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The full Druid company before departing for their first tour to the Aran Islands with J M Synge's The Playboy of the Western World (Photo: Bill Doyle)

Hitting the road - Druid theatre marks 50th anniversary

Druid is marking its 50th anniversary this year and the Galway-based theatre company has announced it will be staging a double bill of Synge's Riders to the Sea and Shakespeare's Macbeth to celebrate.

Culture • 03 Apr

Aaron Monaghan (L) and Rory Nolan (R) star in Endhgame (Pic: Ros Kavanagh)

Designing Endgame - Francis O'Connor on Druid's summer of Sam

'We are still at the beginning...'

Theatre • 11 Jul 24

What is the Stars? Artist Mick O'Dea on painting actors in action

Renowned Irish artist Mick O'Dea is showcasing his latest work in an exhibition titled What Is the Stars?

Druid Theatre Company • 22 Apr 24

Listen to RTÉ Arena's DruidO'Casey special

RTÉ Arena travelled to Galway to meet the team behind the epic production...

RTÉ Arena • 28 Jul 23

Mick O'Dea's painting Attention, from the DruidO'Casey poster

RTÉ Arena presents a DruidO'Casey special live from Galway

With festival season upon us, RTE Radio's 1's arts showcase Arena is planning a suite of programmes for Galway International Arts Festival, which runs from July 17th to the 30th.

RTÉ Arena • 15 Jun 23

Maelíosa Stafford (centre) in Druid's production of A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy (Pic: Colm Hogan)

Death announced of ex-Druid Artistic Director Maelíosa Stafford

Druid Theatre has announced the death of its former Artistic Director Maelíosa Stafford.

Theatre • 11 Apr 23

Sean O'Casey with Irish actress Siobhan McKenna in March 1953

Druid to stage three-in-one O'Casey trilogy this year

Druid Theatre has announced plans to stage three landmark works by Seán O'Casey later this year.

Galway • 21 Mar 23

Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran star in the World Premiere of Eugene O'Brien's Heaven

Dublin Theatre Festival presents 17 world premieres for 2022

Theatre • 20 Aug 22

Just the ticket - Sonya Kelly on her new play

RTÉ Arena • 18 Jul 22

Co-Founder of Druid Theatre, Garry Hynes

Druid's Garry Hynes on a life in the theatre

Garry Hynes is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Druid Theatre - one of Ireland's most prestigious theatre companies.

Druid Theatre • 02 Jul

Druid's 2012 production of A Whistle in the Dark starred Niall Buggy and Eileen Walsh (Pic: Catherine-Ashmore)

The fantasy of manhood in the theatre of Tom Murphy

Books • 29 Apr 22

Druid bring Seán O'Casey's comedies back to the stage

Druid Theatre Company • 17 Nov 21

Marie Mullen reads Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's Caitlín

Poetry • 03 Aug 21

Marty Rea reads Seamus Heaney's Station Island VII

Poetry • 30 Jul 21

The Seagull - Druid take Chekov's masterpiece outdoors

RTÉ Arena • 29 Jul 21

Clare Dunne reads Paula Meehan's This is not a confessional poem

Poetry • 26 Jul 21

Andrew Bennett & Rory Nolan read a Paul Durcan classic

Poetry • 19 Jul 21

Jade Jordan reads Eavan Boland's The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Poetry • 06 Jul 21

Venetia Bowe reads Eiléan Ní Chuillean's Architectural Metaphor

Poetry • 06 Jul 21

Watch: Brian Doherty reads A Disused Shed in County Wexford

Poetry • 22 Jun 21

Thomas Kinsella remembered: Seán McGinley reads Another September

Poetry • 22 Dec 21

Watch: Aaron Monaghan reads Patrick Kavanagh's The Hospital

Poetry • 15 Jun 21

Watch: Tommy Tiernan reads Austin Clarke's The Echo at Coole

Poetry • 19 May 21

Clare Dunne features in Druid's new Coole Park Poetry Series (Pic: Matthew Thompson)

Druid's Coole Park Poetry Series to feature on RTÉ Culture

Poetry • 19 May 21

Playwright Sonya Kelly (Pic: Ros Kavanagh)

Once Upon a Bridge - Sonya Kelly on her new Druid play

Playwright Sonya Kelly writes for Culture about the real-life inspiration behind her new work Once Upon a Bridge, which will premiere in a live-streamed production from The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway, this February...

Theatre • 11 Feb 21