Bridge Drama are award winners

A scene from Bridge Drama Group’s play which was runner-up in the RTÉ Open All-Ireland Drama finals. The group also took two individual awards. (Pic; Bridge Drama Group Facebook page).

By Dan Walsh

Bridge Drama Group is the best of the four Wexford groups participating in the RTÉ Open All-Ireland Drama finals with a runner-up overall and two individual awards when the results were announced in the Dean Crowe Theatre in Athlone tonight (Saturday).

The winners were Kilmeen Drama Group from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, with Bridge Drama Group from Wexford as runners-up. Bridge finished third last year.

The ‘Best Supporting Actress’ award went to Sinéad Rafter (Bridge Drama Group); ‘Best Supporting Actor’ went to Pat Sinnott (Wexford Drama Group), and ‘Best Stage Lighting’ award went to Mark Redmond (Bridge).

The Wexford plays in the finals were;

Bridge Drama Group Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell.

Bunclody Kilmyshal Da by Hugh Leonard

Ballycogley Players All My Sons by Arthur Miller.

Wexford Drama Group Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness.

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