Clare Drama Festival
The
aims and objects of the Clare Drama Festival Committee are to foster, develop,
promote and encourage drama in the area and to organize and run the Clare Drama
Festival annually.
Prior
to the first Drama Festival in 1947, a Drama Féis was held for four consecutive
years [1943-1946]. With
the exception of 2001 the Committee have organized a Drama Festival every year. From
its humble beginnings, in an age of paraffin lamps, dry batteries and simple
double-sided sets, and at a time when local groups simply went out "to do a
play", the Festival has developed into one of the foremost showpieces of
the amateur drama movement in Ireland. The
venue for the 1949 festival was the newly opened Astor Cinema, Scariff, where it
was held until 1985. The festival was moved to Scariff Community College Hall in
1986 and has been there since.
|
Date |
Group |
Play |
Author |
Results |
| Thurs 17th March | Sliabh Aughty Drama Group | 'Moonshine' | Jim Nolan | |
| Fri 18th March | Skibbereen Theatre Society | 'A Kiss on The Bottom' | Frank Vickery | |
| Sat 19th March | Brideview Drama Group | 'The Clearing' | Helen Edmundson | |
| Sun 20th March | Corofin Dramatic Society | 'The Righteous Are Bold' | Frank Carney | |
| Mon 21st March | Glenamaddy Players | 'Dancing At Lughnasa' | Brian Friel | |
| Tues 22nd March | Doonbeg Drama Group | 'Say Cheese' | Bernard Farrell | |
| Wed 23rd March | Nenagh Players | 'Out of Order' | Ray Cooney | |
| Thurs 24th March | Schull Drama Group | 'Kindly Leave The Stage' | John Chapman | |
| Fri 25th March | Kilmeen Drama Group | 'A Whistle In The Dark' | Tom Murphy | |
| Sat 26th March | Bradán Players | 'Tom and Viv' | Michael Hastings |