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SUPPER THEATRE 2025 TICKETS ON SALE NOW !
Join us for a spectacular evening of award-winning drama, laughter, and hearty food!
Ennis Players are celebrating a major milestone with their 40th Supper Theatre at The Old Ground Hotel. This year’s program promises an unforgettable night featuring a revival of our acclaimed production The Dandy Dolls, alongside two hilarious short plays.
DATES: Monday 24th – Friday 28th November 2025
TIME: 8pm (Doors open 7:15pm)
VENUE: The Old Ground Hotel, Station Road, Ennis
TICKETS: €26 (including booking fee and supper)
Seating is unreserved
SUPPER THEATRE PROGRAMME 2025
THE DANDY DOLLS
by George Fitzmaurice, directed by Geraldine Greene
Roger Carmody spends his days making Dandy Dolls (like a poppet or a corn dolly), much to his wife’s chagrin. When he isn’t making Dandy Dolls, he’s out stealing his neighbour’s poultry. Every time he completes a doll it is stolen by the Hag’s son and he has to begin all over again. A visit from the mysterious Grey Man, who takes interest in the dolls, seems to herald a change in Roger’s fortunes.
CAST LIST:
Roger Carmody – Joe Varden
Cauth ( his wife) – Bernie Harten
Child – Orla Murphy
Grey Man – Aidan O Gara
Priest ( Fr. James) – Arthur Ford
Keerby – Hugh Gallagher
Timmeen Faley – John Lillis
Hag’s Son – Jackie Scanlan
Hag of Barna – Noreen O Loughlin
by Nina Shengold,
OUR SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY YEAR !!
21 ! It is the 21st anniversary of when Ennis Players won the All-Ireland One Act Festival with the superb play The Dandy Dolls. It has been decided to revive the play with almost all of the original cast. We hope to perform it at this years Supper Theatre. Not to be missed
It is also 21 years since we took part in the Abbey Theatre’s Centenary celebration. We were invited to grace the Abbey Stage to perform the WB Yeates’ play “Kathleen Ni Houlihan” . It was a magical evening and such an honour to perform on our National stage.
30 years since our £ Act Festival Win with Alan Ayckbournes’ with “Round and Round the Garden”
40 ! Forty years since our very popular Supper Theatre began. 1985 seems like yesterday. The Supper Theatre takes place at The Old Ground Hotel in Ennis for 5 nights in November. The evening programme usually consists of a one act play, a short 10 minute play/sketch with an interval break, followed by a performance of the one act play that we have taken on the DLI One Act Festival Circuit that year. The evening ends with a hearty supper and there is a bar open before and for a short time after the performances. It is a great night’s entertainment for a very reasonable price and the night would not be complete without raffle tickets for sale. Prizes normally donated by our amazing sponsors. We sell out our Supper Theatre evenings every year. Ticket information will be posted on her our social media pages and website so keep an eye out!
100 ! This coming year our One Act play (production to be announced) will be Ennis Players 100th 1-Act production for Supper Theatre. It’s hard to believe. Ennis Players have enjoyed every minute of entertaining our amazing audiences. Long may it continue.
We will have a list of those productions on our websites and on display at our productions and events – you might enjoy the stroll down memory lane.
How Are We Celebrating?
We are putting on a evening at the Old Ground on November 13th ahead of our Supper Theatre, which begins November 24th. We are gathering members, friends and patrons to commemorate all our wonderful milestones with a small reception followed by some extracts of our upcoming productions and a sneak peak of The Dandy Dolls. Please join our events mailing list if you would like to hear about the dates and details and come along.
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What an absolutely amazing year that lies ahead for all of us!
We hope to see you at one of our events.