The venue hosts an auditorium, art gallery, tourist information centre.
A statue, Where Dreams Go (known locally as "Ambrose the Pig") by Martin Heron, is located in its piazza.
Designed by architects Glenn Howells and AJA,[1] the arts complex was officially opened in 2007 by Edwin Poots MLA and Margaret Ritchie MLA.
[2] The Alley has won the Green Apple Award for environmental regeneration, Building of the Year 2009 from the Royal Society of Ulster Architects,[1] the Suzy Lamplugh Trust for UK Personal Safety Workplace 2010,[3] the Allianz Arts and Business Award 2009[4] and the Access Award 2009 for disability access.
An 8 ft bronze pig with Celtic swirls on its body, the statue is situated outside the Alley staring at the sky, and was commissioned to highlight the history of the Alley Theatre site, formerly the cattle and pig market for Strabane in the 18th and 19th century.