Our youth theatre classes resume soon and we are kicking off with free taster workshops for all prospective members, new and returning, on Sat 31 August.
10am to 11.30am: Juniors, ages 7 to 12
12.30pm to 2pm: Seniors, ages 12 to 18.
There’s no need to prebook – just come along on the day.
An Grianán Youth Theatre is An Grianán Theatre’s resident youth theatre and offers weekly classes for children and young people ages 7+. Classes are centred on learning through creative play and offer an inventive mix of drama games and acting exercises.
Students are encouraged to improvise and creatively engage with the material provided by our tutors, sometimes from prepared scripts and sometimes from work devised entirely by the students.
Being a member of a youth theatre allows opportunities for both creative and personal development through acting, drama and other performance techniques. Students will learn more about their own voices and movements as well as observing others through play and theatre games. Drama can also help to build confidence and to develop communication and co-operation skills.
Joining An Grianán Youth Theatre offers you the added bonus of learning theatre skills and stage craft in a professional theatre environment with access to highly trained facilitators, technical crew and equipment.
With an emphasis on performance, you’ll be offered an insight into many aspects of professional theatre production. Our youth theatre is also an ideal stepping stone for those of you wishing to go on to study acting, theatre and performing arts at third level.
Our youth theatre productions vary in scale from informal end of year showcases to full scale stage productions like The Secret Garden (2024), A Vampire Story (2022), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (2018), Blackadder Goes Forth (2017) and immersive theatre productions like Bugsy Malone (2020), and Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland (2019). We occasionally delve into film with projects like The Monologues and short films for ReadDL.
