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Tune in to ‘Drama on One’ on RTE Radio 1 at 8pm tonight to hear Anne Mc Hugh, John Travers and Conor Beattie talk about their experiences on the amateur drama festival circuit this year. The interview was recorded in the RTE studio in Athlone on the weekend of the All Ireland Final. The interview will be broadcast around 8.45, following the next play in the P.J. O’Connor Awards series.

As hosts of this year’s All Ireland One Act Drama Finals, Ballyshannon Drama Society will present a new website for the event: oneactfinals.ie. The site will be of particular relevance to groups participating in the competition, but it will also have information about activities over the weekend and local accommodation as well as photos from the shows themselves. An early version of the site will be live in the coming days.

Ballyshannon Drama Society shall return to the stage once again in the autumn with the hilarious Irish comedy ‘A Wake In The West’ by M.J. Ginnelly.  After a life devoted to drink, it is no surprise that Tom Healy’s final wish it to be buried in the drink – at sea that is. The neighbours, one by one, pour into Healy’s front room to ‘pay their respects’, though not all come to pray…

There will be a meeting of the Ballyshannon Drama Society on Tuesday May 20th at 8.30pm in the Abbey Centre to discuss plans for the autumn production and the One Act Finals.

          Congratulations to Sinead Luke on winning an All Ireland Scholarship to Gormanstown, and to Rachel O’Connor on receiving the nomination for Best Actress!!! Congratulations to Corn Mill Theatre Group on winning First Place in the All Ireland with ‘The Devil’s Ceili’, and for those of you who missed it the first time you can see the award winning show in the Abbey Theatre as they also won the Abbey Theatre Award, another fantastic and well-deserved honour. Second Place: Bradan, ‘Who ‘s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?’ Third Place: Prosperous, ‘Boeing Boeing’ Full list of Awards: RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Perpetual Trophy  Corn Mill Theatre Group Miniature Festival Trophy For Best Director  Ronan Ward – Corn Mill Theatre Group…