All-Ireland One-Act Drama Finals Results 2025

Open Section

1st Place: Kilmeen Drama Group – ‘From Eden’

2nd: Bradán Players – ‘My Mother’s Funeral. The Show’

3rd: Compántas Lir – ‘My Narrator’

Confined Section

1st Place: Hoodwink Theatre Productions – ‘Wildling’

2nd: Phoenix Players – ‘The Dumb Waiter’

3rd: Navan Theatre Group – ‘From Eden’

Best Male Performance (Open): Mike McNamara, Compántas Lir

Best Female Performance (Open): Laura Connolly, Kilmeen Drama Group

Best Male Performance (Confined): Roger D. McCarrick, Phoenix Players

Best Female Performance (Confined): Elizabeth Doonan, Hoodwink Theatre Productions

Adjudicator’s Award for Best Innovation & Creativity: Seamus Farrell & Mark McDermott, Lighting & Sound – Hoodwink Theatre Productions. 

Adjudicator’s Special Award: ‘Unbelievable moment of theatre’ – Tom’s death in ‘Digging’, Millrace Drama Group. 

Adjudicator’s Special Award: Stunning setting for Navan Theatre Group’s ‘From Eden’. 

DLI Summer School Bursary (Sponsored by ADCI & DLI): Niamh Kelly, Coachford Players.