Gaiety Theatre
Saturday 20th – Friday 26th April 2019
GoDA Adjudicator: Jill Colby
Easter Festival of Full Length Plays 2019
Saturday 20th April
Mutley & Minques: Theatricus Dramaticus present:
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sunday 21st April
Rushen Players present:
Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton
Monday 22nd April
Hog the Limelight present:
A murder is announced by Agatha Christie
Tuesday 23rd April
A selection of plays from the 2019 One Act Festival:
Legion Players – Ivy
Broadway Theatre Company – Mother Figure
Rushen Players – A Cream Cracker under the Settee
Wednesday 24th April
Bejou Productions present:
Benefactors by Michael Frayn
Thursday 25th April
Martello Productions presents:
Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr
Friday 26th April
Wellington Theatre Company present:
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Each play is followed by an adjudication by a member of The Guild of Drama Adjudicators. After which there will be an opportunity for the directors, actors and crew to meet and discuss the adjudication with the adjudicator in the Green Room at the Empress Hotel, where a nightly social occasion is open to all groups and audience members following the evenings performances.
Participating groups can find all the documentation they will need for festival preparations here.
For details of the prizes, please see the Awards pages
The winner of Best Play may go forward to compete in the British All Winners Festival
Entering the festival
Easter Play Festival Entry Form 2019 (PDF)
Easter Play Festival Rules (PDF)
Closing Date for Entries: Saturday 1st December 2018
Festival Play Selection Date: by Early January 2019
For any further information you may require please email: secretary@madf.im
Buying tickets
When on sale, tickets will be available from the Gaiety Theatre Box Office, 01624 694500 or online via the Villa Gaiety website.
If you are a Friend of Manx Drama, you will receive the opportunity to book tickets in advance of general release – visit the Friends page for more details.
