Entertainment, Culture & Arts Drama Festival takes to stage in March

The Roscommon Drama Festival, which has become the highlight of the social calendar in Roscommon, takes place in the Arts Centre from Friday, 3rd of March to Saturday the 11th.

Once again this Festival boasts an imposing array of Ireland’s best amateur drama groups in both the Open and Confined sections. It has become synonymous with so many of the winning groups progressing to national honours in both sections, and many actors and actresses rightly receiving plaudits for the quality and professionalism of their performance.

The ever-popular Children’s Story Writing Competition is back with us once more. A shortlist of four plays in the pro- gramme has been made available to the primary schools in the area and students in fifth and sixth classes are invited to write a short story based on any one of them. The winners will be presented with their awards at the Festival Launch in Aras an Chontae on Wednesday, 22nd of February at 7 pm.

Festival line-up

Friday 3rd March: By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr (Dalkey Players)

Saturday 4th: The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood (Ballyduff Drama Group)

Monday 6th: Proof by David Auburn (Glenamaddy Players)

Tuesday 7th: Stolen Child by Bairbre Ni

Chaoimh & Yvonne Quinn (Corofin Dramatic Society)

Wednesday 8th: The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy (The Ray Leonard Players)

Thursday 9th: God of Carnage by Yasmine Reza (Harvest Moon Drama Group)

Friday 10th: The Night Alive by Conor McPherson (Bunclody/Kilmyshall Drama Group)

Saturday 11th: Sive by John B Keane (Kilmuckridge Drama Group)

Due to circumstances outside our control the performance scheduled for Sunday, 5th of March has been cancelled. The adjudicator for this year’s festival is Anna Walker A.D.A. who is very well known and respected throughout drama circles in Ireland. Anna has adjudicated at the All-Ireland One Act Drama Finals in 2011, The Confined Drama Finals in 2016, The All-Ireland Drama Finals in 2018 and the One Act Drama Finals in 2019. Tickets are on sale at Roscommon Arts Centre priced at €15 with a concession of €13 for each evening performance. A special 5-night ticket costs €60 while a season ticket costs €85. See online at www. roscommonartscentre.ie. Demand for tickets to all performances is very brisk, and you are advised to book quickly in order to avoid disappointment.

Tedfest is back, taking place this year from Thursday, March 2nd, to Sunday, March 5th, as Aran Islands’ Inis Mór becomes the legendary ‘Craggy Island’ once more for a weekend of high jinks. With copious cups of tea and sandwiches, a lot of red tank-tops, nuns on the run, priests on the pull, madcap costumes and of course, a bishop getting a kick up the arse – Tedfest celebrates Fr Ted, described by the organisers as “Ireland’s best-loved TV show”. Visitors will enjoy all the ecumenical craic that Craggy Island has to offer and the official programme has now been announced for the biggest ever Tedfest. Highlights include the annual Lovely Girls Competition, Blind Date with Eoin McLove (Patrick McDonnell), King of the Sheep, Pat Mustard Lip Sync Showdown, The Craggy Cup, Ted’s Got Talent, The Screeching Competition in a very Dark Cave, Matchmaking with Nellie, The Priests Dance Off, The Ghost Town Disco, The Craggy Comedy Craic Den…and much more!

Post-primary schools in Roscommon are being invited to join a new Irish language initiative, Spraoi’23, which is aimed at cultivating a love of the Irish language by engaging students in activities through the medium of Irish. The initiative is being run by Education and Training Boards Ireland, in conjunction with An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta.

Spraoi’23 invites schools to partake in a range of different competition categories, from blogging and rapping to art design and the creation of new seanfhocal.

The programme is open to all students in post-primary schools across the country, not just those under ETB patronage. The programme also welcomes engagement from both students in Irish-medium and English-medium schools.

Spraoi’23 will run through to the end of April with a celebratory prize-giving ceremony in May. All information can be found at events.etbi.ie/SPRAOI23.

Do you have a great singing voice? Are you between the ages of 9 and 14 years? Then this is your chance!

Adare Productions are putting a call out for talented young singers who will be aged between 9 and 14 years this autumn to represent Ireland in this year’s Junior Eurovision competition.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a talented youngster or group to represent the country at international level.

The Irish heats will take place this March in Dublin. The winner will go on to represent Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

In 2022, Sophie Lennon came fourth in the contest with her song ‘Solas’. This year, could it be you?

To enter, all you need is an amazing singing voice! There is no original song necessary. The closing date for entries is the 15th of February 2023. To apply, all you need is a 40-second clip of the applicant singing.

Apply now at tg4.ie/junioreurovision. For further information, contact Adare Productions on 083 1322683 or email junioreurovision@adareproductions.ie.

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