One Act Festival 2021
TWELVE GROUPS. TWELVE SHOWS. ONE WEEKEND.
Welcome
It is my great pleasure on behalf of The Corn Mill Theatre & Arts Centre to extend a warm Carrigallen welcome to all our participating groups, our adjudicator Paul Brennan and of course you our valued patrons to our 17th Annual One Act Drama Festival from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th November, commencing at 7:00pm (Friday & Saturday) and 2pm (Saturday & Sunday).
Philip McIntyre
Festival Director
Line Up
Friday 12th November at 7:00pm
Blue Transit Theatre Company (Open)
‘THE CHRISTMAS TREE’ by Norm Foster
Mostrim Players (Confined)
‘SILENT TALK’ by Eddie Brady
Martello Productions (Confined)
‘SOMETHING UNSPOKEN’ by Tennessee Williams
Saturday 13th November at 2:00pm
Kilrush Drama Group (Open)
‘RED CARNATIONS’ by Glenn A Hughes
PIC Players (Confined)
‘A KIND OF ALASKA’ by Harold Pinter
Carlow Little Theatre (Confined)
‘MOTHER’S DAY’ by Sarah Fahy
Saturday 13th November at 7:00pm
Kilmuckridge Drama Group (Confined)
‘A FAMILY AFFAIR’ by Derek O’Gorman
Butt Drama Circle (Open)
‘IN OTHER WORDS’ by Matthew Seager
Corofin Dramatic Society (Open)
‘A THOUSAND DEATHS’ by John Clancy
Sunday 14th November at 2pm
The Moat Club Naas (Open)
‘THE WAY OF ALL FISH’ by Elaine May
Theatre 3 Newtownabbey (Open)
‘THE DOCK BRIEF’ by John Mortimer
Bailieborough Drama Group (Confined)
‘SACRED HEARTS RIGHT HAND MAN’ by Liz O’Hanlon
Results
Open
1st: Kilrush Drama Group with ‘Red Carnations’
2nd: The Moat Club with ‘The Way of All Fish’
3rd: Butt Drama Circle with ‘In Other Words’
Confined
1st: PIC Players with ‘A Kind of Alaska’
2nd: Carlow Little Theatre with ‘Mother’s Day’
3rd: Bailieborough Drama Group with ‘The Sacred Heart’s Right Hand Man’
Best Actor Open
JC Bonner (Butt Drama Circle)
Best Actress Open
Sarah Gallagher (Moat Club, Nass)
Best Actor Confined
Fergal Donnelly (Bailieborough Drama Group)
Best Actress Confined
Hazel Weir (PIC Players)
Adjudicator | Tom Byrne
Tom is a native of Celbridge, Co Kildare but lives in nearby Leixlip. He has over 40 years involvement with amateur drama and competed in his first festival in 1979. Tom has won numerous awards as a director and successfully qualified productions to the RTE All Ireland Finals in Athlone in 2009 and 2010.
He holds the unique record of qualifying productions to six successive All Ireland One Act Finals – directing winning productions in 2005, 2009 and 2010. In the finals of 2005 he not alone won with his production of “Small Box Psychosis” but also directed “Babels in Arms” which finished in third place.
Over the years Tom has directed over 120 different productions and he is currently joint Artistic Director of Red Embers Theatre Company. He has written several works including a radio play “Howzee” – surrounding his experiences as a football referee – which was broadcast by RTÉ.
Since taking up adjudicating in 2011 he has adjudicated in the following ADCI festivals: Claregalway, Ballyshannon, Rathangan (3 times), Glenamaddy, Mid-Ulster, Kiltyclogher, Roscommon, Shercock, Dundrum (3 times), Skerries (twice), Kiltimagh, Mullagh, Letterkenny, West Cork and Manorhamilton.
In addition he has adjudicated the Macra na Feirme national finals on two occasions. The 2016 All Ireland One Act Finals (Dundrum) and the 2018 All Ireland Confined Finals (South Wicklow – Carnew). Future engagements include: Rathangan and Claregalway; 2021, Mid Ulster and Western; 2022, West Waterford; 2023, Scariff.