Multi-award winning Garry Hynes will direct The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh with the stellar cast of Marie Mullen, Aisling O’Sullivan, Marty Rea and Aaron Monaghan later this year.

‘It’s thrilling to bring The Beauty Queen to life again, two decades on, here in Galway. The first outing of the production in 1996 took the world by storm and was a real whirlwind for Druid. Our audiences still speak about that experience. We’re really looking forward to revisiting it with them and having a new generation experience the production for the first time’ says Artistic Director Garry Hynes.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane is set in the mountains of Connemara and tells the story of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative, aging mother. Mag’s interference in Maureen’s first and potentially last romantic relationship sets in motion a chain of events that are as tragically funny as they are horrific.

Tickets go on sale from Thursday 5th of May from Town Hall Theatre, with priority booking for Druid Supporters from Tuesday 3rd May. Tickets are limited, so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.

The production will tour to Cork, Limerick and Dublin before embarking on a coast-to-coast tour of the US, starting with the prestigious Taper Forum, Los Angeles.

‘Please avail yourself, and brace yourself, for the virtuosic turbulence of one of modern theater’s most giddily diabolical minds.’ The Washington Post on Martin McDonagh