Mermaid Arts Centre

The Mermaid Arts Centre is a contemporary arts centre in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.

The centre was launched in August of 2002 and has programmed visual arts, theatre productions, opera, dance performances, cinema, comedy and music. Mermaid serves a population of 115,000 people and provides various local artistic groups with a performance space. In a year, Mermaid hosts on average 320 events. Since opening almost a quarter of a million visits have been made to Mermaid Arts Centre.

Mermaid is a fully accessible, purpose built centre comprising three main performance and exhibition areas. The auditorium has 242 seats. A second multi-purpose room on the first floor is available for wardrobe, workshops, meetings, rehearsals, recording etc. The gallery provides a year round programme of visual arts. Mermaid is home to Betelnut Café which provides a bar service for pre-show and interval drinks.

Mermaid is publicly funded by The Arts Council, Wicklow County Council and Bray Town Council. Its current Director is Niamh O'Donnell (appointed in 2013).