About An Nuadha Players
Our story
In 1999, An Nuadha Players came into being and began preparing for our very first production, ‘Say Cheese’, a play by Bernard Farrell, which went on stage in early 2000. Since then the group has been in constant activity with pantos and plays, dramatic readings and fun fundraisers. These activities have drawn in wide range of age groups and the present membership counts many who started in our first panto in 2001 as small kids and are now playing slightly more mature roles! There are also those who were playing slightly more mature roles back in 1999/2000 and still have not got any greater sense!
Over the years all of our pantos have been written by a member of the group, Martin Higgins, and many of our plays have been original creations by local writers: Martina Reilly, Orla Gildea, Terry Nealon, Rory Griffin, Declan O’Connor and Martina O’Connor. This is a tradition of which we are particularly proud and hope that it will continue long into the future.
We love welcoming new members to the group so please feel free to contact us if you'd like to get involved.
*The above clip is from Echoes from a Room by Terry Nealon, performed in 2016*
Our Committee
John Bean
Chairperson
Maria FitzGibbon
Joint Secretary
Roberta Hines
Joint Secretary
Ann Kelly
Treasurer
Saoirse Walsh Colfer
Marketing & Advertising Officer
Amy Douglas
Public Relations Officer (PRO)
Rían Glynn
Committee Member
Ailish Coghlan
Committee Member
Siobhan O Shea
Committee Member
Alisha Shiels
Junior Committee Member
Caolainn Hanlon
Junior Committee Member
Past Shows
2000-2025
Plays
2000
Say Cheese by Bernard Farrell
2001
The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness
2003
Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey
2005
Is This Love? By Martina Reilly
2007
The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault
2008
When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet by Charles George
No Pastry for the King by Declan O’Connor
2009
Ruby of Elsinore by Bruce Kane
The 10 Almost 15 Minute History of the Tuatha De Danann by Martina Reilly
2011
The Case of the Count Formerly Known as Dracula by Bruce Kane
2012
Same Old Moon by Geraldine Aron
2013
Dirt Tracks by Martina Reilly
2015
The Hostage by Brendan Behan
Blue Wine by Rory Griffin
Breathing Lessons by Martina Reilly
Baggage by Rebecca Roper
2016
Conquered Not We Were by Martina Reilly
Echoes From A Room by Terry Nealon
Breathing Lessons by Martina Reilly
Trapped – Closer to God by Anna Jordan
2017
What Happened To My Future? by Orla Gildea
Cecily by Gillian Plowman
2018
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Positive Dead People by Pauline Shanahan
2019
Blessed Be The Fruit by Martin Higgins
2023
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
2024
The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
2025
The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon
Pantomimes
2001
Jack and the Beanstalk by Martin Higgins
2002
Robin Hood by Martin Higgins
2003
Cinderella by Martin Higgins
2004
Aladdin by Martin Higgins
2005
Beauty and the Beast by Martin Higgins
2006
Sinbad by Martin Higgins
2007
Robin Hood by Martin Higgins
2008
Cinderella by Martin Higgins
2010
Aladdin by Martin Higgins
2011
Sinbad by Martin Higgins
2012
Beauty and the Beast by Martin Higgins
2013
Cinderella by Martin Higgins
2014
Little Red Riding Hood by Martin Higgins
2015
The Snow Queen by Martin Higgins
2016
Robin Hood by Martin Higgins
2017
Sleeping Beauty by Martin Higgins
2018
Jack and the Beanstalk by Martin Higgins
2019
Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale by Martin Higgins
Beauty and the Beast by Martin Higgins
2022
Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale by Martin Higgins
Snow White by Martin Higgins
2023
Sinbad by Martin Higgins
2024
A Christmas Carol by Martin Higgins
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