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Drama

Drama Festival: the results

May 27, 2020April 3, 2011 by John McCullagh

The really good news from Newry Drama Festival is that local group Newpoint (who presented the excellent ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’) is through to the Ulster Finals at the Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey in a month’s time.


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Festival draws to a close

May 27, 2020April 2, 2011 by John McCullagh
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Whatever else, 2011 Newry Drama Festival will be best remembered for our adjudicator, Tony Rushforth. The Newry audience was enthralled and educated by him all week. I believe he is the best since the late lamented Alan Nichol. 


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Review: Entertaining Angels

May 27, 2020April 1, 2011 by John McCullagh

Thursday night’s helping at the Drama Festival was Clarence’s interpretation of Richard Everett’s ‘Entertaining Angels’.


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Review: Lughnasa: & November

May 27, 2020March 30, 2011 by John McCullagh
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I confess to being very tired of Friel’s ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ – having seen it too often – and disappointment on learning that Newpoint had chosen it this year for the Open Circuit.

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Our Town: “Bernadette” assessed

May 27, 2020March 28, 2011 by John McCullagh
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Tonight the patrons of Newry Drama Festival are in for a real treat with what is undoubtedly one of my favourite plays, “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder. The Lifford Players of Donegal are old friends and have been competing for as long as anybody can remember. They are worthy representatives of everyone’s favourite county.


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Bernadette of Lourdes

May 27, 2020March 27, 2011 by John McCullagh
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What makes Newry Drama Festival unique is the high proportion of competing teams from across the border.  This greatly enriches our experience as an audience and guarantees fierce competition for qualifying points. 


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2011 Newry Drama Festival opens

May 27, 2020March 23, 2011 by John McCullagh

The nine plays which make up this year’s Newry Amateur Drama Festival will be outlined in turn.  We kick off Friday evening (8.00 pm at the Town Hall) with Rosemary Drama Group of Belfast, one of my own favourite groups.

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A Lislea Season: To the All-Ireland

May 27, 2020March 17, 2011 by John McCullagh
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Thursday saw some beautiful things happen. We went to see the new storage facilities which during the daytime would prove awkward to offload into and out of.  As I was having a conversation with Gerard Duffy outside The Bank, luck would have it that Mr David Downey had a chat with us. 

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Auditions Begin: Lislea Season

May 27, 2020March 16, 2011 by John McCullagh

It was amateur drama but it was on a competitive level as well: and not just a home performance but travelling to various venues with the hope of returning this group to the All-Ireland finals.

 


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