Amateur Drama Council of Ireland
The Amateur Drama Council of Ireland (A.D.C.I) is the federation of amateur drama festivals for the whole of Ireland – North and South. A.D.C.I was founded in 1952 and has coordinated the running of preliminary drama festivals and All Ireland festivals ever since.
Amateur Drama Council of Ireland
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland. The ADCI recently celebrated its 70th Anniversary having been founded in 1952.
The first meeting of the ADCI took place on 26th October 1952 when members of drama festivals from across Ireland met in Athlone to discuss plans for an All-Ireland Drama Festival as part of the 1953 An Tóstal celebrations.
Despite the many challenges it has faced over the years, the ADCI continues to be a thriving organisation in Ireland today, working to host drama festivals in communities across the country, featuring drama groups who travel from near and far to entertain audiences.
We look forward to many more years of success for the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland.
Festivals
Drama Festivals
The Amateur Drama Council of Ireland (ADCI) is a voluntary organisation. The ADCI currently has 37 Full-Length member festivals and 9 One-Act member festivals across the island of Ireland.
What a wonderful festival of high quality drama the audiences of Mid Ulster Drama Festival were treated to over the last nine nights. The nine qualifying groups travelled from all across Ireland to Carrickmore, bringing their A game and making their communities proud. Their performances are complete, and they take their final bow knowing they gave it their all - congratulations to each and every one of them.
The spotlight now turns to adjudicator, Martin Maguire, who will announce the winners of the ADCI All Ireland Confined Drama Finals tonight.
The awards night will be live streamed on YouTube at the following link -
www.youtube.com/live/ZSogq1ig2gc?si=vhVelIfWihLf-HU5
Streaming begins at 8:45pm with speeches and Awards from 9pm.
Best of luck to all involved.
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Congratulations to Clones! You were brilliant!
Best wish to all the groups all deserving winners great achievement to represent your town and county 💜💛
Well done to all involved..but UP THE KINGDOM.. Best of luck MEMORY LANE THEATRE ...
Huge thanks to Malcolm Byrne TD who continues to advocate for supports for amateur theatre and musicals. It’s great to see progress being made on a funding scheme to include these art forms.
Thank you to our President, Liam Hannaway, who represented us at the Oireachtas Arts Committee meeting this week. 🎭 ... See MoreSee Less
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A very vague reply from the Arts Council representative
Thanks a million Malcolm Byrne 👏
🎥 The Awards Night for this year's ADCI All Ireland Confined Drama Finals will be streamed tomorrow evening (Saturday 18th April) live on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/live/ZSogq1ig2gc?si=vhVelIfWihLf-HU5
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🎭 Break a leg to the cast and crew of Memory Lane Theatre in the All-Ireland Confined Finals from the ADCI. 🎭
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