Druid to mark its 50th anniversary with summer double bill
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GARRY Hynes and Marie Mullen during rehearsals in June 1975 for Druid’s first season of work in July.Image 2 of 3
ANNOUNCING Druid’s production of Riders to the Sea - actor Marie Mullen and director Garry Hynes. Photo: Ste MurrayImage 3 of 3
ANNOUNCING Druid’s production of Macbeth are Marie Mullen (Lady Macbeth), Marty Rea (Macbeth) and Garry Hynes (Director). Photo: Ste Murray Ste MurrayDRUID Theatre has announced a double bill of J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth at The Mick Lally Theatre in Galway this July to mark their 50th anniversary.
Following this run as part of Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF), Macbeth will then transfer to the Gaiety Theatre for Dublin Theatre Festival in September and October.
Druid also announced a New York transfer of their 2024 production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame which will run at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan in October and November.
Twenty years on from the formative play cycle DruidSynge (2005), which included Riders to the Sea, Druid co-founders and Tony Award winners Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen return to the work of one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights for this new production. Further casting to be announced.
For Macbeth, Druid will bring their visceral and uniquely Irish perspective to one of Shakespeare’s fiercest and bloodiest tragedies. Garry Hynes will direct a cast led by Marty Rea as Macbeth and Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth, with further casting to be announced.
Alongside Druid’s mainstage productions and artist development initiatives, the 50th anniversary season will also include a number of other celebratory projects and events.
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