Ballymoney Drama Festival

Congratulations to all the Companies who brought us four very enjoyable productions and thanks again to our Sponsors and our Adjudicator, Nancy Heath,. We were delighted to see so many people in the audience over the week and to know that everyone who attended was treated to a varied and memorable week of theatre.

Final Placings

1st Slemish Players – The Night Alive

2nd Rosemary Drama Group - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

3rd – Bart Players - The Whiteheaded Boy

4th - Theatre 3, Newtownabbey - The Cemetery Club

Awards

A certificate of merit was given to Belvoir Players to thank them for reprising their

One Act production. A Little Box of Oblivion, in order to entertain the audience on our Final Night,

Friers Trophy for Décor: Rosemary Drama Group
O’Cahan Cup for Décor: Slemish Players
Malachy McLaughlin Cup for Stage Lighting: Mervyn Barkman, Lynda Esler - Slemish Players
Tom Dale Trophy for Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Stewart as Dorothy Parker and others in Rosemary Drama Group's production of Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Tom Dale Trophy for Best Supporting Actor: Roger Jennings as Vox in Bart Players' production of The Whiteheaded Boy
Dalriada Cup for Best Actress: Lynn Gordon as Aunt Ellen in Bart Players’ production of The Whiteheaded Boy
Route Cup for Best Actor: as Joe O'Neill as Doc in Slemish Players’s production of The Night Alive
Vin Smyth Memorial Trophy for Best Producer: Josie Corr – Slemish Players– The Night Alive
Edmund Gordon Memorial Trophy for Best Moment of Theatre: Doc's Black Hole Speech- The Night Alive –Slemish Players
Wreath Cup for Most Ambitious Choice of Play: Slemish Players – The Night Alive
Sir Robert Lynn Cup for Best Irish Dialect Play: Slemish Players – The Night Alive
Lord Antrim Cup for Best Comedy or Farce: Bart Players–The Whiteheaded Boy
Committee Cup for Overall Winner: Slemish Players – The Night Alive

The Festival Committee is looking forward to welcoming old friends – and new – to the

85th Ballymoney Drama Festival next year.