Gaiety Productions presents the Irish Premiere of THE FERRYMAN, by Jez Butterworth.
For the first time out of Broadway and the West End, Jez Butterworth’s Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning modern classic play comes home to Ireland as Gaiety Productions presents ‘THE FERRYMAN‘. With a cast of 21, a live baby, a live goose and a live rabbit, this epic tale will run for 6 weeks only at the Gaiety Theatre.
From the producers that brought you THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN and HANGMEN by Martin McDonagh, along with SIVE by John B. Keane, THE FERRYMAN, directed by Andrew Flynn, will run from January 27th to March 8th 2025.
This monumental family tale is an epic of betrayal, redemption and the totality of the human experience.
‘Vanishing. It’s a powerful word, that. A powerful word.‘ County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But in the Maze prison, the IRA hunger strikers are dying. Out on the bog, a body has been dug up. And this year, their usual harvest celebrations will be interrupted by an unexpected visitor.