Nine nights of excellent drama coming up at 61st Glenamaddy Festival

After the excitement of hosting such a successful milestone 60th annual Theatre Festival last year, Glenamaddy Theatre Festival are celebrating their 61st festival this year.

The festival will run from Friday, 21st of March to Saturday, 29th of March in Glenamaddy Town Hall Theatre. Nine nights of excellent drama will take place in the beautiful Town Hall Theatre.

The Festival programme provides a range of fantastic theatre over the nine nights. The line-up is as follows: Friday, 21st of March: Big Guerilla Productions (non-competitive) ‘Indigestion’ by Seamus O’Rourke; Saturday, 22nd of March: Corofin Dramatic Society, Co  Clare (OPEN) ‘The Weir’ by Conor McPherson; Sunday, 23rd of March: Cornmill Theatre Group, Co Leitrim (OPEN) ‘A Whistle in the Dark’ by Tom Murphy; Monday, 24th of March: Phoenix Players, Co Sligo (CONFINED) ‘Translations’ by Brian Friel; Tuesday, 25th of March: Flavour of the Month Productions, Co Kerry (CONFINED) ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’ by Martin McDonagh; Wednesday, 26th of March: Glenamaddy Players, Co Galway (CONFINED) ‘CLASS’ by Iseult Golden & David Horan; Thursday, 27th of March: Clann Machua Drama, Co Mayo (CONFINED) ‘The Snapper’ by Roddy Doyle; Friday, 28th of March: Kilmeen Drama Group, Co Cork (OPEN) ‘The Wasp’ by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; Saturday, 29th of March: Ballyduff Drama Group, Co Waterford (OPEN) ‘The Blackwater Lightship’ by Colm Tόibín (adapted by David Horan).

This year’s adjudicator is Paula Dempsey ADA. The shows will commence at 8 pm sharp each night, except the final night where the show will start at 7.30 pm sharp.

Nightly tickets priced at €15 (+ booking fee) went on sale on Thursday, 6th of March. Please keep an eye on our social media for updates – ‘Glenamaddy Theatre Festival’ on both Instagram and Facebook.