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DRAMA groups from all over Ireland will descend on Clare this weekend for the annual One Act Drama Festival, organised by the Doonbeg Drama Group.
Groups from Galway, Cork, Limerick and Dublin as well as a large chuck of local talent will descend on west Clare for the event which, it is hoped, will provide a timely boost for the local tourism trade.
This year’s festival will include a wide range of shows to suit everyone’s tastes with a large number comedy and farce as well as a number of more serious productions.
The local challenge will be led off by on Saturday night by the Kilkeebased Amphitheatre Theatre Company with their production of ‘Two for a Girl’ written by Mary Kelly and Noni Stapleton.
Cratloe’s Castlewood Players, will perform one of several George Bernard Shaw productions at this year’s festival when their version of ‘The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet’ takes to the stage on Monday, November 21. The festival will be finished off by the Corofin Drama Society’s production of ‘What’s for Pudding’ by David Tristram.
The Doonbeg One Act Drama Fes- tival, in its current format, has been taking place since 1989 and occurs in November each year. It has established itself as a very popular festival with groups and audiences alike and is looked forward to as a welcome relief from the long winter nights. Almost 200 different productions have been presented to date.
Nine different plays will be shown over three nights in both open and confined sections during this year’s festival. The winners of each festival will qualify for the All-Ireland One Act Finals which take place in at Glór in Ennis this year.
This year’s Doonbeg Festival will see a number of new innovations including a cheese and wine reception which will be served between the first and the second plays, while tea, coffee and biscuits will be served between the second and third plays each evening. The festival has also introduced candle-lit tables and cabaret style seating, which the organisers hope will bring a unique atmosphere to the festival.
The festival will take place on November 19, 20 and 21 and price for admittance each night is € 10 for adults and € 5 for children. Doors open each night at 8pm with curtain up at 8.30pm. For more information visit www.doonbeginfo.com.