FESTIVAL DETAILS 2013

Thursday 2nd May 8pm.

Estuary Players

Baldoyle, Co. Dublin.

• "The Boys Next Door" - By Tom Griffin

• This is a moving, poignant and funny play. It is set in a "sheltered apartment complex" and charts the daily lives of four men with varying degrees of mental handicap and of their "on the verge of burnout" supervisor. It deals with everything we take for granted and they crave for: Laughter, affection and security.

Friday 3rd May 8pm.

Thurles Drama Group

Co. Tipperary

• "All My Sons" - by Arthur Miller

• This powerful drama tell the story of Joe Keller, a successful self made man. However he has done a tragic and terrible thing to his partner in order to save himself. Now with his son Chris about to marry the partners daughter, the affair is re-visited and his own dark secret and lies are revealed.

Saturday 4th May 8pm.

Kilmeen Drama Group

West Cork

• "The Playboy of the Western World" - by J M Synge

Sunday 5th May 8pm.

Bangor Drama Club

Co. Down

• "Moonlight and Magnolias" - by Ron Hutchinson

• Set in the Hollywood of 1939, film mogul David O. Selznick has shut down the production on "Gone With the Wind". Scrapping the original script and director, Selznick is determined to produce a re-written script in five days. Bring on the coffee and let the marathon creative session begin!!

Monday 6th May 8pm.

Corofin Dramatic Society

Co. Clare

• "By The Bog Of Cats" - by Marina Carr

• The play is set in rural Ireland and revolves around the character of Hester Swaine, a woman born of gypsies, and tied to the bleak landscape where she has lived all her life. Her lover, for whom she has had a child, is about to be married to another woman, who has land and money. Hester, discarded and ignored, sets out with reckless fervour to reclaim the life she had.

Tuesday 7th May 8pm.

Prosperous Dramatic Society

Co. Kildare

• "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia" - by Edward Albee

• Happily married architect, Martin Gray, has reached the pinnacle of his career on his 50th birthday. But he is forced to confess that he is involved in a relationship that will destroy all that he holds dear. Why do we love whom we love? Why do we set boundaries on love? This play is at once perplexing, disturbing, frightening and funny.

Wed. 8th May 8pm.

Ballyduff Drama Group

West Waterford

• "Dancing at Lughnasa" - by Brian Friel

• The play is set in the fictional Donegal town of Ballybeg in the summer of 1936 and revolves around the lives of five spinster sisters, their elder brother Jack and Michael, the seven year son of the youngest sister. This is a memory play where the poignant & humorous events of that summer are recalled by an adult Michael, the narrator.

Thursday 9th May 8pm.

Bridge Drama

Castlebridge, Co. Wexford

• "Out of Order" - by Ray Cooney

• When Richard Willey, a government Junior Minister, plans to spen the evening with Jane Worthington, one of the Opposition's typists, things go disastrously wrong, leading to a hilarious chain of events. The evening is turned into a never ending maelstrom of mayhem and laughter.

Friday 10th May 8pm.

Silken Thomas Players

Co. Kildare

• "Mercury Fur" - by Philip Ridley

• The World is at its worst – let the party begin!
• In a derelict flat in a London ravaged by riots & scattered by hallucinogenic butterflies, the brothers Elliott & Darren survive by organising "parties" where their clients wildest fantasies are realised. But as they prepare the flat for the next event, things spiral out of control and it becomes clear that the success of this party will guarantee not just their safety but their salvation. This is not for the faint hearted!

Saturday 11th May 9pm.

2013

• Presentation of Awards.