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Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

  • Acting School
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Welcome to Flying Turtle Productions

Welcome to Flying Turtle Productions

We engage the skills of performing artists, directors, and writers for a wide variety of creative and educational activities.
We work at the intersection of arts and the world…

  • Consultation for Media and Theatre Industries
  • Public Speaking and Corporate Training
  • Evening and weekend CREATIVE COURSES in Acting, Screenwriting, Improvisation, Acting for Camera and other courses for Adults and Teens
  • Creation of original media and live performance productions 
  • See an overview here: About

RECENT PRESS: Newspaper article about our Improvisation courses: “Improv is Almost Like Yoga for Life” 

JOIN US FOR FIRST LOOK SHARING OF NEW SCREENPLAYS MAY 7th & 14th!

 

 

CURRENT ADULT & TEEN COURSE OPTIONS ARE LISTED BELOW. MORE OPTIONS BEING ADDED SOON!

CLICK FOR OUR MANY TESTIMONIALS HERE

Please be sure to sign up for our NEWSLETTER so that we can contact you when more new options become available.

CLICK THE BLUE LINK FOR CURRENT COURSE DETAILS BELOW!

 TEEN ACTING     Spring Production term starts March 21st! (Sorry filled)  Teen Drama for Fun Week July 13th-17th Reserving now!  (Youth options for under 13 are on hiatus for now.)

IMPROVISATION  NEW “Creating Comedy” 8-class experienced level course starts  May 11th with Keith Jordan!! RESERVING NOW!!
“Welcome to Improvisation”
 beginner/returner 6-week course July 9th!
“Improv Performance” course starts April 16th with a live performance on June 4th! (SORRY FILLED, wait list only) . 

ADULT DRAMA SAMPLER    3-week course Tuesday evenings starting June 2nd!  (Sorry May option filled) 

ADULT DRAMA FOR FUN  (4-week course  OR 8-week option)  4-week Adult Drama for Fun Mini-course reserving now for June 11th, 2026

INTRO TO SCREENWRITING  Next 6-week option starts Tuesday, April 28th ONE SPOT AVAILABLE! And June 9th reserving now!  

ACTING FOR CAMERA    3-week beginner level INTRO TO ACTING FOR CAMERA starts Tuesday June 23rd! Reserving now!

EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING    By approval. Next option starts September 2nd, 2026

PUBLIC SPEAKING   5-class Wed Eve option started April 8th 2026 -Sorry filled!

ADULT SCENE STUDY    Next option for this beginner theatre performance course is being finalized for autumn 2026

THEATRE PERFORMANCE CREATION    course in January-March 2026 – FILLED

DRAMA FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING    Sorry – on hiatus until late 2026

Our live classes have small class size, ventilation, sanitizing and our HEPA Air Filter in the studio.

We have made our ZOOM course options dynamic, interactive, creative and with small class sizes. Read more about “Our Kind of ZOOM”.


Gift vouchers available, please contact us to order.

Latest News

FIRST LOOK Screenplay Sharing of Work May 7th & 14th!

FIRST LOOK Screenplay Sharing of Work May 7th & 14th!

COME JOIN US for our FIRST LOOK two evenings with sharings of SCREENPLAY EXTRACTS starting at 6:30pm on Thursday May 7th & May 14th (two different … [Read More...]

PERFORMANCE: “When It Rains…”      Monday March 9th & Tuesday 10th 2026

PERFORMANCE: “When It Rains…” Monday March 9th & Tuesday 10th 2026

Come see our work in the world premiere performances of WHEN IT RAINS...! An orginal devised performance with 7 actors playing 14 characters … [Read More...]

Performance of Adult Scene Study: Scenes and Improv Dec 10th!

Performance of Adult Scene Study: Scenes and Improv Dec 10th!

Join us for a dynamic evening of selected scenes from plays as well as a series of improvisation sequences directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates. This is … [Read More...]

Latest Productions

PERFORMANCE: “When It Rains…”      Monday March 9th & Tuesday 10th 2026

PERFORMANCE: “When It Rains…” Monday March 9th & Tuesday 10th 2026

Come see our work in the world premiere performances of WHEN IT RAINS...! An orginal devised performance with 7 actors playing 14 characters exploring 24 hours of Dublin life in a quirky, funny and … [Read More...]

Performance of Adult Scene Study: Scenes and Improv Dec 10th!

Performance of Adult Scene Study: Scenes and Improv Dec 10th!

Join us for a dynamic evening of selected scenes from plays as well as a series of improvisation sequences directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates. This is the culmination of our 10-week Adult Scene Study … [Read More...]

Latest industry news

FIRST LOOK Screenplay Sharing of Work May 7th & 14th!

FIRST LOOK Screenplay Sharing of Work May 7th & 14th!

COME JOIN US for our FIRST LOOK two evenings with sharings of SCREENPLAY EXTRACTS starting at 6:30pm on Thursday May 7th & May 14th (two different groups!) at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College … [Read More...]

Announcing New Collaboration with the Stage and Screen Society!

Announcing New Collaboration with the Stage and Screen Society!

We are delighted to announce that Flying Turtle Productions has begun a dynamic collaboration with the Stage and Screen Society , which is the newly formed "next generation" of the prestigious and … [Read More...]

Kathleen Warner Yeates

Kathleen was trained in the Masters program at Villanova University for Acting and Directing and has worked in the U.S. as a professional actor and director in theatre and film for over 30 years, working in New York City and through out the U.S. Read More…

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