Letterkenny Music and Drama Group
present
Dramateurs
by Kieran Kelly
Friday,
4 March 2022
8.00 p.m.
Important: The theatre doors will close strictly at 8.00!
Please be seated by 7.50.
(Please note: no food or drink will be allowed in the theatre during any performance, as this is a competition.)
The Play
The once nationally renowned Fianna Players of Ballynascale have not performed on the Irish Amateur Drama Circuit for over ten years and are about to make their long awaited and much anticipated comeback as they host their first ever Drama Festival in their local town hall. However, tragedy strikes before they get to perform their brand new play (an epic tale based on the Táin Bó Cuailgne and the mighty Cúchulainn). As their former member Fionn McDevitt returns home from self-imposed exile in Boston, he must face up to the actions of his past and attempt to re-unite the Fianna Players once more to stage their production! “Dramateurs” is a hilarious, new comedy (briefly performed on the 2020 Circuit) by LMDG group member Kieran Kelly (“Beneath an Irish Sky” – All Ireland Finalists 2018) that is an unabashed love letter to the world of Irish AmDram and the redemptive power of local theatre.
The Cast
Niamh
Elaine Gillespie
Cormac
Jim Holohan
Saidbh
Ciara Gallagher
Conan
Tom Nelis
Fergus
Darren Winston
Redmond
Michael Leddy
Oisín
Niall Brennan
Fionn
Kieran Kelly
Gronya
Laura Gleeson
Diarmuid
Diarmaid Ó Gallchóir
Crew
Director
Kieran Kelly
Producer
Pluincéad Ó Fearraigh
Lighting
Niall Cranney
Sound
Pauric Havlin
Stage Manager
Fiona McDaid
Stage Crew
Anne Flannery
Ryan McKelvey
Pauric Havlin
Ryan McKelvey
Pauric Havlin
Set Construction
Tommy Kerr
James Kenny
James Kenny
The Group
The LMDG was formed in Letterkenny in 1991 and they have staged one-act and three act plays and musicals/concerts since then. They have also staged musicals in Festivals in Derry and Bangor and were runners–up in the AIMS All Ireland finals in 2007 with the newly composed musical Children of the Dead End. They originally took part in the Drama Festival Circuit from 1995 until 2000 reaching the All Ireland Confined Finals in 1999 and 2000. After a short break they returned to the circuit again from 2012. They enjoyed great success in 2012 winning the All-Ireland Confined Finals and Ulster Finals with The 39 Steps. They have qualified for The All-Ireland Open Finals in Athlone twice, in 2015 with The 39 Steps and again in 2018 with the newly written play Beneath an Irish Sky.
Cast Photo
Cast and Crew Photo