Ballyduff Drama Group wins overall prize for the second time in three years in Athlone
Waterford-based Ballyduff Drama Group have been crowned RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival champions in Athlone.It is the second time in three years the group has won the main prize, which was awarded at a gala in Athlone’s Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday night. It last won in 2022 and the director this year and on that occasion was Ger Canning.
Last year Ballyduff came second with their production of The Welkin. In performing the Ferryman, Ballyduff ignored the showbiz maxim “never work with children or animals”. Their performance included appearances by a local baby named Páidí, a live goose and a rabbit.The Wexford-based Ballycogley Players placed third. The first-time qualifiers, directed by Pat Whelan, performed the farce Out of Order by Ray Cooney.
To mark the 20th year of RTÉ as title sponsor of the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival, a special one-off prize, the Bride Rosney Award, was awarded to newcomers from each group. Rosney served as director of communications at RTÉ from 2002 to 2009. Among the finalists were several premieres, including that of a new Irish play. Margaret, by playwright Sean Byrne, is about Margaret Thatcher in her final years and was performed by the Ballyshannon Drama Society.Fiona Shaw on Ireland: ‘It is one of the most successful countries in the world. It wasn’t when I left it’
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