- This event has passed.
Castleblayney Drama Festival 2025
Friday February 28th to Saturday March 8th
Performances 8:00pm (except Saturday March 8th 7:30pm)
Season Ticket €90 On Sale now
Single Tickets: Admission: €16 / €14 / €8 students On Sale January
Adjudicator: Tom Byrne ADA
Friday 28th Feb – Newpoint Players
GHETTO by Joshua Sobol
Set in a Jewish ghetto during WW2 in Nazi occupied Lithuania, the play explores the experience of Jews living under a harsh occupying army. The play incorporates traditional songs and jazz music.
Sat 1st March – Bridge Drama Group
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Simon Stephens
A teenage boy, a maths genius with a unique mind, investigates the death of a neighbour’s dog. Though ill-equipped to understand everyday life, his quest discovers secrets in his family that turns his world upside down.
Sun 2nd March – Thurles Drama Group
RATHMINES ROAD by Deirdre Kinahan
A secret survivor of sexual assault meets her rapist years later. A play that challenges our response to accusations of sexual assault, and when and how do we take responsibility.
Mon 3rd March – Lislea Dramatic Players
DEAD GUILTY by Richard Harris
A man dies at the wheel of his car. His passenger is not his wife, but his mistress. A psychological thriller where the audience begin to think one thing and then doubt themselves.
Tues 4th March – Castleblayney Players
THE WOODSMAN by Stephen Fechter
A man tries to rehabilitate into society after serving prison time for something no one can forgive him for, not even himself. He must battle his demons and confront his past on the impossible path to redemption.
Wed 5th March – Dundalk Theatre Workshop
ART by Yasmina Reza
The bond between three long-time friends is strained when one buys an expensive, completely white painting. Questions are raised about what constitutes art. Will the painting break up their friendship?
Thurs 6th March – Newtownstewart Theatre Company
THE REMAINS OF MAISIE DUGGAN by Carmel Winters
A woman returns home for her mother’s funeral to find the dead woman has more living to do. She confronts her dysfunctional family that she had escaped from years ago and unearths buried family grievances.
Friday 7th March – Kilmuckridge Drama Group
JUNO AND THE PEACOCK by Seán O’Casey
Set in the tenements of Civil War Dublin, an impoverished family, headed by a hard-working mother and a drunken lazy father, are about to receive an inheritance. Is it all too good to be true?
Sat 8th March – Ballycogley Players
LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig **7.30pm Start**
Disaster!! A world-famous opera singer is found dead as the curtain rises. A local crooner steps in to take his place and soon mistaken identities and mishaps cause havoc with a fiery wife and amorous girlfriend.