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Results of the 60th Ballyshannon Drama Festival 2012

AWARDS CEREMONY

1.   Billy Myles Audience Award  - Letterkenny Music & Drama with “THE 39 STEPS”

 

2.   Best Set (Mary Monaghan Award) – Cornmill Theathre with “THE SEAFARER”

 

3.   Best Stage Manager (Maureen Kane Award) - Letterkenny Music & Drama with “THE 39 STEPS”

 

4.   Lighting (Margaret McGinley Award)  - Yellow Moon Theatre Company with “OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD”

 

5.   Adjudicator Awards -

1 Glenamaddy Players with  ”THE ODD COUPLE” (female version)

2 Larry Cadden – Coolera Dramatic Society with “LOVERS MEETING”

3 Kevin Bolger – Yellow Moon Theatre Company with ” OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD”

 

6.   Phil McLoone Award for outstanding achievement by young person - Niall Hannigan Lifford Players

 

7.   Best Actor Confined (Saimer Cup/Paddy McLoone Award) – Cian Mannon – Phonix Players Tubbercurry with “THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMANN”

 

8.   Best Actress Confined (Kathleen Fagan Award) - Elaine Gillespie Letterkenny Music & Drama

 

9.   Best Producer Confined (Hugh & Mary Daly Cup) – Pluincéad Ó Fearraigh -  Letterkenny Music & Drama with “THE 39 STEPS”

 

10. Third Place Confined  -  ”THE ODD COUPLE” (female version)

 

11. Second Place Confined – Pheonix Players Tubbercurry with “THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAN”

 

12. First Place Confined (Commercial Hotel Cup Presented by the late Bernard Sweeney) - Letterkenny Music & Drama with “THE 39 STEPS”

 

13. Best Actor Open (H.J. Travers Award) - Ray Hackett Cornmill Theatre with “THE SEAFARER”

 

14. Best Actress Open (Eoin Carney Award) – Jenny Ni Lucáis Brandán Players Leixlip with “HEDDA GABLER”

 

15. Best Producer Open (John Stephens Cup) - Sean McIntyre Cornmill Theatre with “THE SEAFARER”

 

16. Third Place Open  - Lifford Players with “SHADOWLANDS”

 

17. Second Place Open (C.J. King Award) - Brandán Players Leixlip with “HEDDA GABLER”

 

18. Winner of Open Section (Maureen Gallagher Award) - Cornmill Theatre with “THE SEAFARER”

 

19. Patsy Croal Blue Riband (Sponsored by Celtic Weave Ltd.) - Cornmill Theatre with “THE SEAFARER”

All Groups – Open  & Confined are entered for this award