The Year of the Hiker Town Hall Theatre, Galway Tues 9 - Sat 20 May, 8pm, Previews Fri 5, Sat 6 & Mon 8 May Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Mon 22 May - Sat 17 June, 8pm, Preview Mon 22 May; Matinee 3pm Saturdays Following the critical success of the company's award-winning productions of Sharon's Grave (2003) and Sive (2002), Druid returns to the work of John B Keane with The Year of the Hiker, the last in the Druid Keane Trilogy. The production opens in Galway's Town Hall Theatre on 9th May and in Dublin's Gaiety Theatre on Monday 22nd May for a limited run. Written in 1964, The Year of the Hiker marked a significant departure for Keane. Set in the sixties and shot through with yearning and regret for lost love Hiker contains some of Keane's most lyrical and tender writing. On production the play immediately gained a major place in the Keane canon and has been produced almost continuously in Ireland over the last forty years. Cast Mary Lacey...Sarah Jane Drummey Dr. Willie Dolly...Nick Lee Joe Lacey...Garrett Lombard Simey Lacey...Aaron Monaghan Hiker Lacey...Eamon Morrissey Kate Lacey...Marie Mullen Freda...Catherine Walsh Production Team Production Manager...Eamonn Fox Technical Manager...Barry O'Brien Company Stage Manager...Tim Smith Stage Manager...Sarah Lynch Assistant Stage Manager...Fiona Lawless Runner...Shona McCarthy Wardrobe Supervisor...Doreen McKenna Wigs & Make-up...Val Sherlock Set Construction...Theatre Production Services (TPS) Technical Crew...Aidan Wallace Carpenter...Gus Dewar Crew...Pete Nelson, Tony Cording, Damon MacConville Scenic Painters...Sandra Butler, Ciara Moore, Luca Mattana Publicist...Kate Bowe PR Graphic Design...Bite! Associates Production Photography...Keith Pattison Musicians...Tara Lee Byrne, Dave Redmond, Fionan de Barra Artistic Director...Garry Hynes Managing Director...Fergal McGrath Producer...Felicity O'Brien Administrator...Michelle Corcoran Financial Controller...Bernie Harrigan New Writing Manager...Thomas Conway Administration Assistant...Carmel Curley |