Welcome to the Bradán Players website
Currently touring the festival circuit with "Hedda Gabler"
Bradán Players are a Drama group based in Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Ireland. The group's name is derived from the Irish name for Leixlip -
"Leim an Bradán" which translates as "Salmon Leap". Although the group
is new, the members certainly need no introduction and are drawn from
the rich source of talent present in Leixlip. Within months of forming,
the group succeeded in getting two plays into the 2005 All-Ireland one
act final; winning outright with "Small Box Psychosis" with Colin Walsh
winning the Harlequin award for best overall performance and coming
third
with "Babels in Arms".
We came second at the 2006 all Ireland one-act festivals with our production of "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" by Sam Shepard.
We came second again in the 2007 All-Ireland one Act fesival in
Rossmore with "A Bench at the Edge" and George Hogan received the
covetted Harlequin.
We
came third in the 2008 All-Ireland drama festival in Atlone with
"Extremities". We also qualified for Athlone in 2009 (Faith Healer) and in 2010 ( Mauritius)
Also in 2009, we re-claimed the All Ireland one act champion title with "The Quality of Boiled Water"
In 2010, we secured two in a row retaining the one-act all ireland title
with
Caryl Churchill's challenging play "A Number". Congratulation to
Tom, John and Joe on a magnificient show and to John for winning the
Harlequin award for best performance. Click
HERE for some photos.
We again qualified for the Athlone finals in 2011 with "Tom and Viv"
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