Bradán Players

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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. 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