Write a commentThe Booking Office opens for the sale and booking of Season Tickets for the 60th Newry Drama Festival this Saturday the 10th of March at Newry Arts Centre from 9 30 am to 12 30pm.
Season Tickets and Nightly Tickets can be purchased and booked at The Quays Shopping Centre. Tuesday 13 March and Tuesday 20 March 11 30am – 2 30pm. Some 200 Season Tickets have been sold to date. Further details- call 07764 859 631.
The Festival will open in Newry Town Hall on Friday 23rd March and continue for nine nights concluding on Saturday 31st March 2012, Newry Town Hall, Nightly at 8pm.
Looking forward to this years Festival at the recent press launch PRO, Maureen Grant said the 60th Newry Drama Festival promised to be a real Social occasion with 9 nights of top class Theatre, in Newry Town Hall.
Maureen began by thanking the Main Sponsor,The Quays Shopping and Leisure. "Through Manager, Cathal Austin, the Festival has again received generous support and Special Trophies for Main Winner, Best Actor and Best Actress.
The Festival has a number of Major Sponsors – the Arts Council of N.I. Newry & Mourne District Council, Newry Credit Union and Clanrye Abbey Development. This year the Festival has increased its number of Sponsors to its greatest ever.
The event has long enjoyed the excellent backing of the Business and Professional people of the District whose names appear in the Souvenir Programme and this year - on a special Sponsors Stand"
Maureen continued "This financial assistance ensures that Newry Drama Festival can still live up to its high reputation as one of the best organised Festivals in Ireland. The Festival is renowned for looking after the visiting groups by way of expenses and hospitality and of engaging top quality adjudicators.
Speaking at their recent Anniversary Dinner Festival Chairman, Gerry McNulty stated "Theatre-going is one of to-day’s main leisure activities- ranging from major professional companies producing well-known classics in huge auditoriums to what might be regarded as smaller-scale events like the Drama Festival. However, the Drama Festivals in Ireland play a significant role in providing access to the world of drama in all its forms to places where there is little or no Professional Theatre."
"A Diamond Jubilee celebration for a voluntary organisation is a solemn, yet wonderful, occasion as it bears witness not only to the longevity of the event but also highlights good management of its resources and steadfast input by its many members, supporters and sponsors down through the years."
"Furthermore, with such a rich history, today’s Press Reception demonstrates the Festival’s maturity and self-confidence in its achievements. It recognises the incalculable hours of voluntary service provided by the members to keep Theatre alive in Newry. Their ongoing work has ensured that Newry’s reputation for hosting one of the foremost Festivals on the island of Ireland is secure. We look forward to a very successful Diamond Jubilee Festival 23rd-31st March 2012."
