Short Courses
Audition Workshop Weekend - November
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...
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...
Level 1 Voice-Over Acting
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 ...
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. ...
Actor as Writer
Actor as Writer is a practical in-person weekend course (Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th of December), that explores how actors can use the tools...
Youth Academy - Acting (15-17) (Afternoon)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Head of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team these Saturday acting classes will foc...
Youth Academy - Acting (12-14) (Afternoon)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Head of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team, these Saturday acting classes focus o...
Youth Academy - Acting (15-17) (Morning)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Course Director of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team these Saturday acting class...
Youth Academy - Acting (12-14) (Morning)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Head of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team, these Saturday acting classes focus o...
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...
Acting - Level 2
This ten-week course, is a continuation from Acting Level 1. If you have not complet...
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. ...
Acting - Level 1
The Lir Academy’s Acting - Level 1 is the perfect introduction for those who are both inquisitive about a future career in acting and those who simply want to cha...
Screen Acting - Level 2
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...
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...
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...
Acting - Over 35s - Level 2
This ten-week course is a continuation from Acting - Level 1 specifically for partic...
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...
Physical Theatre
Physical Theatre is a course exploring the transformative techniques employed by the physical actor in performance. Students are introduced to physical principle...
Musical Theatre Level 1
If you love musicals, want to try it but don’t know where to begin, this course is for you! We offer adults with a passion for musical theatre an opportuni...
Playwriting Level 2 (Online)
In Playwriting Level 1, we focused on a wide breadth of ideas. In level two, the intention is to compliment this work by going into more depth. The ...
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...
Screen Acting - Level 3
Screen Acting Level 3 is an advanced, camera-focused, scene-study course for actors who have completed Screen Acting Levels 1 and 2 or equivalent training or expe...
Acting - Level 3
Acting Level 3 is a scene-study intensive designed for students who have completed L...
Audition Masterclass - January
This audition preparation masterclass will offer a range of workshops giving an invaluable grounding in vital skills required for auditions and ongoing training. ...
Individual Coaching Class
Tuition is available from The Lir Academy's tutors including, but not limited to: Cathal Quinn – Voice and...
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,...
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...
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...
Screen Acting - Over 35s - Level 2
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....
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 for Over 60s
This weekend course is designed specifically for those aged 60 and over who are curious about the magic of performance. Whether you’re looking to boost your confi...
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...