News
Jan 2013
We
are currently reviving "How I learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel which
will be performed locally prior to embarking on the festival circuit
Nov 2012
After a two night run in Confey GAA, we competed in the one act festival circuit.
| Festival | Result - Place |
| Mullagh | First |
| Goresbridge | Third |
| Gorey | Second |
| Tubbercurry | Third |
| Derry | Second |
Unfortunately,
we just missed out on a place at the finals in Ballyduff. We'll
be supporting our neighbouring groups who will be performing; Insight
Theatre Group Celbridge and Prosperous Drama Group.
Oct 2012
We
performed "How I learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel at the Draiocht
Theatre in Blanchardstown. This will be revived in early
2013 for the full length drama festival circuit.
March 2012
The festivals have begun. You can keep track of our progress in the table below. Click
HERE for production shots and
HERE for Enniskillen set up.
| Festival | Position | Awards |
| Rush - Mon, 27/02/12 | NP | Maeve Kerrigan - adjudicators award for costumes |
Enniskillen - Sat, 03/03/12
| Second | Best setting |
| Derry - Sat, 10/03/12 | Third | Best stage decor |
| Ballyshannon - Sun, 11/03/12 | Second | Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais |
| West Cork - Sat, 17/03/12 | | |
| Bangor & Ards - Fri, 23/03/12 | | |
| Cavan - Sat, 24/03/12 | Second | Best actress - Joanne Logue
Costumes - Maeve Kerrigan |
| Scariff - Sat, 31/03/12 | Third | |
Feb 2012
And
the cycle begins again. We'll be performing "Hedda Gabler" at the
Draiocht in Blanchardstown for 3 nights - 23rd, 24th and 25th Feb.
Dec 2011
Rehearsals are in full swing for our full length festival entry "Hedda Gabler"
Dec 2011
The
gang had a ball at the All Ireland in Ennis. Unfortunately, we
weren't placed but the adjudicator and audience were hugely impressed
by the performance. The cast and crew captured the hearts of the
Ennis audience and John Dennehy who played Jim received the DLI
scholarship for best young performer
.
Nov 2011
We
have now completed the round of preliminary festivals and with three
wins, we are off to the All Ireland in Ennis. Prior to the
final, we will present "Chatroom" along with Prosperous Drama Groups
play "The Man who climbed Pecan Trees" by Horton Foote in the
Prosperous Theatre on Sat 26th Nov at 8.30. Prosperous have also
qualified for the All Ireland. It promises to be a great evening
of theatre.
Nov 2011
The
Bradán Óg youth group are touring the one act festival circuit with
"Chatroom" by Enda Walsh and have won their first festival in
Palmerstown. The following table will track our progress
throughout the competition.
| Festival | Placed
Position | Awards |
| Palmerstown - 4th Nov | First | (John Dennehy & Ken Byrne nominated) |
| Mullagh - 10th Nov | First | Best Actor - John Dennehy
(Sine Furlong & Ken Byrne nominated) |
| Prosperous - 11th Nov | First | (John Dennehy, Sine Furlong & Kelley Gissane nominated) |
| Goresbridge - 13th Nov | Not Placed | |
| Gorey - 18th Nov | Not Placed | Adjudicators award |
June 2011
We've
wrapped up for the Summer but check out our past productions for lots
of photos and video clips and don't forget to check back in the Autumn.
May 2011
Well,
the all Ireland is over and unfortunately we came away empty handed but
we had a ball. We were nominated in a number of categories; Jenny
Ni Lucais for best actress, Joanne Logue for best supporting actress
and the DLI summer school scholarship, Joe Bergin for best supporting
actor and Gwen Healy for stage management. Congratulations to
Kilmeen from Rossmore as outright winners and to both our Kildare
neighbours, Prosperous and Silken Thomas for coming second and third.
A huge thanks to the festival committee for organising a
fantastic final. Maeve Kerrigan and Dave Miller have put together
some memories which can be viewed
HERE. Check back for more over the coming weeks.
May 2011
Just back from performing at the All Ireland final and looking forward to the results ceremony on Sat 7th May. Click
HERE for a short clip of us setting up.
April 2011
All
the festival results are in and we have qualified for the All Ireland
final in Athlone. Congrats to George Hogan and all the cast and
crew. The line up for Athlone looks extremely strong this year
and of the nine plays competing, three of the groups are from north
Kildare; Bradan, Prosperous and Silken Thomas!
March 2011
We've
revived our production of "Tom and Viv" for a very successful two night
run at the Draiocht in Blanchardstown prior to travelling on the
festival circuit. The following table will track our progress
throughout the competition.
| Festival | Position | Awards |
| Rush / Fingal (28th Feb) | | Best supporting actor - Shaun Nugent |
| Newtownstewart (4th Mar) | | |
| Enniskillen (5th Mar) | First | Best overall play
Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best director - George Hogan
Best lighting - Barry Donaldson |
| Ballyshannon (17th Mar) | First | Best overall play
Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best director - George Hogan |
| Glenamaddy (18 Mar) | | Best supporting actress - Maeve Kerrigan
Adjudicators award (costumes) - Maeve Kerrigan |
| Shercock (20th Mar) | Second | Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Adjudicators award (costumes) - Maeve Kerrigan |
| Clare - Scarriff (26th Mar) | Second | Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais |
Dec 2010
We've
done it again! Bradan Players have won the one act all Ireland
for the second year in succession and John Duggan won the coveted
Harlequin award for best performance. Joe Bergin was also
nominated for the best performance award. Congratulations to all
on a magnificient show. Congratulations and a big thanks to all
at Balally for organising the finals - even the weather didn't stop
them. Click
HERE for photos.
Dec 2010
Listen
in to Arena on RTE Radio 1 on Fri 3rd Dec. There is a feature on
the All Ireland and some of us were interviewed for the show.
Nov 2010
The
running order for the all Ireland finals has been announced.
We're on last on Saturday night. The full line up is:-
| Date | Group |
Play |
Author |
| Fri 3rd Dec @ 8:00pm | The Moat Club, Naas |
'The Only Jealousy of Emer' |
W. B. Yeats |
| Clonacool Players |
'Last Tango in Little Clonacool' |
David Tristram |
| Gorey Little Theatre Group |
'The Donahue Sisters' |
Geraldine Aron |
| Sat 4th Dec @ 1:30pm | Shannonside Drama Group |
'Landscape' |
Harold Pinter
|
| Haulbowline Theatre Group |
'Positive Dead People' |
Pauline Shanahan |
| Sat 4th Dec @ 7:30pm | Carlow Little Theatre |
'The Lithium Waltz' |
Barry McKinley |
| Breffni Players |
'Melody' |
Deirdre Kinahan |
| Bradán Players | 'A Number' | Caryl Churchill |
| Sun 5th Dec @ 1:30pm | Take 5 Drama Group | 'Joined at the Hip' | Joe Graham |
| Cornmill Theatre Group | 'Victor's Dung' | Seamus O'Rourke |
| Tinahely Variety Group | 'A Galway Girl' | Geraldine Aron |
| Sun 5th Dec @ 7:30pm | Balally Players | 'Like a Virgin' | Gordon Steele |
| Martello Productions |
'Faint Voices' |
John McKenna |
Nov 2010
All
preliminary festivals have been completed and with 3 wins and a maximum
of 36 points, we're through to the all Ireland at the Mill theatre in
Dundrum during the first weekend in December
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Longford |
Third |
Adjudicators award - Tom Byrne for direction |
| Goresbridge |
First |
Best actor - John Duggan
Best
Director - Tom Byrne |
| Bangor |
First |
Best actor - John Duggan
Audience award
|
| Skerries |
First |
Best
Director - Tom Byrne
Adjudicators award - John Duggan for acting
'Best staged play' award |
| Tubbercurry |
Not placed |
None |
Nov 2010
We're
busily rehearsing two plays at the moment. See current
production. We'll be touring the one act circuit during November
with "A Number". We update this page with our progress.
| Date | Venue |
| Sun 7th Nov | Longford |
| Thur 11th Nov | Goresbridge |
| Sat 13th Nov | Bangor |
| Fri 19th Nov | Skerries |
| Sat 20th Nov | Tubbercurry |
June 2010
We've just completed another very successful Pub Crawl (Stall!) with record attendances. Check out some photos
HERE and a video montage
HERE.
We'll be shutting up shop for the summer but will be back in the
Autumn so check back on the website for news of our next performance.
May
10
We came, we saw, we enjoyed ourselves but unfortunately we
came away empty handed from the All Ireland in Athlone. More
photos have been added
here and you can view a short video montage from Mauritius
here. We're straight into rehearsals for the pub crawl on the June bank holiday weekend.
Apr 10
Set up photos from Scarriff
here and performance shots
here
Mar 10
We've qualified for the All Ireland in Athlone!!!!
See below the report from the Athlone festival website
(http://www.dramafestival.ie/press.htm).
Bradán
Players Knock Reigning Champions Out Of Festival Line-Up (29-03-2010)
In
a nail-biting finish to this years RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival
Circuit, Estuary Players, who were All Ireland champions in 2008 and
2009, have been denied the opportunity to defend their title at the
Athlone finals.
With
eight groups already qualified, the ninth position was dependent on the
result of Cavan Drama festival which concluded last Sunday night.
Estuary had completed their circuit of festivals and were sitting in
ninth position on the league table. However, the only group that could
jump them in the final count was their Leinster rivals, Bradán Players
from Leixlip who needed a win at Cavan to place them ahead of Estuary.
Their production of “Mauritius” by American writer, Theresa Rebeck was
enough to impress adjudicator Brian Majoribanks to award the Co Kildare
group 1st place and the coveted place in the All Ireland Finals. |
Mar 10
Full length festival results - updated regularly
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Enniskillen |
First |
Best
overall play
Audience award |
| Derry |
Third |
Stage
management award |
| Kildare |
Third |
Best
actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best supporting actress - Gillian Purcell |
| Carnew |
Not
placed |
|
| Ballyshannon |
Not
placed |
|
| Cavan |
First |
Best
actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best Director - Tom Byrne |
| Rathangan |
Second |
Best
supporting actor - Colin Walsh
Stage management award |
| Scariff |
Second |
Best
Actor - George Hogan
Best supporting actress - Gillian Purcell
Stage management award |
Dec 09
The Bradans celibrate their recent all Ireland win and
Christmas at the Bradaun restaurant, Leixlip House Hotel - see photos
HERE.
We'd
like to wish all our friends and supporters a happy Christmas and a
prosperous new year!
Dec 09
Thanks
to Declan Donohue from Backstage Theatre, Longford, we have a video
clip of our All Ireland winning play "The Quakity of Boiled Water" for
you to view. Click
HERE for more.
Dec 09
After
a fantastic weekend of theatre in Longford, we won the covetted first
place in the open section with "The Quality of Boiled Water".
We'd like to congratulate all the participating groups on the
standard achieved this year. Special praise must go to
Backstage
Theatre in Longford for organising such a
magnificent festival.
Click
HERE
for some photos taken during the tech set-up in Longford (thanks to
Declan Donohue for supplying the camera!).
Nov 09
After
a nail biting wait, our place has been confirmed at the All Ireland.
The standard this year was very high and the finals are
shaping
up to be the toughest and most competitive for many years.
The
league table is listed below for the open section and its a testament
to the quality of amateur theatre in Kildare that 4 of the 8 groups are
from the county (shown in bold). Congrats also to our former
Leixlip friends, Connie and Mairead Broderick from the Rath Players who
will be flying the "Lilywhites" flag in the confined section - 5
kildare groups out of 13! Not bad! The draw for
running
order will be held in Longford on Sat 28th Sep. Check out
www.oneactslongford.com
| Group |
Play |
Author |
| Bray Arts Group |
The Librarian |
James Prideaux |
| Silken
Thomas Players |
A Dog
Called Redemption |
Matthew
Landers |
| 36 Players |
27 Wagons Full of Cotton |
Tennessee Williams |
| Cornmill Theatre Group |
Wagging Finger |
Seamus O'Rourke |
| Dalkey Players, Dublin |
Specter |
Don Nigro |
| Prosperous
Dramatic Society |
The
Zoo Story |
Edward
Albee |
| Dark
Horse Drama Group |
Virtual
Reality |
Alan
Arkin |
| Bradán
Players, Leixlip |
The
Quality of Boiled Water |
Jason
Milligan |
Oct / Nov 00 - Progress at One-act festivals
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Birr |
First |
Best
Director - Tom Byrne |
| Dundrum |
Third |
|
| Balbriggan |
First |
Best
Director - Tom Byrne
Best Supporting Actor - George Hogan
Best stagecraft - John Duggan |
| Skerries |
Second |
Best
Supporting Actor - George Hogan
Best Supporting Actress - Maeve Kerrigan
Best presentation |
| Carrigallen |
Not
placed |
|
Oct
09
We're off on the one-act circuit again with Jason
Milligans "Quality of boiled water". Festival dates are as
follows:-
| Date |
Venue |
| Sun
25th Oct |
Birr |
| Sat
31st Oct |
Dundrum
Mill Theatre |
| Sat 7th
Nov |
Balbriggan |
| Fri
13th Nov |
Skerries |
| Sat
14th Nov |
Carrigallen |
Sep 09
Tom
Byrne and Joe Bergin have been busy this September. Following
on
from their successful performance of "Whats the Pint?" at the pub
crawl, they were invited to perform the piece, which is a celebration
of Guinness based on the writings of Tom Corkery, John D. Sheridan and
Flann O' Brien, at the Guinness staff party in the Guinness storehouse
to celebrate the 250th birthday celebrations on the 12th of
Sept.
The party had almost 2,000 people in attendance and the pair
took
to the stage in support of none other than the popular Dublin band
Aslan. Click
HERE
for some
photos. For Arthurs day itself on the 24th Sept, Joe and Tom
were
invited to perform the piece twice in Leixlip; firstly for a private
performance for an invited audience in Leixlip Castle and subsequently
in Murphys pub for a public showing before toasting Arthur at 17.59 in
the Courtyard. For Arthurs day., Tom and Joe were joined by
fellow Bradan players, George Hogan and Ken Byrne who portrayed
Archbishop Price and young Arthur Guinness for a re-enactment of the
lease signing for Arthurs first brewery in Leixlip. Click
HERE for photos
June 09
We've
just completed another successful "pub crawl" - although it has become
more of a "pub stall"! So successful has this event become,
that
we felt it was time to abandon the crawl aspect and for the sake of the
performers and the audience, we performed all 3 plays in a single venue
- the re-furbished "Zinc" nightclub. Again, we thank Thomas
Hannigan for his support. Click
HERE for photos and
HERE
for a video clip.
May 09
After
a sucessful festival run culminating in a great final performance in
Athlone, we did not achieve any awards at the all Ireland.
Our
congratulations to Estuary for scooping the premier award for the
second year running. Our own Jenny Ni Lucais received a
nomination for best actress. Now, we are in preparation for
the
Leixlip festival on the June weekend.
April 09
The
draw for the Athlone finals has taken place and the running order is
shown below. Don't forget that we will be staging "Faith
Healer"
on the 26th
April at the Draiocht in Blanchardstown.
DATE
Fri 1st May
Sat 2nd May
Sun 3rd May
Mon 4th May
Tues 5th May
Wed 6th May
Thurs 7th May
Fri 8th May
Sat 9th May |
GROUP
Kilmeen Drama Group
Estuary Players, Dublin
Bradán Players
Bangor Drama Club
Silken Thomas Players
Balally Players
Bunclody/Kilmyshall Drama Group
Shoestring Theatre Company
Theatre 3, Newtownabbey |
PLAY
'The Kings of the Kilburn High Road'
'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'
'Faith Healer'
'True West'
'Equus'
'The Great Hunger'
'The Wake'
'A Night in November'
'Plaza Suite' |
AUTHOR
Jimmy Murphy
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Brian Friel
Sam Shepard
Peter Shaffer
Tom MacIntryre
Tom Murphy
Marie Jones
Neil Simon |
April
09
We're
off to Athlone! After performing at 7 out of 37 festivals, we
have again qualified for the All Ireland in Athlone.
33 drama groups set out on a journey nearly 2 months ago.
The top 9 are through to the final. In preparation
for the
final, we will be staging one performance of "Faith Healer" on the 26th
April. See "Current Production" for more details.
Heres to
the first week
in May!!
Mar 09
We
kicked off our festival tour with great success winning 2 of our first
3 festivals and winning many individual awards. It was great
to
win the Enniskillen festival for the second year running.
Check
back for regular updates. We'll record our progress in the
the
table below. You can also check out the up to date overall
league table
HERE
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Derry |
Not
placed |
|
| Enniskillen |
First |
Best
Actor - Colin Walsh
Best Actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best Director - Tom Byrne
Overall best production |
| Tubbercurry |
First |
Best
Actor - George Hogan
Best Actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best Supporting Actor - Colin Walsh
Best Director - Tom Byrne
Overall best production |
| Rossmore |
Not
placed |
|
| Cavan |
First |
Best
Actor - Colin Walsh
Best Actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best Director - Tom Byrne
Overall best production |
| Rathangan |
Third |
Best
Actor - Colin Walsh |
| Scariff |
Second |
Best
Actor - George Hogan
Audience award for stage management |
Feb 09
We're
currently rehersing for our 2009 Spring Production and full
length festival entry. This year, we're presenting Brian
Friels
classic "The Faith Healer". See Current Productions for
details
of our performances in Leixlip, We will be touring the
country,
competing at 6 drama festivals in total. For anyone
interested in a night away, the dates are:-
| Date |
Venue |
| Wed 11th March |
Derry |
| Thurs 12th March |
Enniskillen |
| Sat 14th March |
Tubbercurry |
| Sat 21st March |
Rossmore |
| Wed 25th March |
Cavan |
| Sun 29th
March |
Rathangan |
| Tue 31st March |
Scariff |
Dec
08
After
a great set of results in the preliminary rounds, we
unfortunately didn't achieve any honours at the All-Ireland but in true
Bradan fashion, we had a great party and were delighted when our old
friends from Causeway swept the boards with "Address Unknown" and we
became honorary members of Causeway for Sunday night! So
congrats
to Gerry, Robert , Geraldine and Eoin on their success.
Congratulations to all the groups who provided a great
weekend of
drama and thanks to all in Tubbercurry for organising such a great
festival. Click
HERE for photos.
Oct
/ Nov 08 - Progress at One-act festivals
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Kilmallock
- 26th Oct |
First |
Best
Director - Tom Byrne |
| Dundrum
- 31st Oct |
First |
Best
Actor - Shared between Colin Walsh and George Hogan
Best Actress - Shared between Jenny Ni Lucais and Brenda Cahill
Adjudicators Award - Tom Byrne (for direction) |
| Prosperous
- 7th Nov |
Second
|
Special
award for set |
| Cavan
- 8th Nov |
First |
Best
Actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best Director - Tom Byrne |
| Rosmore
- 22nd Nov |
N/P |
Performance
photos |
Oct 08 - One-acts in Draiocht
We've
just completed a successful run at the Draiocht Theatre with our two
one acts - "Autograph Hound" amd "The Bald Prima Donna". See
out
photos section for more. We're now off on the one-act
festival
circuit with "The Bald Prima Donna"
Sep 08
We
are currently preparing for the one act festivals and will be
performing two one-act olays in the Draiocht in October. See
current production for more details
May 08 - Leixlip Civic Awards
We
were delighted to receive a civic award from the local Town Council in
the area of Cultural achievement. The award ceremony
was
held in Leixlip House Hotel on Friday 16th May. Tom Byrne,
the
artistic director of Bradan Players, accepted the award on behalf of
the group. In his acceptance speech, Tom noted the
achievements
of the group at national and international festivals - all without the
availability of proper rehersal and performance facilities.
Leixlip has demonstrated such a wealth of talent in all areas
of
the performing arts and it is such a shame that groups have to move
outside Leixlip in order to perform in proper theatrical venues.
As a real example of this, Tom mentioned Claire Tighes
TheatreWorx student show which has to stage its performances this
coming weekend at the Helix Theatre in Glasnevin. Tom paid
tribute to the Hannigan family for their support throughout the years.
Click
HERE
for some photos from the award ceremony.
May
08 Ulster final
Unfortunately,
we did not secure any awards at the Ulster final but we received a very
good criticism from the adjudicator and an excellent reaction from the
audience.
May 08 - All Ireland final results
We
came third in the All-Ireland with our good friends from Estuary coming
first (congratulations Myra) and Ballyduff coming second.
John Duggan was nominated for best director. Click
HERE
for photos from the presentation ceremony. All in
all, we were delighted with our performance and the result.
It
was a great achievement to reach the full length All-Ireland on our
first outing and coming in the top three was an extra bonus.
Congratulations to all the participating groups and a big
thank
you to the organisers in Athlone for a great festival.
We're
off to the Ulster finals on Tue. 13th May for what will be our final
performance of "Extremities". Check back for the results.
May 08
In
preparation for our All-Ireland performance on Thur 8th of May, we will
be presenting a special performance of "Extremities" in St. Marys GAA,
Green Lane, Leixlip on Tue 6th May at 8.15. Admission is
free.
All are welcome.
Apr 08
All
the results are in and we've qualified for the All-Ireland in Athlone
which is taking place from the 2nd to the 10th of May. Draw
for
performance dates will take place Sunday 13th April. Check
back
for more detail. Click
HERE
to view the final league table from the festivals.
View photos from
the Draiocht performance.
Mar 08 - Overview of full length festivals
| Festival |
Placed
Position |
Awards |
| Enniskillen |
First |
Best
actor - John Duggan
Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best
director - John Duggan
Audience award.
Click HERE
to view the Fermanagh Herald |
| Carrickmore |
N
/ P |
|
| Tipperary |
Second |
Best
actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best supporting actress - Gillian Purcell |
| Tubbercurry |
Second |
Best
actress - Jenny Ni Lucais |
| Rathangan |
First |
Best
actor - John Duggan
Best actress - Jenny Ni Lucais
Best
director - John Duggan
Click HERE
for Photos |
Mar 08 - Full length festivals
Bradan
Players sweep the board in Enniskillen. We kicked off our
full
length festival campaign by winning the Enniskillen festival.
We
also won best actor (John Duggan), best actress (Jenny Ni Lucais), best
director (John Duggan) and audience award. Congrats to all
the
cast and crew. Well done. Click
HERE to
view the Fermanagh Herald newspaper report
Dec 07 - All Ireland one-act finals
The
results are in. We came second AGAIN to Balally!
Seriously,
congratulations to Geoff and all the Balally gang on an excellent show.
Special thanks to all at Rossmore for making this years
festival
so memorable and enjoyable. It was a true celebration for all
of
us in the amateur theatre world - with a big emphasis on celebration!!
Congratulations to all the participating groups for providing
an
excellent standard of theatre. Clich
HERE for
some photos.
Nov 07 - Draw for one-act final places
The
draw for the all Ireland running order was held on Sunday 25th Nov.
We are opening the festival on Friday evening at 8 pm!
Click
HERE for full line-up
Nov 07 - Outcome from one-act trail
We've
completed all festivals and "
A BENCH AT THE EDGE" has qualified for the all-Ireland in Rossmore.
Unfortunately " PILLOW TALK" was not successful, narrowly
missing
out on a place at the final. The play received 3 second
places
and 1 third place; so hard luck to Colin and Brian who gave great
performances at all the festivals and if audience reaction was anything
to go by, the play would certainly have reached the final.
Anyhow, heres to a great weekend in Rossmore.
Nov 07 - Updates on one-act festival results
We're on the one-act trail. We'll keep our progress updated
in the table below.
Click
here to view the ADCI
league table (opens new window)
|
Placed Position |
Awards |
| A BENCH AT THE EDGE |
|
|
| SUN 28TH OCT - KILMALLOCK |
Second |
Best
Actor - George Hogan.
Click here
for photos |
| THU 1ST NOV - BALBRIGGAN |
Third |
|
| SAT 3RD NOV - CAVAN |
First |
Acting
award split between George Hogan and John Duggan |
| FRI 16TH NOV - SKERRIES |
First |
Best
Actor - John Duggan
Best Director - Tom Byrne |
| SAT 17TH NOV -
MANORHAMILTON |
First |
Best
Actor - George Hogan. |
|
|
|
PILLOW TALK
|
|
|
| SAT 27TH OCT - BIRR |
Third |
|
| FRI 2ND NOV - DUNDRUM |
n/p |
|
| SUN 4TH NOV - PALMERSTOWN |
Second |
Adjudicators
award for team acting to Colin Walshe and Brian Phillips |
| THU NOV 14TH GOREY |
Second |
|
| SUN 18TH NOV - CARRIGALLEN |
Second |
|
Oct
07
We are currently in preparation for the 2007 one-act festival circuit.
This year, we are bringing 2 plays ("A Bench at the Edge" and "Pillow
Talk") on the circuit with an initial performance at the Ozone - see
current production for details. We have also been accepted in 5
festivals for each play.
BENCH AT THE EDGE
SUN 28TH OCT - KILMALLOCK
THU 1ST NOV - BALBRIGGAN
SAT 3RD NOV - CAVAN
FRI 16TH NOV - SKERRIES
SAT 17TH NOV - MANORHAMILTON
PILLOW TALK
SAT 27TH OCT - BIRR
FRI 2ND NOV - DUNDRUM
SUN 4TH NOV - PALMERSTOWN
THU NOV 14TH GOREY
SUN 18TH NOV - CARRIGALLEN
Sept
2007
Just completed a 5 night run of "Come back to the 5 & dime,
Jimmy
Dean, Jimmy Dean" at the Draiocht. The play was a huge success with
great performances from all involved. Well done to all!
July
2007
Rehersals are underway for our forthcoming production of "Come back to
the 5 & dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" by Ed Graczyk. Click on
"Current Production" for more details.
June
2007
Another successful Theatrical Pub Crawl
April
2007
We've just completed a highly successful run of "Extremities" by by
William Mastrosimone. Congratulations to all involved. Click
here
for more.
Mar
2007
He can sing too! Congratulations to our own
Bobby Harpur who recently gave an outstanding performance as Judas in
the Leixlip Parish production of "Jesus Christ Superstar". Well done
Bobby and indeed to the entire cast and crew of the show
Dec
2006
We came second in the All-Ireland.
Congratulations to the Balally Players who won the final with "Melody".
We had a great time in Carrickmore and we'd like to thank the
organisers for putting on an excellent festival. We'd also like to
extend our congratulations to all the participating groups (old friends
and new) including Kilcock, Estuary, Blue Transit, Malthouse, Taney,
Breffni and the rest. Well done and heres to Rossmore 2007!
Nov
2006
We're off to the all-Ireland in Carrickmore!!!
After
winning our final festival in Carrigallen, we are now guarranteed a
place in this years all-ireland one act finals in Carrickmore which
will be held on the 1st 2nd and 3rd of December. Check out our photos
page for some shots from the play.
Nov
2006
Festival results to date:-
Kilmallock - Second place
Dundrum - not placed. Received adjudicators award for stagecraft
(managing transition between scenes)
Virginia - First place and best director (Tom Byrne)
Balbriggan - Third place, best supporting actor (George Hogan) and
stagecraft award
Carrigallen - First place and best actor (John Duggan)
Oct
2006
Bradan are on tour with our production of
"Geography of a Horse Dreamer". As well as presenting at the Draiocht
in Blanchardstown, we have been accepted into 5 one-act drama festivals
Kilmallock, Limerick - 30th Oct
Dundrum, Dublin - 2nd Nov
Virginia, Cavan - 3rd Nov
Balbriggan, Dublin - 9th Nov
Carrigallen, Leitrim - 18th Nov
June
2006
Not just a pretty face. Bradans own John Duggan was a key member of the
winning tug-of-war team during the festival week-end. John was on the
Middle Shops team. Click
HERE
for photos.
May
2006
We have just returned from a successful visit to the Liverpool
International Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada where we
performed our All-Ireland winning production of "Small Box Psychosis"
by Barry McKinley. The play was extremely well received and Coin Walsh
won the award for "Outstanding Actor" in a lead role. You can read an
account of the groups performance at:-
Liverpool
International Theatre Festival - Press Releases
