2026 – 2027 Season
BRACE BRACE
by Oli forsyth
Brace Brace is a play that explores the psychological aftermath of a plane hijacking, focusing on two survivors, Ray and Sylvia, as they struggle to cope with the trauma and its impact on their relationship. The drama highlights their contrasting responses to the tragedy, leading to emotional tension and conflict.
cast
Sylvia Jess McLaughlin
Ray Tom Duffy
The Man Nevan Mulvihill
DIRECTED BY Daniel Crowe
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LILI HUTCHENS
7th – 17th October 2026
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38th SKERRIES ONE-ACT DRAMA FESTIVAL
12TH, 13Th, 14th NOVEMBER 2026
Nine One-Act plays over Three Nights in competition
ADJUDICATOR: anna walker
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2:22 a ghost story
by danny robins
Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn’t having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again? Belief and scepticism clash, but something feels strange and frightening, and that something is getting closer, so they’re going to stay up… until 2:22… and then they’ll know
DIRECTED BY marie kelly
February 2027
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the glass menagerie
by tennessee williams
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that tells the story of Tom Wingfield, who narrates his family's struggles in St. Louis during the 1930s. The play focuses on his overbearing mother, Amanda, who is desperate to find a suitor for his shy sister, Laura, while Tom grapples with his own dreams and responsibilities
DIRECTED BY ronald jones
14th - 24th April 2027
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directed by mary shannon
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37th Skerries One-act Drama Festival
20th. 21st. 22nd. november 2o25
Adjudicator: alan howley
Gods are fallen and all safety gone
by selma dimitrijevic
directed by eric boyle
2025 one-act festival circuit
WYRD SISTERS
by terry pratchett adapted by stephen briggs
Directed by Derek Power
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SAME OLD MOON
BY GERALDINE ARON
DIRECTED BY KEVIN O’MALLEY
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love, loss and what i wore
by nora ephron and delia ephron
directed by martine healy
12th. – 22nd. february 2025
36th Skerries One-act Drama Festival
14th. 15th. 16th. november 2o24
Adjudicator: alan howley
Agnes of god
by john pielmeier
directed by ronald jones
16th – 26th october 2024
ART
by Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Marie Kelly
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private lives
by Noël coward
directed by mary cauldwell
21st February – 2nd march 2024
don’t dress for dinner
by marc camoletti
adapted by robin hawdon
directed by ronald jones
6th – 16th december 2023
35th Skerries One-Act Drama festival
16th 17th 18th november 2023
Adjudicator: Anna walker
skerries SHORT CUTS
6 New short Plays specially written for Skerries Theatre Group
19th – 29th APRIL 2023
The Knot of the Heart
by David Eldridge
Directed by Marie Kelly
15th – 25th February 2023
Love Letters
by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Mary Cauldwell
17th – 18th – 19th November 2022
84 Charing cross road
by Helene Hanff
Adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans
