 1967 by the late Deirdre O'Connell

Deirdre O'Connell

Eleanore Deirdre O'Connell was an Irish actress, singer, and theatre director who founded Dublin's Focus Theatre.-Biography:...

, and opened on 29 September with a production of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing CH is a British writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos....

's Play With a Tiger.

The Focus Theatre has been at the forefront of training actors and directors in the Stanislavski System

Stanislavski System

Stanislavski's system is a progression of techniques used to train actors to draw believable emotions to their performances. The method that was originally created and used by Constantin Stanislavski from 1911-1916 was based on the concept of emotional memory for which an actor focuses internally...

 as well as putting on productions of the classics of European and international theatre.

Several notable actors began their careers at the Focus, including Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined Londo's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the...

 and Tom Hickey. The present Artistic Director is Joe Devlin.

After several years absence due to some remodeling the Focus Theatre have moved back into their original venue at 6 A Pembroke Place.