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Cast and crew wanted for Cavan-based film

County Cavan Arts Office has given funding to IFTA-nominated film-makers to produce a film short in county Cavan. The company are now looking for cast and crew to make the film. Is this an opportunity for you?

Sean Smith and Brian O'Brien from Souljacker. Picture courtesy of IFTN

Film production company, Souljacker has received support from the County Cavan Arts Office to produce ‘The Gloaming’ — a horror short that will be filmed in Bruskey over a two-day period.

‘The Gloaming’, is an ancient Celtic word meaning twilight. The film will use a hybrid of English and Irish language dialogue, and will be Smith’s directing debut. In the longer term, Souljacker hope this short will garner interest for a feature film.

Have you voted for webisode 2 yet?

A Cavan-based drama production needs your votes!

A still from episode 2. Printed courtesy of 'The Begrudgers'

‘The Begrudgers’ is an entrant in RTÉ’s Storyland 4 competition. Written and directed by Philip Doherty, ‘The Begrudgers’ is a comedy series that was filmed in Cavan. Many of the cast and crew are past or present students/staff members from Cavan Institute. You can see the second webisode now by clicking here.

‘The Bedgrudgers’ has beaten off tough competition to make it to the final six. However, according to Storyland Competition rules, you will only get to see the next episode if ‘The Begrudgers’ gets enough votes.

Do you have a story to tell?

Local film and radio producer, Kevin McCann is looking for your stories. He has been commissioned by RTE Radio 1 to produce a documentary. Can you help?

Maccana Teoranta wants to hear your stories about religion

Producer/Director, Kevin McCann from Maccana Teoranta is producing a radio documentary for RTE Radio 1 called, ‘New Religions on the Border’.

Kevin’s aim is to produce a documentary that would help to promote an understanding of new religions in the region and the changes that are taking place in our belief system. “Religion, for many years was seen as an identity as well as a belief. Nowadays, more people are choosing their religion as opposed to it being handed down, and immigration has brought us further new faiths,” explained Kevin.

County-wide theatre production gets involved

The county-wide reading initiative, One Cavan One Writer has got teenagers from across county Cavan involved in a drama production of one of Siobhan Dowd’s novels, ‘Bog Child’. Are you going to get involved?

Some of the cast from 'Bog Child'

Twenty young people from across Cavan are involved in the production of ‘Bog Child’. The play has been adapted from the book by Siobhan Dowd of the same name.

The thought-provoking play is set in a border county in Ireland during the Hunger Strike. It tells the story of Fergus, a 17-year-old who just like any other boy of that age wants to concentrate on his A-levels and focus on his future — he wants to go to Scotland to study to become a doctor.

Fergus’ older brother, Joe is a political prisoner in the Maze prison who has also decided to go on Hunger Strike. This causes a division in the family.

Vote for the Ramor Theatre as best live venue

It seems like county Cavan has done it again — The Ramor Theatre has been shortlisted as one of the country’s best live music venues by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO). So get voting….

printed courtesy of Kilians Lodge

The IMRO Live Music Venue of The Year Awards recognises Irish music venues that provide the very highest standards in live music entertainment.

The awards acknowledge the importance that Irish live venues play by providing an avenue for Irish songwriters and musicians to perform.

Thousands of venues qualified for the awards, and in the face of stiff competition, The Ramor Theatre, Virginia has been shortlisted. It now needs your vote.

Vote for Cavan web drama on RTE Storyland

Fancy seeing a Cavan-based drama production entering the finals of a RTÉ competition? Then vote, vote vote!

‘The Begrudgers’ is an entrant in RTÉ’s Storyland 4 competition. Storyland, is a RTÉ initiative which aims to bring, new, on-line drama to a wide audiences. Written and directed by Philip Doherty, ‘The Begrudgers’ is a comedy series that was filmed in Cavan. Many of the cast and crew are past or present students/staff members from Cavan Institute. You can see the first episode now by clicking here.