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‘All My Sons’ took Third in the Ulster Drama Finals, Rachel O’Connor won Best Actress, and the show also took home the award for Best Décor! Congratulations to the winners Prosperous and our dramatic Donegal neighbours Butt Drama Circle who came in second. Other nominations at the festival went to Richard Hurst for Best Actor, Troy Devaney and Deirdre Ferguson in Supporting roles, and also for up and coming star John McHugh. Tonight we have our final performance in the Abbey Arts Centre before we take the show on the road one last time on Thursday to our final destination, the All Ireland Final in the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone.

Don’t Miss Our Last Two Shows Before Athlone!! ‘All My Sons’ returns to Ballyshannon this weekend, playing both Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th in the Abbey Arts Centre. The cast can’t wait to get back to a home audience after eight nights around the country and one Ulster final! They’ve picked up multiple awards and accolades along the way, and are delighted to have a chance to perform once again on the Abbey stage, before heading for the All Ireland in Athlone next Thursday (May 12th). Come along this weekend to catch a tour-de-force production by your award-winning local team! Dates: Saturday May 7th & Sunday May 8th Venue: Abbey Arts Centre Time: 8pm Booking: abbeycentre.ie

Congratulations to Kilmuckridge Drama Group on winning First Place in the 2022 Bostik All Ireland Confined Finals, as well as the Premiere Award for Best Play with their production of ‘The Playboy of the Western World’! Second place went to the Glenamaddy Players with their production of ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’, and Newtownstewart Drama Group took third on the night with ‘Family Plot’. The results of the 2022 Bostik All Ireland Confined Finals are as follows: – Premier Award (The Claregalway Perpetual Trophy): Kilmuckridge Drama Group, ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ – First Place: Kilmuckridge Drama Group, ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ – Second Place: Glenamaddy Players, ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ – Third Place: Newtownstewart Theatre Company, ‘Family…

For the final night of the 2022 Bostik All Ireland Confined Finals, we welcome Enniskillen Theatre to the stage with their production of ‘The Night Alive’ by Conor Mc Phearson. Break a leg! Tonight’s performance will be followed by the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will be streamed live on our Facebook account.

On the penultimate night of the festival, we welcome Newtownstewart Theatre to the stage with their production of ‘Family Plot’ by Darragh Carville. Break a leg!

Tonight, Thursday the 28th of April, we welcome the Ray Leonard Players of Claremorris to the stage with the second Martin Mc Donagh play of the week, ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’. Break a leg!

Our multi-award winning production of ‘All My Sons’ returns to the Abbey Arts Centre for two nights in May, Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th, before we head for the All Ireland Final in Athlone. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tonight, Wednesday the 27th, at the 2022 Bostik All Ireland Confined Finals, we welcome the Phoenix Players, Tubbercurry, to the stage with their production of ‘The Communication Code’ by Brian Friel. Break a leg!