Girl on an Altar

by Suella Holland | Jun 27, 2023 | Drama, News

Written by Marina Carr and directed by Annabelle Comyn Girl on an Altar makes its Irish première in the Abbey Theatre from 8 July – 19 August 2023. This dramatically powerful portrait of a marriage ripped apart will explode onto the Abbey stage this summer....

The Bear and Afterplay

by Suella Holland | Feb 28, 2023 | Drama, News

The Irish Heritage Theatre’s production of The Bear and Afterplay by Brian Friel (two plays after Checkhov) will run 2-19 March at Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey St, Philadelphia 19103.⁠ ⁠ The Bear, based on what the Russian writer himself called a...

Summer Titles 2022

by Suella Holland | Jul 11, 2022 | Drama, News, Poetry

We’re happy to announce three new summer titles from The Gallery Press: Rehearsal Diary (Faith Healer, 1979) by Brian Friel; Poems by Francis Ledwidge and May Twenty-second by Frank McGuinness. Rehearsal Diary Brian Friel My heart sank; not because she was so...

Faith Healer at the Abbey Theatre

by Suella Holland | Nov 30, 2021 | Drama, News, Plays

More than 40 years since directing the Irish Premiere of Faith Healer at the Abbey Theatre, Joe Dowling returns with a new production of Brian Friel’s masterpiece on the Abbey Stage. Originally scheduled for March 2020, we are delighted to bring this highly...

iGirl at the Abbey Theatre

by Suella Holland | Oct 11, 2021 | Drama, News

Marina Carr’s iGirl at the Abbey Theatre until 30 October 2021. iGirl is an intimate exploration of our search for meaning in history, myth and the stories human beings have told themselves since the beginning of time. In her first production as Abbey Theatre...

Thomas Kilroy’s The Seagull

by Suella Holland | Aug 11, 2021 | Drama, Events, News

Druid Theatre Company return to Coole Park, County Galway this August for a large-scale outdoor production of Thomas Kilroy’s The Seagull (after Chekhov, Gallery 1993), directed by Garry Hynes. Exclusively for Galway International Arts Festival 2021, Druid will...