DruidMurphy on tour with two plays
Following a run at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre, Druid continues its nationwide tour with not just one but two plays by Tom Murphy.
DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming and A Whistle in the Dark return with a string of 5 star reviews and a host of awards, including Best Production from this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre awards.
Performed by a cast of eleven actors including Marie Mullen, Druid also welcome the return of Maelíosa Stafford who plays the role of Dada in A Whistle in the Dark. He comes to this role having previously played Hugo in Druid’s 1987 production of the same play. The cast also includes Gavin Drea (Love/Hate), Garrett Lombard (Pure Mule, Alexander) Rory Nolan and Marty Rea.
The tour demonstrates Druid’s continued resolve in bringing outstanding world-class theatre to audiences throughout Ireland.
A WHISTLE IN THE DARK
Coventry, England - 1960
Irish emigrants, the uprooted Carney family, adapt aggressively to life in an English city.
CONVERSATIONS ON A HOMECOMING
County Galway, West of Ireland - 1970s
Even the humblest of small-town pubs can be a magnet for dreamers. Michael, after a ten-year absence, suddenly returns from New York and has a reunion with old friends, in that same pub “The White House”.
2013 TOUR SCHEDULE
April 12 – 20 – Town Hall Theatre, Galway
April 23 - 27 – Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
April 30 – May 11 – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
May 14 – 18 – Dunamaise, Portlaoise
May 21 – 25 – Glór, Ennis
May 28 – June 1 – An Grianán, Letterkenny
June 4 – 8 – Backstage, Longford
June 11 – 15 – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
June 18 – 22 – Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick