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The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

by | May 13, 2021

MAJOR REVIVAL OF MARTIN MCDONAGH’S THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE OPENING THIS AUTUMN IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE LYRIC HAMMERSMITH THEATRE AND CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre today announces a major revival of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the Tony Award-winning play by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; The Lieutenant of Inishmore), directed by Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan in a new co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre. The play will open at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre where it runs from 03 September to 02 October before transferring to the Lyric from 09 October to 06 November. The production will star Ingrid Craigie(Roadkill; The Cripple of Inishmaan) and Kwaku Fortune (Line of Duty; Normal People) with further casting to be announced. Tickets for the Lyric are on sale today at www.lyric.co.uk

The production will be designed by Good Teeth Theatre, with lighting design by Kevin Treacy, music and sound design by Anna Clock and casting by Sam Stevenson.

In the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, Maureen Folan – a plain, lonely woman, tied to her manipulative and ageing mother, Mag – comes alive at her first and possibly last prospect of a loving relationship. But Mag has other ideas; and her interference sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s breathtaking conclusion.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane was Martin McDonagh’s debut play which premiered in Galway in 1996, produced by Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company, and established him as one of Ireland’s most exciting new writers. The West End transfer received an Olivier Award nomination for Play of the Year and on Broadway the play received six Tony Award nominations and won four.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane was originally announced as part of Rachel O’Riordan’s inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Lyric for Autumn 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic. The Lyric’s reopening season will launch in summer 2021 with the world premiere trilogy Out West featuring plays by Tanika Gupta, Simon Stephens and Roy Williams running from 18 June to 24 July, followed by Heart of Hammersmith, the Lyric’s first large-scale community play celebrating West London stories which runs from 12-14 August, ahead of The Beauty Queen of Leenane from 09 October to 06 November.

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre present…
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Rachel O’Riordan
Design by Good Teeth Theatre
Lighting Design by Kevin Treacy
Music and Sound by Anna Clock
Casting by Sam Stevenson

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Lyric Square, King Street, London, W6 0QL
Dates: Saturday 09 October to Saturday 06 November 2021
Free First Night: Saturday 09 October, 7.30pm
Press performance: Wednesday 13 October, 7pm
Performance Schedule: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, plus Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm
Open Captioned Performance: Saturday 23 October, 2.30pm
Audio Described Performance: Saturday 23 October, 7.30pm
Box office: 020 8741 6850
www.lyric.co.uk
Tickets from £10

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The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

by | May 13, 2021

Directed by Rachel O’Riordan
A co-production with Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

In the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, Maureen Folan – a plain, lonely woman, tied to her manipulative and ageing mother, Mag – comes alive at her first and possibly last prospect of a loving relationship. But Mag has other ideas; and her interference sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably towards the play’s breathtaking conclusion.

Rachel O’Riordan directs a major revival of this darkly comic, award-winning play by Martin McDonagh, whose work includes the films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges; and the plays The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Hangmen.

Ingrid Craigie plays Mag. Her many credits include Sweet Bird of Youth (CFT), The Cripple of Inishmaan (West End/Broadway) and TV’s Roadkill. Kwaku Fortune (Line of Duty, Normal People) makes his Chichester debut as Ray.

Rachel O’Riordan is Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and formerly of Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre. Her directing credits include Tanika Gupta’s adaptation of A Doll’s House (Lyric) and the Olivier Award-winning Killology (Sherman/Royal Court).

The production will be designed by Good Teeth Theatre, with lighting designed by Kevin Treacy, music and sound designed by Anna Clock, and casting by Sam Stevenson. Suitable for ages 14+

The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a co-production with Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, where it will play immediately following its Chichester run, from 9 October – 6 November.

At Chichester, the production is sponsored by ITD Consultants.

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