Patrons of the Arts: 1. Aaron Monaghan & Elliot Harper; 2. Joanne Byrne & Caroline Downey; 3. Kathleen Watkins & Peter Crowley. (Pix. Marc O’Sullivan)
The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival hosted a benefit night for patrons and festival supporters recently. Guests attended the opening of The Silver Tassie by the Druid Theatre at the Gaiety Theatre followed by dinner in the Westbury Hotel.
Among those present were Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin T.D., Tony and Aoife Richardson, Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins and H.E. Julian King, the British Ambassador.
The famous play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France and their return home. Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance, this is an epic staging of one of Seán O’Casey’s great works.
Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 (Druid’s biggest ever company of actors) and welcomes back some Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty. Winner in 2009 of 12 major international theatre awards including Best Production, Outstanding Director and Outstanding Ensemble, Druid is back with a production which may be the star of the entire festival which continues until 17th October.
The famous play follows the lives of two young footballing heroes from the tenements of Dublin through the battlefields of France and their return home. Using all the resources of the theatre including live music and dance, this is an epic staging of one of Seán O’Casey’s great works.
Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directs a cast of 19 (Druid’s biggest ever company of actors) and welcomes back some Druid favourites including Aaron Monaghan, Eamon Morrissey and Derbhle Crotty. Winner in 2009 of 12 major international theatre awards including Best Production, Outstanding Director and Outstanding Ensemble, Druid is back with a production which may be the star of the entire festival which continues until 17th October.
