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2017 Courses and Tutors Announced Sun, 6th July – Sat, 12 August 2017 We are delighted to announce the line-up of fantastic tutors for Gormanston Drama Summer School 2017. We are particularly excited to announce some new faces, while we also welcome back some ouf our favourites tutors for Gormanston 2017. Each of the tutors, working with course director Eamonn O’Donoghue, have created engaging, exciting and relevant content for 2017. We feel that there is something for everyone, from the established actors looking to improve their technique, directors looking for new ideas or those new to drama and theatre wanting to get stuck in. Most of all, Gormanston, being a residential course, offers an amazing social scene that makes the Gormanston Experience so enjoyable. Visit our…

‘The Real Thing’ came third in the Newry Drama Festival and also won the award for Best Sound and Music. Richard Hurst was nominated for best actor, Rachel O’Connor and Louise Larkin were both nominated for the best supporting actress award. In Carrickmore, Trish Keane won the Best Actress Award, and we took home the award for Imaginative Lighting. Hopes of making it to the All Ireland Final in Athlone have been put on hold, but ‘The Real Thing’ came Second in one festival and Third in four others, received numerous individual and group awards, for acting, stage management, sound and light, which is a great accomplishment for all involved. Well done everyone! Newry First – Bunclody Second – Prosperous Third…

Well done to Richard Hurst on taking home the award for Best Actor in Bangor last night. In addition to that, the backstage crew and tech team finally got recognition for all their hard work and expertise with the award for Best Technical Excellence, which includes stage management and set changes. Rachel O’Connor received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. More results tonight from Cavan! Results from Bangor  First: Clarence  Second: Hollywood   Third: Ballyshannon

Closing the Ballyshannon Drama Festival this year we have Prosperous presenting Edward Albee’s ‘The Play About The Baby’. Please note the earlier start time of 7.30pm to allow for the awards ceremony, which will begin shortly after the adjudication. The play opens in a version of Eden, with the Boy and Girl. She is pregnant. The Girl gives birth to the baby. Soon, a middle aged couple, the Man and Woman appear…Witty, cryptic, part puzzle play, part vaudeville, the play is essential Albee, and shows the major American dramatist – now deceased – continuing a career of experimentation that has always been very European in its absurdist embrace and subsequent disregard for naturalism. This funny, harrowing dramatic fable, which features a…

Photos from last night’s show, Brian Friel’s ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, produced by Corn Mill Theatre.