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 |
| Thurs 18th March | Sliabh Aughty Drama Group | 'Rosie & Starwars' | Charlie O'Neill |
| Fri 19th March | Ennis Players | 'The Playboy Of The Western World' | J.M. Synge |
| Sat 20th March | Brideview Drama Group | 'Pied á Terre | John Anastasia |
| Sun 21st March | D.A.D.S., Dunmore | 'The Last Apache Reunion' | Bernard Farrell |
| Mon 22nd March | Nenagh Players | 'Agnes Of God' | John Pielmeier |
| Tues 23rd March | Corofin Dramatic Society | 'Doubt: A Parable' | John Patrick Shanley |
| Wed 24th March | Kilmeen Drama Group | 'King Of The Castle' | Eugene McCabe |
| Thurs 25th March | Doonbeg Drama Group | 'Big Maggie' | John B Keane |
| Fri 26th March | Ferns Dramatic Group | 'Translations' | Brian Friel |
| Sat 27th March | Bradán Players | 'Mauritius' | Theresa Rebeck |