Bangor Drama Club Est. 1935

Bangor Drama Club began in 1935 when a  group of people with a passion for theatre starting reading plays together. The Club put on its first production in 1938 and hasn't looked back since! 

The Clubhouse (a former builder's yard and Home Guard station during the war) was acquired in 1947 and plays were then performed in a number of venues but mostly in "The Little Theatre" across the road. 

In 1993, when The Little Theatre closed, the Clubhouse was converted into the Studio Theatre nestled off central avenue in the heart of Bangor. 
 
​Studio 1A
In its 80th year, the Club moved to its current home, Studio 1A, on Hamilton Road (formerly the Good Templar Hall). After plenty of planning, fundraisers and elbow grease, Studio 1A opened in early 2017 and has hosted countless successful productions already - with many more to come!

The Club puts on at least three productions a year and offers  a range  of Summer theatre productions by visiting companies in  July  and August.  There are also regular play readings twice a month from September - June annually. ​​

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                                                    Bangor Drama Club in Words and Pictures 1935-2021 
Just in time for Christmas Bangor Drama Club have created their first publication -  a unique new soft back book  of 64 pages -  Bangor Drama Club in Words and Pictures 1935-2021. Packed full of photographs, information and memories, this is a book which will delight anyone who has seen a Bangor Drama Club show or been involved with the Club over the last 85 years!  Bangor Drama Club has long been one of the most important cultural institutions in North Down and was at one time the largest Drama Club in Ireland. Famous members have included Colin Blakely, Doreen Hepburn, Linda Wray, Cherrie McIlwaine and many others who went on the act, direct and produce in professional life. 
Chairman Dr Tim Campbell said ‘ This is the culmination of a year of intensive work beginning with dusting off earlier archived material which was packed away in the Club. We then brought all of the photographs and stories up to date and Time Team members and digitalised them as part of our Lockdown projects.’
The Club thanked the Arts Council for NI whose generous funding this year has made this possible. 
'It is only the beginning as we will add to the digital archive with your own memorabilia and memories’ added Dr Campbell.  
​Copies are £15 each and available by emailing bangordramaclub@gmail.com.