17-05-2025
Live Watch: RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival Gala Awards 2025
All roads lead to Athlone as nine finalist drama groups from all over Ireland battle it out in the finals of the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival, streaming live for the first time from 9pm on Saturday 17th May - watch the Gala Awards Ceremony, presented by Simon Delaney and Nuala Carey, above.
The plays included in this year's RTÉ AIDF Final – listed below – include several adaptations for stage, a premiere of an Irish adaptation of a play, two amateur premieres, a farce and a black comedy.
With awards for achievements both on and off stage, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Stage Design, the stakes are high to see who will win the coveted Perpetual Trophy and The Abbey Theatre Award.
The Finalist Plays
Ballycogley Players, directed by Pat Whelan, Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig.
Brideview Drama Group, directed by Jack Aherne, The Weir by Conor McPherson.
Bradán Players, directed by Réidín Dunne, Little Gem by Elaine Murphy.
Corofin Dramatic Society, directed by John Clancy The Weir by Conor McPherson.
Ballyduff Drama Group, directed by Ger Canning, The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibín.
Wexford Drama Group directed by Paul Walsh, Skylight written by David Hare.
Balally Players, directed by Declan Rudden, Ulster American, written by David Ireland.
Bridge Drama, directed by Susan Somers, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens.
Newpoint Players, directed by Sean Treanor, Joshua Sobol's 1984 play Ghetto.
