Have you got your tickets to our annual Backstage Club fundraiser on July 9th?
If not, here are 5 reasons…
1) It’s FUN – with cocktails, a show, dinner backstage and a cabaret!
2) It supports an incredible cause – creating a bursary for Stage Management & Technical Theatre students – the unsung heroes of behind-the-scenes.
3) You can pay in instalments via Klarna of €50 a month over 3 months
4) Walden is sold out so this might be your only chance to see it!
5) Our cabaret features the stellar talent of our staff, students and alumni, many of whom came to us with significant theatre experience. We raised the roof the last two years!
6) We know, we said 5 but we can’t help this one… Once you are in the door with us, you don’t have to put your hand in your pocket for the night – just let us enteratain you!
Join us on july 9th from 6.30pm for Waldenor You Got Older on July 9th. Tickets are €150 with all profits going towards supporting our Stage Management & Technical Theatre students through bursaries. Bring your friends, family or your colleagues for a great night out at The Lir Academy.
Upcoming Gradfest Shows
After a fantastic run of Gundog by Simon Longman, with some final tickets left for today, we have two more Gradfest 2025 shows to go! Gradfest is staged by our MFA directors, designers and producers, performed and crewed by our undergraduate students. This year’s Gradfest features the work of our inaugural MFA in Theatre Producing students.
Walden by Amy Berryman
Sat. 5th – Wed. 9th July Book here
Beneath a dying sky, twin sisters reunite, one returned from the stars, the other rooted in the soil of what remains. In a woodland cabin, time stretches and memory stirs, they face a future they never dreamed of.
You Got Older by Clare Barron
Mon 7th – Thurs 10th July Book here
After losing her job, boyfriend and apartment, Mae returns home to take care of her dad. You Got Older is about falling apart as you’re failing to launch, and what you might find instead
Check out our galleries from our most recent production – click here.
Gundog by Simon Longman’s creative team inclduing our graduating MFA students, Kate Russell (Director), Jack Shanley (Producer), Cecilia Mondadori (Set Designer) and Lisa Della Chiesa (Costume Designer). Photography by Bill Woodland
A Thank You to Brian Singleton
Samuel Beckett Chair of Drama and Theatre and Lir Academy Academic Directer, Professor Brian Singleton, is retiring at the end of this summer.
In celebration of Brian’s leadership and impact on so many students and staff at The Lir Academy, we gathered to celebrate the last 15 years of bringing The Lir Academy to where it is today. It was a fantastic afternoon of memories and music, and a big congratulations and thank you to all the students who contributed.
Brian has been a visionary guide in shaping The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin, and it was with his dedication that we have forged ourselves to be the success we are today.
Spotlight Prize Awards 2025
We are so delighted and proud of Molly McFadden, who has been selected as one of 22 finalists to perform as part of the Spotlight Prize for 2025! Molly will be performing Spotlight Prize Showcasein London on Wednesday 2 July in front of a specially invited audience of casting directors, agents, producers, directors and actors.
You can tune into the live streamed performances on Wednesday 2nd of July at 7:30pm (BST).
You can view it at the link here.
Pay with Klarna
Did you know, that you can pay for Backstage Club and many of our short courses in installments with Klarna. How it works:
Contact us for a payment link (if there isn’t one on the website)
When choosing how to pay – select Klarna
You will be taken to a sign up for their service using your card details
They set you up to take the first payment and outline how much each will be
Then the payments come out automatically over the next 2 months
Courses include: Teen Summer Acting Camps – July & August, Screenwriting Intensive – here or our 6-month-long programmes Actors’ Ensemble and Youth Ensemble.
Short Courses
Puppetry Performance Workshop Course Begins: 12th & 13th July (Weekend)
Duration: 10am – 5pmPuppetry Performance is a weekend course which will examine some of the multiple forms of puppetry used across theatre and filmed productions. Explore hand, object, rod, tabletop, moving-mouth and Bunraku styles, and to the basic techniques used to animate a puppet.
Musical Theatre Intensive Course Begins: 28th July
Duration: 10am – 5pm, 2 weeksDuring this two-week-long course, students will work with a singing tutor/musical director, core Lir teachers and leading musical theatre directors and choreographers, to develop acting, voice, movement, singing and dance skills.
Summer Acting Camps Course Begins: 14th July / 28th August
Duration: 10am – 2pm, 1 weekThis summer course takes place in August and is designed for young actors aged 13-15 who have a passionate interest in performing and would like to have an early start in acting training. Get a taste of the environment of a theatre academy with core Lir Academy tutors
Youth Ensemble Course Begins: 27th September
Duration: 10am – 4.30pm, SaturdaysYouth Ensemble is a 6month programme of drama classes for young people. Taught by leading professionals, many of whom also teach on the Foundation Diploma in Acting and Theatre and the Bachelor in Acting undergraduate courses at The Lir Academy.
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