West Clare Drama Festival Doonbeg

05/04/2026

Delighted to see two of our placed groups from our festival this year Sliabh Aughty Drama Group and Memory Lane Theatre qualify for the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland All Ireland Confined Finals in Mid Ulster Drama Festival, Carrickmore, Co Tyrone. Best Wishes to all the groups and the festival!

The draw is complete for the 2026 ADCI All Ireland Confined Drama Finals hosted by Mid Ulster Drama Festival.

Best wishes to Mid-Ulster and the nine qualifying groups with their All-Ireland preparations.

19/03/2026

Best Wishes to Clare Drama Festival on the Opening Night of their Festival Tonight! If you missed any of our shows or want to experience them again, many of our visiting groups will be performing again in Scariff as part of the circuit over the next week.

Keep an eye out for the new signs...hard to miss to be fair...🤣🎭

16/03/2026

Ballycogley Players from Wexford with their production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons., the final play in this year's West Clare Drama Festival.

15/03/2026

🎭West Clare Drama Festival 2026 Results 🏆

Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to our wonderful adjudicator Tom Byrne A.D.A.

15/03/2026

15/03/2026

REMINDER: EARLIER TIMES TONIGHT!!

15/03/2026

🎭Kilmeen Drama Group from West Cork with their production of “Ballyturk” by Enda Walsh.

🌟Night generously sponsored by Green Valley Farms.

15/03/2026

Closing the 2026 West Clare Drama Festival, Doonbeg, we welcome back Ballycogley Players who present "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller.
Please Note EARLIER TIMES: Doors Open 6.45pm - Curtain Up 7.30pm.
🎟 Tickets are available at the Door.
Adults €15 Child / Student €8.
Cash & Cards Accepted.
Tonight's production is generously sponsored by Whelan's Plant Sales.
Awards Ceremony Follows the final onstage Adjudication.

14/03/2026

🎭Clann Machua Drama Group from Co. Mayo with their production of “Greta Garbo Came to Donegal” by Frank McGuinness.

💫Night generously sponsored by Kilrush Credit Union.

Clann Machua Drama
Kilrush Credit Union

14/03/2026

West Clare Drama Festival welcome back tonight, Kilmeen Drama Group from West Cork with their production of "Ballyturk" by Enda Walsh.
🎟 Tickets are available on the Door.
Adult €15 Child / Student €8.
Cash & Cards Accepted.
Tonight's production is generously sponsored by Green Valley Farms.
Doors Open 7.15pm - Curtain Up 8pm.

13/03/2026

Our festival Secretary Ava went to the primary schools in Doonbeg today to present our Art Competition winners with their prizes 🏆🎨🎭

Junior Section
🏆1st Place - Charlotte Honan, Clohanes NS
🏆2nd Place - Muireann considine, Bansha NS (not pictured)
🏆3rd Place - Leah Mc Nally, Doonbeg NS

Senior Section
🏆1st Place - Molly English, Shragh NS
🏆2nd Place - Clodagh O Brien, Shragh NS
🏆3rd Place - Maisie Crowley, Clohanes NS

If you are in the hall over the remaining two nights, please take some time to view their beautiful work!

13/03/2026

The Curtain goes up on Clann Machua Drama Group from Co. Mayo tonight at the West Clare Drama Festival, Doonbeg with their production of "Greta Garbo Came to Donegal" by Frank McGuinness.
🎟 Tickets are available on the Door. Adults €15 Child / Student €8. Cash & Cards Accepted.
Tonight's production is generously sponsored by Kilrush Credit Union.
Doors Open 7.15pm - Curtain Up 8pm