2010 Drama Festival
15th - 20th March
8 PM
(7:30 PM on Sat 20th)
Tickets £7
(£6 concessions)
Courtyard Theatre
Ballyearl
028 9084 8287
2010 Drama Festival
A Newtownabbey Borough Council Arts Event
Monday 15th March
Our Town by Thorton Wilder. Rosemary Drama Group.
Set in the early 1900's a small town in New England is brought to life through the personal stories and personalities of its inhabitants. The town – Grover's Corners - serves as a microcosm - it is the world condensed into a small community with characters reflecting the hopes, dreams, failures and successes of people everywhere.
Tuesday 16th March
Our Town by Thorton Wilder. Rosemary Drama Group.
Set in the early 1900's a small town in New England is brought to life through the personal stories and personalities of its inhabitants. The town – Grover's Corners -
Tuesday 16th March
Unravelling the Ribbon by Mary Kelly and Maureen White. Belvoir Players
The funny and touching story of three women – Rose who is thirty four and who lives on a farm with her husband and two children; Lola who is fifty and wants to sell her home; Lyndsey who is eleven – her best friend has stopped sitting beside her in art class. The three interact, separate and come together in a moving and frequently hilarious tale of friendship and survival..
Wednesday 17th March
Drama at Inish by Lennox Robinson. Bart Players.
Set in the Seaview Hotel in the small seaside town of Inish, actors Hector de la Mare and Constance Constantin are exaggerated types, travelling players of Dickensian proportions whose lofty demeanour is at once awesome and absurd – they contrast sharply with the homely normality of John Twohig's hotel! It is their introduction of theatricalism into the hotel that starts the confusion of illusion and reality which provides the plays main source of comedy. It pokes fun at the lack of sophistication of small town audiences, unable to distinguish between drama and reality.
Thursday 18th March
Wednesday 17th March
Drama at Inish by Lennox Robinson. Bart Players.
Set in the Seaview Hotel in the small seaside town of Inish, actors Hector de la Mare and Constance Constantin are exaggerated types, travelling players of Dickensian proportions whose lofty demeanour is at once awesome and absurd – they contrast sharply with the homely normality of John Twohig's hotel! It is their introduction of theatricalism into the hotel that starts the confusion of illusion and reality which provides the plays main source of comedy. It pokes fun at the lack of sophistication of small town audiences, unable to distinguish between drama and reality.
Thursday 18th March
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel . The Clarence Players.
The play tells of the lives of the five Mundy sisters who live in a remote part of Co Donegal. With them live Michael – the seven year old son of the youngest sister, and Jack – the sisters' elder brother, a missionary priest newly returned from Africa. The events of the closing days of summer are narrated by the adult Michael, unfolding a tender study of these women’s lives.
The play tells of the lives of the five Mundy sisters who live in a remote part of Co Donegal. With them live Michael – the seven year old son of the youngest sister, and Jack – the sisters' elder brother, a missionary priest newly returned from Africa. The events of the closing days of summer are narrated by the adult Michael, unfolding a tender study of these women’s lives.
Friday 19th March
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee. Theatre 3 Newtownabbey.
A compelling woman of more than ninety years old reflects on her life with a mixture of shame, pleasure, regret and satisfaction. She recalls the fun of her childhood and her marriage, when she had an overwhelming optimism for her future. Yet she bitterly recalls the negative events that resulted in regret; her husband's extra-marital affairs, the death of her husband, and the estrangement of her homosexual son.
A compelling woman of more than ninety years old reflects on her life with a mixture of shame, pleasure, regret and satisfaction. She recalls the fun of her childhood and her marriage, when she had an overwhelming optimism for her future. Yet she bitterly recalls the negative events that resulted in regret; her husband's extra-
Saturday 20th March
Translations by Brian Friel. Wexford Drama Group.
It is late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish speaking community in Co Donegal. In a nearby field camp are a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordinance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local Gaelic place names have to be recorded and rendered into English. In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Friel skilfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative. Captivity has its points as well.
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