Pres Castleisland Box Office Opens for OsKaRs Night Tickets

Boiling over: Dessie Curley confronts Georgie Burgess – played by Danny O’Sullivan and Chris Mills in The Snapper for A Night at The Oskars at Presentation Castleisland. Photograph: John Reidy 6-3-2023

Trouble Ahead: Chris Mills (left) as Georgie Burgess with Danny O’Sullivan as Dessie Curley and Sheila Nix as Kay Curley in rehearsals for The Snapper at Presentation Castleisland. Photograph: John Reidy 6-3-2023

The cast and crew of The Snapper shaping up for the Pres Castleisland Night at The Oskars. Seated from left: Danny O’Sullivan as Dessie; Sheila Nix as Kay; Sheila Heery as Doris; Susan Cotter as Jackie; Róisín Moore as Sharon’s friend; and Kevin Rowe, Kevin Rowe Events. Back from left: Chris Mills as Georgie Burgess; Dave Laird, Kevin Rowe Events; Liz Cosgrave as Mrs. O’Leary; Grace O’Connor as Mrs. Reilly; Laura Daly and Sharon; Mary Philpott as Siobhán; Chloe Daly as Mary; Mary Moore as Mrs. Murray and Tom Dempsey, Kevin Rowe Events. Photograph:John Reidy 13-3-2023.

Ready for the Oskars: Most of the ladies in The Snapper at Presentation Castleisland. Front from left: Mary and Roisín Moore, Liz Cosgrave and Susan Cotter. Back from left: Laura Daly, Claire O’Connor, Mary Philpott, Chloe Daly and Sheila Heery. Photograph: John Reidy 6-3-2023

The final sessions of acting training have come to an end for the sixty six actors taking part in the Presentation Castleisland ‘Night at the OsKaRs’ series of short films based on cinema classics. 

Locations and costumes have been sorted and all that remains is the mastering of accents and fine tuning of lines ahead of the two weekends of filming beginning on Saturday, March 25^th under the direction of Kevin Rowe Events.

Each film will require up to five hours of footage, that will result in approximately 10 minutes for the finished film.

Box Office Opening

The sponsorship stage of the OsKaRs is also coming to an end. This Saturday March 25^th marks the opening of the Box Office for ticket sales.

The Box Office will open in the school from 12 noon until 2pm on Saturday. Following this, tickets will be available each weekday from the school office from 8.30am until 6pm. Please note the school office can only accept cash for the tickets.

Great Buzz in Town

“There is a great buzz around the town ahead of the event and there is also a huge demand for tickets, so make sure to get yours early to avoid disappointment”, according to Principal Pierce Dargan.

The ‘Night at the OsKaRs’ is on Friday, April 21^st. in the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney.

Doors open from 6.30pm and the show starts at 8pm sharp.

The 66 actors are engaged in the seven following film clips: Bridesmaids; Veronica Guerin; Forest Gump; The Field; The Snapper; Shawshank Redemption and Misery.

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