Short Courses
Fundamentals of Acting
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Introduction to Voice-Over Acting - Weekend Course
Facilitated by Al Doyle, one of the UK’s most in demand voice-over performers, this workshop will cover the core skills required to pursue a career in voice-over ...
Intro to Acting - Limerick Weekend Workshop
This course is designed to give you a taste of The Lir Academy's actor training through our ever-popular Introduction to Acting course over an intensive weekend. ...
Intro to Acting - Sligo Weekend Workshop
This course is designed to give you a taste of The Lir Academy's actor training through our ever-popular Introduction to Acting course over an intensive weekend....
Summer Acting Camp - July
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Young Actors' Programme - 2 weeks
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Introduction to Acting - Summer School
The Lir Academy’s Introduction to Acting course is perfect for those who are both inquisitive about a future career in acting and those who simply want to challen...
Intermediate Acting: Summer School
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Screen Acting Intensive - Summer School
Lead by filmmaker Émilie Richard-Froozan, this course will workshop the nuances of working on screen and in front of a camera. Through workshops and discu...
Musical Theatre Intensive
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I A Clown
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Summer Acting Camp - August
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Armed Combat
This armed combat course will cover all the essential rapier and dagger techniques, their safety principles, and how to perform them so they are believable to an ...
Stage Combat
This course is suitable for complete beginners and those actor-combatants looking to improve their unarmed fighting skills for film and theatre. Unarmed is probab...
Youth Ensemble
Youth Ensemble is taught by leading professionals, many of whom also teach on the Foundation Diploma in Acting and Theatre and the Bachelor in Acting underg...
Individual Coaching Class
Tuition is available from The Lir Academy's resident tutors including: Cathal Quinn – ...
Introduction to Set Design
This practical weekend workshop will give you an introduction to the stages of set design, from reading the script and creating a concept, to understanding what i...
Introduction to Lighting Design
During the course of five days, participants will learn about different lighting technologies and learn the terminology used in the industry, becoming familiar wi...
Introduction to Costume Design
This 5-day course offers an insight into the creative process behind designing costumes for theatre. Participants will be taught by top industry professionals who...
Actors' Ensemble, Actor Training
This six-month-long course is specifically designed for emerging actors who have been considering actor training but can’t yet commit to it full-time. The partici...
One-Day Dialect: US Accents Intensive
We will focus mainly on General American, but will also explore the accents of New York and the American Southern States. Over the course of the day, we...
The Beckett Weekend
The Beckett Weekend will explore some of the best of Samuel Beckett's poetry, prose and drama, as well as his dark humour, musicality and the stark beauty of his ...
Storytelling through Movement
This new two-day weekend course is led by tutor Arudhra Krishnaswamy and will introduce participants to a variety of tools, techniques and processes of performanc...
