All Ireland TY Drama Competition!

On Saturday class Ariel went to Macroom in Cork for the Briery Gap All Ireland TY Drama Competition final. We got on the bus at 7;30am which was just fab. It was a four hour journey so we got there and we were all a bit tired. The other drama in our class was on first so we watched them perform and we went on after lunch. It went really well! We all really enjoyed and and it was the best it had ever been. We watched one more play and then got back on the bus home. It was a lot of time on the bus but with a mini speaker blaring music and a stop in McDonald's on the way home it was fun! 

We found out on Monday that we ended up getting an adjudicators award which was great because we all worked so hard on it. I'm sad it's over!

-Eve xx

Briery Gap Competition!

We got through! Our english play named 'Change' as well as the other play in our class 'Speak Up' got through to the finals of the Briery Gap Transition Year Drama competition. We were all so happy to get through. I was really surprised to be honest, because all of the plays from our school were really good. The final is on the 28th February which is sooner than we all thought. We will be practising so much until then! We're extremely excited for the final and can't wait!

-Eve xx

Briery Gap Competition

On Wednesday we went to Mullingar for the Briery Gap TY Drama competition. I think our play went really well! We got a chance to watch the other plays. There was a school from Donegal there as well and they did a scene from a musical which was pretty cool.

We got McDonalds so that was a bonus. The adjudicator gave us some feedback after our performance. I think he liked it? I don't know. It was a fun day anyway. We will hear if we got through to Cork for the final by next week.

-Eve xx

English Play

On Tuesday, TY's will be going to Mullingar Arts Centre to compete in the Briery Gap Transition Year Drama Competition. For this competition we wrote plays in groups in English class, and have been working on them and performing them all year. In Mullingar, we will perform our play for judges to try and get through to the finals.

Our class has two plays that have been entered into the competition. Our play (it still doesn't have a name) is about homophobia and how attitudes toward homosexual people have changed throughout history. It has a wide range of different characters like hippies, soldiers and show girls. I've been involved in directing and also have a small role.

Everyone has really enjoyed working on the play and, although we need to rehearse a lot more, we are all excited to perform on Tuesday!

-Eve xx