Mother Courage at An Grianán Theatre

Sligo’s Blue Raincoat Theatre Company bring Mother Courage to An Grianán Theatre in Letterkenny on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, with an 8pm start.

What to expect

An Grianán’s listing centres the show on Anna Fierling, nicknamed Mother Courage, a peddler who travels across Europe during the Thirty Years’ War, and says the play questions the justification of warfare and the hypocrisy of a war fought on religious grounds while she struggles to keep her business afloat and her three children safe. The venue gives a running time of one hour forty minutes including an interval. Blue Raincoat is a professional Sligo-based company with a long touring history around the north west.

Getting there

An Grianán Theatre is on Port Road in Letterkenny, Donegal’s largest town and its main arts venue, a short walk from the town centre. The box office is on 074 91 20777, open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm, for directions or access queries before the show. Letterkenny is reachable by Bus Éireann from Sligo, Derry and across Donegal, as well as by car via the N13, N14 and N56.

While you’re in Letterkenny

Letterkenny is Donegal’s county town, with Main Street running up to St Eunan’s Cathedral and a riverside walk along the Swilly close to the theatre. A touring professional company like Blue Raincoat is one of the reasons An Grianán draws audiences from well beyond Letterkenny itself. More on Letterkenny and Co. Donegal.

Good to know

• Date and time: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 8pm.
• Venue: An Grianán Theatre, Port Road, Letterkenny.
• Price: €22, €18 concession, including booking fee.
• Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes including one interval.
• Booking: Book through An Grianán Theatre.
• Brecht’s play is a staple of twentieth-century theatre; Blue Raincoat is known for a distinctive physical and visual style in its productions.
• Details from the An Grianán Theatre listing, checked 14 September 2026.