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Trimprint, Armagh
Portadown Town HallEdward Street, PortadownTel: 028 3833 5264
Established 1922
FREE PARKINGFOR ALL ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL.
Please see High Street Mall flyerfor further details which can be obtained duringthe Festival at the Box Office, Town Hall.
Contact: Mrs Karen Hoy Tel: 028 3836 1828 / 07801 474 952 E-Mail: [email protected]
Adjudicators: Cally Foster Susan Mackey
SPEECH 22 FEBRUARY - 2 MARCH
Contact: Miss Susan Gates Tel: 028 3833 2891 E-Mail: [email protected]
Adjudicator: Robert Meadows GODA
DRAMA 13 - 23 MARCH
Contact: Mrs Gail Ashton Tel: 07515 128 787 E-Mail: [email protected]
Adjudicator: Yasmin Taylor-Hazzard
Contact: Miss Irene McCann Tel: 028 3833 7833 or Miss Catherine McCooe
Adjudicators: Kimberley Smythe Elaine McCann Dominic Graham
IRISH FOLK DANCING 7 - 14 APRIL
Contact: Mrs Joy Gillespie Tel: 028 3833 7196 E-Mail: [email protected]
Adjudicator: Helen Deakin
MUSIC 17 - 25 APRIL
DANCE 26 APRIL - 5 MAY
SPEECH, DRAMA, IRISH FOLKDANCING, MUSIC AND DANCE
All Sections(Except Drama) Adults
Senior CitizensStudents
Children 4yrs+
3 sessions daily - Morning, Afternoon and Evening
Per Session £2.50 £1.50
Daily Ticket £5.50 £3.50
Schools Section/ Irish Folk Dancingat Craigavon Civic &Conference Centre
£3.50 £2.50
FINAL NIGHTS
Except Drama andIrish Folk Dancing
£4.00 £4.00
DRAMA
Nightly Ticket £8.50 £7.50
2018 SEASON TICKET
Entry to all 2018 events £35.00 £30.00
FOLLOW THE 2018 FESTIVALAND DAILY RESULTS ON
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22.2.2018UNTIL
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Affiliated to the British and International Federationof Festivals for Music, Speech and Dance, the
Association of Ulster Drama Festivals (AUDF), andthe Amateur Drama Council of Ireland (ADCI)Northern Ireland Charities No: NIC 100622
New Season Patrons are urged toobtain their tickets by contacting ourMembership Secretary. Season Ticketswill NOT be available at the BoxOffice and patrons are urged to obtaintheir ticket through the post, or on13 and 14 March at the DramaFestival.
Contact - Membership Secretary,Brenda RobinsonTel: 028 3839 4475@PORTADOWNFESTI2
PORTADOWN-FESTIVAL-ASSOCIATIONWWW.PORTADOWNFESTIVAL.ORG.UK
2018 DRAMA FESTIVALPROGRAMME INSIDE
SEASON SPONSORS
PRIDE’S CROSSING by Tina HoweStraight
Ninety year old Mabel is a passionate woman, preparing to throw a 4thof July party for her granddaughter, Minty Renoir. Present events call toMabel's mind memories of life and through these memories, we glimpseher wit, resilience and youthful spunk.
Tuesday 13 March Rosemary Players
DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian FrielStraight/Irish
Set in the fictional Irish village of Ballybeg, Dancing at Lughnasa is amemory play, told from the perspective of an adult Michael. He recalls asummer spent at the home of his five unmarried aunts when he wasseven years old.
Wednesday 14 March Pomeroy Players
DRAMA FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2018Tuesday 13 – Friday 23 MarchPortadown Town Hall Theatre
8.00pm Nightly (Final Night 23 March 7.30pm)Adjudicator – Robert Meadows GODA
Professional adjudication nightlyfollowing each performance.
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN by Henrik Ibsen(translated by Nicholas Wright) StraightJohn Gabriel Borkman has been in voluntary seclusion in a room in his drab mansion since enduring a prison sentence for embezzlement.Borkman is unhappily married to Gunhild. Gunhild’s twin sister Ella,who has raised Gunhild and Borkman’s son Erhart, visits. The twinsisters become locked in a battle over Erhart’s future. As Borkmanventures out into the snowy hills he finally learns the consequences of alove betrayed.
Friday 16 March The Clarence Players
CASH ON DELIVERY by Michael CooneyComedy
Michael Cooney’s riotous farce has all the ingredients for rib ticklinghilarity. Eric Swan (aided by his Uncle George and unbeknown to his wifeLinda) has pocked thousands of pounds through fraudulent D.S.S. claims.When Norman Bassett (the lodger) opens the door to Mr. Jenkins (D.S.S.Inspector) deceptive mayhem follows, - as do the undertaker, bereavementcouncillor, psychiatrist, Norman’s fiancé, a corpse, the ominous Ms. Cowperand a rather rebellious washing machine!
Saturday 17 March Bridge Drama
THE KINGS OF THE KILBURN HIGH ROADby Jimmy Murphy Straight/IrishIn the 1970s, a group of young men left their homes in the West ofIreland, and sailed across the sea to England in the hope of making theirfortunes. Twenty five years later only one, Jackie Flavin, makes it home -but in a coffin. The play takes place on the day that the winners andlosers of the group meet to drink to his memory and look at their lives,lost dreams and their place in the new Ireland.
This play contains some strong language.
Thursday 15 March Lislea Dramatic Players
SEDUCTION AND MURDER AT THERED BARN AND ASSOCIATED EVENTSby Sean Treanor Straight/IrishThis is an original script which draws on many traditional elements ofVictorian melodrama. It draws upon the story of the Red Barn murder ofMariah Marten at Polested in 1829. Many details in the production arehistorically accurate. This is a modern script that respects the challengesof the traditional form and performance techniques of melodrama.
Thursday 22 March Newpoint Players
MEETING AT MENIN GATE by Martin LynchStraight/Irish
A powerful and insightful drama, ‘Menin Gate’ explores the world left behind by the Troubles. Whilst the politicians endlesslydebate whether or not to have a Truth Commission, in the small Belgiumtown of Ypres a policeman’s daughter and an ex-IRA man open a bottleof wine in a hotel bedroom. Is this a two-person Truth Commission orsimply raw revenge?
This play contains strong language and scenes of violence.
NO MAN’S LAND by Harold PinterStraight
Hirst is an alcoholic upper-class litterateur who lives in a grand housewith Foster and Briggs. Spooner, a "failed, down-at-heel poet" whomHirst has "picked up in a pub" and invited home for a drink, becomesHirst's house guest for the night. Through fantastic reminiscences, heappears to have known Hirst at university and to have shared male andfemale acquaintances and relationships.
This play contains some strong language.
Monday 19 March Schull Drama Group
QUARTET by Ronald HarwoodComedy
Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers andmusicians. Each year, on 10th October, there is a concert to celebrateVerdi's birthday. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at thehome and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva andrefuses to sing. But the show must go on!
Tuesday 20 March Theatre 3
The 2018 Drama Awards will be presented following the
performance on Friday 23 March.
PORTADOWN DRAMA SPONSORSULSTER CARPETS Ltd.
RICHARD MONTEITH (Solicitors)MARLEY HIRE
MERCEDES-BENZ OF PORTADOWNALMAC GROUP Ltd.
THE JAMESON FAMILYJ P H LAW (Solicitors)RUSHMERE SHOPPING
Friday 23 March Newtownstewart TheatreCompany7.30pm Start
THE NIGHT ALIVE by Conor McPhersonStraight/Irish
Tommy's not a bad man. He is renting a room in his uncle's house, androlling from one get-rich-quick scheme to another with his pal Doc. Hecomes to the aid of Aimee, struggling through life the only way sheknows how. Together, maybe, they can make something more of theirlives - perhaps.
This play contains some strong languageand scenes of violence.
Wednesday 21 March Ballycogley Players
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