Ballywillan Drama Group

Portrush

Ballywillan  Drama  Group return to the stage a few months after their hugely successful The Best of Broadway and the West End musical in the Riverside Theatre in January. But not to the Riverside stage………. This Easter, to celebrate the group’s 70th birthday, they are going back to Portrush Town Hall, where their first production […]

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From Tuesday 25  to  Saturday 29 January 2022, Ballywillan Drama Group are presenting a brand new musical show entitled THE BEST OF BROADWAY AND THE WEST END in the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine –  two hours of carefully selected numbers from some of the best musicals – from old favourites to the most up-to-date shows. Due to […]

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It is with sad hearts that we must announce the postponement of our musical, KINKY BOOTS, which was scheduled for January 2022 in the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine. The theatre management has informed us that they are awaiting improvement works to take place and until further notice are unable to host large-scale productions and those which […]

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Ballywillan Drama Group are delighted to hear that our Artistic Director, Brian Logan, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List with a British Empire Medal (BEM) for Services to Drama and the Performing Arts in Northern Ireland. With both his parents heavily involved in amateur dramatics, Brian’s interest and enthusiasm was fired from […]

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It is with deep regret that we have had to cancel our production of Hi-de-Hi, scheduled for the end of April 2020. Last week we took the decision to suspend rehearsals following the UK government’s advice to increase social distancing.As the situation with COVID-19 has developed, it has become clear that we will not be […]

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Ballywillan are bringing their award winning production to the Riverside Theatre in 2020 for just 16 sensational performances! Last January Chitty Chitty Bang Bang played to eighteen sold-out performances and now Ballywillan Drama Group bring one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s finest family musicals exclusively to Northern Ireland –the sensational Whistle Down the Wind. Universally acclaimed […]

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Director – Brian Logan           Choreography – Sharon Logan Assistant Director – Richard Mairs      Assistant Choreographer – Laura Fisher Musical Director – Eric Boyd    Assistant M.D. – Andrew Robinson   Riverside Theatre, Coleraine          19.01.2019   Ian Fleming wrote the novel “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in 1964 and it was adapted and released in 1968 as a […]

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Two months after the most fantasmagorical expierence,  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we are back at the Riverside with a brand new production of the charming, kooky and hilarious musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors. A must see for the entire family this deviously delicious  musical has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over thirty […]

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