New Photos on Gallery Page
Don’t forget to check out the fantastic photos from each night’s performance on the Gallery page, courtesy of local photographer John Fallon.
Tonight’s Festival Show: ‘The Devil’s Ceilí’ presented by Corn Mill Theatre Group (Open)
Tonight’s production is ‘The Devil’s Ceilí’, written by Philip Doherty and Kevin Mc Gahern, presented by the Corn Mill Theatre Group. A cast and crew of nearly 30 people are involved in this play, in which the devil appears in a ceilí house somewhere in Cavan in the 1960s. Please Note: This show is not suitable for young children. Strobe lighting is used.
Tonight: Butt Drama Circle present ‘Parlour Song’ (Open)
Tonight’s production is ‘Parlour Song’ by the Butt Drama Circle, Ballybofey, and is described as a blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia. Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job, barbecues, car-boot sales, fitness programmes. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale. So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or…
Phoenix Players, Tubbercurry present ‘The Wood of the Whispering’ (Confined)
Tonight’s production is ‘The Wood of The Whispering’ by the Phoenix Players of Tubercurry. The loss of traditional rural values in the West of Ireland is central to this play. Emigration has led to a decline in marriage and children. Those left there totter in to old age. But Sanbatch Daly, a descendant of the derelict Big House is determined to reverse the problem of rural decline. Curtain at 8.15.
First Place in Kiltyclogher!
‘The Gingerbread Lady’ took First Place in Kiltyclogher, along with Top Points Overall, Best Supporting Actress for Sinead Luke, Best Actor for Richard Hurst and Best Actress for Rachel O’Connor!
‘Gingerbread’ Takes 3rd in Castleblaney
Congrats to cast and crew of ‘The Gingerbread Lady’ on taking 3rd in the Castleblaney Drama Festival and especially to Rachel O’Connor who won Best Actress for her role as Evelyn O’Meara!
Ballyshannon Drama Festival Opening March 8th: ‘Frankenstein’ (Open)
The 62nd Ballyshannon Drama Festival opens on Saturday, March 8th with the Newpoint Players production of ‘Frankenstein‘, Sean Treanor’s adaptation of the Mary Shelley classic, in the Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon (this is of particular significance to Ballyshannon as Mary Shelley’s grandmother, Elizabeth Dixon, lived on Main Street). Curtain is strictly 8.15pm . Tickets will be on sale at the box office. Season tickets can be collected from a separate stand in the lobby.