Stage Performances since 1983
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List of Past Performances
The table of all the plays that have been performed since Balally Players was formed is arranged with the most recent at the top. Where an entry is underlined, it indicates that there is an additional page for that production. The link will take you to a page with background information on that play, the cast and crew and in many cases photographs and other material relating to the production. To return to this list of all the plays, select the 'Productions' menu again or click on one of the refresh icons (<) that appear on the left of the page. The 'up' icons (^) take you to the top of the current page.
The very first production by the group was in 1983, the year after it was founded. In almost every year since then, one or more plays have been staged in a variety of venues. Since the Mill Theatre was opened in Dundrum in 2006, it has been home to Balally Players and other drama groups in the area.
| Year | Play | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
Dead Man's Bells Juggernaut Alone It Stands |
Máebh de Brún David Sears John Breen |
| 2023 |
The Beauty Queen of Leenane Balally Shorts The Taming of the Shrew Juggernaut (readings) Salome Autobahn & Dead Man's Bells Christmas in Dom Marmion House |
Martin McDonagh (6 short plays) William Shakespeare David Sears Oscar Wilde Neil Labute & Méabh de Brún Variety Show |
| 2022 |
Over the River & Through the Woods As You Like It A Thousand Deaths (One-Act) Purple Squirrel (One-Act) Christmas at Marlay |
Joe DiPietro William Shakespeare John Clancy Sean T Daly Variety Show |
| 2021 |
Bedbound Pizzazz |
Enda Walsh Hugh Leonard |
| 2020 |
Alone It Stands |
John Breen |
| 2019 |
Great Expectations A Midsummer Night's Dream Waiting For You Christmas at Marlay |
Dickens (ad. Clifford) William Shakespeare Mark O'Leary Variety Show |
| 2018 |
Of Mice And Men Little Gem Much Ado About Nothing The Giant Killers The Flattering Word Christmas at Marlay |
John Steinbeck Elaine Murphy William Shakespeare Eve & Andrew Pearson-Wright George Kelly Variety Show |
| 2017 |
Pride and Prejudice The Merchant of Venice At The Hawk's Well Pvt Wars Christmas at Marlay |
Jane Austen (Medbery/Molloy) William Shakespeare W B Yeats James McLure Variety Show |
| 2016 |
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof The King The Nightingale and not the Lark Christmas at Marlay |
Tennessee Williams Patrick Pearse Jennifer Johnston Variety Show |
| 2015 |
The Proposal Move Over Mrs Markham Guests of the Nation (Dublin & Belgium) |
Antin Chekhov adap. Molloy Ray Cooney & John Chapman Frank O'Connor adap. Wall |
| 2014 |
The Crucible The Merry Wives of Windsor When the Wine is Cold Blithe Spirit |
Arthur Miller William Shakespeare John Kendrick Noel Coward |
| 2013 |
Guests of the Nation Say Something Happened Present Laughter The Glass Menagerie |
Frank O'Connor adap. Wall Alan Bennett Noel Coward Tennessee Williams |
| 2012 |
The Mai Studio Shorts Original Imitations - Afterplay (One Act Festival Entry) - Desire Desire Desire Charley's Aunt Christmas at Marlay |
Marina Carr Three short plays Two short plays Brian Friel Christopher Durang Brandon Thomas Variety Show |
| 2011 | Aristocrats Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Tarry Flynn Unoriginal Sin Medea All My Sons |
Brian Friel Tom Stoppard Conall Morrison David Tristram Euripedes Arthur Miller |
| 2010 | Like A Virgin Romeo and Juliet The Plough and the Stars |
Gordon Steele William Shakespeare Sean O'Casey |
| 2009 | Many Young Men of Twenty Melody (in Monaco) How the Other Half Loves Vinegar Tom |
John B Keane Deirdre Kinahan Alan Ayckbourn Caryl Churchill |
| 2008 | The Great Hunger As You Like It A Bit Of A Laugh The Moon Cut Like A Sickle Happy Birthday Dear Alice At The Black Pig's Dyke One For The Road |
Tom Mac Intyre William Shakespeare Five short plays Ken Armstrong Bernard Farrell Vincent Woods Harold Pinter |
| 2007 | Christmas at Airfield Riders To The Sea Money Talks & Sure Thing (Oct) Twelfth Night By the Bog of Cats Days of Love and Vengeance (Mar) Out of Order, Minister Forward to the Right |
Variety Show J. M. Synge Two short plays William Shakespeare Marina Carr Scenes from various plays Ray Cooney Lily Ann Green |
| 2006 | Christmas at Airfield Melody First Dundrum Festival of Short Plays The Cripple of Inishmaan The Merry Wives of Windsor Our Town Mr Nobody Top Girls |
Variety Show Deirdre Kinahan - Martin McDonagh William Shakespeare Thornton Wilder Patrick Greaney Caryl Churchill |
| 2005 | Christmas at Airfield The Cripple of Inishmaan Home Free! The Taming of the Shrew Enchanted April Bedtime Story [Award Winner at Bray One Act Festival] |
Variety Show Martin McDonagh Lanford Wilson William Shakespeare Matthew Barber Sean O’Casey |
| 2004 | On Baile’s Strand [Abbey Theatre] Healing The Dead [All Ireland Finalist] Much Ado About Nothing Rumours |
W. B. Yeats Johnny Hanrahan William Shakespeare Neil Simon |
| 2003 | The Heiress It Runs in the Family The Comedy of Errors La Corbiere [All Ireland Finalist] The Bear The Country Boy [Tour - USA] |
Ruth and Augustus Goetz Ray Cooney William Shakespeare Anne Le Marquand-Hartigan Anton Chekhov John Murphy |
| 2002 | Twelfth Night (tour) Don't Dress for Dinner (tour) After Midnight Before Dawn |
William Shakespeare Marc Camoletti David Campton |
| 2001 | A Midsummer Night's Dream The Loves of Cass McGuire Sequence of Events |
William Shakespeare Brian Friel George McEwan Green |
| 2000 | Steel Magnolias How The Other Half Loves Under the Stars [All Ireland Finalist – 3rd] |
Robert Harding Alan Ayckbourn Martin McGuire |
| 1999 | Dancing At Lughnasa Our Country's Good Women In The Assembly [All Ireland Finalist – 2nd] |
Brian Friel Timberlake Wertenbaker Aristophanes |
| 1998 | The Cherry Orchard What's For Pudding Hunger March [All Ireland Finalist – 3rd] |
Anton Chekov David Tristram Michael Bodenstein |
| 1997 | Juno And The Paycock Lend Me A Tenor Last Tango Between Mouthfuls Vinegar Tom [All Ireland Finalist and Tour to Canada] |
Sean O'Casey Ken Ludwig David Tristram Alan Ayckbourn Caryl Churchill |
| 1996 | Playboy Of The Western World (France) Someone Who'll Watch Over Me A Tomb With A View Losers Death Artist |
JM Synge Frank McGuinness Norman Robbins Brian Friel David Wilson |
| 1995 | The Crucible Abigails Party Failed Investment |
Arthur Miller Mike Leigh Lynn Britney |
| 1994 | The Hostage | Brendan Behan |
| 1993 | Move Over Mrs Markham The London Vertigo |
Ray Cooney Brian Friel |
| 1992 | The Factory Girls White Liars |
Frank McGuinness Peter Shaeffer |
| 1991 | No Picnic The Plough And The Stars |
George McEwan Green Sean O'Casey |
| 1990 | Squat, Squabble And Squawk The Wooden Pear |
Gerard Bourke Gillain Plowman |
| 1989 | Translations The Shadow Of A Gunman The Nightingale And Not The Lark Joggers |
Brian Friel Sean O’Casey Jennifer Johnston Geraldine Aron |
| 1988 | ||
| 1987 | I Do Not Like Thee Dr. Fell Out For The Count |
Bernard Farrell Martin Downing |
| 1986 | Zigger Zagger Ritual For Dolls |
Peter Terson George McEwan Green |
| 1985 | Careful Rapture | Jack Popplewell |
| 1984 | Christmas In The Market Place | Henri Gheon |
| 1983 | Spreading The News St. Joan |
Lady Gregory G.B. Shaw |
| 1982 | Group founded in Balally, Dundrum, Dublin |