The Helix

Attended the Royal Moscow Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake. This was a wonderful ballet, and a fantastic theatre! Obviously not as opulent as typical ballets in Russia, but I wouldn’t have expected a transformation of the Helix for the night.

It is really cool to have this sort of cultural space in the middle of the campus. It has huge concert spaces and prices are pretty accessible for students. The places looks very modern and new so it is always worth checking what is going on there.
If you are around DCU it is the best place to get a coffee and maybe some food. The lunch deal is quite cheap and not bad at all.

A great place to go if you are having a meeting in DCU. It’s an easy to find landmark if nothing else.
There is a selection of sandwiches and pasta salads as well as soup of the day, paninis and cakes. The coffee is good too. There are comfortable couches to hang out on and more work friendly tables and chairs on the upper levels. There is a wifi code available near the till. As it is a theatre, it can get pretty busy and it is a good place for people watching.

3.5 not a 4.
As a student in DCU, The Helix is my favourite place to grab a coffee or a cheeky pastry (yes I am finally admitting it, I do enjoy the odd pain au chocolate)
I don’t know what it is about the Helix café that I love so much. The big couches, the decent coffee that doesn’t taste like nescafe’s best instant cup, the fact that I never really feel like I’m on campus when I’m there?
They also have some awesome muffins and a selection of sambos and even STONE BAKED PIZZA.
Nicest spot of campus by far!

Find it hard to review the theatre as I think a person’s opinion will change depending on their opinion of the show they go to. I like the Helix. It’s modern, it’s got somewhere nice to chill out before the show/​during the intermission and it’s comfortable. As someone who attends shows with quite a tall boyfriend this is extremely important!
What I do not like is that when I visited the glasses in the bar were plastic which did sort of bring the standards down a litte. I also found the bar prices to be a little excessive but hey, that’s probably the same in any theatre!
Overall an up & coming place. I’ve been to numerous events here as a formed DCU student and a current resident of Glasnevin and I always come away happy!

Theatre in Glasnevin, on the campus of DCU. It has 3 theatres/​concert halls and offers a wide range of musical and theatrical performances.
Also has a certain amount of comedy and psychic acts as well.
Bar and coffee shop, and a multi story car park next door.
generally easy to get to, not far off the M50 (Ballymun exit) or just off the Airport road.

The Helix is part of the campus of Dublin City University in Glasnevin. New and shiny and open in 2002 the Helix offers three excellent concert spaces and halls under one roof.
It offers a steady stream of excellent classical and contemporary music and much much more.
At the moment though, those bloody Wiggles are on and playing here, so avoid like the plague!