Newtownabbey Drama Festival

15/09/2024

Newtownabbey 1-Act Festival Line-Up is here. Updated synopsis. Tickets now available. https://thecourtyardtheatre.com/book/?show=104601

08/09/2024

Get yor tickets here: https://thecourtyardtheatre.com/book/?show=97601

Get ready for a grave amount of laughter at The Courtyard Theatre in Ballyearl! Join us for 𝙒𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩 – where even the dead won’t rest in peace without a few laughs! ⚱️😂

🗓️ 27 and 28 September at 8pm

Don't miss this side-splitting comedy by Theatre 3 Newtownabbey at The Courtyard Theatre! Tickets available now! https://brnw.ch/21wMswf

18/08/2024

Book your tickets:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bangor/studio-1a/bangor-drama-club-wake-in-the-west-by-mj-ginnley-performed-by-theatre-three/e-kbzzll

18/08/2024

Book your tickets here:
https://thecourtyardtheatre.com/book/?show=97601

08/07/2024

Theatre 3 Newtownabbey start their Summer/Autumn show in Bangor's Studio 1a on 30th August. Come along and see the hilarious Wake in th West by M J Ginnely.
The play is set on the West coast of Ireland during the Wake of Tom Healy who drunk himself to death and now wishes his grave to be a watery one by requesting a cremation and the scattering of his ashes at sea. The fun begins when a neighbour decides that Tom is not entitled to take it all with him.

16/04/2024

14/04/2024

10/04/2024

70th Ulster Drama Festival
22 - 27 April 2024
Theatre at the Mill
Congratulations to the 6 finalists Bart Players, Dunmore Amateur Dramatic Society (DADS), Newpoint Players, Clontarf Players, Dalkey Players and Ballyshannon Drama Society
Tickets are on sale now https://theatreatthemill.com/whats-on/
It's going to be a great week! Don't miss it!
Follow the Association Of Ulster Drama Festivals page for more information about each finalist in the coming days Association Of Ulster Drama Festivals

16/03/2024

Newtownabbey Drama Festival Results

1st Clontarf Players
2nd Newpoint Players
3rd Bart Players
4th Balalley Dramatic Society

18/09/2023

Newtownabbey 2023 1-Act Drama Festival takes place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November in Theatre at the Mill @ 7:45pm. The line up is:
Friday:
Hoodwink Productions - Blood Ties - Elaine Birkett
Prosperous Dramatic Society - The Same - Enda Walsh
Rosemary Drama Group - The Visitor - Dean Laccohee
Saturday:
Lucan Drama - MIM - Mark Yeates
Butt Drama Circle - The Root of All Evil - Conor Malone
Theatre 3 Newtownabbey - Even Number - Tony Domaille

18/03/2023

Results from Newtownabbey Drama Festival
1: Newpoint Players
2: Rosemary Drama Group
3: Ballymoney Literary and Debating Society
4: Bart Players

12/03/2023

Newtownabbey Drama Festival starts next week.

30/01/2023

Tickets for the 2023 Newtownabbey Drama Festival are now available at https://courtyardtheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873639040?fbclid=IwAR3Q8QZZNkfmNPHLKHF8-zAhlp14QMbr3Qgn_Hea8iCv0b7VSeJOsSCBeYY
Please note correction to start time

23/01/2023

14th - 18th March 2023
Newtownabbey Drama Festival

05/11/2022

Results of Newtownabbey 1-Act Drama Festival.
1. The Moat Club
2. Theatre 3 Newtownabbey
3. The Clarence Players
Best Director: John Lennon, The Moat Players
Best Actress: Dorothy Wiley, Theatre 3 Newtownabbey
Best Actor: Roger Jennings - The Clarence Players
Adjudicator’s Award: Frances Hastie
Sound Award: The Clarence Players.
Congratulations to all.

03/10/2022

Newtownabbey Drama Festival 1-Act Festival runs 3- 5 November 2022 in The Courtyard Theatre Ballyearl.
The programme is:
Thursday 3: The Moat Club: Idlewild by Jimmy Murphy
Moira Players: The Bride to Be by Peter Quilter
Friday 4: The Clarence Players: The Last Tango in Derriaghy by David Tristram
Rosemary Drama Group: Journey's End by Seamus Steele
Saturday 5: Theatre 3 Newtownabbey: A Little Something for the Ducks by Jean Lenox Toddie
Old Mill Players: Dad c/o by David McCann ( non-competitive).
Booking:

This annual festival of excellent drama presents some of the best full length plays from amateur dramatic groups from Northern Ireland and ...

19/03/2022

Results from this week's Newtownabbey Drama Festival.

Overall winners: Newpoint Players (Mary K)
Runner up: Holywood Players (Absent Friends)
Best producer: Sean Treanor - Newpoint Players
Best Actor: Mark Irvine - Rosemary Drama Group
Best Actress: Anna Phipps - Holywood Players
Best Supporting Actor: Ian Lee - Rosemary Drama Group
Best Supporting Actress: Jackie Wilson - Theatre 3
Best Set Design : Holywood Players
Best Decor : Holywood Players
Best Moment of Theatre: Bart Players - Lucille's grave scene.
Technical Merit Award : Newpoint Players
Creative Use of Sound : Newpoint Players
Adjudicators Award : Ian Mcdonald- Rosemary Players.

Congratulations to everyone and all! It was a fabulous week of entertainment and talent!