Date | Group | Play | Author | |
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Thurs 7th March 2013 | Conna | The Lonesome West | Martin McDonagh | Confined |
Fri 8th March 2013 | Kilrush (Co. Wexford) | Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Confined |
Sat 9th March 2013 | Wexford | Moonshine | Jim Nolan | Open |
Sun 10th March 2013 | Palace Players (Fermoy) | Callaghan's Place | John McDwyer | Open |
Mon 11th March 2013 | Ballyduff | Dancing at Lughnasa | Brian Friel | Open |
Tues 12th March 2013 | Silken Thomas (Kildare) | Mercury Fur | Philip Ridley | Open |
Weds 13th March 2013 | Skibbereen | The Hen Night Epiphany | Jimmy Murphy | Confined |
Thurs 14th March 2013 | Brideview (Tallow) | From These Green Heights | Dermot Bolger | Open |
Fri 15th March 2013 | Kilmeen (West Cork) | The Playboy of the Western World | John M. Synge | Open |
Sat 16th March 2013 | Haulbowline | Not Now Darling | Ray Cooney & John Chapman | Open |
Over three decades of dramatic excitement, community endeavour, investment in friendship and sheer good fun. And onward it goes. When the curtain goes up on this year's festival in Ballyduff on March 7th 2013, there will be the same sense of anticipation as there was when the first festival opened in 1981 with the same ethos of volunteerism, community and good humour. Tempered by the pursuit of theatrical excellence. There will be ten nights of top-class drama spread right across the whole range of dramatic endeavour. For those who like their comedies, The Lonesome West is a great piece especially if you like your comedy a shade of black. Not Now Darling is as funny as you'll get anywhere. There are modern classics like The Playboy and Our Town. There are plays by great modern and highly acclaimed Irish playwrights like Brian Friel, Jim Nolan, Dermot Bolger and Jimmy Murphy. And there are keen examinations of modern life and where it's heading and yet so, so different- like Mercury Fur, a post-apocalyptic look at urban decay in a futuristic London and Callaghan's Place, a lovely tale looking at tough times and rural decay in present-day Leitrim.