04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Sabina Higgins to open photography exhibition charting 50 years of Galway's Druid Theatre
O'Shaugnessy's Druid is a series of 50 photos featuring actors, staff, productions, and various events over the years at the infamous theatre. Druid has been a fixture in the Galway arts community since 1975, and O'Shaugnessy has watched its evolution since its founding.
The Druid Theatre Company has earned global recognition, receiving four Tony Awards in 1998 for The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Among these was Best Director, awarded to Garry Hynes—the first woman ever to win a Tony for directing.
Local legends who became international stars, including Cillian Murphy, have also graced the Druid's stage.
Gallery Manager of The Kenny Gallery, Dean Kelly said: 'We're deeply honoured to host this exhibition of Joe Shaughnessy's photographs celebrating 50 years of Druid – the people, the places, the sheer magic of it. That Sabina Higgins, a former Druid actor and a lifelong champion of the arts and social justice, is opening the show makes it all the more meaningful. It feels like Galway's creative spirit, past and present, coming full circle. This is a cultural history told in images - one that belongs to everyone who's ever been moved by a performance or changed by a play.'
The event is celebrating 50 years of Druid Theatre Company as part of Galway International Art Festival.
You can catch the launch event at The Kenny Gallery on July 12, 2025, at 2:30PM and the exhibition will run through August 14th, 2025. Admission is free.
