Non-profit Affiliate
The Gaiety School of Acting is a self funded not-for-profit organisation.
Activelink is the premier online network for Irish community and non-profit organisations.
Arts Organisations
Smock Alley was the first Theatre Royal built in Dublin. John Ogilby opened it in 1662 as part of the Restoration of the British monarchy and King Charles II in 1660, along with the London’s Drury Lane (1662) and the Lincoln’s Inn Fields (1661). It was the first custom-built theatre in the city and still remains in substantially the same form, making it one of the most important sites in European theatre history. Their mission is to welcome audiences to Dublin’s oldest, newest theatre. Their policy is to provide an enjoyable, affordable, quality experience, challenging & engaging you, in a friendly, feel-good atmosphere.
Draiocht Arts Centre
Since 2001 Draíocht has reached right to the heart of the people it serves in Dublin 15 and its environs to provide stimulating and accessible arts programming including professional national and international work, local community drama, and children’s theatre and pantomime.
Iontas Arts Centre
Iontas Arts & Community Resource Centre in Castleblayney offers spacious conference facilities to all , a state of the art 310 seater theatre, community offices, a fantastic gallery space, a town library, a fitness suite, a restaurant, excellent childcare facilities and commercial outlets. It is also the home of the Young Gaiety programme in Castleblayney.
Wexford Arts Centre
Wexford Arts Centre is a multi-disciplinary venue of professional arts practice and local cultural initiatives. It celebrates and fosters high quality creative and artistic experiences by commissioning and presenting art forms across disciplines.
Dunamaise Arts Centre
The Dunamaise Arts Centre aims to provide the people of Laois and the surrounding counties with access to the best in contemporary arts practice, both professional and community, in the performing and visual arts. Funded by the Arts Council, the centre presents work by leading local, national and international performance and visual artists.
Solstice Arts Centre
The Solstice Arts Centre develops and facilitates art form and project based programmes in new and responsive ways. All public space with the building is a place of activity, and the opportunity to create navigable choices for visitors to the centre. The 320 seat theatre space is the core of the performing arts in Meath. With 20 flying lines and the latest lighting and audio technology, the theatre can support the professional development of regional groups whilst producing a vibrant national and international performance programme.
The Source Arts Centre
The Source Arts Centre opened on 2nd October 2006 and is Ireland’s newest arts centre. It consists of a 250 seat auditorium with fully flexible seating, and a dedicated gallery space. A year round programme of events will include film, theatre, dance, ballet, opera, music, family events and visual art exhibitions. And alongside the professional events The Source will have a community and youth outreach programme.
Civic Theatre
The Civic Theatre, opened in March 1999, a project of South Dublin County Council and also grant aided by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. It is managed by an independent limited company, under a tenancy and management agreement.
The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, production, education and professional training. By presenting both classical literature and new work from diverse cultures, the Guthrie illuminates the common humanity connecting Minnesota to the peoples of the world.
The New Theatre provides an accessible, open and professionally-run venue for use by incoming companies. In selecting its own productions, The New Theatre explores new writing and new territory and seeks to present plays that relate to Ireland. At all times The New Theatre reaches out to young professionals in theatre, music and film and actively encourages them to become involved in front-of-house management, publicity, lighting or set design, writing and direction.
International Student Information
Affordable and Comfortable Student hostel where many of our International Students our housed. The best Hostel in Dublin is also in the most central location in the city
European-funding-guide.eu: scholarship matching platform for students.This is the largest portal in European compassing more than 12,000 scholarships, grants, awards and prizes worth 27 billion Euros. The platform was created in collaboration between the non-profit initiative for transparent funding and the European Commission.
Theatre Companies
Fishamble focuses on the discovery, development and production of new dramatic works for the Irish and international stage. As well as developing and commissioning a range of innovative new writing, Fishamble provides training initiatives to serve artists’ needs, such as playwriting courses.
The Corn Exchange consists of a loose ensemble of players who practice the company’s exhilarating trademark style of Commedia dell’Arte, which encourages risk and champions precision through play.
Founded by Roger Gregg in 1998, Crazy Dog Audio Theatre is a professional production company based in Dublin, Ireland. Crazy Dog regularly produces both studio-based and live radio theatre series for RTE Radio 1 (the National Broadcasting Company of Ireland). The company’s series are subsequently released on CD and aired by radio stations across the United States.
toBE provide theatre-based learning to organisations and groups around Ireland through the format of tailor made training events
Drama Societies
NUIM Drama Soc are committed to variety in their productions, including classics, contemporary plays, ambitious new projects such as the Black Box Festival and the One Act Festivals (which encourage first-time participants) and colourful extravaganzas. They also have an excellent reputation for producing student-written work.
An active drama society, staging an average of 40 plays a year (two a day at 1pm and 7pm), hosting numerous workshops and participating in the annual ISDA Festival.
International Colleges
Kennesaw State University (KSU), the third-largest university in the University System of Georgia, is a comprehensive university with expanding undergraduate and graduate programs in Kennesaw, Georgia, one of metropolitan Atlanta’s burgeoning northwest suburban communities.
St. Mary’s University, Minnesota
Enriched by the Catholic, Lasallian heritage, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Texas Woman’s University occupies a notable position in higher education as the nation’s largest university primarily for women. Its campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston are joined by an e-learning campus offering innovative online degree programs in business, education and general studies.:
Marquette University, Wisconsin
Marquette is a Catholic, Jesuit university situated in Wisconsin, USA. Marquette’s Mission is the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others
Marquette University: Dublin Project Blog Spot
A blog all about Marquette students’ experiences during the Original Theatre Project in 2007.
Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota
An undergraduate, residential liberal arts college firmly rooted in its Swedish and Lutheran heritage.
Photographers
Photography Studio based in Temple Bar, Dublin. Offering creative wedding, portrait and commercial photography, available throughout Ireland.
Situated on South William Street in Dublin city centre, The Headshot Clinic offer quality, professionalism and value for your headshots
Can travel to you with portable lighting and collapsable backgrounds to take high quality headshots at competitive prices.
Provide a no-fuss quality package. Flat sitting fee which will include web access to all pictures taken and one high quality 10 x 8 image, either digital or hard copy. Additional prints or files available for €25, and no copyright restrictions on the pictures. Photo session in studio in Dun Laoghaire close to DART and buses. Students can bring changes of clothes / hairstyles. Group discount rates can be discussed.
Social Welfare Information
Click on the following links for details about how to avoid social welfare fraud: Department of Social Protection homepage, details on Back to Education requirements and allowances and contact for fraudulent claims
Script Resource
If you’re looking for a script as a teacher or student, you may wish to look at the Samuel French site here
A useful spot for sourcing high quality, inexpensive costumes. Ideal for theatre companies, film makers, and photographers.
Shoot audition is a studio that has been set up to film video auditions and monologues. We film actors in front of our state of the art green screen and on our Panasonic HD camera. The cost of a video audition and monologue is €35.
Shoot audition also runs workshops in the lab every Monday from 6:30-9pm; the workshops cost €5 per class. In the workshops we run scenes, share ideas and film as much as we can.
Useful Links
The national agency for funding, developing and promoting the arts in Ireland.
The voice of professional theatre and the performing arts in Ireland, providing information and advice, professional training and events, and advocating on behalf of the sector.
Dublin’s annual contemporary arts festival.
The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival – the only English speaking contemporary theatre festival left in the world, leads the way in the presentation of outstanding Irish and international performance.
The Irish Film & Television Network – for everything that’s happening in film and TV!
All aspects of film production catered for – including showreel recording, editing, preparation.
OnlineCourses.com aggregates the best free and open courseware for students and professionals, all in a conveniently searchable online courseware platform. Search, track, and share progress on over 500 university and college level classes globally. Formerly known as LectureFox.com, we continue to carefully select and share with you new courses every week. Our passion for developing and sustaining OCW projects drives us to curate the best. From biology to accounting, foreign languages to science, OnlineCourses.com ensures you get a world-class education from the world’s top schools and scholars anytime, anywhere.
Raising Ireland is a no-nonsense parenting website that welcomes parents who are straight, gay, singled, coupled, had their kids biologically or by any of the other wonderful means available! Also – they have a sense of humor, which always helps when your kids have just thrown up inside your favourite shoes
Since its debut in 2003, ExploreTalent has become the Internet’s largest resource for actors, models, musicians, dancers, and production crew. Explore Talent’s proprietary cast match technology is the most advanced entertainment-based technology of its kind. It matches a talent’s attributes against tens of thousands of job postings every day.Explore Talent’s unique technology sends casting email alerts and posts auditions and jobs directly on talents’ profiles, saving members hours of time from tedious searching.
To Be Seen is a casting website for TV, Film and Theatre auditions in Ireland. Auditions and casting calls are posted daily seeking actors.Talent can create a profile with experience, headshots and showreel (optional) and apply directly for jobs and opportunities advertised.
Anthony Meindl’s Intensive Actor Workshop
Anthony Meindl is the founder and artistic director of the Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop, based in LA, New York, Melbourne, Sydney and London. In the past he has travelled to Dublin & held his workshop at The Gaiety School of Acting.