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Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

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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, Teaching English through Drama and other courses for Adults and Youth
  • 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” 

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

JOIN US NEXT WEEK MARCH 9th-11th FOR TWO DIFFERENT LIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCES!
“When it Rains…”, Mon March 9th & Tues March 10th 7:30pm, an original devised performance! More info: “When it Rains…”
Adult Scene Study Performance of scenes and improv on Wed March 11th 7:30pm.  Tickets click here. 

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.)

ADULT DRAMA FOR FUN  (4-week course  OR 8-week option)   8-week course starts February 23rd,  2026 (FILLED, wait list only) and  4-week Adult Drama for Fun Mini-course reserving now for June 11th, 2026

IMPROVISATION  “Welcome to Improvisation” beginner/returner 6-week course March 5th course is (FILLED, wait list only)
“Improv Performance” course starts April 16th with a live performance on June 4th! SPACES LIMITED.

PUBLIC SPEAKING   5-class Wed Eve option starts March 18th 2026 and filling fast!

ACTING FOR CAMERA    Next option FILLING FAST for Tuesday evenings starting March 24th!

INTRO TO SCREENWRITING  Next 6-week option starts Tuesday, April 28th is filling fast!

ADULT DRAMA SAMPLER    3-week course Tuesday evenings starting  May 12th – filling fast!

EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING    By approval. Sorry both classes filled for Spring 2026

ADULT SCENE STUDY   Current theatre performance course for beginner/improver level performance on March 11th.  Next option being finalized

THEATRE PERFORMANCE CREATION    course in January-March 2026 – FILLED

DRAMA FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING    Sorry – on hiatus until 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

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...]

FIRST LOOK Sharing of Original Screenplays Oct 2nd & 16th! Free Event!

FIRST LOOK Sharing of Original Screenplays Oct 2nd & 16th! Free Event!

                COME JOIN US for our next FIRST LOOK sharing of SCREENPLAY EXTRACTS … [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

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...]

FIRST LOOK! Sharing of Screenplay Extracts June 12th at Doyles!

FIRST LOOK! Sharing of Screenplay Extracts June 12th at Doyles!

COME JOIN US for our next FIRST LOOK sharing of screenplay extracts starting at 7:00pm (Doors open 6:30) on Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College Green, Dublin 2.  No … [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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