Druid in a co-production with
Galway Arts Festival, Quinnipiac University Connecticut, Lincoln Center Festival, and NUI Galway presents
DruidMurphy - Plays by Tom Murphy
About DruidMurphy
DruidMurphy is an epic story of Irish emigration told through three of the greatest plays of Tom Murphy, Famine, A Whistle in the Dark and Conversations on a Homecoming.
The DruidMurphy Experience
You can see each of the plays individually over three evenings or you can experience all three plays together on the one day starting with Conversations on a Homecoming and A Whistle in the Dark in the afternoon, and finishing with Famine in the evening. These DruidMurphy trilogy (cycle) days are already being anticipated as one of the highlights of the theatrical year and are sure to sell fast.
Druid’s previous large scale projects include the Tony Award-winning Leenane Trilogy by Martin McDonagh and the company’s staging of the work of JM Synge, DruidSynge.
Schedule
Individual evening performances start at 8pm.
The DruidMurphy trilogy (cycle) day starts at 1.30pm and concludes at approximately 10pm. The day includes an afternoon break of thirty minutes and an evening break of ninety minutes between 6 and 7.30pm.
Aboout The Plays
Famine – County Mayo, West of Ireland – 1846
In Glanconnor village in the west of Ireland, the second crop of potatoes fails. The community now faces the real prospect of starvation.
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”.
DruidMurphy On Tour
DruidMurphy is the biggest touring project in Irish theatre in 2012 with visits to places as diverse as the Aran Islands and London (where it will be part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad http://www.london2012.com/cultural-olympiad) and Tom Murphy’s native Tuam. For full details see http://www.druid.ie/
Friday May 25th – Conversations on a Homecoming
Saturday May 26th – Conversations on a Homecoming
Monday May 28th – A Whistle in the Dark
Tuesday May 29th – A Whistle in the Dark
Wednesday May 30th – Famine
Thursday May 31st – Famine
Friday June 1st – Famine
Sunday June 3rd – DruidMurphy Cycle
Wednesday June 6th – Conversations on a Homecoming
Thursday June 7th – A Whistle in the Dark
Friday June 8th – Famine
Saturday June 9th – DruidMurphy Cycle
| VENUE | Town Hall Theatre |
| DATE | Fri 25th May to Sat 9th Jun |
| TICKETS: | Single shows €18 - €25 Cycle €50 - €60 |
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| DANCE |  |
SL Dance Technics Showcase 2012 | 02.06 - 03.06 | Buy Tickets |
| MUSIC |  |
Opera Theatre Company Orfeo |
12.06 | Buy Tickets |
| THEATRE |  |
Junk Ensemble Five Ways To Drown |
14.06 | Buy Tickets |
| COMEDY |  |
Des Bishop Likes to Bang | 16.06 | Buy Tickets |