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Three Short Comedies by Seán O’Casey Druid

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Dates:

Tue 4—Sat 8 Mar 2025

Times: 14.30 | 19.30
Tickets: £15 - £35
Space: Main Stage

Suitable for: 10+

Running time: Act 1: 25 mins 12-15 minute interval Act 2: 40 mins 12-15 minute interval Act 3: 35 mins

Directed by: Garry Hynes

Written by: Seán O’Casey

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Druid return to the Lyric Theatre with these classic rip-roaring one-act plays by one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights, following their sold-out run of DruidO’Casey in 2023.

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“wildly entertaining … high-energy and refreshing”

The Irish Times
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“delivered with music hall flair … endlessly inventive … brilliant comic timing”

The Guardian
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“serious slapstick with lashings of laughter … a masterclass in precision”

The Arts Review
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“remarkable slapstick”

Feeling, Good

“three Seán O’Casey crackers … giggle-inducing”

Sunday Independent

“laugh-out loud moments”

Connacht Tribune
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The Company

Venetia Bowe

Caitríona Ennis

Liam Heslin

Marie Mullen

Rory Nolan

Marty Rea

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Garry Hynes

Director

Francis O'Connor

Set and Costume Design

James F. Ingalls

Lighting Design

Gregory Clarke

Sound Design

Conor Linehan

Music

Gráinne Coughlan

Hair and Make Up

Clíodhna Hallissey

Associate Costume Designer

Presented by Druid

Founded in 1975, Druid is a touring theatre company, anchored in the West of Ireland and looking to the world. In 2025, Druid celebrates its 50th anniversary. Druid passionately believes that audiences have the right to see first class professional theatre in their own communities. The company has toured the length and breadth of Ireland as well as touring internationally to the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hong Kong.

Production highlights include: The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996), in a co-production with The Royal Court Theatre, which went on to win four Tony Awards, including Best Director for Garry Hynes, the first woman to win an award for directing in the history of the Tony Awards; The Leenane Trilogy (1997), also with The Royal Court Theatre; DruidSynge (2005) – all six John Millington Synge plays in a single day; DruidMurphy – Plays by Tom Murphy (2011 & 2012), a trilogy of Conversations on a Homecoming, A Whistle in the Dark and Famine; DruidShakespeare: Richard II, Henry IV (Pts. 1&2), Henry V in a new adaptation by Mark O’Rowe (2015) and DruidShakespeare: Richard III (2018); Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett which opened at Galway International Arts Festival in 2016 and by the end of 2018 had toured Ireland twice, played at the Abbey Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival and several US cities. In 2020, in a first for Irish theatre, Druid’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, in a version by Tom Murphy, was broadcast live from Galway to 34 cinemas in Ireland and the UK.

Druid is a writer’s theatre, re-imagining classics and premiering new work annually, while exploring ambitious projects such as DruidGregory, a production of five of Lady Gregory’s one-act plays in 2020, and Thomas Kilroy’s The Seagull (after Chekhov) in 2021 – both of which were performed outdoors in Coole Park, County Galway. During 2020 and 2021, the company introduced Druid at Home, a new way of connecting with its audiences in Ireland and around the world, through presenting work on the digital stage. Notable successes include the company’s first live stream production, the world premiere of Once Upon a Bridge by Sonya Kelly. Since March 2020, Druid has reached audiences in 130 countries with our ticketed and free-to-view Druid at Home productions.

The company continues to nurture playwrights and the next generation of theatre makers through its new writing and other artists support programmes. At the heart of its artistic programme is the Druid Ensemble who work closely with the Artistic Director and the Druid team to deliver a varied and ambitious body of work.

‘one of the world’s great acting ensembles’ – The Guardian

‘a world-class company rooted in the cultural fabric of Galway’ – The Irish Times

‘Ireland’s most prestigious theatre company’ – Irish Independent

‘the most successful Irish theatrical export ever’ – Irish Independent

‘any New York visit by the Druid Theater Company of Galway is an event not to be missed’ – The New York Times

Since it was founded in 1975, Druid has won numerous national and international awards including: Tony Awards (Broadway), Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, a Sunday Independent Theatre Award, UK Theatre Awards, Fringe First Awards (Edinburgh), Herald Angels Awards (Edinburgh), a Time Out Theatre Award (London), a Stewart Parker Trust Memorial Award, an Evening Standard Award (UK), a Writers Guild Award (London), a Lucille Lortel Award (Off-Broadway), an Outer Critics Circle Award (Broadway and Off-Broadway), and an Obie Award (Off-Broadway).

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