‘A Very Busy Year!’

Ballyshannon Drama Society in 2015 Fully energised by the highly successful One Act Finals in December 2014, rehearsals continued in January for the year’s circuit production, ‘God of Carnage’, with director Anne Mc Hugh and cast Richard Hurst, Tony Liston, Rachel O’Connor and Trish Keane meeting three or four times a week in preparation for the months ahead. The show opened in the Abbey Arts Centre in February, running from the 10th to the 14th, and was considered ‘a breathtaking and exhilarating experience’ by at least one well-known and highly respected critic. The Newtonstewart Festival on the 27th was the first date on the circuit, and it was a brilliant way to begin, as this was the first win for the play,…