Droichead Presents Drama | Theatre Club Autumn/Winter 2026
Set up in 2017 and this September celebrating 10 years, Droichead Theatre Club brings audiences together to see a play, and, like a book club, our audiences can share their views, thoughts, and impressions informally post-show with the cast and creatives. To celebrate 10 years this September, we have one of our biggest seasons to date, with premieres, new work, new voices, traditional stories, dance, Droichead-supported co-productions, and a work in progress, including work by Clare Monnelly, Deirdre Kinahan, Paula Greevy Lee, Anthony Kinahan, Elizabeth Moynihan and our annual visit to The Abbey Theatre. That's 8 plays, and one work in progress for only €125. (Bus also included for the Abbey Theatre).
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THE LOVE HUNGRY FARMER | By John B. Keane | City Theatre Dublin
THU 22 OCT | 8PM
Adapted for the stage and performed by Seamus O'Rourke | Directed by Michael Scott
John Bosco McLaine is a man who has never lain down with a woman, but has had romantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life. Always an optimist, and virgin in equal measure, he embarks on a search for an ideal companion regardless of age, failure rate or damned advice!… and in a community where advice is ample and women few, he follows his heart in an ultimate bid to procure himself a wife. Often referred to as the natural successor to John B. Keane as Ireland’s masterful present day storyteller, Seamus O’Rourke brings to life in this production the wistful, blundering, romantic John Bosco McLaine, matching stride for stride Keane’s fantastic wit and way with words in an uproarious evening of laughter, love, hope and desire…
'Seamus O'Rourke breathes new life into John B. Keane’s The Love Hungry Farmer' - Marie Conboy, Leitrim Observer
visions | A new play by Eoghan Quinn | Directed by Claire O 'Reilly.
WEDS 4 NOV | The Peacock Theatre at the Abbey Theatre. (includes ticket/bus)
“You are neither your former nor your future self, she thinks, you’re that little sliver of overlap.”
A historic ballroom in Dublin city centre. A sparkling relic of the past threatens the launch of a modern start-up. Relationships fray, values are tested, and secrets spill out. With the world outside inching closer to the edge, five people must imagine what comes next. Can you see it too? Lyrical, bold and timely, visions is a sweeping world premiere play written by Eoghan Quinn (colic, The Jesus Trilogy, Bears in Space) and directed by Claire O’Reilly (Hothouse, Emma, BÁN). Featuring Ghaliah Conroy, Derbhle Crotty, Oliver Flitcroft, Mark Lambert and Lauren Larkin.
ADRIFT | A new play by Deirdre Kinahan | Directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull
FRI 13 NOV | 8PM
Nomad Theatre Network, in association with Once Off Productions
‘Ireland is full’? Of what exactly?
A birthday celebration turns febrile when a rural Irish family address their sister’s relationship with a refugee. Fierce, funny and immediate, ADRIFT is a contemporary family drama exploring the psychology of fear and Ireland’s complex relationship with emigration.
‘You can’t even have the conversation!’ - Well, what better place than theatre? In ADRIFT, Kinahan explores the ironic rise of Irish anti-immigrant sentiment with her celebrated humour and humanity, taking the arguments that seem to set fire to hearts and buildings right into the Irish kitchen.
Deirdre Kinahan is one of Ireland’s major contemporary playwrights. Previous loved plays include OUTRAGE, The Saviour, An Old Song Half Forgotten, TEMPESTA, The Unmanageable Sisters, Rathmines Road, Moment, Halcyon Days. Joined by a stellar cast including Bríd Ní Neachtain (Banshee of Inisheerin & Ros Na Rún), John Olohan (An Cailin Cuin, That They May Face The Rising Sun), Catherine Byrne (That they may face the rising sun, Love/Hate, The Tudors), Darragh Feehely (The Body Is Water, Groundless) Janet Moran (The Dry, The Last Rifleman, Breakfast On Pluto) and acclaimed Director Marc Atkinson Borrull (An Ideal Husband, Gate Theatre; Three Sisters, Dublin Theatre Festival; Tempesta also by Deirdre Kinahan, Cork Midsummer & Glassmask Theatre) ADRIFT promises a wonderfully honest, empathetic and unsettling night at the theatre.
GOOD GIRLS | A new play by Clare Monnelly | Directed by Aaron Monaghan
THU 19 NOV | 8PM
Co-produced by Livin’ Dred Theatre, Once Off Productions, and Droichead Arts Centre.
The girls are back!
Together for the first time in a long time. Their friendships were forged in a garden shed in the noughties and built to last. From Meanies to mid-life crises, pre-drinks to school drop offs, sneaking out to sneaky affairs, life has gotten complicated, and it’s all about to hit the fan.
At 13, they were sure they wanted the same things from life. Now, they’re not even sure they share the same values.
Can the bonds of girlhood withstand the messy truths of adulting? Jumping between the teenage chaos of the noughties and the equally chaotic present day, Good Girls is a fast-paced, hilarious and heartfelt love letter to female friendship. Written by award winning playwright Clare Monnelly (Charlie’s A Clepto, The Hare) and directed by Aaron Monaghan (Playboy of the Western World, Tarry Flynn), Good Girls brings together a stellar cast including Alex Conlon, Maeve Fitzgerald, Katie Honan, Amelia Keating, Aisling O’Mara, and Roseanna Purcell alongside an incredible creative team to serve up a night of theatre you won’t soon forget.
Tickets cost €125.00
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