An Abbey Theatre production
Grania
21 September - 26 October 2024
Written by Augusta Gregory
Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
Booking Information
Dates: 21 September 2024 – 26 October 2024
On the Abbey Stage
Times:
Mon – Sat 7.30pm
Wed and Sat matinees 2pm
Tickets: €15 – €49
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Audio-described and captioned performance: Saturday 26 October, 2:00pm
Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 17 October, 7:30pm
Touch Tour of Stage and Set: Saturday 26 October, 12:15pm
Love. Lust. Power. Desire.
We all live in a network of complex relationships, with families, friends, partners and our communities. However, as Finn declares ‘Love is the disturber’ and it can upset this delicate balance, as friends turn on friends and insiders become outsiders, upending the order of our worlds.
In Lady Gregory’s groundbreaking 1912 play, Grania*, these age-old dynamics come to life, through the story of three legendary Irish figures, Gráinne, Diarmuid and Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
Reimagined for 2024 by director Caitríona McLaughlin, for its first ever production at the Abbey Theatre, Grania connects us to our past and illuminate our present. Speaking about the play, the director commented ‘Diarmuid and Gráinne is considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. In Grania, Lady Gregory’s version certainly is that, but not in the way you might think. I’ve wanted to direct it for a long time’.
* A Latin spelling of the name Gráinne
Reviews
★★★★
"Grania’s epic love story takes on a new lease of life”
The Irish Times
"Rich and rewarding"
The Irish independent
"Ella Lilly Hyland is brilliant"
The Irish Examiner
Credits
- Finn: Lorcan Cranitch
- Grania: Ella Lily Hyland
- Diarmuid: Niall Wright
- Vocalist: Laura Sheeran
- Vocalist: Seán Boylan
- Writer: Augusta Gregory
- Director: Caitríona McLaughlin
- Set Designer: Colin Richmond
- Costume Designer: Catherine Fay
- Lighting Designer: Sinéad Wallace
- Composer and Sound Designer: Carl Kennedy
- Movement Director: Eoin Mac Donncha
- Hair and Make Up: Leonard Daly
- Voice Director : Andrea Ainsworth
- Assistant Director: James Riordan
- Associate Lighting Designer: Matt Burke
- Photography: Conn McCarrick
