Garret dives into latest Druid role under Aaron’s direction

Arts Week with Judy Murphy

“The combination of Druid, Billy Roche and Aaron directing was too good to turn down,” says actor Garret Lombard of his latest role, Terry in Roche’s play, The Cavalcaders, which is being directed by longtime friend and acting colleague, Aaron Monaghan.

As members of Druid’s acting ensemble, the two men have worked together on many shows, but this is Aaron’s first time directing for the company, although he has done so successfully elsewhere.

Taking on the role of Terry in Roche’s Cavalcaders marks a coming full circle for Wexford man, Garret. The first professional role he ever had was in an Abbey Theatre production of The Cavalcaders in 2007, when he played Rory, a young man full of dreams and plans. Rory who had been an apprentice to the town’s cobbler is about to take over the business as its owner, Terry, retires.

This time out, Garret is playing the middle-aged Terry, whose life, as the audience meets him, isn’t good.

This memory play, which premiered on the Peacock stage at the Abbey in 1993, follows the two men who, along with their friends, Josie and Ted, mend shoes during the day and spend their nights performing in the Cavalcaders, a well-known local barber-shop quartet.

The all-singing cast also includes Amelia Crowley, Naoise Dunbar, Sean Kearns, Éilish McLaughlin and Tiernan Messitt-Greene.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

Connacht Tribune Digital Edition App

Download the Connacht Tribune Digital Edition App to access to Galway’s best-selling newspaper.

Click HERE to download it for iPhone and iPad from Apple’s App Store, or HERE to get the Android Version from Google Play.

Or purchase the Digital Edition for PC, Mac or Laptop from Pagesuite  HERE.

Get the Connacht Tribune Live app
The Connacht Tribune Live app is the home of everything that is happening in Galway City and county. It’s completely FREE and features all the latest news, sport and information on what’s on in your area. Click HERE to download it for iPhone and iPad from Apple’s App Store, or HERE to get the Android Version from Google Play.