Christmas 2008 Act One's senior groups performed pieces based on the 1980's film The Breakfast Club in UCD Dramasoc and the junior groups presented 'The Four Reindeers who Saved Christmas' and 'Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes'

END OF TERM SHOWCASES & WORKSHOPS

Act One presented a Celebration of Irish Theatre in UCD Dramasoc at Christmas 2007.
Christmas 2006 saw Act One present once again at Civic Theatre in Tallaght A2 & B1 presented ‘Papa Panov’s Magic Christmas’
B2 wrote and devised ‘Lost’
C wrote and devised a modern version of Romeo and Juliet called ‘By Any Other Name’.
Proceeds went to sponsoring Herbert, a child from Uganda, through World Vision. Act One’s Christmas shows will continue to sponsor Herbert annually.

The Christmas shows were a fantastic success in the Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre in Tallaght on Saturday 10th December 2005.

• Group A2 performed 'Elves on Stike'
• Group B1 performed 'Two Plays of Christmas'
• Group B2 wrote and performed 'The Night Before Christmas'
• Group C wrote and performed 'Home for Christmas' which was in aid of Focus Ireland for whom we raised 400 euro.
  

News Archive Items

SPECIALISED WORKSHOPS 2007
This year we have had Kristian Marken for Acting for Camera, Paul Burke for Stage Combat, Helene Hugel for Puppetry, Barnstorm for a workshop on ‘Silly Bits of Sky’, Robbie Harris for Percussion and William Kennedy for Mime.

THEATRE TRIPS 2007
A2 & B1 saw ‘Silly Bits of Sky’ in the Civic by Barnstorm
B2 saw the wonderful theatre festival production of ‘Lifeboat’ in the Ark
Group C’s trip to be announced shortly.

IFTA WINNER OF BEST ACTOR AWARD VISITS ACT ONE

We were priveleaged and delighted to welcome Irish actor Gerard McSorley to Act One on Saturday December 4th to meet and hold a questions and answers session with the teen age students of Group C.
Gerard recently won the award for best actor at the Irish Film and
television Awards for his brilliant performance in the film “OMAGH”. He has also appeared in countless theatre, television and film
productions over the years. His film appearances include; The Boxer, Bloody Sunday, In the Name of the Father and Veronica Guerin.
As “INSPIRATION” has been the theme for the term with group C, we knew this talk would be an inspiring one to say the least.

Theatre Trips For all
As is the case every year, at Act One, Theatre trips were planned for all students this term and we were excited about the productions involved. Firstly, On the 17th November Group C went to the `Project Theatre’ to see Corn Exchange Theatre Company’s Production of “Dublin By Lamplight” .
The Project Theatre was also the venue for another theatre trip. This time for Groups B1 and B2. The play was an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic fairytale, “The Nightingale” and was told through the medium of song. We attended the show on Wednesday 8th December at 6pm and it proved to be a festive treat for all.

On our return date after the Christmas break, Saturday, January 8th, Group A had something special to look forward to. They attended the show, Pinoccio at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght.

Looking Back :
As we head into another year , we reflect on a wonderful Summer of successful courses which ran for children aged 5 to 13 years throughout the month of July at our centre in Terenure. The groups took part in a roller coaster ride of activities and specialised workshops. The following are just some  of the people they worked with and activities that they took part in :

Donal O'Farrell, stuntman and fight co-ordinator, took time out of his very busy schedule to work with one of the groups on the fight scenes for their play. He also took a questions and answers session with the group , sharing his wide range of experience and knowledge of the business.

MaSamba Samba School took loud, interactive drumming workshops with all ages bringing along huge drums and instruments from Brazil for all to use.

The Abbey Theatre welcomed us in behind the scenes where we took part in a very special backstage workshop. The group were asked to do a bit of detecting work and discover hidden secrets about the theatre's history and past and all that goes on behind the scenes of our National Theatre.

Ray Darcy, Ray paid us a visit on the final day of the courses and also took questions from the group about the work he does both in radio and TV. An entertaining hour, without a doubt ! Thanks Ray.

Click here for a Photo of Ray at Act One.

.....Juggling skills, modern dance, mask work, and the final day performances  made the month of July 2004  an action packed one for all.

Thanks to all the guest tutors, facilitators, parents and children who took part !

Looking Forward :

Autumn is coming and we look forward with high hopes for another creative, fun packed year, starting Saturday 10th September.

Please note there are some changes to the times for workshops this year.

• 3-5 year olds will run from 12.30 - 1.15pm
• 6-8 year olds will run from 1.15pm - 2.45pm
• 9-13 year olds will run from 1.00pm - 5.00pm
• 14-18 year olds will run from 3.00pm - 5.00pm
  

(places in these groups will be allocated according to age and experience)
You will be notified of your particular time slot  2 weeks prior to the start date.

To our present students we look forward to seeing you all soon and to our new-comers we welcome you on board !