An Abbey Theatre production

Grania


21 September - 26 October 2024

Written by Augusta Gregory

Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

Booking Information


Dates: 21 September 2024 – 26 October 2024

On the Abbey Stage 

Times:

Mon – Sat 7.30pm

Wed and Sat matinees 2pm

Tickets:  €15 – €49

Runtime: 120 minutes, including a 20 minute interval

Please note: If you would like information on the themes in this event, please click here.

Audio-described and captioned performance: Saturday 26 October, 2:00pm

Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 17 October, 7:30pm

Touch Tour of Stage and Set: Saturday 26 October, 12:15pm

Love. Lust. Power. Desire.

We all live in a network of complex relationships, with families, friends, partners and our communities. However, as Finn declares ‘Love is the disturber’ and it can upset this delicate balance, as friends turn on friends and insiders become outsiders, upending the order of our worlds. 

In Lady Gregory’s groundbreaking 1912 play, Grania*, these age-old dynamics come to life, through the story of three legendary Irish figures, Gráinne, Diarmuid and Fionn Mac Cumhaill.

Reimagined for 2024 by director Caitríona McLaughlin, for its first ever production at the Abbey Theatre, Grania connects us to our past and illuminate our present. Speaking about the play, the director commented ‘Diarmuid and Gráinne is considered one of the greatest love stories of all time. In Grania, Lady Gregory’s version certainly is that, but not in the way you might think. I’ve wanted to direct it for a long time’.

* A Latin spelling of the name Gráinne

Reviews

★★★★
"Grania’s epic love story takes on a new lease of life''
The Irish Times

★★★★
''Visually spectular''
The Stage


"Rich and rewarding"
The Irish independent


"Ella Lilly Hyland is brilliant"
The Irish Examiner


''D’éirigh leis an léiriú seo ceol nádúrtha na linne seo a bhaint as Grania.''
Tuairisc.ie

Experience the world of Grania 

Caitríona McLaughlin On The Power Of Grania 

Grania in Gold

Read more here 

Production Images 

Cast Announcement 

Go behind the scenes in the rehearsal room 

Credits

  • Finn: Lorcan Cranitch
  • Grania: Ella Lily Hyland
  • Diarmuid: Niall Wright
  • Vocalist: Laura Sheeran
  • Vocalist: Seán Boylan


  • Writer: Augusta Gregory
  • Director: Caitríona McLaughlin
  • Set Designer: Colin Richmond
  • Costume Designer: Catherine Fay
  • Lighting Designer: Sinéad Wallace
  • Composer and Sound Designer: Carl Kennedy
  • Movement Director: Eoin Mac Donncha
  • Hair and Make Up: Leonard Daly
  • Voice Director : Andrea Ainsworth
  • Assistant Director: James Riordan
  • Associate Lighting Designer: Matt Burke
  • Photography: Conn McCarrick
  • Production Photography: Ros Kavanagh
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