Axis Bursary Opportunities

Date: Thursday 9/3/23

Hi everyone! Below is some information on the wonderful opportunities of Axis Ballymun’s Bursary programmes. I highly encourage those among you who are emerging artists to look into applying, I was one of the Assemble artists last year and I could not recommend the programme enough. It is so supportive and flexible to your needs as an…

Daffodil Day Event at The Lir

Date: Monday 6/3/23

We have had a callout for anyone who would like to partake in a poetry reading from a recent alum: Penny Morris! I’ll let her explain below…   Hello all! I hope you are keeping very well. On Thursday the 23rd of March I have organised a poetry reading in order to raise funds and…

Workshop with Casey Hallahan – 11th March

Date: Sunday 5/3/23

Sign up for this week’s workshop with the final one of our DOAF directors: Casey Hallahan! Casey Hallahan is a director and drama facilitator. They’ve been part of the drama teaching team at Prague Youth Theatre, and run Mr Sands Youth Theatre in Bray. They’ve directed two shows with DYT, and are doing a third…

Casting Opportunity for American Teenager

Date: Monday 27/2/23

Hey everyone! Below is a casting opportunity for an upcoming feature film   We are looking for American teenagers who would be up for doing a small but pivotal role in our upcoming feature film ‘Four Mothers’. The film is currently in post-production, but we’re going to be shooting additional material in early March, and…

Opportunities to get a Stage Management and Technical Theatre Degree or MFA in Directing, Playwriting or Stage Design at the Lir Academy

Date: Monday 27/2/23

The Lir Academy, at Trinity College Dublin is now accepting applications for postgraduate courses and have extended the deadline for applications to the Stage Management and Technical Theatre course.  The initial closing date for applications to the postgraduate course applications is 31 March 2023, early application advisable as offers begin after that date. The final…

Workshop with Martha Knight – 4th March

Date: Monday 27/2/23

Sign up for this week’s workshop with another one of our DOAF directors: Martha Knight! This workshop will explore different ways of integrating sound into your work as a director, designer, performer or theatremaker. We will work with live sound, and also edit pre-recorded sound to create short pieces of live theatre work which use…

Workshop with Joy Nesbitt – 25th February

Date: Monday 20/2/23

Workshop on Saturday 25th February will be facilitated by DOAF director: Joy Nesbitt! Musical Theatre 102: Demystifying Music Direction What the heck is up with musicals? Is it the same as directing a play? Is it the same as making an opera? Not at all! This workshop is an opportunity to listen to the differences…

Workshop with Sarah Bragg-Bolger – 18th February

Date: Saturday 11/2/23

Workshop on Saturday 18th February will be on Stage Management with Sarah Bragg-Bolger! An Introduction to Stage Management Basics We will look at the roles within a theatre production, marking out a rehearsal room, analysing a script from a stage management point of view such as what’s needed in a rehearsal room, props, etc. and…

Casting Opportunity – Scene and Heard rehearsed reading (Male aged 18-22)

Date: Monday 30/1/23

Beaver Row Heritage Players has a late opening for a young male actor (aged 18-22) for DANIEL in our rehearsed reading of the new play, ‘Moving On’, part of the Scene and Heard Festival. The play is a tragicomedy about love and loss and picking up the pieces of broken relationships. It is an opportunity to work…