Glenties Celebrations: International Actors Visit Ireland
- Location: Glenties, County Donegal, ireland (specifically The Laurels, Gortnamucklagh and surrounding venues)
- significance: A key step in establishing the Brian Friel Centre as a national and international cultural hub.
- * Friday (8:00 PM): Celebrating Brian Friel - An Evening of Readings at the Highlands Hotel.
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Event: brian Friel Weekend – Launching the Brian Friel Center
Location: Glenties, County Donegal, ireland (specifically The Laurels, Gortnamucklagh and surrounding venues)
significance: A key step in establishing the Brian Friel Centre as a national and international cultural hub.
Schedule of Events:
* Friday (8:00 PM): Celebrating Brian Friel – An Evening of Readings at the Highlands Hotel.
* Featuring: Sinéad Cusack, Adrian Dunbar, Stephen Rea, Ciarán Hinds, and others.
* Cost: Free
* Booking: Essential via www.abbeycentre.ie or 071 9851375.
* saturday (11:00 AM): Brian Friel Remembered – Readings from the Stories and Plays at The Laurels grounds.
* Cost: Free
* Booking: Not required.
* Parking: St. Columba’s Comprehensive school.
* saturday (2:00 PM & 4:00 PM): Glenties Guided Walks.
* Saturday (7:30 PM): Performance of Faith Healer at The Market Hall.
* Note: First floor, stairs only for access.
* Starring: Seamus O’Rourke, Orla fitzgerald, and Michael Patric.
* Director: Geoffrey Gould
* Cost: €25
* Booking: www.abbeycentre.ie
* Throughout the Weekend: Exhibition Mapping the Land: the literary Landscape of Brian Friel at the Lúghnasa Creative Arts Centre, Ballybeg House, Glenties.
* curators: Sarah Moran and Muireann Lalor.
* Origin: Originally presented by the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York.
Image: A photo of “The Laurels, Gortnamucklagh, Glenties” is included.