Thank You!

2025 Gala Award Winners

At the Gala Celebration on May 18, the following awards were given:

• Amy Dalton Award for Volunteer of the Year: Winners: Vitaly Chakaveh and Thomas Wall
• Hilton Edwards Award for Best Aspect of Production: Winner: The Little Black Fish; Nominees: Iggy Beamish Destroys Traditional Marriage, The Strange Case of Dr. Dillon
• Sean Meehan Award for Identity in Theatre: Winner: Oh! I Miss the War; Nominee: The Little Black Fish
• Doric Wilson Award for Intercultural Dialogue: Winner: The Little Black Fish; Nomine: Iggy Beamish Destroys Traditional Marriage
• Patrick Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish LGBT+ Theatre: Winner: Sean Denyer, Acting Out
• Oscar Wilde Award for Best New Writing: Winner: Conor O’Dwyer for Homo(sapien); Nominees: Sean Denyer for Stealing Stories, Cloud Quinn for The Strange Case of Dr. Dillon
• Micheál Mac Liammóir Award for Outstanding Performance in a Male-Identifying Role: Winner: Bill Bowers for It Goes Without Saying; Nominees: Johnnie Macnamara for Iggy Beamish Destroys Traditional Marriage, Conor O’Dwyer for Homo(sapien)
• Eva Gore-Booth Award for Outstanding Performance in a Female-Identifying Role: Winner: Kaylee Eluvian, The Strange Case of Dr. Dillon; Nominees: Nominees: Aytak Bibivar in The Little Black Fish, Faezeh Daemi in The Little Black Fish

Congratulations to all our winners and nominees!

Join us for Pride!

After 22 years, it’s time for us to come out and admit who we really are.  We’re not just a “gay” festival. We’re also lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, trans, non-binary, intersex, asexual, and more. Send us your idea for a new name for the Festival at info@gaytheatre.ie.

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