Hanging by the telephone, waiting for offers of work, was not something that actor and writer, Clare Monnelly, could tolerate.

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Acclaimed contemporary Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy speaks to Cathy Desmond ahead of the world premiere of his prize-winning opera ‘The Second Violinist’.

Druid’s staging of Beckett’s pre-eminent classic was the actors’ idea, and, looking at the play, it’s easy to see why it seemed like a good idea to Aaron Monaghan, Garrett Lombard, Marty Rea, and Rory Nolan. 

Garrett Lombard and Druid’s other young guns were eager to put their spin on Beckett’s classic, writes Alan O’Riordan

I’m an accidental actor. Growing up in Cavan, I was quite shy and I probably still am in some regards.

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Aaron Monaghan, from Cavan, is currently playing Estragon in Waiting for Godot for Druid until July 23 in the Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, before embarking on an ‘Unusual Rural Tour’.  Druid.ie.

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Theatre - The Colleen Bawn

For Garry Hynes, artistic director with Druid Theatre Company, 2014 has begun where 2013 ended, with the joyous revival of Dion Boucicault’s 1860 play, The Colleen Bawn.

Classical: Berlin Philharmonie, Live in HD

Tom Murphy’s emigration trilogy is “an inner history of Ireland,” Garry Hynes tells Alan O’Riordan

IN 2005, Galway theatre company, Druid, revived six works by the Irish playwright JM Synge.

A stranger in a strange land is left alone by her deserting boyfriend and must cope with the consequences.

Tyrone 3-8 Cork 1-12 (aet)

DEFENDING champions St Jarlath’s will start favourites to retain their All-Ireland Colleges SFC title when they play St Patrick’s (Maghera) in the final at Breffni Park tomorrow.

PETER CANAVAN and his Tyrone manager Micky Harte will put their National Football League final preparations on hold to concentrate all their energies on their respective schools who will be involved in All-Ireland finals on Sunday.