Following on from our huge sell-out blockbuster KINKY BOOTS in June 2023, Ballywillan Drama Group return to the Riverside with a wonderfully funny play ANYONE FOR BREAKFAST? written by the master of comedy scripts Derek Benfield. ANYONE FOR BREAKFAST plays from Tue 23 until Sat 27 Jan 2024 at the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine. The play […]
Ballywillan Drama Group are excited to announce our January 2024 Production A comedy of marital mishaps – an evening and morning of riotous misunderstandings and mistaken identities, as the guilty parties in question try desperately to keep their romantic secrets secret! A good old fashioned British farce – two hours of fun in the theatre. […]
Ballywillan Drama Group, in association with The Railway Arms, are proud to be holding a CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE of KINKY BOOTS on Wednesday 7 June 2023 at 7.45pm.
During January 2022 Ballywillan Drama Group staged a hugely successful show in the Riverside Theatre entitled The Best of Broadway and the West End. The show sold out almost immediately and was loved by audiences. So – what better way to start 2023 than to present an original musical show called… THE BEST OF BROADWAY […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After a two year postponement due to covid restrictions we are delighted to finally bring this new musical to Northern Ireland. BDG return to the Riverside Theatre with the Northern Ireland Premiere of KINKY BOOTS – the freshest, most fabulous, feel-good musical of the decade. KINKY BOOTS will run from Friday 26 May until Saturday […]
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 […]