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Winner of Best Production at the Irish Times Irish Theatre awards, the theatrical highlight of 2012 is back! Hot on the heels of widespread international critical acclaim in 2012, Druid returns to glór with this rare opportunity to see these two remarkable plays by Tom Murphy in one week. Hailed by The New York Times as “epic theatre making”, by The Irish Times as “world-class” with The Daily Telegraph going on to say “attendance should be obligatory”.

This is a must-see event. DruidMurphy has already been a sell-out success on tour and is guaranteed to be the hot ticket again this season.  See the shows individually or see both together with a special combination ticket offer. Early booking advised.

Presented in association with the NASC network and supported by an Arts Council touring grant.

CAST LIST (in alphabetical order)
Of the ten actors, five are returning from last year and five are new.

• Stephen Jones
• Garrett Lombard
• Edwin Mullane
• Marie Mullen
• Michael Glenn Murphy
• Charlotte McCurry
• Rory Nolan
• Marty Rea
• Judith Roddy
• Maelíosa Stafford

DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming
Set in County Galway in the 1970s, conversations unfold in The White House pub when old friends reunite with Michael, recently returned from New York after a ten-year absence. He was the one who got away to live the dream and now he’s back.

DruidMurphy: A Whistle in the Dark
It’s 1960 and Michael Carney is an Irish emigrant living in Coventry, England, with his new wife Betty. Michael has integrated well into English society, but the same can’t be said of his wild brothers who are lodging with him. Tensions boil over after the arrival of his father and youngest brother from home.
 

For more info visit www.druid.ie

This hilarious story captures the grief and greed of one extended family and an uptight undertaker who are put into an extreme situation resulting in tantrums and high drama!

The cast includes:

• Charles De La Mere:  Michael King
• Martha Montague/Beverly Montgomery:  Teresa Conlon
• Seamus Montgomery:  Killian Horgan
• Diane Montgomery:  Juule Abbas

Sponsored by the Back To Education Initiative' with the Clare VEC.

Three people on stage, happy, successful, gorgeous!!! But there’s one thing they have in common. Each of these people has now or at some time in their lives experienced the torment of mental health problems. 

Actress Mary McEvoy, comedian John Moynes and broadcaster Dil Wickremasinghe have  teamed up to share their stories of personal experience with a mental health problem in a mixture of stories, comedy sketches and  songs to de-mystify, debunk and ultimately have a laugh with what really goes on inside our heads.

Box of Frogs is directed by Caroline FitzGerald and written by Isobel Mahon in collaboration with cast members Mary McEvoy, John Moynes and Dil Wickremasinghe and presented by See Change, the national stigma reduction partnership.

Fresh from its international tour of Australia and New Zealand HotForTheatre are pleased to present I ♥ Alice ♥ I.

Alice and Alice are coming out. Finally.
 Two exceptional, opinionated women were spotted winking at each other in Crumlin Shopping Centre. Now they’re in a show…reluctantly. Defying stereotype, they’re here to share with you something they’ve never dared to before. A fresh, human and hilarious piece, I ♥ Alice ♥ I explores the monumental journey of a most unlikely couple.

Winner of two Dublin Fringe awards including the Fishamble New Writing Award, this stirring piece of theatre is an unflinching and acutely personal love story. It has moved audiences from Iceland, New York, Tasmania and Scotland and now it’s here in Clare to bring out the ♥ in you!

“this is a humorous, affecting and quietly empowering work that fully convinces in its artful facsimile of real people sharing experiences both ordinary and precious.”
  The New York Times

“the literary equivalent of replicating a digital photograph by hand.”  The Australian Stage

If you interested in all aspects of acting this is the course for you.  We will explore how we use our bodies, voice and imaginations to bring a character to life.  There will be lots of theatre games, improvisation and creating your own character techniques as we become acquainted with the actors’ world.

The workshops will be facilitated by Clare Youth Theatre Leaders, all of whom are Garda Vetted and have completed Child Protection Training.

• No experience is necessary.
• Bring plenty of drinks!
• Bring snacks and/or packed lunch
• Wear comfortable clothes / shoes
• Places are limited. Early booking advised

For teenagers or any young person entering secondary school in September 2013:

• June 24th–28th     €90      11am–1pm  2.30–4.30pm
• July 8th-12th        €90      11am–1pm  2.30–4.30pm

For young people who will be in fourth class (10 years old) to sixth class from September 2013:

• August 6th – 9th      €45    11am – 1pm

Des Keogh, one of Ireland’s foremost actors and entertainers, returns with his hugely successful and award winning show The Love Hungry Farmer by John B Keane.   It tells the story of John Bosco McLane, a bachelor of ‘indeterminate’ age and according to his own assessment, ‘past his best’ and evidently still a virgin. McLane’s amorous adventures range from the hilarious to the pitiful.

‘Des Keogh is superb. A consummate actor wedded to a skilled raconteur, the wine he offers is vintage’ Irish Times
‘Fiercely serious and bruisingly hilarious’ New York Times

Starcamp returns to glór in the summer of 2013 on the following dates:

• Monday July 15th - Friday July 19th
• Monday August 12th - Friday August 16th

from 10.00am – 3.00pm each day.

The camps are aimed at children aged 4 to 13 and incorporates singing, dancing and acting. It is fun and fully focused on self esteem.

Starcamp was voted one of the top 5 camps run nationwide by school magazine Primary Times and thousands of parents in 2012, and is highly acclaimed by teachers and parents nationwide. The general consensus is that Starcamp has had an incredible effect on children’s confidence and personality, even in one week, and our aim is to do this every year.

1 Child €90   |   2 Siblings €150   |   3 Siblings €200.

To book contact 021 4377 900 or visit www.starcamp.ie