‘Fair City’ actress Sorcha Furlong was recently on hand with actors Marnie McCleane, Stephen O’Leary and Dave Rowe as well as GSA Director Patrick Sutton to help launch the forthcoming Autumn/Spring 2014/15 programme at The Gaiety School of Acting – The National Theatre School at their HQ on Essex Street West, Temple Bar. Sorcha, who plays Orla Kirwan in the popular RTE series ‘Fair City’, previously completed an evening course at the school when she was younger.
The Autumn/Spring 2014/15 programme offers an exciting range of new courses for both Adults and Children. There is a large selection part-time evening courses for Adults at the school’s HQ in Temple Bar and at The Granary Theatre in Cork.
New and exciting Adult courses on offer in Temple Bar include:
- Radio Presentation - The first blended-learning Radio Presentation course in Ireland. This course will take place on Wednesday evenings for 10 weeks and will be presented by experienced radio professionals Daryl Moorhouse (TinPot Productions), Jonathan Healy (Newstalk) and Colm O’Sullivan (Today FM) with Ruth Scott (2FM) as a guest lecturer. There is also a chance to win an internship with NEWSTALK.
- Long Form Improvisation - Taught by comedian Sharon Mannion, this course involves making up scenes as you go along and helping one another to create a success story. Sharon already teaches the popular Stand-Up Comedy courses at the school which will return again this autumn.
- Commedia dell’Arte - Taught by actor & director Ronan Dempsey, who trained at the prestigious Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, there is a series of masterclasses and intensive options for people interested in learning the importance of Commedia Dell’Arte in theatre today and exploring the primary emotions and states of tension that aid comic writing and characterisation.
In Cork, Musical Theatre for Adults has been added to the programme and is set to be taught by Lauren Ronan, musical director for the UCC Musical Society and UCC Singers.
Other popular short courses and weekend workshops for Adults set to return this year include:
- Introduction to Drama
- Acting for Camera
- Stand Up Comedy
- TV Presentation
- Accent
- Voice
- Singing
- Movement
- The Confidence Edge
- Casting & Audition
- Screenwriting Hothouse
The Young Gaiety Saturday School operates in Temple Bar, Navan, Bray, Malahide and Cork, offering Drama, Performance & Musical Theatre (Temple Bar only) to children aged from a young as 18 month up until 18 years. It will commence on Saturday 27th September.
There will be a host of TRY FOR FREE options available in advance of term for both Adults and Young People and the school is running an extensive range of free classes on Culture Night (Friday 19th September).
Patrick Sutton, Director of the Gaiety School of Ireland – The National Theatre School of Ireland states: “Our Autumn Programme offers something for everyone, whether you are looking to build your confidence, enhance your media skills, have a laugh or make people laugh – we have something for you!"
For more information, see The Gaiety School of Acting profile here.
