Following hot on the heels of widespread critical acclaim in London, New York and at Galway Arts Festival, DruidMurphy will now tour extensively in 2013 with a touring repertory presentation of DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming and A Whistle in the Dark where audiences can enjoy a rare opportunity to see two Druid plays in one week, either on alternate evenings or in a double bill.
Funded by an Arts Council touring grant and presented by the NASC network of regional theatres, this far reaching and ambitious 11 week tour will see these two plays travel to Galway, Tralee, Portlaoise, Ennis, Letterkenny, Longford, Dún Laoghaire and Limerick. Each venue will host the company for a week, with the shows playing in repertory – staged on alternate evenings during the week – or as a double bill on Saturdays.
This latest announcement demonstrates Druid’s continued resolve and capacity in bringing outstanding world-class theatre to audiences throughout Ireland. Garry Hynes commented,
“The incredible DruidMurphy journey continues and I’m thrilled that with the support of the Arts Council, and thanks to the NASC venues, that we’re now able to bring two of Tom’s plays around the country. This is a very rare opportunity for audiences to see two Druid plays in one week, either on alternate evenings or together in a double bill, making this one of Druid’s biggest and longest Irish tours. Tom’s work has always been very popular with Druid audiences and we’re looking forward to bringing his work back around the country again.”
2013 Tour Schedule
April 12 – 20 – Town Hall Theatre, Galway
April 23 – 27 – Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
May 14 – 18 – Dunamaise, Portlaoise
May 21 – 25 – Glór, Ennis
May 28 – June 1 – An Grianán, Letterkenny
June 4 – 8 – Backstage, Longford
June 11 – 15 – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
June 18 – 22 – Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
DruidMurphy – Plays by Tom Murphy, the biggest Irish touring theatre production of 2012 will continue its tour this week to The Everyman in Cork and later this month will play Clifden Arts Festival, Inis Mór and Inis Meáin as well as Tom Murphy’s native town of Tuam. In October, the five-month tour, which will have played 12 venues in 3 countries, will touch down at the Dublin Theatre Festival and will conclude its run at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
Druid would like to acknowledge the continued support of the Arts Council in funding the original staging of this production and the support of this tour.
Remaining DruidMurphy 2012 Tour Dates
The Everyman, Cork – Sept 11 – 21
Clifden Arts Festival – Sept 24 – 25
Inis Mór, Aran Islands – Sept 27
Inis Méain, Aran Islands – Sept 28
Tuam, Co. Galway – Sept 29
Dublin Theatre Festival – Oct 2 – 13
Washington D.C., The Kennedy Center – Oct 17 – 20
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What the Critics Say about DruidMurphy
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – 5 STARS ★★★★★ “attendance should be obligatory… thanks to productions so faultless they’re no effort to sit through”
THE FINANCIAL TIMES – 5 STARS ★★★★★ “Murphy is, I suspect, the greatest dramatist writing in English. After nine hours in Hampstead, it was hard not to think so.”
WHATSONSTAGE.COM – 5 STARS ★★★★★ “a high-five… highlight of the year so far.”
THE GUARDIAN – 4 STARS ★★★★ “richly rewarding event”
THE NEW YORK TIMES – “As always with this remarkable company, the acting is of a quality to leave you dumbstruck with admiration.”
THE IRISH TIMES – “a riveting, shattering and deeply necessary journey.”
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT – “extraordinary, overwhelmingly magnificent undertaking.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT – “It is a privilege to watch theatre of such indelible quality.”