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theatre · Monday 14 September 2026 · 7:30pm 
A Moon for the Misbegotten
At Town Hall Theatre · Courthouse Square, Galway City, Co. Galway
At Town Hall Theatre · Courthouse Square, Galway City, Co. Galway
Druid Theatre brings Eugene O’Neill’s final play to Galway in September 2026, directed by the Tony Award-winning Garry Hynes. This is Druid’s first O’Neill production since 2007, and it sits at the centre of the company’s 2026 season theme, “Strange Country: Ireland in America” - a season-long look at the Irish immigrant experience as it shaped American culture and identity. For anyone who follows Irish theatre, or who simply wants an absorbing night in a city that does it well, this is the production to see.
A Moon for the Misbegotten is set over one day and night in rural Connecticut in the 1920s. Josie Hogan is the last of an Irish immigrant family still on the land, caught between loyalty to her difficult, alcoholic father and her own hunger for a life beyond the farm. James Tyrone, their landlord, carries his own burden - grief, guilt, and a history he cannot leave behind. The two circle each other with a tenderness that neither quite admits to. It is a play about belonging, displacement, memory and what we leave unsaid.
Garry Hynes brings her characteristic clarity to O’Neill’s language, with set and costume design by Francis O’Connor. The cast includes Eileen Walsh, Lorcan Cranitch, Rory Nolan, Marty Rea and Cathal Ryan. Tickets are available via druid.ie and tht.ie.
Town Hall Theatre is on Courthouse Square in the centre of Galway city, a short walk from Eyre Square and the main bus and rail connections. Bus Éireann and GoBus run regular services from Dublin, Limerick, Sligo and other towns, with the journey from Dublin taking roughly two and a half hours. Galway train station is a ten-minute walk from the theatre. If you are driving, city-centre car parks on Merchant’s Road and Jurys Inn are the closest options; street parking in the city centre is limited in the evenings.
Galway city is compact and walkable, with the Latin Quarter, the medieval arches of Shop Street, and the Spanish Arch all within easy reach of the theatre. The evening meal options along Quay Street and Sea Road are genuinely good. There is more to see in Galway and across Co. Galway.
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