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The Night Alive (2025)

Written by Conor McPherson

Directed by Josie Corr

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Set
• Audience Award

• Committee Cup for Overall Winner
• O’Cahan Cup for Décor
• Malachy McLaughlin Cup for Stage Lighting - Mervyn Barkman, Lynda Esler
• Route Cup for Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Vin Smyth Memorial Trophy for Best Producer - Josie Corr
• Edmund Gordon Memorial Trophy for Best Moment of Theatre - Doc's Black Hole Speech
• Wreath Cup for Most Ambitious Choice of Play
• Sir Robert Lynn Cup for Best Irish Dialect Play

• Clonavon Cup - Best Play by an Irish Author
• William McKay Kenny Cup - Best Moment of Theatre - What's Wrong With You Scene - Tommy and Doc
• Portadown Festival Association Cup - Most promising Actor/Actress - Michael Rose
• Fiona Hughes Memorial Cup - Most promising New Actor/Actress - Roisin Carey

• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs

Nominations

• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Best Supporting Actress - Roisin Carey
• Best Decor

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Best Actress - Roisin Carey
• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs

• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Best Supporting Actor - Fergus Boyle
• Best Moment of Theatre - Kenneth and Doc's Fight

• Best Actor - Michael Rose
• Adjudicator's Award (Director) - Josie Corr
• Technical Award (Backstage) - Alex Morrow, Wilson Morrow, Cora Devlin, Bronwyn McLaughlin

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill
• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs
• Best Director - Josie Corr

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill

Cast

Andy Speirs

Maurice

Roisin Carey

Aimee

Fergus Boyle

Kenneth

Joe O'Neill

Doc

Michael Rose

Tommy

Crew

Josie Corr

Director

Alex Morrow

Stage Manager

Wilson Morrow

Stage Crew

Cora Devlin

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Performances

Past Performances

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Note: This page will be a work in progress for some time as we collate the information and build it, especially for the older performances. If you have any information (cast, photos, awards etc) please do get in touch!

The Passing Day (2024)

by George Sheils

Directed by John Dobbin

Cast

Crew

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The Cripple Of Inishmaan (2020)

by Martin McDonagh

Directed by Josie Corr

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Jaques Trophy for the Best Moment of Theatre - 'Billy's Death Scene'
• Alex Tyrrell Memorial Trophy for Stage Lighting
• Frank Davidson Trophy - Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs

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Scenes From The Big Picture (2019)

by Owen McCafferty

Directed by John Dobbin

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Supporting Actor - Shane McCaffrey
• Best Supporting Actress - Savannah Bracewell
• Most Ambitious Production

• Frank Davidson Trophy for Best Supporting Actor - Fergus Boyle

• Most Ambitious Play

• Most Promising Young Performer - Cathaoir O'Hagan

Nominations

• Best Supporting Actor - Andy Speirs
• Best Supporting Actress - Lisa Davis
• Best Moment of Theatre - Shane McCaffrey

• Best Costume
• Best Moment of Theatre
• Best Supporting Actor - Jude Dobbin
• Best Supporting Actress - Lisa Davis
• Best Producer - John Dobbin

• Best Actor - Andy Speirs

• Best Set

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Say Cheese (2018)

by Bernard Farrell

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Theft

by Eric Chappell

2005

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The Passing Day

by George Shiels

2004

Performances

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Separate Beds

by Sam Cree

2003

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The Chastitute

by John B. Keane

2003

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actor - Andy Speirs

• Overall Winner

• Best Actor - Andy Speirs
• Best Supporting Actress - Collette McMullan
• Technical Award (Wardrobe)
• Audience Award

• Lighting Award - Trevor Gray

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Remembrance (2002)

by Graham Reid

Directed by Shauna Abrahams

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Colin Blakely Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Fergus Boyle

• Best Moment of Theatre - Andy Speirs
• Gormanstown Bursary - Shauna Abrahams

• Best Overall Play
• Audience Award
• Best Play by an Irish Author
• Best Producer - Shauna Abrahams
• Best Actress - Catherine Avery
• Best Supporting Actress - Fiona Harman

• Best Actress - Catherine Avery
• Best Supporting Actress - Fiona Harman
• Best Play by an Irish Author

• Best Supporting Actress - Fiona Harman
• Best Play by an Irish Author
• NATA Scholarship - Collette McMullan
• Best Set Decor

Nominations

• Best Actor - Jimmy Boyle
• Best Supporting Actor - Fergus Boyle

• Best Actor - Jimmy Boyle
• Best Supporting Actress - Ciara O'Hagan
• Best Supporting Actress - Collette McMullan

• Best Supporting Actress - Fiona Harman
• NATA Scholarship - Collette McMullan

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Stop It Nurse!

by Sam Cree

2001

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Philadelphia Here I Come

by Brian Freil

2001

Performances

Enniskillen Drama Festival, Newtownstewart Drama Festival, City of Derry Drama Festival, Newtownabbey Drama Festival, Newry Drama Festival

Cast

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The Monkey's Paw (2000)

by W. W. Jacobs

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Lovers

by Brian Freil

2000

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Moment of Theatre - Joe O'Neill

• William McKay Kenny Cup - Best Moment of Theatre

• Northern Ireland Arts Council Scholarship - Lucy Close

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The Mating Season

by Sam Cree

2000

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The Rose Tattoo (1999)

by Tennessee Williams

Directed by Alanna Boyle

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Supprting Actor - Joe O'Neill

• NATA Award - Joe O'Neill
• Best Actress - Shauna Abrahams
• RV Hawthorne Cup for Best Straight Play
• Mrs Warnock Cup - Best Producer - Alanna Boyle

• Best Supporting Actor - Joe O'Neill

• Best Supporting Actor - Joe O'Neill

• Best Actor - Joe O'Neill

Programme

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Wyrd Sisters

by Terry Pratchett (adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs)

1999

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Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth

by Shakespeare, McGillivray & Zerlin Jr

1998

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Of Mice and Men (1997)

by John Steinbeck

Directed by Alanna Boyle

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Supporting Actor - Graham Morrison
• NATA Training Scholarship - Fergus Boyle

• Audience Award
• Best Moment of Theatre - Death of Curly's Wife
• Best Lighting
• Best Stage Manager - Artie O'Hara

• Most Promising Actor - Henry Dobbin

• Best Actor - Jeff McClure

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Dark of the Moon (1995)

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

Directed by Alanna Boyle

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Major Williamson Cup - Production - Alanna Boyle
• NATA Training Scholarship - Josie Corr

• Best Producer - Alanna Boyle

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Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1994

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Don't Tell The Wife

by Sam Cree

1995

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Zoo Story

by Edward Albee

1994

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A Dog's Life

by Jack McCann

1994

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Babes in the Wood

1988

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Riders to the Sea

by J.M. Synge

1984

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The Last Burning (1983)

by Patrick Galvin

Directed By Gerry McKeown

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Newsletter Cup - Gerry McKeown
• Most Ambitious Choice of Play
• Best Moment of Theatre
• Best Actress - Shauna Kyle

• Sports Shop Trophy - Best Lighting
• Eamonn Bradley Cup for Best Moment of Theatre - The Burning Scene

• Overall Winner Award
• Best Stage Setting
• Best Actor - Dominic Stewart

• Vin Smith Memorial Trophy - Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Wreath Cup - Most Ambitious Choice of Play
• Friers Certificate for Decor
• Certificate of Distinction (Acting) - Shauna Kyle

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The Party Wall (1982)

by Jack McCann

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actress - Anne Magill
• Certificate of Merit (Writing) - Jack McCann

• Best Actress - Anne Magill

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The Imposter

by Molière

1982

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The Playboy of the Western World (1981)

by J.M. Synge

Directed by Gerry McKeown

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Wilmot Shield for Best Actress - Shauna Kyle
• Friars Cup for Best Set - Jim McCotter

• E.A.D.S Trophy - Best Setting
• Best Supporting Actor - Patsy McGuckian
• Best Director - Gerry McKeown

• Sir Robert Lynn Cup for Best Irish Dialect Play

• Guinness Cup (Premier Award)
• Clonavon Cup - Best Full Length Irish Play
• R.V. Hawthorne Cup - Best Full Length Straight Play
• Charles Cooper Cup - Best Actor - Martin Blayney
• Mandeville Cup - Best Actress - Shauna Kyle

• Overall Winners Award
• Producers Cup - Gerry McKeown
• Best Play in an Irish Setting
• Best Actor - Donal Molloy

• Best Setting
• Best Supporting Actress - Anne Magill

• Premier Award
• Best Dialect Play
• Best Actress - Anne Magill
• Certificate for Best Decor

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Tarry Flynn

by Patrick Kavanagh

1980

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Puss In Boots

1979

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Them

by Tom Coffey

1979

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actor - Martin Blaney
• Newtonards Chronicle Cup - Best Full Length Dialect Play

• Best Actor - Martin Blaney
• Best Actress - Peggy McCann
• Best Moment of Theatre

• Nichol Jeffrey Trophy - Best Play in an Irish Setting

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Dick Whittington And His Cat

1978

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The Potting Shed

by Graham Greene

1978

Awards

• Best Actor - Jack McCann

• Best Set

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Jack And The Beanstalk

by Jimmy Boyle

1977

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Blood Wedding

by Federico García Lorca

1977

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actress - Anne Magill

• Best Set

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An Inspector Calls

by J. B. Priestley

1977

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Aladdin

1976

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Da

by Hugh Leonard

1976

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No Why

by John Whiting

1976

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Overall Winner

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All Souls Night

by Joe Tomelty

1975

Cast

Crew

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Sweet Bird of Youth

by Tennessee Williams

1975

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Bogues Trophy for Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Tyrone Trophy for Set Award - Jim McCotter
• Rafferty Trophy for Lighting Award - Seamus Hamill
• Best Actor - Carl McAuley
• Best Supporting Actress - Dorothy McCrellis
• Best Supporting Actor - Patsy McGuckian

• Adjudicator's Award

• Eustace Gordon Cup - Production - Gerry McKeown

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Cinderella

1975

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Red Roses For Me

by Sean O'Casey

1974

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Supporting Actor - Patsy McGuckian as Brennan o' the Moor
• Countess of Antrim Bursary - Brigid Riordan as Sheila Moorneen

• Guinness Trophy - Best Overall Play
• R Victor Hawthorne Challenge Cup - Class 1 Full Length Straight Play
• Clonavon Cup - Class 3 - Full Length Play by Irish Author
• Mrs Warnock Cup - Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Adjudicator's Award - excellent production of crowd scenes and thrilling lighting
• Certificate of Merit (Lighting)
• Certificate of Merit (Performance) - Patsy McGuckian as Brennan o' the Moor

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A Kind of Living

by Brigid Riordan, Seamus Mulholland & Patsy McGuckian

1973

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Dark of the Moon

by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1973

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Grand Opera House Challenge Cup - Overall Winner
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Best Supporting Actor - Carl McAuley

• Guinness Trophy - Best Overall Play
• Topsey Wilson Challenge Cup - for the play with greatest public appeal
• R Victor Hawthorne Challenge Cup
• Mrs Warnock Cup - Best Producer - Gerry McKeown
• Charles Cooper Cup - The Entire Male Cast (usually Best Actor)
• Mandeville Cup - The Entire Female Cast (usually Best Actress)

• Certificate of Merit (Acting) - Anne Magill (as Barbara Allen)

Nominations

• Best Actor - Liam Neeson
• Best Actor - Carl McAuley
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown

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Big Maggie

by John B. Keane

1972

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Grand Opera House Challenge Cup - Overall Winner
• Best Producer - Gerry McKeown

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Lovers

by Brian Friel

1971

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Best Actor - Oliver Kearney
• Best Actress - Brigid Riordan
• Nicholl Jeffrey Memorial Cup (best Irish play)

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The Words Upon the Window Pane (1 Act)

by W. B. Yeats

1970

Cast

Crew

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Bedtime Story (1 Act)

by Sean O'Casey

1970

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Crew

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The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1 Act)

by George Bernard Shaw

1970

Cast

Crew

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Philadelphia Here I Come

by Brian Friel

1970

Performances

Awards and Nominations

Awards

• Regal Trophy
• Nicholl Jeffrey Memorial Cup (best Irish play)
• Best Actor - Liam Neeson and Oliver Kearney (shared)

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History

Major Awards

• 1972 with Big Maggie
• 1973 with Dark Of The Moon

• 1976 with No Why

• 1983 with The Party Wall

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