Rehearsals begin for The Cherry Orchard
20 January 2020
As rehearsals began this week, we are gearing up for Druid's first major event of 2020. Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, in a version by Tom Murphy, directed by Garry Hynes, will open next month at the Black Box Theatre, Galway before transferring to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. In a first for Irish theatre, The Cherry Orchard will also be live-streamed to cinemas across Ireland and the world direct from Galway.
With the acclaimed creative team behind DruidShakespeare, this production will feature a large company of actors, starring Derbhle Crotty and other leading members of the Druid Ensemble, Garrett Lombard, Aaron Monaghan, Rory Nolan and Marty Rea. They will be joined by Ian-Lloyd Anderson, Siobhán Cullen, Megan Cusack, Peter Daly, Rachel Feeney, Helen Norton, John Olohan and a local ensemble of actors.
Druid’s production of The Cherry Orchard, a play about land, legacy, and the struggle between tradition and change, will be the first major production of Tom Murphy’s work since his death in 2018.
Live in Cinemas 5 March 7pm
