Bailegangaire Official Trailer 4 – audience feedback

Hear what audience members had to say about the opening performance of Bailegangaire at the Backstage Theatre (starts at 1.03 minutes into the trailer).

Bailegangaire Official Trailer 3

Bailegangaire: Official Trailer 2

NB: contains strong language.

Bailegangaire: Official Trailer 1

Bailegangaire is one of The Ticket’s Highlights of the Week

“few dramas come with as much power or urgency as Bailegangaire” Bailegangaire opens tonight (9 Sept) at the Backstage Theatre, Longford.

Trailer: Bailegangaire opens at the Backstage Theatre on Fri 9 Sept

Joan Sheehy as Mommo and Maeve Fitzgerald as Dolly in Tom Murphy's Bailegangaire

Here is the trailer for Bailegangaire. The Irish tour opens on Fri 9 and Sat 10 September 2016 at the Backstage Theatre, Longford before embarking on a nationwide tour. Tour dates Backstage Theatre, Longford Friday 9 – Saturday 10 September 2016 8:00pm Ticket Prices: €18/€16 Phone: 0433347888 www.backstage.ie Civic Theatre, Tallaght Wednesday 14  – Thursday 15  September 2016 8:00pm Ticket Prices: €18/€16 Phone: 01 4627477 www.civictheatre.ie Roscommon Arts Centre Friday 16 – Saturday 17 September 2016… Read More

“Hilariously funny and beautifully sad” Padraic McIntyre tells us why we should see Bailegangaire

Bailegangaire’s director Padraic McIntyre on Tom Murphy: “Maybe it was the culchies in us.”

Padraic McIntyre recently wrote about his history with Tom Murphy on the Civic Theatre’s blog: “Some years ago I had the privilege of directing ‘Conversations on a Homecoming’, by Tom Murphy for NOMAD/Livin Dred and sat with Tom in his study discussing the play. My Theatrical hero, my playwriting idol, sitting before me. And Tom like his plays didn’t disappoint. He was funny, witty, intelligent, sharp, abrasive, contrary and very very generous. A couple… Read More

Listen to extracts from Bailegangaire

Check out these audio clips from Bailegangaire, originally recorded and broadcast on RTE’s Arena, 25 August 2016.