Ballyshannon Drama Festival
All-Ireland Confined Finals 2022
Ballyshannon, Co. Co. Donegal
Friday 22nd – Saturday 30th April 2022
Adjudicator: Paul Fowler
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Date | Group | Play | Author | Results |
Fri 22nd April | Camross Drama Group | The Kings of the Kilburn High Road | Jimmy Murphy | |
Sat 23rd April | Clann Machua Drama Group | Sive | John B. Keane | |
Sun 24th April | Glenamaddy Players | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Martin McDonagh | 2nd |
Mon 25th April | Skibbereen Theatre Society | Brighton | Jim Nolan | |
Tue 26th April | Kilmuckridge Drama Group | The Playboy of the Western World | JM Synge | 1st |
Wed 27th April | Phoenix Players Tubbercurry | The Communication Cord | Brian Friel | |
Thur 28th April | The Ray Leonard Players | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Martin McDonagh | |
Fri 29th April | Newtownstewart Theatre Company | Family Plot | Daragh Carville | 3rd |
Sat 30th April | Enniskillen Theatre Company | The Night Alive | Conor McPherson |
BOSTIK All Ireland Confined Drama Finals Awards 2022
Premier Award (The Claregalway Perpetual Trophy) – Kilmuckridge Drama Group – ‘The Playboy of the Western World’
Best Director (The Broderick Perpetual Cup) – Anthony O’Connor, Kilmuckridge Drama Group
Best Presentation (The Ray Leonard Memorial Trophy) – Kilmuckridge Drama Group – ‘The Playboy of the Western World’
Best Lighting (The Playlight Perpetual Cup) – Declan Walsh and David Burke, Glenamaddy Players
Best Stage Management (The Carrickmore Perpetual Trophy) – The Communication Cord, Phoenix Players
Best Actor – Francis Brennan as Tim Gallagher in ‘The Communication Cord’, Phoenix Players, Tubbercurry
Best Actress – Carmel O’Driscoll as Lily Thompson in ‘Brighton’, Skibbereen Theatre Society
Best Supporting Actor – Richard Devereux as Old Mahon in ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, Kilmuckridge Drama Group
Best Supporting Actress – Mary Scahill-Flynn as Mammy in ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’, Glenamaddy Players
Scholarship to Drama League of Ireland Summer School – Cian Boyle as Billy in ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’, Glenamaddy Players