Empress of India, (Galway and Dublin Theatre Festival)
The Year of the Hiker,(Galway and National Tour)
DruidSynge, (Galway Arts Festival, Dublin, Edinburgh International Festival and Inis Meáin 2005; Minneapolis and Lincoln Center Festival, New York 2006)
In 2017, award-winning artistVera Klute was commissioned by theNational Gallery of Ireland to create a portrait of Hynes as part of the 2015 Hennessey Portrait Prize. The bust, made ofporcelain,concrete and timber (with a dimension of 164 cm x 54 cm x 45 cm), was unveiled to the public in April 2017 and is currently on display as part of the Gallery's National Portrait Collection.[9]
Hynes directedDruidSynge, the company's critically acclaimed production of all six of John Millington Synge's plays that premièred at the Galway Arts Festival in 2005 and has since toured to Dublin, Edinburgh, Inis Meáin, Minneapolis and New York. DruidSynge has been described by Charles Isherwood ofThe New York Times as "the highlight not just of my theatre going year but of my theatre going life" and byThe Irish Times as "one of the greatest achievements in the history of Irish theatre."[10][11][12]
She is a recipient of many other Theatre Awards, includingThe Irish Times/ESB Irish Theatre Award for Best Director (2002) and aThe Irish Times Special Tribute Award for her contribution to Irish Theatre in February 2005.[14]
On 15 June 2006 she was awarded the Freedom of the City ofGalway, its highest bestowed honour.[15]
