Picture: Clare Monnelly, one of the writers of Good Girls, with director Aaron Monaghan.
Droichead Arts Centre winter programme highlights include new theatre, live music, exhibitions, family performances and a brand new Christmas Parade.
The Stockwell Street venue will welcome new work and familiar faces over the coming weeks, while a number of events will also take place beyond the arts centre itself.
New theatre and returning Theatre Club
Droichead’s Theatre Club continues with new work, premieres and co-productions.
St Brigid’s Drama Group will present a new play by Ogie Harmon from 3rd to 7th November.
On 13th and 14th November, Meath writer Deirdre Kinahan brings new play Adrift to the stage featuring a stellar cast line-up.
The cast includes Bríd Ní Neachtain, (Banshee of Inisheerin & Ros Na Rún), John Olohan, (That They May Face The Rising Sun) Catherine Byrne, ( Love/Hate, The Tudors), Darragh Feehely, (The Body Is Water, Groundless) and Janet Moran, (The Dry, The Last Rifleman, Breakfast On Pluto)
The brilliant Clare Monnelly, finally brings Good Girls to the stage on the 18 and 19 Nov.
The production is co-produced by Droichead Arts Centre and directed by Aaron Monaghan, with a cast including Alex Conlon, Maeve Fitzgerald, Katie Honan, Amelia Keating, Aisling O’Mara, and Roseanna Purcell.
Picture: Amelia Keating, Alexandra Conlon and Aisling O’Mara, who are among the cast of Good Girls.
New visual arts exhibition
Drogheda-based artist Raphael Hynes and Malahide-based artist Maire O Sullivan will share their work in a new exhibition opening on Saturday, 14th November at 3.30pm.
The exhibition will continue until 16th January 2027.
Live music through November and December
Drogheda musician SJ McArdle will bring his new album All My Dream Companions Gone to the Spirit Store in Dundalk on 26th November.
He will be joined on the night by Roisin Ward Morrow, Trevor Hutchinson and Graham Henderson.
Other music highlights include Julianstown Youth Orchestra on 12th December.
The Cacks at Christmas will also return to Droichead on 18th December.
Christmas events for families
A new addition this year will be The Christmas Parade on 20th November.
Produced by the team behind Drogheda’s Spooks Parade, the event will see the spectacle team, under the artistic direction of Kieran Gallagher, create a parade from Barlow House to Scotch Hall.
Kast Productions will also present Annie from 5th to 7th December.
WhistleBlast Quartet returns with The Night Before Christmas on Wednesday, 16th December.
Film, books and community programmes
Droichead’s Film Club and Silver Screen Season will continue through the winter programme.
Behind the scenes, the centre’s community and outreach work also continues through projects including Yours Sincerely, its online book club and Give a Poem, Get a Poem.
Further information on the programme is available at droichead.com or by calling 041 9833946.
Copies of the new programme are also available from Droichead Arts Centre on Stockwell Street.
