September Stories by Turnaround Theatre

Cleere’s Bar and Theatre hosts Turnaround Theatre Presents: September Stories on Saturday, 19 September 2026. Cleere’s small upstairs theatre, above the bar on Parliament Street, is a regular stop for touring solo shows, storytelling nights and one-off theatre presentations that would not fill a bigger stage, and this booking follows that pattern.

What to expect

Cleere’s has built its theatre programme around exactly this kind of intimate, one-night booking, alongside its better known trad sessions and gigs downstairs in the bar. September Stories is billed simply as a Turnaround Theatre presentation, without a longer synopsis published on the venue’s own listing, which points to a small-scale touring or storytelling-format piece rather than a full company production with a large cast. Audiences at Cleere’s upstairs shows are typically seated close to the performers in a room that holds well under a hundred people, giving these nights a different feel to a bigger venue like the Watergate Theatre a short walk away. Given the venue and the title, this reads as a story-driven evening rather than a conventional scripted play, though the full billing was not published in advance on Cleere’s own events listing.

Getting there

Cleere’s is at 28 Parliament Street, in the centre of Kilkenny city, on the same street as several of the city’s main pubs and restaurants. The nearest public parking is at the Market Yard, a short walk away, and the venue is well within walking distance of anywhere in the city centre.

While you’re in Kilkenny

Parliament Street is Kilkenny’s main evening strip, so a night at Cleere’s fits naturally alongside dinner or a drink nearby. There is more to see in Kilkenny and across Co. Kilkenny.

Good to know

• Date: Saturday, 19 September 2026
• Time: 8:00pm (standard evening slot for Cleere’s theatre nights, confirm on booking)
• Venue: Cleere’s Bar and Theatre, 28 Parliament Street, Kilkenny
• Price: €20
• Booking: Through Cleere’s directly, full show details were not published on the venue listing at time of writing