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This year, the Allingham Festival Committee invited Ballyshannon Drama Society to collaborate on a new production for the Allingham Festival, and the fruit of that collaboration was a wonderful performance of ‘The Bread Man’ by Frank Mc Guinness, with the playwright himself visibly moved by the performance. Once Mc Guinness had been confirmed as the guest of honour at the festival, he offered the committee the revised script of his 1990 play ‘The Bread Man’, which he hadn’t seen produced in nearly thirty years. Carl Duggan approached the other members of the drama society to gauge interest. With Keith Robinson available to direct, auditions were held, and a cast of 13 embarked on months of rehearsals. ‘The Bread Man’ is…

It was September 25th 2018, the meeting was a party of five and home made apple-tart was our appetiser on an evening where six scripts were discarded and a special one chosen. Auditions were advertised, excitement grew, and one week later ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ was given the breath of life, or should I say the breath of nine lives. We had our first cast reading in our theatre’s green room. It was wonderful to hear the play read aloud, words weaving the comical story and characters coming to life. It was obvious by the end of the reading that “Earnest” was the right choice for our group . Our Wilde Winter sport was set in motion. We had…

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ will return to the Abbey Arts Centre for one night only, Bank Holiday Monday the 6th of May! There will be a wine reception at 7.45pm in the foyer, with the show beginning at 8.30pm. This will be your last chance to catch the award-winning production at home before we tread the boards of the Dean Crowe Theatre in the All Ireland on Wednesday May 8th. We’d love to get a good send off before we hit the road, so make sure you book early to show your support!

We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be performing ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ on Wednesday the 8th of May in the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone, as part of the All Ireland Drama Finals. Tickets will be available via the Dean Crowe website later this week. We will also return to the Abbey Centre stage later in the month. Dates to be confirmed. We’ll keep you posted!

Ballyshannon Drama Society will once again travel to Athlone to take part in this year’s All Ireland Amateur Drama Finals with our production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’! Having placed in all eight festivals, we have three Firsts, one Second and four Third places. Many thanks to everyone who has helped in any way to make ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ an All Ireland finalist! The finals begin on May 2nd in the Dean Crowe Theatre, with performances each night up to Friday May 10th, culminating in the gala awards ceremony in the Radisson Hotel on Saturday May 11th. We will compete against eight other acts, three of which performed at our own festival here in Ballyshannon in March:…

The Ballyshannon Drama Festival came to a close on Sunday night with the Awards Ceremony. Thanks to adjudicator Scott Marshall, our sponsors, the committee members, the Abbey Arts Centre staff and of course our discerning and knowledgeable audiences for another fantastic nine nights of drama.