The 2023 Kerry Drama Festival at The Ivy Leaf Theatre has has been a resounding success! The Kerry Drama Festival Results 2023 are here.
We had seven nights of top quality performances from drama groups from far and near and it was generally agreed that the standard of production this year was really high.
Attendances were back to normal after a few years of disruption, with a full house on many nights.
The adjudicator Ailbhe Garvey Hughes gave a very jnformative critique of the plays at the end of each night and had a very difficult task of choosing the winners of the awards. As she said herself, “There was not a hair’s breadth between them”
As it turned out “Oleanna” performed by Prosperous Dramatic Society swept the top awards.
Here are the Kerry Drama Festival Results 2023:
| Award | Section | Winner | Drama Group | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Award | Open | Oleanna | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Oleanna |
| Best Director | Open | TJ Duggan | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Oleanna |
| Best Actor | Open | Robert Massey | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Oleanna |
| Best Actress | Open | Ashleigh O'Neill | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Oleanna |
| Best Supporting Actor | Open | Colm Linnane | Corofin Dramatic Society | Stolen Child |
| Best Supporting Actress | Open | Diane Lacey | Holycross/Ballycahill Drama Group | A Skull in Connemara |
| Best Visual Presentation | Open | Brideview Drama | Brideview Drama | The Father |
| Best Stage Management | Open | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Prosperous Dramatic Society | Oleanna |
| Adjudicator’s Award | Open | Kilmeen Drama Group | Kilmeen Drama GroupDramatic Society | Blithe Spirit |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Open | Alison Murphy | Kilmeen Drama Group | Blithe Spirit |
| Winning Play | Confined | Dear Frankie | St. Patrick's Theatre Group | Dear Frankie |
| Best Director | Confined | Seamus Cafferky | St. Patrick's Theatre Group | Dear Frankie |
| Best Actor | Confined | John Morley | Harvest Moon Theatre Group | God of Carnage |
| Best Actress | Confined | Vera Kilgannon | Harvest Moon Theatre Group | God of Carnage |
| Best Supporting Actor | Confined | Ciarán MacSuibhne | St. Patrick's Theatre Group | Dear Frankie |
| Best Supporting Actress | Confined | Martina Ryan | St. Patrick's Theatre Group | Dear Frankie |
Thanks to The Committee
The committee and volunteers who made Kerry Drama Festival in 2023 possible are due great credit. We go and enjoy the performances and often don’t appreciate the vast amount of work and organisation thatgoes in to staging this event in the Castleisland.
Thanks to Aidan Reidy, Jerome Stack and the rest of the committe and volunteers who have put in so much effort to make this festival a success!
Well done to all drama groups who participated and congratulations especially to Prosperous Dramatic Society who won the Premier Award and the Best Actor and Best Actress Award.
We look forward to 2024! Go mbeirimid beo!
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