Category: Drama

RTAI Drama group are busily rehearsing for their upcoming shows in the Lee Valley Golf Club, Ovens and the White Horse in Ballincollig.  November 7th and 8th for the Lee Valley and November 13th for the White Horse. Booking is advised for both venues.

This year’s programme includes the following plays.

Family Affair, by Christopher Owen, is a comedy set in Dilys and Brian’s dining room. The action takes place over Sunday lunch. Dilys played by Marian O’Callaghan and Miriam, played by Kathleen Flynn, are sisters who have always been jealous of each other, especially where men are concerned. Brian, played by Leo Conway, is  Dilys’ husband and is often caught in the middle. However, it turns out he has a few surprises up his sleeve.

Things are seldom what they seem and Brian and Dilys are full of surprises during this fateful Sunday lunch with Miriam. There are a lot of unexpected twists and turns and the play provides the audience with plenty of laughs until the final curtain.

Last year we had a very successful run with four of  the “Deckchairs” series by Jean McConnell. This year we present two more. These two seaside plays with surprising twists feature colourful and animated characters and delicate observations on life that are sometimes humorous, sometimes touching and always compassionate

Late Frost is a drama from this series.  Grace Donovan and Ber O’Sullivan play the parts of two best friends. One of them finds out something about the other that she would rather not have known.

We listen to the story as it evolves and feel the emotion, the shock and the compassion of real life events as they unfold.

“It’s the day to day things. Those are what you need friends for.”

 Short Changed is another one of the “Deckchairs” series and Kathleen Lowney and Ger Shine present a fascinating story of how life can change over time. In this play, a retired school principal tries to peacefully move to the prestigious residential home near where she had been working. Her past comes back to haunt her in the form of the person in charge of her chosen establishment. We watch as the wheels slowly and steadily turn and the balance of power shifts. And we wonder what form will the potential revenge take. Will it be the “nobler species of revenge” …. “To have the power of a severe retaliation and not to exercise it”

Both plays were performed recently at the Ballincollig Drama Festival – a first for Cork RTAI Drama group.

We have a sketch “as Gaeilge” performed by our very experienced Judy and Alice called “An Scéilín Síneach”  and who knows what else will happen on the night as we have Paddy O’Brien, the well known storyteller, as Fear an Tí?   We  know that he could do the whole show himself and have you all going home “in stitches”.

Please come along and enjoy a great night.

Tá Grúpa Drámaíochta an RTAI ag eagrú seó an Fhomhair faoi láthair. Taréis roinnt cruinnithe san SMA i Wilton I Mí na Bealtaine, tá an clár nach mór socraithe anois. Bheadh fáilte is fiche roimh bhaill nua, idir aisteoirí, scríobhnóirí nó éinne gur mhaith  bheith leo  bheith bainteach i slí ar bith leis an ngrúpa. Téigh i dteagmháil le Marian má tá suim agat bheith linn- 0864072037.

Ba bhreá linn dráma aon-ghníomh nó sceits as Gaeilge a léiriú  i mbliana. An bhfuil script  nó smaoineamh do script agat? An scríofá sceits nó dráma dúinn?

Slí iontach isea an drámaíocht chun cairde nua a dhéanamh, bíonn an chraic go diail ar fad agus is mór an sásamh bheith ar stáitse. Is iontach an rud é an lucht féachana a shásamh agus go deimhin táimíd fíor-bhuíoch as an dtacaíocht  dhílis a thugann sibh dúinn.

Táimíd ag tnú go mór   le Mí Dheireadh Fomhair agus Mí na Samhna 2019 le  seó úrnua.

This year’s presentation by the Cork RTAI Drama group was “Deckchairs” by Jean McConnell. The group performed three shows in all. Two were in the Lee Valley Golf Club followed by one night upstairs in the White Horse Inn.

The shows were sold out for the three nights and a great night’s entertainment was enjoyed by capacity audiences.Directed by Marian O’Callaghan, each of the four short plays was enacted by two characters and each story had an unexpected twist in the tail.  

“Shoppers” starring Kathleen Lowney and Alice Barry opened the show. Set on a park bench in the city  centre, it tells the tale of two shopaholics who have a surprising secret.  Alice and Kathleen got the show off to an exciting start each night and delighted audiences with their exploits. 

Early Blight was the second show and starred Judy McCarthy and Ber O’Sullivan. It told the story of a fraught mother/daughter relationship which was very vividly portrayed by the two actors. 

• 

• 

• 

Thanks to Seán Radley for the wonderful photos which capture the drama so effectively. 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Last Post starring Margaret Walsh and Kathleen Flynn features the widow of a recently deceased and well-respected gentleman who receives an unexpected letter. Mystery and intrigue are part of the unfolding story of the two ladies whose relationship is based on a very successful con artist’s scheming. 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Doggies with Gerardine Shine and Grace Donovan and their dogs is a hilarious tale of two different dog owners and two very different dogs. Robbie and San San and their owners ended the night on a note of laughter and action. 

• 

Sincere thanks to all who came to see the shows. Full houses make all the efforts worthwhile. Thanks also to everyone who helped out on the nights.  Particular thanks to Pat Lehane who did the lighting in the Lee Valley and to Willie Barrett and Deirdre who built the stage. They were helped by Jack and Leo. The staff of the Lee Valley and the White Horse  were extremely helpful and facilitated us with the production in every way possible and we are very grateful to them.  We appreciate your support and hope to see you again next year.