Druid’s box office success boosts profits

The huge box office success of John B Keane’s Big Maggie was one of the factors behind theatre company Druid recording a turnaround in its fortunes last year.

Figures for 2011 show that the Galway-based company recorded a profit of almost €200,000. This compared to a loss of over €250,000 in 2010.

“In the challenging conditions of a continued deterioration in our Arts Council funding we are glad that we performed well enough at the box office and were able to raise sufficient funding from other sources, including Culture Ireland, to make good on our commitment to produce the huge international theatre project, DruidMurphy, in 2012,” a spokesperson for Druid said.