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Drama

The Big House

June 3, 2020March 10, 2008 by John McCullagh
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The Big House is an early twentieth century play by Stuart Lennox Robinson who was an Irish dramatist, a poet and a theatre director with the Abbey Theatre. 

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In Flame

June 3, 2020March 9, 2008 by John McCullagh

Tonight’s (Sunday’s) play in Newry Drama Festival is In Flame by Charlotte Jones and it is a funny and sparkly play about lust, hope and dreams. 

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The Lonesome West

June 3, 2020February 29, 2008 by John McCullagh

The Lonesome West is by contemporary playwright Martin McDonagh and is the third in the trilogy which also includes the much-featured Beauty Queen of Lenane and A Skull in Connemara. 

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Shoot the Crow at Lislea

June 3, 2020February 25, 2008 by John McCullagh
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I went to Lislea Drama Festival this evening to see Owen Mc Cafferty’s play “Shoot the Crow”.

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By the Bog of Cats

June 3, 2020February 24, 2008 by John McCullagh

Extremely scathing it may be, but ‘honest’ it surely is.  Michael McNamee’s critique of the Ferns Dramatic Society (Wexford) interpretation of Marina Carr’s “By the Bog of Cats”.


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Lislea Drama : ‘Bog’ and ‘Crow’

June 3, 2020February 20, 2008 by John McCullagh

Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr’s lyrical ‘By the Bog of Cats’ is a timeless play which tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. 

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Beauty Queen

June 4, 2020December 12, 2007 by John McCullagh
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You must NOT miss this!!!!!

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Newpoint on stage again

June 5, 2020November 19, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Newpoint Players’ latest offering is on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next week, 20th/21st November in the Town Hall.


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2007 Drama Awards

June 6, 2020April 1, 2007 by John McCullagh
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So late were we running in the Town Hall last evening that the final adjudication – and the prize-giving – almost overstepped into this Sunday morning April the First. 

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