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Mountmellick Drama Festival has been in existence for over thirty years. The festival is firmly established as the premier event in the Laois and Midland’s Theatre calendar.

The Festival runs in the newly refurbished Mountmellick Community Arts Centre. The Arts Centre boasts a four-hundred and fifty seat Auditorium with a Michael Scott designed proscenium style stage ensuring perfect sight lines with a full view from every seat in the house. Seating is Pullman styled ensuring a comfortable evening for all patrons.

Mountmellick Drama Festival is renowned nationally as the friendliest theatre event on the circuit. The hosting committee will greet you each evening and are available to attend to your every need. You will have the opportunity to chat about the show over light refreshments and the interval and post show banter that takes place each night is theatre in itself. It is not unusual to see the audience, performers, adjudicator and festival staff submerged in discourse long after the final curtain.

18th to the 27th of April 2024

Phone:  087 412-1205 or 087 794-2994

Email: [email protected]

Visit mountmellickdramafestival.ie

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18th April 2024 - 27th April 2024
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Mountmellick Drama Festival has been in existence for over thirty years. The festival is firmly established as the premier event in the Laois and Midland’s Theatre calendar.

The Festival runs in the newly refurbished Mountmellick Community Arts Centre. The Arts Centre boasts a four-hundred and fifty seat Auditorium with a Michael Scott designed proscenium style stage ensuring perfect sight lines with a full view from every seat in the house. Seating is Pullman styled ensuring a comfortable evening for all patrons.

Mountmellick Drama Festival is renowned nationally as the friendliest theatre event on the circuit. The hosting committee will greet you each evening and are available to attend to your every need. You will have the opportunity to chat about the show over light refreshments and the interval and post show banter that takes place each night is theatre in itself. It is not unusual to see the audience, performers, adjudicator and festival staff submerged in discourse long after the final curtain.

18th to the 27th of April 2024

Phone:  087 412-1205 or 087 794-2994

Email: [email protected]

Visit mountmellickdramafestival.ie

April 2024

20th April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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The play follows the life of Brenda Byrnes from age nine right through to her forties. As we journey with her through her life, we witness the many challenges she faces including having a short-tempered […]

21st April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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Agnes of God a riveting play written by John Pielmeier, explores themes of faith, identity, and the complexities of the human mind. Set in a convent, the story revolves around three central characters: Sister Agnes, […]

22nd April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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Throughout the remote and forgotten corners of the British Isles, Frank Hardy offers the promise of redemption to the sick and the suffering. But his is an unreliable gift, a dangerous calling which brings him […]

23rd April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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NewtownStewart Theatre Company Presents The New Electric Ballroom Looking for some show-stopping theatre? Find some incredible productions as a part of the Mountmellick Drama Festival! This year's Mountmiellick Drama Festival sees an array of talent […]

24th April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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Set in a remote Irish town in the late 1990s, this darkly comedic and intense family drama revolves around the dysfunctional relationship between brothers Coleman and Valene as they navigate the aftermath of their father’s […]

25th April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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Attractive young Dubliner, Lydia retreats to a small country village in an attempt to escape from her past and reinvent her future. She moves in next door to Tom and Mary, the typical country neighbours, […]

18th April @ 8:00 pm - 26th April @ 10:30 pm €100
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If you are a fan of theatre, you cannot miss the All Ireland Drama Finals on the 18th April to the 26th April 2024! All Ireland Confined Drama Finals The 2024 All Ireland Confined Drama […]

26th April @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm €15
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Humorous yet moving, ‘Stolen Child’ tells the story of a woman adopted at birth who enlists the help of a colourful private detective to search for her mother and uncover the secrets of her family […]