Druid calls for new ideas
Thu, Jul 30, 2026
The Galway-based company, which is due to tour North America this winter, says it wants to provide professional opportunities for writers, and women working as theatre artists on the island of Ireland, through its New Writing open call and its Marie Mullen Bursary.
Read more ...Na Cleasaithe's double bill hints at bright future for Irish-language theatre
Thu, Jul 30, 2026
There was an air of creative ambition in Áras na nGael last Monday evening as Na Cleasaithe presented a double bill pairing a new work with a fresh interpretation of an Irish theatrical classic.
Read more ...Maybe we all need a shaughraun
Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 30, 2026
THE SHAUGHRAUN
by Dion Boucicault
Emotional experience is festival highlight
Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 23, 2026
FOR DOLORES
by Eva O’Connor
Who is a ‘true Gael’?
Thu, Jul 16, 2026
“We’re dealing with questions of identity, questions about the language, and about the position of the language today. And we’re looking at those questions in a humorous, engaging way that will get people thinking about them.”
Read more ...Monaghan is the seachrán in Druid show
Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 09, 2026
No doubt with a nod to the USA’s 250th birthday last week, Druid Theatre’s 2026 season is called ‘Strange Country: Ireland in America’.
Read more ...More ‘Shamtown’ dates due to demand
Thu, Jul 02, 2026
Staff opening the Town Hall Theatre last Monday morning could not believe their eyes.
Read more ...Shamtown brings the story of a musical revolution to stage
Thu, Jun 25, 2026
A vibrant new theatre production celebrating one of the most exciting periods in the cultural history of Tuam and Galway is set to premiere at the Mick Lally Theatre this November.
Read more ...Town Hall Theatre announces exciting July-September programme
Thu, Jun 25, 2026
Galway’s Town Hall Theatre this week unveiled a vibrant programme of events for July to September including world-class festivals, theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, family, literary and special events. For full programme details, ticket information and booking updates, visit tht.ie
Read more ...Thin ticket sales betray enthralling performances
Thu, Jun 18, 2026
SYNAPSES
by Liam Wilson Smyth
Eugene O’Neill’s final play for Town Hall
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
Tickets are now on sale for a staging of Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten in Galway this autumn, as part of Druid’s ‘Strange Country: Ireland in America’ theatre theme for 2026.
Read more ...Druid revival of Fenian melodrama
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
A seachrán can be a wandering vagabond, a clever rogue, maybe astray in the head as well as abroad, and the play that made the word infamous in nineteenth century America returns to Galway this summer, for the first time since 1982.
Read more ...Actors excel at mammoth task
Theatre Reviews Thu, May 14, 2026
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE BOTS
***
Joyous play en route to Town Hall on Thursday, May 21
Theatre Reviews Thu, May 14, 2026
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
Reimagining Ó Conaire at An Taibhdhearc
Thu, May 07, 2026
Cuireann An Taibhdhearc agus Brú Theatre Neill | Páidín i láthair. Spreagtha ag dhá shaothar as an mbailiúchán ceannródaíoch scéalta, Scothscéalta de chuid Phádraic Uí Chonaire, cuirtear beocht sna carachtair Neill agus Páidín Mháire trí chumasc de bhuncheol agus ensemble taibhithe.
Read more ...Glenamaddy wins All-Ireland
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
The County Galway troop’s performance of Chapatti, by Christian O’Reilly, stole the show at the All-Ireland Confined Drama Finals, winning Glenamaddy the top gong for the first time in 60 years of performing.
Read more ...Review: A Personal History of Pyromania
Theatre Reviews Thu, Apr 30, 2026
Smoke was the first thing you smelled when you entered the Mick Lally Theatre last Wednesday night, April 22.
This essay performance, A Personal History of Pyromania, by curator, photographer and writer Brendan Mac Evilly, for Cúirt, explored one man's obsession with explosives and fire.
Read more ...Noël Coward classic Blithe Spirit at Druid
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
Following their sold-out run of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest last September, the team are back at the iconic venue.
Read more ...Love, memory, and the romance of parenting
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
Written by Liam Wilson Smyth, directed by Paul Meade and starring Liam Wilson Smyth and Molly Downey, the play is a fast-paced comedy drama where two young parents mine the past for the key to their future.
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