Sunday, March 26th, Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan.
The festival invites entries from qualified Speech and Drama Teachers all over the island of Ireland – there are multiple competitions and hundreds of entries.
The first round is by video – whereby the students film their pieces and enter them for adjudication. From this, 15 entries per category succeed in reaching the live final in Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan.
Winning Performers:
Senior Solo Drama age 16-18:
1st place overall cup winner: Alana Evans
2nd place and medal winner: Emma Dunne
3rd place and medal winner: Sarah Culleton
Highly Commended: Ruby Lyons
Senior Shakespeare age 16-18:
1st place overall and cup winner: Emma Dunne
2nd place and medal winner: Andrew Awani
3rd place and medal winner: Alana Evans
Duologue Drama age 15-16:
1st place overall cup winners: Ben Daly and Aryell Sheedy
2nd place and medal winners: Rhea Nair and Charlotte McDonnell
Highly Commended: Zoe Hemsing and Alannah Bagnall
Duologue Drama age 12-14:
Commended: Clementine Xu and Saesha Hughes
Create your own Poem age 13-18:
Highly Commended: Andrew Awani
Musical Theatre Solo performance age 13-15:
Highly Commended: Lauren McIlreavy
Commended: Sadie Plummer and Isla Smyth Graham
Musical Theatre Solo Performance age 16-18:
2nd place overall: Elizabeth Michael
Highly Commended: Kooper Sweeney and Emma Dunne
Musical Theatre Group Performance:
1st place: TY PA Strand with ‘Wicked’
Congratulation to everyone who worked so hard and took part.