This week sees the cast and crew of ‘The Gingerbread Lady’ make their final appearances on the All Ireland 3 Act Drama Festival circuit. They will be in The Alley Theatre, Strabane, on Tuesday night and The Patrician, Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone on Wednesday night.
‘The Gingerbread Lady’ came third in the Shercock Drama Festival, with a Most Promising Award for Sinead Luke as Polly Landau and two adjudicator’s awards, one for Lighting and one for Conor Beattie. This result continues the team’s successful run of being placed in every festival. The week ahead sees the production travelling to Strabane on Tuesday and Carrickmore on Wednesday, with results of the remaining three festivals (including Glenamaddy) due in by Saturday 28th March.
Fresh from a strong performance in Shercock on Tuesday night, cast and crew of ‘The Gingerbread Lady’ (whih usually number around 16 people) hit the road again today for the Glenamaddy Drama Festival. The show begins at 8pm in the Community Hall. The adjudicator at the festival is Tom Byrne.
Photos from last night’s production of ‘Any Given Day’ by Yellow Moon Theatre Group and the prize-giving ceremony are now online in the Gallery, thanks to Festival Photographer John Fallon.
THE RESULTS OF THE 62nd BALLYSHANNON DRAMA FESTIVAL: Open Section: 1. Bradán Players ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ 2. Letterkenny Music and Drama Society ‘The Chronicles of Long Kesh’ 3. Corn Mill Theatre ‘The Devil’s Ceilí‘ Best Actress: Helena Stout as Marsha in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Best Actor: George Hogan as George in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Best Producer: Jenny Ní Lúcáis, Bradán Players, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Confined Section: 1. Phoenix Players ‘The Wood of the Whispering’ 2. Pomeroy Players ‘Portia Coughlan’ 3. DADS ‘On Such As We’ Best Actress: Mairead Eastwood as Portia Coughlan in ‘Portia Coughlan’ (Pomeroy) Best Actor: Maurice Keogh as Sanbatch in ‘The Wood of the Whispering’ (Phoenix Players) Best Producer: Peter…
Tonight’s production is ‘Any Given Day’ by Linda Mc Lean presented by Yellow Moon Theatre Group. The play centres around a vulnerable couple desperately trying to cope with the world around them and a fledgling romance that promises warmth to people left in the cold. But, as in real life, everything does not run smoothly, small decisions have devastating impacts on those least expecting it and the audience are left questioning their own responsibilities and attitudes. Curtain at 7.30 to facilitate the Awards Ceremony following the public adjudication.
John Fallon’s photos of last night’s production, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ presented by Bradan, are now online in the Gallery.
Tonight’s production is ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ by Edward Albee, presented by Bradán Players. first produced on Broadway in 1962, to critical acclaim. Set in America, in the living room of a house in a small New England college, Martha, daughter of the college president, unbeknownst to her husband Gerorge, a professor of history, has invited Nick & Honey, new arrivals to the college, for a late night gathering. What follows is a night of alcohol-fuelled and emotionally charged drama. This is a play in three acts with an interval. Curtain at 8.15pm.