The multi award-winning Stage Beyond Theatre Company is celebrating the arrival of the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards trophy for Best Digital Drama aired by RTÉ Radio 1.
RTÉ Drama on One collaborated with Derry’s theatre company for adults with learning disabilities, to produce a remote recording of ‘Hamlet, Prince of Derry’, adapted by Colin Murphy, directed by Conall Morrison, and scored by Si Schroeder.
Stage Beyond, supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, secured a silver award for the play which was among world class audio work from more than 30 countries honoured at a virtual awards event held in the ‘Big Apple’ last October.
The original stage production of ‘Hamlet, Prince of Derry’ was postponed because of Covid-19, and when RTÉ stepped into the breach to commission it as a…
