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 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
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
8:00pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€16
Phone: 0906625824
www.roscommonartscentre.ie
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Wednesday 21 – Thursday 22 September 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€16
Phone: 045448327
www.riverbank.ie
Ramor Theatre, Virginia
Friday 23 – Saturday 24 September 2016
8:30pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€16
Phone: 0498547074
www.ramortheatre.com
Garage Theatre, Monaghan
Tuesday 27 September 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €16/€14
Phone: 04739777
www.garagetheatre.com
Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
Wednesday 28 – Thursday 29 September 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€16
Phone: 0719161518
www.hawkswell.com
An Grianán, Letterkenny
Friday 30 September & Saturday 1 October 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €20/€15
Phone: 0749120777
www.angrianan.com
Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
Tuesday 4 October 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€16
Phone: 057 866 3355
www.dunamaise.ie
Mullingar Arts Centre
Wednesday 5– Thursday 6 October 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €18/€15
Phone: 0449347777
www.mullingarartscentre.ie
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Friday 7 – Saturday 8 October 2016
8pm
Ticket Prices: €20/€18
Phone: 012312929
www.paviliontheatre.ie
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 of years later I was invited to be assistant director on Tom’s new play ‘The Last Days of A Reluctant Tyrant’, at The Abbey Theatre. I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time in Tom’s presence and working closely with him and we got on extremely well. Maybe it was the culchies in us.”
Read the full post here: https://www.civictheatre.ie/blog/tom-murphy-and-me/#sthash.JYj6NKjH.dpuf”
Listen to extracts from Bailegangaire
Check out these audio clips from Bailegangaire, originally recorded and broadcast on RTE’s Arena, 25 August 2016.
Press Release: Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, touring Ireland this autumn.
NOMAD IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIVIN’ DRED THEATRE CO. presents
BAILEGANGAIRE by Tom Murphy
Directed by Padraic McIntyre
On tour from 9th September to 8th October 2016 nationwide.
“Let ye be settling now, my fondlings, and I will be giving ye a nice story tonight when I finish this. For isn’t it a good one?”
This is a major new touring production of Bailegangaire, first performed by Druid Theatre Company in 1985. Directed by Padraic McIntyre, “Tom Murphy’s extraordinary play” (Peter Crawley, Irish Times), centres around Mommo, who tells over and over again a story she never finishes of how the town came to be known as Bailegangaire, the town without laughter.
Mommo is attended by her two granddaughters, Mary and Dolly. The younger women yearn to be free of the past in order to make a new beginning, and Mary comes to believe that to do so the story of Bailegangaire has to be concluded.
“In Mommo, Tom Murphy has created one of the greatest female characters of twentieth-century Irish literature.”
“I’d place it in the same league as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, Faith Healer.” The Telegraph
Nomad Theatre Network NOMAD, was set up in January 2006 to further the development of the performing arts and extend the parameters of regional, national and international performances available to venues and their audiences. The partnership network set out to encourage more theatre companies both national and international to tour to the regions, to produce high quality theatre and ultimately to enrich and strengthen performing arts practice in the regions and shape the future development of touring.
NOMAD/Livin’ Dred Theatre Co. is delighted to announce the cast for their upcoming tour of BAILEGANGAIRE by Tom Murphy.
MOMMO Joan Sheehy
MARY Claire Monnelly
DOLLY Maeve Fitzgerald
Find out more about the cast here.
Photo: The cast meeting for their first read through of Bailegangaire, August 2016. Left to right: Joan Sheehy, Maeve Fitzgerald and Claire Monelly. See our gallery for more images.
PRESS CONTACT
Please contact Bernie McGrath for interviews or any further info on info @ milive.net and 087 9817535
WEBSITE: http://www.nomadtheatrenetwork.ie/
TWITTER: @nomad_network or @milive1 or @LivinDred
FACEBOOK: livindredtheatrecompany
Download official press image here: (300 dpi, 10MB, jpg).
Download press release with tour dates and blogs (pdf, 124 KB).
