'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Balally Players Summer Shakespeare 2019
A scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the dress rehearsal in St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham (Photo: Declan Brennan)The Summer Shakespeare this year was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', directed by Karen Carleton and presented in the Walled Garden of St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham.
Shakespeare’s comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies is one of the Bard's most loved plays. In it he turns his attention to love, jealousy and marriage with great comic effect.
The outdoor performances were on Thursday to Saturday, 20 to 22 June and also from 27 to 29 June 2019 at 7:30pm in the Walled Garden of St Enda's Park, Rathfarnham.
For more, including photographs from the dress rehearsal, see the What's On page.
Balally Players AGM
Wednesday 24 July
The AGM will be held in the dlr Mill Theatre Studio at 8pm sharp on Wednesday 24 July 2019.
The Annual General Meeting gives members an opportunity to learn about plans for the next year (Sept to June) and to influence decisions that are made on the future of the group. The AGM also marks the end of the term of the current Committee.
For more information, see the Members Area.
Stage adaptation of Dickens classic
'Great Expectations' – dlr Mill Theatre – 20-23 February 2019
Three scenes from the show photographed during the dress rehearsal.In February (20-23), at dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Balally Players presented one of Charles Dickens’ best-loved tales brought thrillingly to life and given a fresh spin. Directed by Brian Molloy, 'Great Expectations' follows the tumultuous yet uplifting adventures of the orphan, Pip.
Balally Players brings this Charles Dickens story to the main stage of the dlr Mill Theatre from 20 to 23 February 2019.When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects…
This production for Balally Players, a stage adaptation written by Jo Clifford, was directed by Brian Molloy and was on stage in the dlr Mill Theatre from Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 February 2019. In addition to the evening shows, there was a Saturday Matinee at 3pm.
The performances were supported by dlr County Council.
For more, see the What's On page.
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