By Dan Walsh
Kilrush Drama Group have won the Premier Award and is taking the Claregalway Perpetual Trophy back to Co. Wexford following outright success in the BOSTIK All-Ireland Confined Drama Finals which concluded a short time ago in Mountmellick.
And there’s more success! The Best Director (The Broderick Perpetual Cup) has been awarded to Niall McGrath, Kilrush Drama Group, and Best Management Award (The Carrickmore Perpetual Trophy) has also been secured by Kilrush Drama Group.
It has been a whirlwind year of success for Kilrush Drama Group’s production Hooked by Gillian Grattan, directed by Niall McGrath and featuring Kay Cahill, Erin Hogan and John Redmond have won seven out of eight Festivals on the Drama Circuit
Kilrush Drama Group topped the leader board of the Confined Drama All Ireland League Tables, with Niall McGrath in his first time directing, winning seven Best Director Awards to date. Their hugely popular production of Hooked has wowed both adjudicators and audiences alike. The Group also won a host of Awards to date, including Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, Best Technical, Best Lighting, Best sound and Best Set.
And Saturday, April 27th 2024 will now go down in history when Kilrush Drama Group proudly wears the title of All-Ireland champions which was last conferred in 2015 under the stewardship of the legendry Mick Byrne, and believe it or not, Kilrush Drama Group is celebrating 60 years of existence this year. What a way to celebrate!
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