“A huge thank you to all who made our Drama Festival of One Act Plays such a success. To all the groups who participated and our audiences “Thank You”. A huge thank you to our adjudicator, Geoff Gould, for his great work. To all our members who worked
so tirelessly prior to and during the Festival “Thank You” . We are so lucky here in The Glen Theatre to have such wonderful and dedicated members. And of course, congratulations to all the winners in all the different categories and to our own Jimmy Noonan for picking up the best supporting actor award in the confined section.”
Over the four nights, Geoff Gould (Above) was the festival’s adjudicator. Geoff Gould is the Artistic Director and founder of Blood in the Alley Theatre Company, and The West Cork Fit-up Theatre Festival.
Tadhg O’Keeffe presented Golden Moment award to Kilmeen Group.
Seamus O’Keeffe presented Best Actor to The Coachford players for A Safe Passage.
Donnacha Foley presented Best Actress (Open) to Aimèe Quinn, Carraig na bhfear Drama Society for Daddy Goes A-Hunting.
John O’Sullivan presented Best Overall Play to Aimèe Quinn, Carraig na bhfear Drama Society for Daddy Goes A-Hunting.
Rory O’Driscoll presented Best Director to Daddy Goes A-Hunting.
Fresh from his win at the Ballincollig One Act Festival for Best Actor, Jimmy Noonan received Best Supporting Actor (Confined) for his performance in Dad’s Holiday. Pictured with Tom Hartnett (R)
Kathy Buckley awarded the cast of Fire Escape for Best Newcomers.
Fire Escape received the Adjudicator’s Award from Geoff Gould.
Swiped Out was a big winner in the Confined Category. It won Best Actress – Miriam Stack, Best Supporting Actress – Joan Mahony, Best Play, and Best Writer –Joanne McCall. Joanne was there on the awards night, pictured receiving awards from Tadhg Curtin, Pat O’Brien and Cathy Bailey.
Plenty of more drama will be on the way in The Glen! Keep up to date with everything in The Glen Theatre, Banteer by visiting our Facebook page or our website; www.glentheatre.ie.
