RTE All Ireland Drama Festival

Afternoon T Series: ‘Dying Minutes’
2025-05-10 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | Athlone Little Theatre, St Mary's Place, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR52, Ireland
Saturday 10 th May, 3pm
Afternoon T Series: ‘Dying Minutes’.
Athlone Little Theatre
Bailieborough Drama Group present their 2025 confined All-Ireland winning one act play.
Set in a pub, this one act answers the question: why would anyone be in a pub on a Monday
Morning? We glimpse into a world at which we laugh, empathise and even recognise.
Admission €10 Tea afterwards in Green Room.
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Open Air street drama
2025-05-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Connaught Gardens, Connaught Gardens, Athlone, Ireland
Sunday 11 th May, 1pm
Open Air drama
McNeill’s corner, Connaught Street
Connaught Street and Environs community group present a ‘sketch of the street’. Written by historian Gearoid O’Brien
Free Event

Afternoon T Series : 'Double Header‘ and 'Baby Steps’
2025-05-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Athlone Little Theatre, St Mary's Place, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR52, Ireland
Sunday 11th May, 3 pm
AFTERNOON T SERIES: DOUBLE HEADER
‘LAST LISTS OF MY MAD MOTHER’ AND ‘BABY STEPS’
Athlone Little Theatre
Athlone Little Theatre presents ‘Last Lists of My Mad Mother’, directed by Joe Brady. Written by Julie Jensen.
Clann Machua from Kiltimagh tell the story of Ash and Chris, as they move away from small town Galway to Oxford, via flatpack furniture building. Directed by Moira Mahony.
Short interval between, Plays finish by 4.45pm approx.
Tickets €10 Tea afterwards in Green Room

Walking Tour
2025-05-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone
Monday 12 th May, 3pm
Walking Tour .
Meet at Civic Centre, a guided tour with historian Gearoid O’Brien. Dress appropriately. Walk duration approximately one hour.
Free Event.

Schools Art Competition
2025-05-13 16:30 - 17:00 | Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone
Tuesday 13th May 4.30 pm
Schools Art Competition
Aidan Heavey Library
The announcement of the winners and display of entries. The brief is to design a book cover.

Poetry Recital
2025-05-13 16:30 - 17:00 | Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone
Tuesday 13 th May, 4.45pm
‘Poetry recital’ .
with Amy Barry.
Aidan Heavey Library
Free Event

CANCELLED - Drama Wellness Workshop
2025-05-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Co. Westmeath
*CANCELLED*
Please note that the ‘Drama Wellness Workshop’ event is now cancelled, apologies for the inconvenience.
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Historic Walking Tour of Athlone
2025-05-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Dean Crowe Theatre, Chapel Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 VF29, Ireland
Thursday 15 th May, 11.00 am
Historic Walking Tour of Athlone
Start Point: Dean Crowe Theatre
‘In the footsteps of John Count McCormack’. A walking trail with Historian Gearoid O’Brien.
Dress appropriately approximately one hour duration.
Free Event

Launch of TUS Archive and Special Collections
2025-05-15 15:00 - 16:00 | TUS AThlone Campus, University Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 HD68, Ireland
Thursday 15 th May, 3.00pm
Launch of TUS Archive and Special Collections
TUS Library, Athlone Campus
Dr. Lisa Griffith, Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) will launch the new library
service which builds on the Brendan O’Brien collection and will catalogue material such as
correspondence, posters, programmes etc. of the drama movement in Ireland.
Free Event

Athlone Pipe Band
2025-05-15 19:30 - 20:30 | Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone
Thursday 15 th May, 7.15 pm
Athlone Pipe Band
Count John McCormick Square
Join in and march behind the band, as we leave the civic square to go over the bridge to the Dean Crowe theatre. Enjoy a feast of lively pipe music. Sunshine optional.
Free event.

Music by Bernard and Patrice Coyle
2025-05-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Dean Crowe Theatre, Chapel Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 VF29, Ireland
Friday 16 th May, 7 pm
Music by Bernard and Patrice Coyle
Dean Crowe forecourt
Free

Afternoon T Series: ‘Cider Park’
2025-05-17 15:00 - 16:30 | Athlone Little Theatre, St Mary's Place, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 XR52, Ireland
Saturday 17th May, 3 pm
Afternoon T Series: ‘Cider Park’
Athlone Little Theatre
Letterkenny Music and Drama group present their All Ireland winning one act play.
JP and Georgie are enjoying their cans in Cider Park… Philosophising on originality they
ponder the question are we photocopies of what came before? Then they are joined by the
older Richie and discover what it may mean to be human. Directed by Michael Leddy.
Tickets €10 Tea afterwards in Green Room

THE PARTY NIGHT OF THE YEAR Gala Awards Ceremony
2025-05-17 18:30 - 23:30 | Radisson Hotel Athlone, Northgate Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 A8X9, Ireland
Saturday 17 th May, 6.30 pm
THE PARTY NIGHT OF THE YEAR. Gala Awards Ceremony,
Live Streamed by RTĖ at 9pm. We finally discover who are the 2025 winners of the Irish Drama
scene.
Athlone Radisson Hotel
Ticket holders only. FULLY BOOKED.
