Colm Meaney and Brenda Meaney in Bedbound at Bailey Allen Hall, University of Galway, as part of Galway International Arts Festival. Photo: Marcin Lewandowski

Themes of claustrophobia, family conflict and the search for connection emerge across an eclectic, ambitious festival line-up

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