After the action and results of this weekend’s final three preliminary festivals in Derry, Prosperous and Tubercurry, the line-up for the finals proper has been confirmed - ALMOST. Though ten of the eleven qualifying places have been filled, the twenty-four preliminary festivals failed to separate Rush Dramatic Society and Camross Drama Group and the final qualifying play will be decided tomorrow evening in Dublin with a "draw from the hat" which will send one of the groups through and which will, regrettably, eliminate the other from the competition. The full line-up then is:
Group | Play | Author |
Ballyduff DG | One For the Road | Harold Pinter |
Insight Theatre | Play | Samuel Beckett |
Lurig DG, Cushendall | The Duck Variations | David Mamet |
Prosperous Drama Group | Bobby Gould in Hell | David Mamet |
Rasper Players, Wexford | 4.48 Psychosis | Sarah Kane |
Shannonside DG | Three More Sleepless Nights | Carol Churchill |
Group | Play | Author |
Breffni Players | Scarecrow | Don Nigro |
Coachford, Cork | Never Swim Alone | Daniel McIvor |
Gunpowder Productions | The Tinker's Wedding | JM Synge |
Masquerade DG | The Bear | Brian Friel |
along with either Camross or Rush:
Camross | Billy the Member | Des Waters |
Rush DC | The Problem | AR Gurney |
Final arrangements including the running order of the eleven plays for the All-Ireland Festival will be decided next Saturday, 1st December, when the draw is undertaken in the Carnegie Community Centre in Ballyduff at 1.00 p.m.