Results of the 2023 Full-Length Drama Festival
hosted by the Western Drama Festival
in St. Brigid's Hall Theatre, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
from 3rd to 11 March 2023
with adjudicator Mr Martin Maguire
| Premier Award (Best Play of the Festival) |
Wexford Drama Group, Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| OPEN Winner | Wexford Drama Group, Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| OPEN Runner-up | Ballyshannon Drama Society, Co. Donegal |
"A Delicate Balance" |
| OPEN Third Place | Butt Drama Circle, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal |
"Darkness Echoing" |
| CONFINED Winner | Clontarf Players, Co. Dublin |
"The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| CONFINED Runner-up | Glenamaddy Players, Co. Galway |
"Proof" |
| CONFINED Third Place | Salmon Eile, Co. Kildare |
"The Pitchfork Disney" |
| Production Award | Myra Maguire Clontarf Players Co. Dublin |
"The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| Most Imaginative Production | Wexford Drama Group, Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| Best Moment in Theatre | Abuse Letters St. Patrick's Drama Group, Westport, Co. Mayo |
"Dear Frankie" |
| Stage Presentation | Wexford Drama Group Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| Best Lighting | Liadan Ni Chearuil Salmon Eile, Co. Kildare |
"The Pitchfork Disney" |
| Best Sound | Liadan Ni Chearuil & Luke Devaney Salmon Eile, Co. Kildare |
"The Pitchfork Disney" |
| OPEN Best Actor | Andy Doyle (as Andre) Wexford Drama Group, Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| CONFINED Best Actor | Ronan Morris (as John Worthing) Clontarf Players, Co. Dublin |
"The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| OPEN Best Actress | Seona O'Connor (as Anne) Wexford Drama Group, Co. Wexford |
"The Father" |
| CONFINED Best Actress | Anna Flaherty (as Catherine) Glenamaddy Players, Co. Galway |
"Proof" |
| OPEN Best Supporting Actor | Troy Devaney (as Harry) Ballyshannon Drama Society, Co. Donegal |
"A Delicate Balance" |
| CONFINED Best Supporting Actor | Luke Devaney (as Cosmo Disney) Salmon Eile Co. Kildare |
"The Pitchfork Disney" |
| OPEN Best Supporting Actress | Deirdre Ferguson (as Julia) Ballyshannon Drama Society Co. Donegal |
"A Delicate Balance" |
| CONFINED Best Supporting Actress | Martina Ryan (as Woman) St. Patrick's Drama Group, Westport, Co. Mayo |
"Dear Frankie" |
| Most Promising Actress of the Festival | Dee Dee Diver (as Piper Rose) Lifford Players, Co. Donegal |
"When Elephants Collide" |
| Best Charaterisation | Liz Browne (as Frankie Byrne) St. Patrick's Drama Group, Westport, Co. Mayo |
"Dear Frankie" |
| Best Contribution in any Stage Craft | The Costumes Clontarf Players Co. Dublin |
"The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| Adjudicators Special Award | Set Design Butt Drama Circle Ballybofey, Co. Donegal |
"Darkness Echoing" |
| Scholarship Award | Anne Fahey (Director) The Ray Leonard Players, Claremorris, Co. Mayo |
"Kings of the Kilburn High Road" |
| Audience Award | Clontarf Players, Co. Dublin |
"The Importance of Being Earnest" |
