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Patrick McBrearty looking thoughtful in rehearsals for Dramacast

DramaCast: Rehearsals

DramaCast is an exciting new initiative created by An Grianán Theatre, and Workhouse Theatre Company,  to bring Shakespeare, and Friel, back into the classroom. With Covid curtailing all live touring it’s been impossible for schools to take their classes to see plays as normal. DramaCast fills that gap by selecting scenes relevant to the school …

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Auditions for DramaCast

DramaCast is an exciting new initiative created by An Grianán Theatre to bring Shakespeare back into the classroom. With Covid curtailing all live touring it’s been impossible for schools to take their classes to go and see plays live as normal. DramaCast is our attempt to fill that gap by selecting scenes relevant to the …

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A bohemian party in Magilligan. An Grianán Theatre and Parrabbola's Creative Europe funded production of The Winter's Tale. July 2019. Photo by David Faughnan. All rights reserved.

Shaking the Walls – ONLINE International Conference in Gdańsk (Poland) 25-27.09.2020

Call for papers is open till 20th August 2020. Due of the effects of worldwide pandemic the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre has decided to change the long planned International Conference Shaking the Walls to an ONLINE meeting. The conference will take place on 25-27.09.2020. Moreover, recording/streaming presentations of performances by project partners are also planned as …

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Creative Europe funding

Shaking the Walls: The Winter’s Tale Summer 2019

This week we learned we were successful in receiving Creative Europe funding for an exciting new project called Shaking the Walls with partners from across Europe. The project is led by Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski (Poland), the other partners are Parrabbola (UK), Cooltour Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Ratatam (Iceland). 2019 marks An Grianan Theatre’s 20th anniversary and we are …

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Something big is happening…

A message from Druid’s director Garry Hynes: “Something big is happening in Letterkenny this summer and we want to make sure you know about it: DruidShakespeare tours to An Grianán from 3rd – 6th June. The production is not only one of our most ambitious undertakings ever, it also marks our fortieth year making theatre! …

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DruidShakespeare: What audiences have been saying

Just when I thought the Murphys couldn’t be matched-Massive congrats to the incredible @DruidTheatre team for #DruidShakespeare #EpicTheatre — Clare Monnelly (@ClareMonnelly) May 18, 2015 DruidShakespeare is an epic theatre event that condenses four action-packed plays – Richard II, Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2), and Henry V – into one thrilling drama played out …

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DruidShakespeare: Behind the scenes

Check out these behind the scenes images from Druid Theatre as they continue rehearsals for their epic DruidShakespeare project which they will tour to Donegal this June. DruidShakespeare condenses four action-packed plays into one thrilling drama with an exceptional cast, live music and a rousing parade of characters including one of Shakespeare’s greatest comic creations, Falstaff. …

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