Girl From The North Country - Arc Cinema Drogheda

Girl From The North Country brings a filmed stage recording of Conor McPherson’s Bob Dylan musical to Arc Cinema Drogheda for a single evening screening, part of the venue’s event cinema strand that puts theatre and concert broadcasts on the same screens used for regular films.

What to expect

Written and directed by Conor McPherson, the Dublin playwright also known for The Weir and The Seafarer, Girl From The North Country reworks twenty Bob Dylan songs with Tony Award-winning orchestrations, set in a guesthouse in 1934 Duluth, Minnesota, where the lives of a group of wayward travellers intersect over the course of the story. The production has been widely praised since its Broadway and West End runs, with reviewers highlighting its ensemble cast performing live alongside onstage musicians rather than the songs being used as background score, and the show has toured internationally on the strength of that reputation. The film runs 151 minutes and carries a 15 certificate in Ireland. At Arc Cinema Drogheda it screens as a single Thursday evening event rather than a run of daily showings, in keeping with how the venue handles its theatre and concert broadcasts generally, meaning the auditorium is set up once for the broadcast’s sound mix rather than running multiple performances across the week. The cinema’s listing notes that wheelchair access is not available for this particular screening, so anyone with accessibility needs should contact the venue directly before booking rather than assuming standard access applies.

Good to know

• Date and time: Thursday 3 September 2026, 7:00pm to approximately 9:31pm

• Venue: Arc Cinema Drogheda, Scotch Hall Shopping Centre, Drogheda

• Certificate: 15 (Ireland); runtime approximately 151 minutes

• Wheelchair access is not available for this screening; contact the cinema in advance with any access queries

• Price: ticketed as an event cinema screening; check the booking link for current pricing

• Book: drogheda.arccinema.ie/event/89887

Getting there

Arc Cinema Drogheda is inside Scotch Hall Shopping Centre on the south bank of the Boyne, a short walk from Drogheda town centre and the bus station. Drogheda is on the M1 motorway about 50km north of Dublin, with regular Irish Rail and Bus Eireann services from Dublin on the Dublin-Belfast line taking around 45 minutes, and Drogheda MacBride station is close enough to walk from in a few minutes. Scotch Hall has its own multi-storey car park serving the shopping centre and cinema, with lift access from the car park into the centre.