Running from Friday 29th April to Saturday 7th May

Dean Crowe Theatre –

AIB Gallery Art Exhibition – David Dunne

Currently based in Dublin, David Dunne is from Mullingar,
Co Westmeath. A renowned portrait artist, David works in a
distinctive black and white style capturing famous faces from the world of sport and entertainment.

Running from Friday 29th April to Saturday 7th May

Theatre Bar Festival Club –

Nightly after the Play. Join in the post- performance revelry with music, chat and the Groups’ Festival’s Got Talent competition.

Friday 29th April to Saturday 7th May

Athlone Town Centre –

Primary School Art –

Exhibition of primary school pupils artistic talents in a colourful display of theatrical masks.

Friday 29th April to Saturday 7th May

Athlone Shops -

Window Display –

Look out for theatrically themed window displays as local traders get into the festive spirit.

Friday 29th April

Dean Crowe Theatre – Forecourt 7.30 pm
Band of the Western Brigade –
(by kind permission of the GOC of the 4th Western Brigade)
Join in the festival’s pre-opening atmosphere as the military band play many well-known favourites.

Saturday 30th April

Athlone Little Theatre, St Mary’s Place 2.00 pm
Blunderdog Theatre Group – The talented students of NUI
Galway’s Drama Society present a production of Martin McDonagh’s Beauty Queen of Leenane

Sunday 1st May

Athlone Town Centre
2.00 pm
Face painting in Town Centre on Sunday at 2.00 pm

Athlone Little Theatre, St Mary’s Place 3.00 pm
Part 1: Fuinneamh – The multi-award winning Irish dancing troupe from the Concannon Ganley Dance Academy perform some stunning dance routines. The company are All Ireland champions and have performed in the UK and Paris.
Part 2: “Two” by Jim Cartwright - A 1-Act play featuring Athlone Little Theatre members Anne Hoey and John McGlynn. The play is set in an English pub with the two actors playing 14 parts

Monday 2nd May

Athlone Town Centre
2.00 pm
Bozo the Clown - Family entertainment at Athlone Town Centre in the company of Bozo the Clown. Magic, mayhem and face-painting are just some of the fun store.

Dean Crowe Theatre – AIB Gallery
9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Playwriting Workshop –
Registration Fee €5
Thomas Conway, Literary Manager, Druid Theatre, Galway (in association with Athlone Literary Festival) leads a workshop for beginners and more experienced writers exploring imaginative worlds,
writing monologues and dialogue.

Passion Fruit Theatre, Northgate Street 4.00 pm
Passion Fruit Theatre Company presents Birds of the Innocent Woods by Joe Ducke. Directed by Gráinne Moore, this is a historical drama set in a Franciscan Abbey in Athlone.

Tuesday 3rd May

Passion Fruit Theatre, Northgate Street 2.00 pm
Athlone Community College presents Pairicin Is Ainm Dom – a short play in Irish about young people and drugs. The piece is followed by a
presentation of Irish music and dance.

Athlone Little Theatre
St Mary’s Place 4.00 pm
All On Board Drama Workshop – The transition year students of St Joseph’s Secondary School, Charlestown, Co Mayo present an extract from Our Town by Thornton Wilder.

Wednesday 4th May

Athlone Little Theatre
St Mary’s Place
5.00 pm – 7.00 pm
Westmeath Young Writers & Actors present a performance of rehearsed readings of specially commissioned pieces scripted by five promising dramatists aged between 14 and 18 years. Under the
direction of novelist Caroline Barry, this event showcases the talents of our future playwrights and actors and is deserving of support.

Thurs 5th & Friday  6th May

Sheraton Hotel, Town Centre, Athlone
10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Youth Theatre Workshops – Majella Flanagan leads students from local secondary schools in a 2-day workshop which explores the elements of drama and gives a foundation in acting and performance technique.

Friday 6th May

Passion Fruit Theatre, Northgate Street 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
10 Demon Daughters Puppet Theatre Company presents a highly entertaining and skilful production of two stories, Witches and The Selfish Giant told with comedy, enchantment and amazing puppet dexterity.

Athlone Town Centre
2.00 pm
“Dance Away to the Summerhill Seasons” – Transition Year students from St Joseph’s College, Summerhill, Athlone, present
a show featuring dance performances from their recent musical Cinderella. They will also be modelling their unique Four Season fashion collection made from many recyclable materials.

Saturday 7th May

Dean Crowe Theatre – Forecourt 6.30 pm
Band of the Western Brigade –
(by kind permission of the GOC of the 4th Western Brigade)
As the Festival draws to a close, this gala evening gets underway with the military band playing some entertaining numbers and famous melodies.

Festival Fringe Sponsorship

Westmeath County Council Arts Department