GLENAMADDY THEATRE FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 21st MARCH TO SATURDAY 29th MARCH 2025
WELCOME TO GLENAMADDY THEATRE FESTIVAL 2025
Welcome to the Glenamaddy Theatre Festival's website. We would like to thank you for your loyal support down through the years and welcome you to the current Drama Season. This year's Glenamaddy Drama Festival is proud to hold its 61st anniversary.
We were honoured to celebrate our 60th anniversary last year. The Festival Committee would like to thank everyone who made this such a great festival. To the people on the Committee who worked hard before and during the festival, to our sponsors without whom the festival would not be possible, to our adjudicator Paddy Farrelly, to the groups who participated in our festival and brought such a high standard to the festival and finally to our audiences who again came out in 2024 and supported the festival. We hope that you enjoyed the nine nights of excellent shows.We have another excellent line up of plays this year and we hope you all enjoy our 2025 Festival which runs from the 21st -29th March 2025.
ADJUDICATOR
Paula Dempsey ADA
Paula Dempsey is an actor, director and drama adjudicator. She has worked on programmes including, “The Accrington Pals” and “The Wild Poppy Blowing’ for RTÉ, produced by John MacKenna.
Plays include “Who by Fire” and “The Woman at the Window” with Mend and Makedo Theatre Company, “Married to the Sea for Dragonfly Theatre Company and Christopher Durang’s “Beyond Therapy” for Orion’s Belt Theatre Company.
As director of Laois Youth Theatre Paula collaborated with writers and members in order to devise original theatre productions. These include “Laois - A Sound History” by poet Pat Boran and “On Track” by author and screenwriter Ursula de Brun.
Paula has also worked as an actor, trainer and facilitator for theatre training companies such as Shift Theatre Company and ToBe Theatre Training.
She has been adjudicating since 2007 and is a member of the Association of Drama Adjudicators. Paula adjudicated the Confined Three Act Finals in Doonbeg in 2019, the All Ireland One Act Drama Finals in Ballina in 2022 and the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Finals in Athlone in 2023.
Since moving to Germany taking part in the local drama scene has been a priority and Paula has directed German translations of “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, “Blithe Spirit” by Noél Coward and “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon.
This year Paula has directed The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere and its playing until the first week in April 2025. Paula holds an honours BA and MA in Modern Drama Studies from University College Dublin and is greatly looking forward to her return to the Glenamaddy Drama Festival.
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 21st MARCH TO SATURDAY 29th MARCH 2025
Friday March 21st
Big Guerilla Productions (non competitive)
“Indigestion” by Seamus O’Rourke
Saturday March 22nd
Corofin Dramatic Society, Co. Clare (OPEN)
“The Weir” by Conor McPherson
Sunday March 23rd
Cornmill Theatre Group, Co. Leitrim (OPEN)
“A Whistle In the Dark” by Tom Murphy
Monday March 24th
Players, Co. Sligo (CONFINED)
“Translations” by Brian Friel
Tuesday March 25th
Flavour of the Month Productions, Co. Kerry (CONFINED)
“The Beauty Queen of Leenane” by Martin McDonagh
Wednesday March 26th
Glenamaddy Players, Co. Galway (CONFINED)
“CLASS” by Iseult Golden & David Horan
Thursday March 27th
Clann Machua Drama, Co. Mayo (CONFINED)
“The Snapper” by Roddy Doyle
Friday March 28th
Kilmeen Drama Group, Co. Cork (OPEN)
“The Wasp” by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Saturday March 29th
Ballyduff Drama Group, Co. Waterford (OPEN)
“The Blackwater Lightship” by Colm Tόibín
adapted by David Horan