{"id":394311,"date":"2026-04-12T05:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/394311\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T05:59:12","slug":"bringing-da-to-life-how-a-waterford-cast-earned-an-all-ireland-spot-with-an-irish-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/394311\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing \u2018Da\u2019 to life: How a Waterford cast earned an All-Ireland spot with an Irish classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The cast of Brideview Drama Group's production of 'Da' by Hugh Leonard.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RG Da Cast.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The cast of Brideview Drama Group&#8217;s production of &#8216;Da&#8217; by Hugh Leonard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The road to the All\u2011Ireland drama finals is rarely straightforward, but for one Waterford cast, it has been shaped by months of graft, festival feedback and a deep affection for Hugh Leonard\u2019s Irish classic Da, which they kept on the shelf for years, waiting for just the right group of actors to perform it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Fresh from eight stops on the drama circuit, the group has earned its place among the country\u2019s top amateur performers, buoyed by adjudicators\u2019 notes, rebuilt sets and the kind of teamwork that has defined their decades on the stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cast of Brideview Drama Group&#8217;s production of &#8216;Da&#8217; by Hugh Leonard. The road to the All\u2011Ireland drama&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37898,61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-394311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-eoin-kelleher","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}