Festival Awards 2012

DAVID O'BRIEN AWARD for BEST GROUP:

Nominations:  St.Patrick’s D.S.Dalkey “Elegy for a Lady”; Bray Arts “A Visit from Miss Protheroe”

WINNER:    "A Visit From Miss Protheroe" Bray Arts

FIRST ACTIVE SHIELD for Runner-up:

"Elegy for a Lady"  St Patrick's D. S., Dalkey

MEL LEGGETT CUP for BEST DIRECTOR:

Nominations:  Caroline Hill, East Glendalough School; Derek Pullen, Bray Arts; Kevin Duignan, Masquerade; Lua  McIlraith, Dalkey Players; Pat Dunne, Square One T,G; Daniel J Healy, St. Patrick’s D.S.

WINNER:  Derek Pullen, Bray Arts

IRISH CANCER SOCIETY AWARD for Best Comedy:

Nominations: East Gendalough School, “Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations”; Ashford I.C.A “Final Dress Rehearsal”; Square One T G, “Revenge of the Red Feather Ladies”                                   

WINNER:  "Ernie's Incredible Iluucinations" East Glendalough School

RENWICK CUP for BEST ACTOR:

Nominations: Martin Davidson, Bray Arts; John Reilly, Masquerade; Seymour Cresswell, St Patrick’s D.S.Dalkey     

WINNER:  Martin Davidson, Bray Arts

GREGG CUP for Best Actress:

Nominations: Rosary Morley McPhillips, Bray Arts; Sinead Lucey, Masquerade; Emma-Jane Nulty, Dalkey Players; Claire Purcell, St Patrick’s D.S, Dalkey

WINNER: Emma Jane Nulty, Dalkey Players

JIM TINKLER AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Nominations:  Liam Walshe, East Glendalough School; Damien Fagan, Martello Productions; Sean Crowley, Delgany D.S; Shane Murphy, Kilmant Players

WINNER; Liam Walshe, East Glendalough School

MCGUINNESS AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Nominations: Miriam Magennaty, Delgany D.S; Brigid Cahill ,Ashford I.C.A; Janette Govan, Square One T.G; Fiona Keane-Zieba, Square One T.G; Christine Morley, Kilmant Players

WINNER; Miriam Megannety,  Delgany D.S

DEREK PULLEN AWARD for MOST PROMISING YOUNG ACTOR:

Nominations: Abbie McManus, Bray School of Speech and Drama; Kate McManus, Bray School; Liam Walshe, East Glendalough School; Dahann Spurling, East Clendalough School; Adam Cross, St Gerard’s School

WINNER: Abbie McManus, Bray School of Speech and Drama

COLIN SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD for LIGHTING AND DESIGN:

Nominations: Nigel McGuinness & Ann Hennigan, Wizbang Productions; Keith Duignan, Masquerade; Pat Dunne, Square One T.G; Gerard Bourke & Kevin Murphy, Dalkey Players; Jack Wallace, St Patrick’s Dalkey D.S.

WINNER: Jack Wallace, St. Patrick's D.S, Dalkey

ADJUDICATORS AWARD:

WINNER: Caroline Hill, Director, East Glendalough School

CERTIFICATES:

Maeve Miller, Bray School of Speech and Drama, “Cagebirds”

St Gerard’s School, Bray, “The Handbag”

Hilda Roche – Director – Ashford I.C.A

David Nicholson – translator – Dalkey Players

Keith Hennigan – writer – Wizbang Productions

Square One T.G – Team spirit

Brigid Cahill – Ashford I.C.A

FRED LEE AWARD for SERVICES TO DRAMA awarded to Lord and Lady Meath

Adjudicator

ANNA WALKER

2012 Programme - all performances at 8.00 p.m. sharp

Tuesday, 24th January 2012

Four-Play Drama by Colin Smith Delgany D.S

Pyramid Schemes Comedy by Keith Hennigan Wizbang Productions

The Cagebirds Drama by David Campton Bray School of Speech & Drama

Wednesday, 25th January 2012

Sequence of Events Drama by George MacEwan Green Martello Productions

Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations Comedy by Alan Ayckbourn East Glendalough School

A Visit from Miss Protheroe Play by Alan Bennett Bray Arts

Thursday, 26th January 2012

The Handbag Play by Anthony Horwitz St. Gerard’s School

Final Dress Rehearsal Farce by Jack Frakes Ashford I.C.A

Here We Are Drama by Dorothy Parker Masquerade Drama, Arklow

Friday, 27th January 2012

The Allotment Drama by Gillian Plowman Delgany I.C.A D G

The Revenge of the Red Feather Lady Farce by Maxine Holmgren Square One T.G

The Colour of Grass Drama by David Nicholson Dalkey Players

Saturday, 28th January 2012

Elegy for a Lady Drama by Arthur Miller St Patrick’s D.S.Dalkey

The Last Bread Pudding Comedy by Nick Warburton Kilmant Players

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Adjudications and awards by Anna Walker

Tickets €12 (Concession €10) each

Bray One Act Drama Festival 2012 in the Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray

All Performances at 8.00 p.m. Sharp

tickets available from:

The Mermaid Wicklow Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray

Booking 01 272 4030

2012 dates announced

The dates for 2012 are now finalized.

The festival will take place on 24th - 28th January, 2012

See you there!

And the winners are...

Festival Awards 2011

DAVID O’BRIEN AWARD for BEST GROUP:

Nominations:  St.Patrick’s D.S.Dalkey  “Swansong”;  Dalkey  Players “Afterplay”; Masquerade, Arklow “The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden”; Skerries T G, “Two for a girl”                    

WINNER: “Afterplay” Dalkey Players

FIRST ACTIVE SHIELD for RUNNER-UP:

“The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden” Masquerade, Arklow

MEL LEGGETT CUP for BEST DIRECTOR:

Nominations: John Walsh, Dalkey Players; Peter Harrison, Delgany D.S.; Nigel McGuinness, Square One T.G.

WINNER: Kevin Deignan, Masquerade, Arklow

IRISH CANCER SOCIETY AWARD for BEST COMEDY:

Nominations: St. Patrick’s D.S., “Swansong”; Bray Arts “The Rape of Bunny Stuntz”; Crois Dearg D.G. “The way of all fish”

WINNER: “Swansong” St.Patrick’s D.S.

RENWICK CUP for BEST ACTOR:

Nominations: Philip Murphy, Andrey in "Afterplay"; Patrick Dunne, Claudius in "One Act Hamlet", Seymour Cresswell, Donald in "Swansong"

WINNER: Patrick Dunne, Square One T.G.

GREGG CUP for BEST ACTRESS:

Nominations: Sheila McDonagh, Ma Kirby in "The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden"; Rita McCarthy, Josie in "Two for a Girl"; Hilda Grace, Margaret in "Swansong"; Rachel Armstrong, Miss Riverton in "The Way of all Fish"

WINNER: Sheila McDonagh, Masquerade, Arklow

JIM TINKLER AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Nominations: Damien Fegan, Matty McGoona in "Faint Voices"; Don Bagley, Polonius in "One Act Hamlet"; Dominic Palmer, Laertes in "One Act Hamlet"

WINNER: Damien Fegan, Martello Productions

MCGUINNESS AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Nominations: Deirdre Malone, Mrs Ledwidge in "Faint Voices"; Elizabeth McCormack, Old Woman in "Two Summers"; Ann Doring, Mimi in "Swansong"

WINNER: Elizabeth McCormack, Delgany D.S.

DEREK PULLEN AWARD for MOST PROMISING YOUNG ACTOR:

WINNER: Emer McNally, Frances in "Two for a Girl", Skerries T. G.

COLIN SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD for LIGHTING AND DESIGN:

WINNER: Delgany D.S., "Two Summers"

ADJUDICATORS AWARD:

WINNER: Tony Deegan, Author and Director of "L’Amour", Taney D.S.

CERTIFICATES:

Delgany I.C.A. for ensemble work in "Nasty Things, Murder"

Rosary Morley McPhillips for acting in "The Rape of Bunny Stuntz", Bray Arts

Ber O’Hara for acting in "Afterplay", Dalkey Players

Marion Murphy for acting in "The Way Of All Fish", Crous Dearg D G

Mary Rigney for costumes in "Afterplay", Dalkey Players

Tom Curran for sound in "The Happy Journey To Trenton And Camden", Masquerade, Arklow

Martello Productions for stage design in "Faint Voices"

FRED LEE AWARD for SERVICES TO DRAMA awarded to KATHY LEE O’TOOLE

Congratulations everyone, thank you to all who took part and many thanks to all of you who came along and supported the festival. See you next year!

Escape from it all with a week of entertainment and drama

Bray One Act Drama Festival director Peter Harrison, promises an escape from reality, for a week at least, at the launch of this year’s One Act Drama Festival in Killruddery. “Reality for many these days, is very hard, but these difficult times can be tempered with escapism. I welcome you all to a week of drama, relax and be entertained”. The varied programme for this year’s festival offering a mix of tragedy, drama and comedy, looks the opportunity to do just that. Participating groups, patrons, members of the committee and benefitting charities all attended the successful launch in the beautiful Killruddery House. The festival sees the return of some local favourites in Square One Theatre Group and Bray Arts, and welcomes Maeve Millar’s group Bray School of Speech and Drama taking part for the first time. 14 groups from all over Leinster, will take part in the competition which runs in the Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, from Tuesday 25^th Jan to Saturday 29^th January. Adjudicator, new to the Festival, Mr Christopher Fitz-Simon, has the difficult job of selecting the winners for the numerous awards. Two local charities who will benefit from the festival will be The Wicklow Hospice and Debra Ireland. To book your tickets, call the Mermaid Box Office at (01) 2724030 or www.mermaidartscentre.ie. 

The programme for this year’s Festival is: 

Tuesday 25^th January 2011

Faint Voices a Drama by John McKenna by Martello Productions; The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden a Drama by Thornton Wilder by Masquerade, Arklow; The Rape of Bunny Stuntz a Drama by A R Gurney Jnr by Bray Arts Group          

Wednesday 26^th January 2011

Two Summers a Drama by Gillian Plowman by Delgany D.S; Audience a Comedy by Colin Blakely by East Glendalough School; Nasty Things Murder a Drama by Arthur Lovegrove by Delgany I.C.A

Thursday 27th January 2011

One Act Hamlet a Drama by Shakespeare/Crabb by Square One T.G; The Skip a Comedy by Mary Rensten by Kilmant D.G; L’amour a Drama by Tony Deegan by Taney D.S

Friday 28th January 2011

Afterplay a Drama by Chekov/Friel by Dalkey Players; None the Wiser a Comedy by Anthony Booth by Bray School of Speech & Drama; Two for a girl a Drama by M Kelly & N Stapleton by Skerries T G

Saturday 29th January 2011

Swansong a drama by Vanessa Brooks by St.Patrick’s D.S, Dalkey; The Way of all Fish a Comedy by Elaine May by Crois Dearg D.G