Druid Theatre

18/06/2026

📣 Announcing on-stage seating for 'The Shaughraun' 📣

Be part of the action and enjoy an exclusive, immersive experience. Availability is limited, early booking is recommended.

Fri 3 – Sat 25 July
Town Hall Theatre Galway
Galway International Arts Festival
🎟 Tickets https://tht.ie/4783/the-shaughraun

‘The Shaughraun’ is made possible through the generous support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Smurfit Westrock, McDonogh Capital Investments, University of Galway and Galway City Council.

17/06/2026

Wonderful to see our patron,Uachtarán na hÉireann / President of Ireland Catherine Connolly, awarded the Freedom of Galway City over the weekend.

We join in congratulating President Connolly on this well-deserved accolade, recognising her contribution and enduring commitment to her home city.

President Connolly joins Druid's Artistic Director, Garry Hynes, who was honoured with the Freedom of Galway City in 2006, on this prestigious list of recipients.

16/06/2026

Meet the cast of ‘The Shaughraun’ 👋

Written by Dion Boucicault and directed by Garry Hynes, this July we return to ‘The Shaughraun’ for the first time since 1982 for Galway International Arts Festival.

CAST
Conn, the Shaughraun — Aaron Monaghan ±
Claire Ffolliott — Megan Cusack
Captain Molineux — Fintan Kinsella*
Corry Kinchela — Rory Nolan ±
Robert Ffolliott — Marty Rea ±
Arte O’Neale — Eileen Walsh
Harvey Duff — Jamie Beamish*
Mrs. O’Kelly — Marie Mullen ±
Moya — Pattie Maguire
Fr. Dolan — Peter Daly

Music Composed and Performed by Conor Linehan

± Druid Ensemble member
* Druid stage debut

Fri 3 – Sat 25 July
Town Hall Theatre Galway
🎟 Tickets https://tht.ie/4783/the-shaughraun

‘The Shaughraun’ is made possible through the generous support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Smurfit Westrock, McDonogh Capital Investments, University of Galway and Galway City Council.

11/06/2026

🎟 Tickets Now On Sale 🎟

'A Moon for the Misbegotten' by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Garry Hynes
🗓 Mon 14 – Sat 26 September
📍 Town Hall Theatre, Galway

Garry Hynes, Director of A Moon for the Misbegotten and Druid’s Artistic Director: “O'Neill is one of America's greatest playwrights, but he is also the son of Irish emigrants, and many of the questions that animate his work — belonging, displacement, family, memory and inheritance — are deeply connected to the Irish experience. Druid is drawn to plays that place complex, flawed and resilient human beings centre stage, and few playwrights understand human contradiction as deeply as O'Neill.”

🎟 Tickets
Druid: https://www.druid.ie/productions/a-moon-for-the-misbegotten
Town Hall Theatre: https://tht.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173667279/events/428726454

‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ is made possible through the generous support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Smurfit Westrock, McDonogh Capital Investments, University of Galway, Culture Ireland and Galway City Council.

09/06/2026

Our 2026 season – Strange Country: Ireland in America – continues this autumn with ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ by Eugene O’Neill.

Over the course of one day and night in 1920s rural Connecticut, Josie Hogan, the last of her immigrant Irish family left at home with her alcoholic father, and their anguished landlord, James Tyrone, long for escape - she from her life, and he from his loss.

Directed by Garry Hynes, with set and costume design by Francis O’Connor, 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' sees Druid return to the work of Pulitzer, Nobel and Tony Award winning playwright Eugene O’Neill for the first time since 2007. The cast is Lorcan Cranitch, Rory Nolan, Marty Rea, Cathal Ryan, and Eileen Walsh.

'A Moon for the Misbegotten' by Eugene O’Neill
A Druid Production
Mon 14 – Sat 26 September
Town Hall Theatre Galway

🎟 Tickets go on sale Thursday, 11 June at 11am.

‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ is made possible through the generous support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Smurfit Westrock, McDonogh Capital Investments, University of Galway, Culture Ireland and Galway City Council.

Artwork: Martin Beckett | Concept: Francis O’Connor | Design: Gareth Jones

05/06/2026

'The Shaughraun' rehearsals kicked off this week with this fantastic gang.

Looking forward to bringing it to Galway International Arts Festival in July!

03 – 25 July
Town Hall Theatre

🎟 Tickets now on sale https://tht.ie/4783/the-shaughraun

📸 Ailbhe O'Donnell

29/05/2026

As part of Galway International Arts Festival's First Thought Talks series, join Director, Garry Hynes and Designer, Francis O’Connor for 'Strange Country - Ireland in America'.

In conversation with Patrick Lonergan, Garry and Francis will reflect on a creative partnership that has shaped the visual and dramatic language of Druid Theatre Company for over three decades.

2pm, 20 July 2026
Bailey Allen Hall, University of Galway

Tickets available at https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/strange-country-ireland-in-america

Photo by Emilija Jefremova

25/05/2026

Marie Mullen Bursary recipient Lianne O'Shea directs the Irish premier of POISON by Lot Vekemans.

Here, she talks about the play and the importance of The Mick Lally Theatre, its audiences and the Bursary to her and this new production.

POISON runs from 28 to 30 May at the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane.

For more information and tickets, visit https://www.druid.ie/about/the-mick-lally-theatre/whats-on/poison-directed-by-lianne-oshea

Once Off Productions

22/05/2026

19/05/2026

Go behind the scenes of the making of the artwork for our latest poster with One Tree Studio.

THE SHAUGHRAUN by Dion Boucicault
Directed by Garry Hynes
🗓 03 – 25 July 2026
📍Town Hall Theatre Galway
as part of Galway International Arts Festival

🎟 https://tht.ie/4783/the-shaughraun