Auditions for our three 1 act plays.
These plays will be presented during the Opera festival. The three chosen plays are – Riders to the sea (directed by Michael Conway) Shop for Charity (directed by Catherine Gaul) and Ghost Night (directed by Danielle Reck).
There are lots of parts for men and women of various ages and ALL are welcome. Auditions take place on Sunday 11th September from 4pm. Scripts can be obtained from Catherine – 085 824595 , Michael 086 3089835 or Danielle 086 2102416. The auditions take place in Gaelschoil, Bishopswater, Wexford.
Come along.
Wexford Drama Group are delighted to announce details of their 2nd Annual Summer Drama Weekend which will run from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st of August 2011.
This weekend is open to all drama lovers from all over the county and country and will consist of drama workshops with two of the countries best drama practitioners and social events, all in the beautiful surrounds of Carne Beach retreat and training centre at Carne Beach on the beautiful south east coastline of Wexford.
Schedule: We ask that people arrive between 6 and 7pm on the Friday evening and get settled in. The first workshop will then be from 7pm—9pm followed by finger food, drinks and Karaoke! On Saturday morning after a swim (optional) full Irish breakfast will be served, the morning workshop kicks off at 10am and runs till 1pm at which time dinner will be served. The afternoon workshop will start back at 2pm and run till 5pm. A light tea will be served at 6pm and that evening there will be a “Drama Quiz” followed by a BBQ, drinks and live entertainment (All singers welcome). On Sunday morning after breakfast at 11am there will be a wrap up session.
We hope as many people as possible will take this opportunity to develop their skills, socialise with members of different drama groups and have some craic. Places are limited to 20 on each course and will be determined on a first come first serve basis.
Location / Accommodation: The Carne Beach Centre, is located at Carne Pier, at Carne Beach, follow signs for Rosslare Harbour and turn right after you pass Tagoat Village and continue on through Our Lady’s Island, then turn left at the Lobster Pot Bar and left again at Carne Caravan Park. The centre has 30 twin rooms, beds are fully dressed. If people wish for a single room that is available too. There are a number of newly refurbished bathrooms and showers. There is a large dining room, and a function room which will be used for the workshops and a bar . (No off licence drinks to be brought in)
Price: The price which includes workshops, accommodation, entertainment and all food is:
Wexford Drama Group Members: €85
Non—Members: €95
Contact: 0874189607 / 0863859925
Email: wexforddramagroup6@gmail.com
Following their recent success at the All Ireland Amateur Drama Finals in Athlone, Wexford Drama Group are back in the saddle as they begin preparations for this year’s Summer production.
Paul Walsh, Chairperson of WDG will direct Conor McPherson’s ‘The Wier’, which will be staged over two weekends in July and August. Wexford Drama Group have taken a more literal approach to this production – as the play will take place in Dixie’s Bar on Wexford Quays.
‘The back of Dixie’s bar lends itself well to this type of performance’ says Paul Walsh.’It’s a natural setting for The Weir and it will hopefully give our audience a more interesting experience too. Set in an Irish pub the play is basically a group of characters who have a few tales to tell. It’s funny, sad and dramatic and it could be any small local pub in Ireland on any given night of the week’ he concluded.
Auditions for Conor McPherson’s ‘The Weir’ take place this Sunday (My 22nd) at 6pm in Dixie’s. Anyone interested in reading for a role should arrive at 6pm, as auditions will be of a group nature. There are 5 roles in total: 2 males in their 30′s, 2 males in their 40′s and 1 female in her 30′s – 40′s.
Characters -
Jack – 40′s to 60′s, the local town grump
Jim – 40′s to 60′s, loveable mammy’s boy, unintentionally funny
Brendan – 25 to 35, barman, constantly puts up with all the pub banter
Finbar – Late 30′s to early 50′s – bit of a boyo, owns the local “carpark”
Valerie – 30′s to late 40′s – Dublin nurse moved to the country, pleasant exterior hiding a lot of hurt
Audition Pieces -
1. Jack, Jim and Brendan – Pgs 7 to 9 (ending “… f**king tee”)
2. All – Pgs 12 to 13
3. All – Pgs 29 to 30
Callback monologues -
1. Jack – Pg 20, starting “Bridie..” ending Pg 21 ending “…am I setting the scene”
2. Finbar – Pg 26, starting ” Yeah it was huge…” ending Pg 27 “…Yep”
3. Jim – Pg 32, starting “And I saw this fella…” ending Pg 33 “…Yeah”
4. Valerie – Pg 38, starting “She was in…” ending Pg 40 “…She still needs me”
Any questions or queries please call 086 3859925
(Scripts available from lunchtime Wed 18th of May, Limited number of scripts available so first come first served)
After a gruelling circuit run which brought the group to every corner of Ireland Wexford Drama Group have finally reached their Holy Grail and will return to the RTE Amateur All-Ireland Open Drama Finals in Athlone at the end of April.
There were huge celebrations in Simon’s Place on Saturday 2nd of April when word came in that the results had gone in our favour in the Newry Drama Festival and that Wexford Drama Group would sneak into Athlone in 9th place.
The circuit started out wonderful for the group when they won their second festival and Director Thomas O’Leary picked up his first ever Best Director’s award in Rush. Thereafter though things got tougher and after some unlucky results the group came into the second last weekend of festivals needing two seconds or a first.
These seconds were achieved in Strabane and Rathangan and it all came down to the final result in Newry which luckily went as we would have wanted and on Sunday last Wexford Drama Group found themselves back in Athlone for the first time in four years.
Huge congratulations go to all the members of the team who worked so hard to achieve this goal. Many of these individuals picked up personal awards along the way with all the girls in the play picking up acting awards, most notably Adrienne Meyler who picked up an astounding 4 out of seven possible best actress awards and the technical team who were rewarded at almost every festival.
After four long years of trying the group have achieved their goal of returning to the national finals in Athlone anything hereafter is a bonus.
WDG is delighted to announce that ‘Doubt: A Parable’ is being kindly sponsored by Simons Place and Uncle Sams Family Restaurant. Their generous support is much appreciated, particularly in these lean times