The Quiet Man as Part of Dublin Theatre Festival

EVENT DETAILS

DATE & TIME: 27 Sep - 12 Oct // Various, see listing
LOCATION: Main Space
TICKETS: €31 & €29 Concession
DEALS: Previews €24 Meal Deal €50 (Ticket + 2 course meal)

World Premiere as Part of Dublin Theatre Festival

A wild, heartfelt new stage adaptation inspired by the story that sparked the film classic.

Flying cows. Stubborn sheep. A ploughing contest. A handball match. And one hell of a punch-up. The Quiet Man is coming to the stage—and it’s anything but quiet. Paddy Bán Enright returns from America, his pockets bulging with money and peace on his mind. He comes to bury his mother and start a quiet life on a small farm. But when he falls for the fiery Mary Kate Danagher—whose bullish brother wants none of it—he finds himself in the middle of a village still reeling from war. Cue the matchmaker, Micilín Óg, and a chaotic clash of love, land, pride and livestock.

The Quiet Man is based on the original short story by Maurice Walsh, first published in 1933 in the Saturday Evening Post. While the tale famously inspired the 1952 film starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, this stage production goes back to the source—capturing the grit, humour and emotional undercurrent of Walsh’s writing, rather than recreating the Hollywood version.

This riotous new Irish production is written by John Breen with Mikel Murfi and Directed by Mikel Murfi and John Breen.

Presented By: Loco and Reckless Productions in association with The Civic Theatre as Part of Dublin Theatre Festival
Duration: 120 mins. One interval

Directed By: Mikel Murfi and John Breen
Set Design: Sabine Dargent
Lighting Design: Sinéad McKenna
Costume Design: Sinéad Cuthbert
Music and Sound Design: Jack Cawley

Cast

Art Campion – Paddy Bán Enright
Margaret McAuliffe – Mary Kate Danagher
Peter Gowen – Red Will
Dan Gordon – Micilín Óg
Donna Dent – The Widow Quinn
Gus McDonagh – Very Small Man
Niamh McGrath – Very Small Woman
Malcolm Adams – Priest

Ensemble

Alison Kinlan, Shane Mc Cormick and Sìofra Nì Eìlì

Previews
Sat 27th & Mon 29th Sep. 7:30pm (All tickets €24)

Opening Night
Tue 30th Sep. 7:30pm

Wed 1st Oct 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Thu 2nd Oct 7:30pm
Fri 3rd Oct 7:30pm
Sat 4th Oct 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Sun 5th Oct 2:30pm
Tue 7th Oct 7:30pm
Wed 8th Oct 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Thu 9th 7:30pm
Fri 10th 7:30pm
Sat 11th 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Sun 12th 2:30pm

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Funded by the the Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon

Join us for a post-show chat following the performance at 7:30pm on Thurs 2nd October

Professor Luke Gibbons in conversation with John, Mikel and some cast members

Prof Luke Gibbons has taught as professor of Irish Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland, and the University of Notre Dame and has published widely on Irish culture and criticism.

Luke is the author of The Quiet Man, a radical reappraisal of Ford’s Oscar-winning film, Luke Gibbons traces its development from Maurice Walsh’s original story (1933) and argues that its romantic excesses are a symptom of much darker undercurrents in the literary text, and the displacement of trauma that often underlies nostalgia. Moreover, Gibbons ably demonstrates how the film, rather than indulging in escapism, actually questions its own romantic illusions and the dream of returning to an Irish paradise lost.

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