Double from Druid Theatre is twice as nice

Bailegangaire will be staged alongside Tom Murphy’s new prequel to his classic play, writes Pádraic Kileen

DRUID Theatre Company is this year restaging Bailegangaire, rather than wait for 2015’s 30th anniversary of the landmark Tom Murphy play that it premiered to acclaim in 1985.

Druid artistic director Garry Hynes has not been tempted by the fanfare. For her, the time is right when the time is right. The work, and not the frills, is what matters.