Cast
- Michael Paul Brennan
- Anne Jane Brennan
- Missus Pat Leavy
- Liam Ray McBride
- Tom Séan McGinley
- Peggy Marie Mullen
- Junior Maelíosa Stafford
Conversations on a Homecoming was the third Druid production of the work of then-Writer-in-Association, Tom Murphy, continuing on from the company’s presentation of Famine in 1984 and later that year, his one-act play, On The Outside.
Over a long drinking session in an East Galway pub a group of friends gather together after an absence of ten years. Faced with the changes the years have wrought, they begin a long process of self-discovery.
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Irish Press
The best theatre company in the land…Druid triumph yet again…a magic night of theatre,a thundering segment of true life
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New Galway Observer
Conversations’ works like a dream and its freshness and sharpness and canny humour are a pure delight
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Irish Theatre Award – Best Director (Garry Hynes)
Irish Theatre Award – Best Supporting Actor (Ray McBride)
Credits
Creative Team
- Director Garry Hynes
- Design Frank Conway
- Lighting Design Barbara Bradshaw
Production Team
- Production Manager John Ashton
- Set Construction/ Trainee Stage Manager Padraic O’Neill
- Set Construction Padraic Breathnach
- Props Moya McHugh
- Design Assistant Morag Bain
- Operator (Light & Sound) David Murphy
- Publicity & Programme Jerome Hynes
- Photography Mark Kilroy
- Poster Tom Taheny
- Publicity Ollie Jennings, Sharon Keane
- Associate Designer Frank Conway
- Artistic Diector Garry Hynes
- Administrator/ Company Secretary Jerome Hynes
- Administrative Assistant Maureen Hughes
- Box Office Orfhlaith Stafford
- Front Of House Manager Aedhmar Hynes
Dates & Tickets
Galway Druid Lane Theatre 16 April - 21 May 1985
Galway Rosary Hall, Taylor’s Hill 22 - 27 July 1985
Galway Galway Arts Festival, Rabbitt’s Bar 12 August 1985
Dublin Dublin Theatre Festival, Gate Theatre 25 - 28 September 1985
Dublin Olympia Theatre 9 - 14 December 1985