Dec 2010

We’ve done it again!  Bradan Players have won the one act all Ireland for the second year  in succession and John Duggan won the coveted Harlequin award for best performance.  Joe Bergin was also nominated for the best performance award.  Congratulations to all on a magnificient show.  Congratulations and a big thanks to all at Balally for organising the finals – even the weather didn’t stop them.   Click HERE for photos.

Dec 2010

Listen in to Arena on RTE Radio 1 on Fri 3rd Dec.  There is a feature on the All Ireland and some of us were interviewed for the show.

Nov 2010

The running order for the all Ireland finals has been announced.  We’re on last on Saturday night.  The full line up is:-

Date	Group	Play	Author
Fri 3rd Dec @ 8:00pm	The Moat Club, Naas	‘The Only Jealousy of Emer’	W. B. Yeats
	Clonacool Players	‘Last Tango in Little Clonacool’	David Tristram
	Gorey Little Theatre Group	‘The Donahue Sisters’	Geraldine Aron
Sat 4th Dec @ 1:30pm	Shannonside Drama Group	‘Landscape’	Harold Pinter
	Haulbowline Theatre Group	‘Positive Dead People’	Pauline Shanahan
Sat 4th Dec @ 7:30pm	Carlow Little Theatre	‘The Lithium Waltz’	Barry McKinley
	Breffni Players	‘Melody’	Deirdre Kinahan
	Bradán Players	‘A Number’	Caryl Churchill
Sun 5th Dec @ 1:30pm	Take 5 Drama Group	‘Joined at the Hip’	Joe Graham
	Cornmill Theatre Group	‘Victor’s Dung’	Seamus O’Rourke
	Tinahely Variety Group	‘A Galway Girl’	Geraldine Aron
Sun 5th Dec @ 7:30pm	Balally Players	‘Like a Virgin’	Gordon Steele
	Martello Productions	‘Faint Voices’	John McKenna

 

Nov 2010

All preliminary festivals have been completed and with 3 wins and a maximum of 36 points, we’re through to the all Ireland at the Mill theatre in Dundrum during the first weekend in December

Festival	Placed Position	Awards
Longford	Third	Adjudicators award – Tom Byrne for direction
Goresbridge	First	Best actor – John Duggan Best Director – Tom Byrne
Bangor	First	Best actor – John Duggan Audience award
Skerries	First	Best Director – Tom Byrne Adjudicators award – John Duggan for acting ‘Best staged play’ award
Tubbercurry	Not placed	None

 

Nov 2010

We’re busily rehearsing two plays at the moment.  See current production.  We’ll be touring the one act circuit during November with “A Number”.  We update this page with our progress.

Date	Venue
Sun 7th Nov	Longford
Thur 11th Nov	Goresbridge
Sat 13th Nov	Bangor
Fri 19th Nov	Skerries
Sat 20th Nov	Tubbercurry

 

June 2010

We’ve just completed another very successful Pub Crawl (Stall!) with record attendances.  Check out some photos HERE and a video montage HERE.  We’ll be shutting up shop for the summer but will be back in the Autumn so check back on the website for news of our next performance.

May 10

We came, we saw, we enjoyed ourselves but unfortunately we came away empty handed from the All Ireland in Athlone.  View a short video montage from Mauritius here.  We’re straight into rehearsals for the pub crawl on the June bank holiday weekend.

Apr 10

Set up photos from Scarriff here and performance shots here

Mar 10

We’ve qualified for the All Ireland in Athlone!!!!  See below the report from the Athlone festival website (http://www.dramafestival.ie/press.htm).

Bradán Players Knock Reigning Champions Out Of Festival Line-Up (29-03-2010)In a nail-biting finish to this years RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Circuit, Estuary Players, who were All Ireland champions in 2008 and 2009, have been denied the opportunity to defend their title at the Athlone finals.With eight groups already qualified, the ninth position was dependent on the result of Cavan Drama festival which concluded last Sunday night. Estuary had completed their circuit of festivals and were sitting in ninth position on the league table. However, the only group that could jump them in the final count was their Leinster rivals, Bradán Players from Leixlip who needed a win at Cavan to place them ahead of Estuary. Their production of “Mauritius” by American writer, Theresa Rebeck was enough to impress adjudicator Brian Majoribanks to award the Co Kildare group 1st place and the coveted place in the All Ireland Finals.

 

Mar 10

Full length festival results – updated regularly

Festival	Placed Position	Awards
Enniskillen	First	Best overall play Audience award
Derry	Third	Stage management award
Kildare	Third	Best actress – Jenny Ni Lucais Best supporting actress – Gillian Purcell
Carnew	Not placed
Ballyshannon	Not placed
Cavan	First	Best actress – Jenny Ni Lucais Best Director – Tom Byrne
Rathangan	Second	Best supporting actor – Colin Walsh Stage management award
Scariff	Second	Best Actor – George Hogan Best supporting actress – Gillian Purcell Stage management award