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Tonight we have our first entry in the Open category as Lifford Players present ‘Abigail’s Party’ by Mike Leigh. The play is a suburban situation comedy of manners. Beverly Moss invites her new neighbors over for drinks. People loosen up as the alcohol takes effect. All the prejudices and fears of the protagonists are ruthlessly exposed.     BEVERLY – CLARE TUTTLE LAURENCE – EDWARD FLANAGAN ANGELA – ANDREA EMMET T TONY – GILBERT YOUNG SUSAN – DEE DEE DIVER DIRECTOR – EDWARD FLANAGAN CREW Lighting: Jarlath Houston; Sound: Robert Mc Crea; Stage Manager: Jonny Brennan; Make Up: Kate Redmond; Crew: Tom Nelis, Mike Redmond, Aidan O’Doherty     ‘Abigail’s Party’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 14th, 8.15pm.   Contact John on 0863743207 or the Abbey Arts Centre…

‘The Hen Night Epiphany’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 13th, 8.15pm. Tonight at the Ballyshannon Drama Festival sees the return of the Newtownstewart Theatre Company with their production of ‘The Hen Night Epiphany’. Should some secrets never be kept no matter what the cost? Five women come together to help clear out a run-down cottage a week before the wedding of its new owner, Una. Joining her on this hen night of sorts are her two best friends, Kelly and Triona, her soon to be mother-in-law, Olive, and Olive’s best friend, Anita. But Una is keeping a secret that, if revealed, will detroy all hopes of her dream wedding and living happily ever after with the love of her life….

‘The Play About The Baby’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 19th, 7.30pm. 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…

‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’, the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, March 18th, 8.15pm. On Saturday the 18th, Corn Mill present Brian Friel’s classic ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come’. ‘Philadelphia Here I Come’ is a 1964 play written by Brian Friel. It is set in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It centres around Garet (Gar) O’ Donnell’s proposed move to America. Gar is protrayed by two characters, Gar Public (the Gar that people see, talk to and talk about) and Gar Private (the unseen man, the man within, the conscience). It’s essentially about exile, the exile of emigration, the exile of emotional disconnect, the exile of choosing security over love and the exile of living fantasy rather than reality. The play is a…