Sell-out nights for Druid Theatre’s productions of John B Keane’s Sive and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot helped its box office income to climb by 38%, to €1.3m last year.
Wed, 21 Aug, 2019
Galway’s European Capital of Culture project has awarded a €200,000 contract to a British company to monitor and evaluate the 2020 artistic programme.
Sat, 17 Aug, 2019
The last Sonya Kelly play to visit Cork was How To Keep An Alien, which dealt with her fight to keep her Australian girlfriend Kate in Ireland.
Mon, 22 Apr, 2019
Mick O’Dea is one of Ireland’s finest portrait painters, and he spent three seasons as the artist-in-residence at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, creating portraits of various participants. He tells Richard Fitzpatrick about those sessions, the fruits of which feature in a new exhibition
Thu, 14 Jun, 2018
The characters in ‘Whistle’ and ‘Conversations’ strike home to my era of emigration and every era since, writes Victoria White.
Thu, 17 May, 2018
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy led tributes last night following the death of a giant of Irish theatre, Dan Donovan, who helped foster Murphy’s love of theatre and acting.
Mon, 05 Mar, 2018
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Sat, 14 Oct, 2017
Eugene McCabe’s 1964 tales of a rich farmer who encourages a neighbour to impregnate his wife was well ahead of its time, writes Alan O’Riordan.
Thu, 28 Sep, 2017
Garrett Lombard and Druid’s other young guns were eager to put their spin on Beckett’s classic, writes Alan O’Riordan
Mon, 17 Apr, 2017
Jude Law stars in The Young Pope on Sky Atlantic at 9pm on Sunday.
Sat, 22 Oct, 2016
Sat, 24 Sep, 2016
Garry Hynes of Druid tells Padraic Killeen why they’ve revived Martin McDonagh’s modern classic
Tue, 20 Sep, 2016
5/5
Sat, 23 Jul, 2016
As a society we can’t afford to designate the 20s as a second decade of adolescence, writes Victoria White
Thu, 10 Mar, 2016
The embattled Labour leader has come out fighting after criticism of her performance in this week’s TV election debate. Joan Burton says she has no intention of “standing back” and “doing a little bit of Downton Abbey and the tea cups”.
Thu, 18 Feb, 2016
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Tue, 26 Jan, 2016
Actors are not fearless. We are brave.
Sat, 02 Jan, 2016
Kerry actress Aisling O’Sullivan is relishing the thought of bringing Druid’s Shakespeare extravaganza to Limerick and Skibbereen, writes Padraic Killeen
Tue, 23 Jun, 2015
4/5
Wed, 20 May, 2015
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Mon, 04 May, 2015
From Nidge to Peaky Blinders, Ireland’s top casting directors discuss the secrets of their trade with Richard Fitzpatrick
Thu, 22 Jan, 2015
Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Wed, 17 Sep, 2014
Bailegangaire will be staged alongside Tom Murphy’s new prequel to his classic play, writes Pádraic Kileen
Tue, 09 Sep, 2014
It’s official. Amy and Brian really are our Kate and Wills.
Wed, 09 Apr, 2014
Garry Hynes co-founded Druid in the 1970s, and is not going to stop and rest on her laurels yet.
Sun, 06 Apr, 2014
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.
Mon, 20 Jan, 2014
Martin McDonagh took the theatre world by storm in 1996 following the premiere of his debut play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, in Galway.
Fri, 17 Jan, 2014
Classical: Berlin Philharmonie, Live in HD
Thu, 12 Dec, 2013
NOTHING beats a bit of Boucicault at Christmas.
Fri, 06 Dec, 2013
Phil Chevron would have approved.
Mon, 14 Oct, 2013
Druid’s acclaimed collaboration with Tom Murphy gave his work a new lease of life. Now it is reaching new audiences with a national tour, writes Pádraic Killeen
Fri, 05 Apr, 2013
Martin McDonagh’s A Skull In Connemara is a macabre comedy, says Colette Sheridan
Thu, 14 Mar, 2013
Writing and producing six plays in a day is the focus of 24 Hour Plays at the Abbey, says Pádraic Killeen
Fri, 11 Jan, 2013
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.
Mon, 31 Dec, 2012
Steve Wall talks to Siobhán Cronin about celebrating 25 years of The Stunning and his role as Uncle Danny in Moone Boy
Fri, 14 Dec, 2012
Imeall on TG4 kicks off its new season with a revealing interview with playwright Tom Murphy, says Richard Fitzpatrick
Wed, 19 Sep, 2012
Tom Murphy’s emigration trilogy is “an inner history of Ireland,” Garry Hynes tells Alan O’Riordan
Fri, 07 Sep, 2012
President Michael D Higgins will make his second official visit to London this weekend.
Tue, 19 Jun, 2012
Garry Hynes of Druid Theatre in Galway on why she still marvels at John B’s huge ambition
Thu, 31 May, 2012
JOHN BRENDAN KEANE is ten years dead today.
Wed, 30 May, 2012
IN 2005, Galway theatre company, Druid, revived six works by the Irish playwright JM Synge.
Tue, 22 May, 2012
Blind painter Pádraig Naughton is spearheading a national programme for greater inclusivity, says Carl Dixon.
Thu, 20 Oct, 2011
Loughlin Deegan tells Alan O’Riordan how the Dublin Theatre Festival is making the most of the city’s talent
Thu, 29 Sep, 2011
ARTS
Sat, 17 Sep, 2011
PRESIDENT Mary McAleese and her husband, Senator Martin McAleese, were special guests yesterday afternoon at Druid’s performance of Martin McDonagh’s play The Cripple of Inishmaan on Inis Meáin, Co Galway.
Mon, 27 Jun, 2011
COLLEAGUES from the worlds of theatre and television have paid tribute to actor Mick Lally, who died yesterday morning, aged 64.
Wed, 01 Sep, 2010
The theatre world was tonight mourning the loss of Mick Lally, one of its most renowned actors.
Tue, 31 Aug, 2010
ON January 27 last, RTÉ presented three programmes on Synge’s Playboy Of The Western World: Playboy 100: Playboys And Rebels (John Kelly); The Playboy Of The Western World (Garry Hynes and Druid Theatre), and Mighty Talk.
Sat, 10 Feb, 2007
Theatre director Garry Hynes has joined Pope John Paul II, Hillary Clinton, John F Kennedy and John Hume in receiving the freedom of Galway city.
Fri, 16 Jun, 2006
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