{"id":28,"date":"2015-03-02T16:43:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T16:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipperarydrama.ie\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:43:03","slug":"2015-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tipperarydrama.ie\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"2015 Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"march2028w\"<\/a>2015 The Co.Tipperary Drama Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

St.Michael\u2019s Community Hall, Holycross. Co.Tipperary<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday March 20th to 28th 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/article>\n
Adjudicator: Geoff O Keefe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/article>\n
Festival Director : Donal Duggan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/article>\n
Mob:<\/strong>\u00a0 086-2575159<\/span><\/article>\n
E-mail:<\/strong><\/span> info@tipperarydrama.ie<\/a><\/article>\n
Please also take the time to view our Facebook page:<\/span> Tipp Drama<\/a>\u00a0<\/article>\n
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RESULTS<\/span><\/h2>\n

OVERALL<\/span><\/h4>\n

(P)<\/span> HANNIFIN CUP (Entertaining Play) \u201cBe My Baby\u201d \/ Holycross\/Ballycahill D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> GALLAGHER AWARD for most promising actor\/actress \u2013\u00a0<\/span>Elaine O\u2019Dwyer \/ Holycross\/Ballycahill D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(P)<\/span> DR.MORRIS MEMORIAL CUP [ Tipperary Group) Thurles D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST SET OVERALL[Josie Slattery Perptual Trophy] \u201cDeath & the Maiden\u201d\/Kilmeen DG<\/span><\/p>\n

(C) 1st<\/span> ADJUDICATOR AWARD Ensamble Playing in \u201cTakin Over the Asylum\u201d,Ballyduff D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(C) 2nd<\/span> ADJUDICATOR AWARD :Keane McEvoy for Lighting Design\/\u201dPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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CONFINED<\/span><\/h4>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST ACTOR : Timmy Connaughton\/Georgie \/\u201dPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d\/Kilrush D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST ACTRESS .. Ellie Condren\/Eileen \/\u201dPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d\/ Kilrush D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(B)<\/span> BEST SUPP.ACTOR:Maurice Ruth\/Stephen \/\u201dPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d\/Kilrush D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(B)<\/span> BEST SUPP. ACTRESS:Jane Kinsella\/Molly\u201d \/Poor Beast in the Rain\u201d \/Kilrush D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

3rd<\/span> \u201cMOMologues\u201d \/ Take 5<\/span><\/p>\n

2nd<\/span> \u201cBe My Baby\u201d \/ Holycross\/Ballycahill D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(P) 1st<\/span> Tipperary Star Cup \u201cPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d \/ Kilrush D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST PRODUCER : Mick Byrne \u201cPoor Beast in the Rain\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

OPEN <\/span><\/h4>\n

(A& P)<\/span> BEST ACTOR (Matthew Bourke) David McElgunn,\u201dBeyond the Brooklynn Sky\u201d Thurles<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST ACTRESS .Sharon Mawe McCarthy in \u201cDeath & the Maiden\u201d,Kilmeen D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(B)<\/span> BEST SUPP.ACTOR \u2013 Sean Aherne in \u201cConversations of a Homecoming\u201d Palace T.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

(B)<\/span> BEST SUPP.ACTRESS.. Stacy Taylor in \u201cBeyond the Brooklynn Sky\u201d Thurles D.G.<\/span><\/p>\n

3rd<\/span> Palace T.G. \u201cConversations on a Homecoming\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

2nd<\/span> Thurles D.G. \u201cBeyond the Brooklynn Sky\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

(P) 1st<\/span> TIPP FM TROPHY Ballyduff D.G. \u201cTakin Over the Asylum\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

(A)<\/span> BEST PRODUCER: (Frank Gleeson Award) Ger Canning,\u201dTakin Over the Asylum\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Ballyduff D.G<\/span><\/p>\n

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Schools Drama:WINNER :Presentation Convent,Thurles : Bog Oak-Scoil Na Trioda Naofa,Doon<\/span><\/p>\n

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PLAYS FOR 2015<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"dramaw\"<\/a>Friday 20th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Confined)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The MOMologues By Lisa Rafferty, Stefanie Cloutier & Sheila Eppolite<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Take 5 D.G. Castlelyons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Take 5 Drama Group started off in 2008 following drama workshops held in Rathcormac facilitated by Noelle Clarke.\u00a0 The participants were so eager to get on stage following the workshops that they formed a drama group and entered a local festival performing a one act play.\u00a0 They then went on to enter the drama league of Ireland one act festival and have taken part in this festival every year since.\u00a0 In 2014 they took the plunge and entered the full length festival and were very lucky to make the all Ireland final.\u00a0 They are very excited to be presenting The MOMologues this year and are looking forward to performing in Holycross as the opening play.\u00a0\u00a0 Take 5 wishes the festival and all it’s participants a fun packed experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

The MOMologues<\/span>
\n The original comedy about motherhood<\/span>
\n Stef, Maria, Char and Ellen take the audience through all the wonderful (and not so wonderful) experiences that go hand in hand with motherhood.\u00a0 From fertility treatments to hemorrhoids, from baby weight to diet restrictions, from juggling work with play dates to reading the same story over and over again while still trying to grab some Me time!\u00a0 Not an easy task but still the greatest job they’ll ever love!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"bestactorw\"<\/a>Saturday 21st<\/sup> March<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (Open)<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Takin Over the Asylum By Donna Franceschild<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ballyduff D.G.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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History of Group:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ballyduff Drama Group has been performing on the Three-Act Drama Festival Circuit for over thirty years. In that time, they have won Best Play, Best Producer, Best Presentation and Best Stage Management as well as all the main acting awards at the All Ireland Finals in Athlone. Their repertoire is extensive and has included works across the whole spectrum of dramatic endeavour. Productions like the second-placed Of Mice and Men (2010) and Caught in the Net (2008) and the All-Ireland winning On Raftery’s Hill (2004) represent just some in its array of achievements. Ballyduff Drama Group has toured extensively over the last decade \u2013 with performances in Wales and Scotland as well as The Playboy of the Western World and The Cripple of Inishmaan in Singapore, and a visit to Berlin with Under Bare Ben Bulben: with a group young people promoted the ethos that is Ballyduff Drama Group – one of inclusion, determination, cooperation and pride.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis of Play<\/strong><\/span>
\n When Ready Eddie McKenna, Soul Survivor and replacement window salesman, arrives to re-launch a defunct hospital radio station in a psychiatric unit, he turns more than the ramshackle station upside-down. The whiskey-drinking would-be DJ meets the irrepressible Campbell whose dreams seem untouched by reality, the hyper-organised Rosaline who is fighting a one-woman war against germs, the electronic genius Fergus whose voices tell him he is a stupid bastard, and the brittle and self-destructive Francine.<\/span>
\n As the patients battle with perception and prejudice as much as illness, Eddie, armed only with his soul music record collection, transforms their lives as well as his own in the hilarious and profoundly moving play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"bestsetw\"<\/a>Sunday 22nd<\/sup> March<\/span> (Open) <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Death & the Maiden By Ariel Dorfman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kilmeen D.G. Rossmore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kilmeen Drama Group:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kilmeen Drama Group, based in Rossmore, West Cork, are one of the longest established drama groups in the country, regularly competing on the 3 Act and 1 Act circuits. In 2013, Kilmeen were crowned All Ireland champions at the RTE 3 Act Open Drama Finals in Athlone, for the third consecutive year, with the Playboy of the Western World. They have recently returned from a successful tour to New York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania with the Playboy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Play:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ariel Dorfman\u2019s explosively provocative, moral thriller is set in a country that has only recently returned to democracy. Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this Good Samaritan, Gerardo\u2019s wife, Paulina Salas, thinks she recognizes another man \u2013 the one who raped and tortured her as she lay blindfolded in a military detention centre years before.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could she be right?……<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday 23rd<\/sup> March<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 (Confined)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Be My Baby By Amanda Whittington<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Holycross\/Ballycahill D.G.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

History of the Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Holycross-Ballycahill Drama Group are in existence for over fifty years. We are based in the picturesque village of Holycross, alongside the famous Holycross Abbey.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group have reached the All Ireland Confined Finals on many occasions, most recently in 2013 in Rossmore Co. Cork with \u201cThe God of Carnage\u201d by Yasmina Reza. We have won numerous acting, directing and set awards, not only on the country\u2019s festival circuit, but also in All Ireland competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSive\u201d by J.B. Keane, \u201cRun For Your Wife\u201d by Ray Cooney, \u201cWoman and Scarecrow\u201d by Marina Carr and T.S. Elliot\u2019s \u201cMurder in the Cathedral\u201d are among\u00a0 the critically acclaimed productions that the group have performed around the country. We have even brought \u201cThe Beauty Queen of Leenane\u201d by Martin Mc Donagh to Germany following a special request by the American forces based there to perform at their base in Heidelberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brief Synopsis of Play<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The play, set in 1964, centres around 19 year old Mary who is seven months pregnant and packing her bags in readiness for her mother to whisk her off to a church run residential home for pregnant, unmarried women.<\/span>
\n We follow Mary on her poignant journey as she learns to cope with her situation and fights a losing battle to retain her teenage illusions about marrying and keeping the baby.<\/span>
\n Despite being cut off from their families and having daily battles with a no-nonsense matron, Mary and her new found friends, Dolores, Queenie and Norma shine with youthful effervescence, that keeps them going and therefore avoiding the inevitable to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the girls sing along to the romantic fantasies of 60’s hits by artists such as the Ronettes, Dusty Springfield and the Shangri-Las, they transport the audience back to a time when a Dansette record player had the power to inspire aspirations of a future, filled with endless opportunity and promise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set against a backdrop of the social attitudes of the 1960s, this beautifully touching and funny piece, defined by the music of the day, movingly transports us back to the dawn of the sexual revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday 24th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Open)<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Portia Coghlan By Marina Carr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brideview D.G.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brief History of the Group<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brideview Drama began competing in the both the One-Act and Three-Act All Ireland Festival Circuit in the early 90\u2019s beginning with \u2018The Year of the Hiker\u2019 by J.B.Keane. They went from strength to strength, winning the Confined Three-Act All-Ireland in 2005 with \u2018Moonshine\u2019 by Jim Nolan. Competing in the Open Section since 2006 they have won a number of festivals and awards, coming close to qualifying for the All-Ireland Final with \u2018Pied a Tierre\u2019 in 2010 and with \u2018Same Old Moon\u2019 in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis of Portia Coughlan <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Haunted by the death of her twin brother, Portia Coughlan has become nothing more than a ghostly figure herself. She lives with her husband, whom she can’t love, and her three children, whom she can`t trust herself to care for. This tragic play takes place over the course of two days – the day of Portia\u2019s 30th<\/sup> birthday and the following day. It is set in the midlands of Ireland in the 1990\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wednesday 25th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Open)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond the Brooklyn Sky By Michael Hillard Mulcahy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thurles D.G.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Brief History of the Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thurles Drama Group was founded in 1967, and normally produces two full plays each year, and a soiree comprised of a selection of scenes from various plays enabling many new members to experience what it is like to perform in front of an audience. The Group has been to the All Ireland in both Confined and Open on many occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Synopsis of play.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is the story of five forty-something friends who left the small fishing village of Brandon in Co Kerry in the 1980’s in pursuit of their dreams in the States. It is now 2013, twenty yrs. later and they are reunited in what was their local village dancehall to celebrate Jack’s single-handed journey in a small plane across the Atlantic. Their past and present lives converge in this dance hall where they had their first kiss. Like many Irish people, of that time they have discovered that dreams don’t always come true.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday 26th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Open)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Conversations of a Homecoming By Tom Murphy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Palace T.G. , Fermoy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Brief History of the Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Palace Players formed in the early 1990s, took to the festival circuit with Bernard Farrell\u2019s \u2019I Do Not Like Thee Dr Fell\u2019, winning all three festivals entered in Ballyduff, Charleville and Castleisland. They have contested the festival circuit every year since, moving up to the Open section after winning the confined All-Ireland in Enniscorthy in 1994 with \u2018One Flew Over The Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u2019. They have contested the All-Ireland finals in Athlone on a number of occasions, the last time being 2011 with John Patrick Shanley\u2019s \u2018Doubt\u2019. Last year\u2019s festival production was \u2018Einstein\u2019s Gift\u2019 by Vern Thiessen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis of the Play<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over a long drinking session in \u2018The White House\u2019 – a West of Ireland pub, a group of friends gather together after an absence of ten years. It is the 1970s. Faced with the changes the years have wrought, they begin a long process of self-discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Friday 27th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Confined)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Desert Lullaby By Jennifer Johnston<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Amphitheatre ,Kilkee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brief History of the Group<\/strong> : Amphitheatre Company are based in Kilkee, Co. Clare and take their name from a natural rock formation near the town.\u00a0 They compete annually on the 1 Act and Full length circuits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis of the Play <\/strong>\u00a0Moving between the present day and the Ireland of \u201cThe Emergency\u201d it tells the story of two elderly women who separately and together conjure up memories of their past lives to illustrate events that have bound them together and brought them to their present circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday 28th<\/sup> March<\/span> (Confined)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Poor Beast in the Rain By Billy Roche<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kilrush D.G. , Co.Wexford<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brief History of the Group<\/strong>: Kilrush Drama Group celebrated their 50th<\/sup> Anniversary in 2014 and launched a book of photos, facts and stories from down through the years entitled \u2018Drama at Kilrush\u2019. Current director Mick Byrne was the founding member and is still at the helm of the group. During the 50 years of Kilrush DG, the have produced 71 plays and have appeared in the 3 Act All Ireland Finals on 16 occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis of the Play<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Eileen works in her father’s betting shop. Molly, Steven and Joe manage to keep their regrets about the past safely locked away and young Georgie is ready to turn his back on the outside world and follow their example, until the return of the legendary Danger Doyle. Having turned his back on the cycle of missed opportunities and thwarted desires to run away to London with Eileen’s mother, Danger Doyle now offers Eileen the possibility of escape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2015 The Co.Tipperary Drama Festival St.Michael\u2019s Community Hall, Holycross. Co.Tipperary Friday March 20th to 28th 2015 Adjudicator: Geoff O Keefe Festival Director : Donal Duggan Mob:\u00a0 086-2575159 E-mail: info@tipperarydrama.ie Please also take the time to view our Facebook page: Tipp Drama\u00a0 RESULTS OVERALL (P) HANNIFIN CUP (Entertaining Play) \u201cBe My Baby\u201d \/ Holycross\/Ballycahill D.G. (A)<\/p>\n

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