Druid's production of Big Maggie has them reeling in the aisles

Big Maggie was always funny, subversive, and ahead of its time. John Olohan tells Padraic Killeen about Druid’s revival of its acclaimed production

FOLLOWING its original run in 2011, Druid Theatre Company’s celebrated production of John B Keane’s Big Maggie returns to the Gaiety Theatre this month for a short residency, and with most of the core cast intact.

Aisling O’Sullivan reprises her role as the fearsome matriarch, newly liberated upon the death of her husband. Keith Duffy returns as the smooth-talking playboy Teddy Heelin. And, beside them, the great John Olohan will also revive his splendid turn as Maggie’s cohort and suitor, Byrne, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award first time out.