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Ballyshannon Drama Society are delighted to return to the Abbey Arts Centre stage with our latest production, Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’, from February 16th to 19th, at 8pm nightly Rehearsals have been underway for months at this stage, in line with government health guidelines, which have thankfully been lifted just in time for opening night a few weeks from now. The easing of restrictions also means the group will be able to take the show on the road to participate in the All Ireland Drama Festival with some sense of normality. ‘All My Sons’ is one of Miller’s best known plays, set in post-WWII America, in the backyard of the Keller household. The family struggles to stay intact and…

…and we’re back! Ballyshannon Drama Society will return to the actual, real, physical stage in the Abbey Arts Centre on the 7th and 8th of October, 2020, with our previously scheduled productions of ‘Faint Voices’ and ‘A Bit of Land’, and the best news is, we can have a real, live audience (socially distant and number determined by Covid-19 regulations)!! Booking will be essential on both nights. To begin, we have the one-act comedy ‘A Bit of Land’ by Agnes Adam, directed by Rachel O’Connor. Most recently seen on stage asking questions about handbags, Rachel since directed the hit production of ‘West Side Story’ in the AVS. Rachel also directed the hilarious ‘Play On’ in the Abbey Centre, and we…

Tune in from 9pm on Thursday July 16th for the first Virtual Allingham Concert, featuring the Ballyshannon Drama Summer Shakespeare Project performing scenes from Much Ado About Nothing. Hey nonny nonny, hi!

Ballyshannon Drama’s Summer Shakespeare Project will feature in the Allingham Arts Festival Virtual Concert which will begin streaming at 9pm on Thursday July 16th on YouTube, the Allingham Festival Facebook Page and also on the Abbey Arts Centre page. The group of well-known Ballyshannon thespians will perform scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, shot on location in a garden in Garrison, filmed & edited by Sean O’Connor. The Summer Shakespeare Project was conceived in response to the coronavirus crisis. With the theatres closed, the group of Ballyshannon actors came together (exercising social distancing and generally rehearsing outdoors) to learn new skills and to continue to build their artistic relationships. They worked on vocal techniques and on scenes from Shakespeare’s plays,…

Ballyshannon Drama Society are delighted to host a drama workshop with award winning actor and director Aaron Monaghan as part of the DLI Summer School Outreach programme. Strict Covid-19 guidelines will be in place for all participants to ensure the health and safety of the participants and organisers. The programme is funded by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The DLI would particularly like to acknowledge the support for amateur drama given by Minister Joseph Madigan.The Workshop will take place from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on Sunday 5th July. Tutor Aaron Monaghan recently played the lead in Druid Shakespeare’s acclaimed production of Richard III and has just finished filming the lead role in ‘Redemption of a Rogue’. He…

There is light at the end of the tunnel as Sean Donegan brings drama into the garden with ‘Summer Shakespeare’. A group of local actors have been exploring scenes by the bard in a socially distant environment, with a view to performing for a small audience in a suitable outdoor space later this summer. Their first performance will be online as part of the Allingham Festival Virtual Concert on July 19th. The group will perform a short scene from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. The cast consists of Sean Donegan, Terence McEneaney, Louise Larkin, Sarah Ferguson, John Larkin and Rachel O’Connor.