Cornmill Theatre Company
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh

BIO: From: Carrigallen, Co Leitrim
Estd: 1963
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Winners 1998 and 2005

The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh First produced: Galway, 1996 A darkly comic tale, the play concerns forty-year-old spinster, Maureen Folan, who lives with her aging, but domineering mother, Mag. When Maureen embarks on what appears to be a last-chance opportunity for a meaningful romance, her manipulative mother selfishly sets out to destroy the relationship, driving Maureen to breaking point and the play’s terrifying climax.

Palace Players
Doubt – A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley

BIO: From: Fermoy, Co Cork
Estd: 1989
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Confined Winners 1994

Doubt – A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley First produced:off-Broadway,2004 A powerful drama concerning the confrontation between Sister Aloysius, the rigidly conservative principal of a boys’ school in the Bronx, and new parish priest Father Flynn, whom she suspects of sexual misconduct against one of her pupils. Caught in the conflict is young novice, Sister James, a teacher at the school. Set in the 1960s, what transpires is a battle between old values and new concepts; certainty and doubt.

Bradán Players
Tom and Viv
by Michael Hastings

BIO: Bradán Players
From: Co Kildare
Estd: 2005
Previous Achievements: All Ireland 1-Act Winners 2005, 2009 and 2010

Tom and Viv by Michael Hastings
First produced: London, 1984
This play focuses on the failed marriage between T S Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They met in 1915 while Eliot was a student at Oxford and they secretly married soon after. However, despite the initial infatuation, they drift apart: Eliot leaving to take a job in America, Viv eventually committed to a sanatorium. A work of wit, tenderness and despair.

Wexford Drama Group
Doubt – A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley

BIO: From: Wexford
Estd: 1960
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Runners-Up 2007

Doubt – A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley First produced:off-Broadway,2004
The play is set in a Catholic boys’ school in the Bronx in 1964. An affable and articulate priest, Father Flynn, is confronted by Sister Aloysius, the austere principal of the school, over an inappropriate incident involving a pupil. This multi-award winning play is a gripping drama where the characters are immersed in conflict and audiences are left to decide where lies the truth.

Ballyduff Drama Group
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller

BIO: From: West Waterford
Estd: 1950
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Winners 2004
Runners-Up 2008 and 2010

All My Sons by Arthur Miller
First produced: Broadway,1947
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Kate Keller waits in hope for the return of her
air-pilot son who was reported missing in action. As the rest of the family try to move on, a dark secret is revealed, raising to the surface issues of betrayal and allegations of cover-up. A gripping tale in which personal justification is tested against social obligation.

Kilmeen Drama Group
A Whistle in the Dark
by Tom Murphy

BIO: From: West Cork
Estd: 1969
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Winners 2006

A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy First produced: London, 1961. The play follows the plight of Michael Carney, an Irish immigrant living in Coventry. While Michael, now married, seeks to live a settled life, his brothers, who live with him, pursue a different lifestyle, often expressed through violence. The arrival of his youngest brother with their overbearing father further challenges Michael in his attempt to rescue his family from the clutches of the past.

Bangor Drama Club
A View from the Bridge
by Arthur Miller

BIO: From: Co Down
Estd: 1935
Previous Achievements:
All Ireland 1-Act Winners 1990
All Ireland Runners-Up 1997

A View from the Bridge
by Arthur Miller First produced: Broadway, 1955 Eddie Carbone works as a longshoreman on the Brooklyn waterfront, New York. He lives with his wife Beatrice and 17-year-old niece, Catherine, whom he idolises. The arrival of two Italian cousins, who have entered the country illegally, exposes deeply felt emotions igniting tensions in the household which ultimately lead to tragedy.

Prosperous Dramatic Society
November
by David Mamet

BIO: From: Co Kildare
Estd: 1981
Previous Achievements: All Ireland 1-Act Winners 1995

November by David Mamet
First produced: Broadway ,2008
American President Charles Smith is seeking re-election, but with his ratings plummeting, he will go to any lengths to get his campaign back on track, even to the extent of saving a couple of turkeys from slaughter before Thanksgiving. As his advisors prepare to throw in the towel, our hero is not yet ready to leave the Oval Office !

Silken Thomas Players
Angels in America
by Tony Kushner

BIO: From: Co Kildare
Estd:1990
Previous Achievements: All Ireland Winners 2007 and 2010
Runners-Up 2006 and 2009

Angels in America by Tony Kushner First produced: San Francisco,1991 Hailed as the “most ambitious American play of our time”, Kushner’s epic work explores aspects of American social and political life against the backdrop of the AIDS outbreak in the 1980s. As relationships are laid bare, this compelling drama is played out in scenes depicting
both reality and fantasy while the characters struggle to survive in a world which comes crashing down around them.