Short Courses
Puppetry Performance Weekend Workshop
Puppetry Performance is a weekend course which will examine some of the multiple forms of puppetry used across theatre and filmed productions. Participa...
Intro to Voice-Over Acting - February Weekend Course
This workshop will cover the core skills required to pursue a career in voice-over work in TV, Radio, Documentaries, Cartoons, Gaming and Audiobooks: The ...
Intro to Voice-Over Acting - 28 Feb & 1 March
This workshop will cover the core skills required to pursue a career in voice-over work in TV, Radio, Documentaries, Cartoons, Gaming and Audiobooks: The ...
Physical Theatre
Physical Theatre is a course exploring the transformative techniques employed by the physical actor in performance. Students are introduced to physical principle...
Acting - Level 2
This ten-week course, is a continuation from Acting - Level 1 (previously known as I...
Costume - Level 1 - Sewing and Alterations
This course is designed as an entry level skills development course for anyone who has an interest in learning more about working in a theatre costume department,...
Acting - Over 35's - Level 1
Following a number of enquiries from mature applicants about our programmes, we have created a series of acting classes specifically catering to students aged ove...
Prop Making Level 1
PROP MAKING - LEVEL 1 Develop the essential skills of a professional prop maker in this intensive, project-based evening course. You won't...
Acting - Level 1
The Lir Academy’s Acting - Level 1 (previously Introduction to Acting) is the perfect introduction for those who are both inquisitive about a future career in act...
Screen Acting - Level 2 (Tuesdays)
This ten-week course, a continuation from Screen Acting - Level 1 course, will concentrate on further developing your acting skills for film and TV work. If you h...
Screenwriting Level 2 (Online)
Following on from Screenwriting Level 1, this short course continues to develop the student’s own creative and artistic practice as a writer, and expands their sk...
Acting - Over 35s - Level 2
This ten-week course, formerly known as Intermediate Acting: Character Development, ...
Screen Acting - Level 2 (Wednesdays)
This ten-week course, a continuation from Screen Acting - Level 1 course, will concentrate on further developing your acting skills for film and TV work....
Introduction to Musical Theatre
If you love musicals and want to have a go yourself but don’t know where to begin, this course is for you! We offer adults with a passion for musical theat...
Playwriting Level 2 (Online)
In part one of Introduction to Playwriting, we focused on a wide breadth of ideas. In part two, the intention is to compliment this work by going into more ...
Acting - Level 3
Acting Level 3 is a scene-study intensive designed for students who have completed L...
Theatre Directing Level 1
This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of directing as beginners or people wth some experience of stage work. This includes ac...
Screen Acting - Level 1
Participants will learn the differences between what is effective on stage versus the demands of the screen. As well as developing strategies for meeting the dema...
Screenwriting Level 1 (Online)
This introductory course is ideal for any student looking to improve their screenwriting skills, focusing on the various forms, ideas and craft of screenwriting. ...
Playwriting Level 1 (Online)
Throughout this programme, you will develop the tools to craft stories using frameworks such as narrative structure through plot and setting. The course will loo...
Fundamentals of Acting
The Fundamentals of Acting programme mirrors the work on our short course acting and screen acting courses with additional work on audition technique and self-ta...
Screen Acting Over 35s - Level 1
Participants will learn the differences between what is effective on stage versus the demands of the screen. As well as developing strategies for meeting the dema...
Youth Ensemble
Youth Ensemble is part of our Youth Academy - teen drama classes for young people. They are taught by leading professionals, many of whom also teach on the Founda...
Individual Coaching Class
Tuition is available from The Lir Academy's resident tutors including: Cathal Quinn – ...
Actors' Ensemble, Actor Training
Actors' Ensemble is a six-month-long course that applies acting techniques taught in a collaborative creative environment, including workshops and masterc...
Audiobook Narration (Online)
Being read to is one of our primary experiences as children, and thanks to podcasts and audiobooks there has been an explosion in popularity for adults too. Using...
Audition Masterclass (2 Weekends)
This audition preparation masterclass will offer a range of workshops giving an invaluable grounding in vital skills required for auditions and ongoing training. ...
Summer Acting Camp - July
The course 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. Partici...
Audition Workshop (Online)
At this acting audition workshop, participants will be guided through the process of preparing for Drama School auditions, through careful selection of monologues...
Screen Acting Intensive - Summer School
Lead by filmmaker David J. Evans, this course will workshop the nuances of working on screen and in front of a camera. Through workshops and discussions, ...
Theatre Directing Level 2
This is a continuation of Theatre Directing Level 1 course for students who have taken that programme or have relevant directing experience. Over the course of 10...
Audition Workshop Weekend
At this acting audition workshop, one of the core acting teachers at The Lir Academy, will guide participants through preparing for auditions, through careful sel...
Musical Theatre Intensive
During this two-week-long course, students will work with a singing tutor/musical director, core Lir teachers and leading musical theatre directors and choreogra...
The Clown Within - Clown Intensive
Whether you're a performer, artist, or someone simply looking to reconnect with your playful side, this workshop invites you to explore the transformative art of ...