Macbeth

Reviews of DruidShakespeare

‘ripping entertainment … I’ve never before found these plays so easy to follow or so gripping'
The New York Times

‘remarkable … pure exhilarating theatre … a sweeping epic … extraordinary …  astonishingly articulate … the lines have been completely absorbed into the actors’ Irish voices, the result is a startling eloquence.’
The Irish Times

‘a mad dynamic pageant of fire, blood, guts and spunk … sinking their teeth into Shakespeare, this brilliant Druid ensemble clutch him down to the sad, saving, and sacred earth where his work belongs, and you leave stunned by the measure and the ferocity of their bite’
Irish Examiner

‘we are splattered with rain, vomit, peaty mud, blood … it is visceral, it is alive … a huge achievement, Shakespeare brought to life in a brazenly Irish way that gives the lines fresh meaning and relevance’
Irish Independent

'enthralling … stunningly engrossing, powerfully emotional’
Sunday Independent

'an overwhelming experience … not to be missed'
The Sunday Times

‘exhilarating epic … a staggering study of the instability of power … nothing can quell the extraordinary vitality of Hynes’s production’
The Guardian

Reviews of Richard III

'a coherent symphony of crafted perfection'
The Sunday Times

‘marvellously twisted … striking, intoxicating, disturbing … like a horror show seen through a haze of laughing gas … the remarkable thing about the Irish voices here is how clear they make the play sound, in both comedy and grim hypocrisy’
The Irish Times

‘theatre heaven … a rare occurrence when every component of a production converges in perfect harmony to create a tour de force’
Broadway World

‘soaring performances and lustrous design’
Irish Independent

To celebrate our 50th anniversary in July 2025, we will present Riders to the Sea and Macbeth in a special double bill as part of Galway International Arts Festival in The Mick Lally Theatre.

Tickets for the Galway double bill go on sale Friday 9 May. Individual tickets for either production will not be available, all tickets will be for the double bill only.

Macbeth will then transfer to the Gaiety Theatre for Dublin Theatre Festival this September and October. Tickets for Macbeth in Dublin go on sale Thursday 10 April.

GALWAY
The estimated running time of Riders to the Sea is 25 minutes. There will then be a 30-minute break followed by Macbeth which is estimated to run at approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes (interval TBC).

DUBLIN
The estimated running time of Macbeth is 2 hours and 10 minutes (interval TBC).

Suitable for ages 12+. Please note that Macbeth features depictions of violence and murder, and references to suicide, self-harm and the death of children. The production also features loud noises, strobe effects, haze and smoke.