Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

Final Presentation Week June 25th-29th, 2019 – The New Theatre, Temple Bar

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Come see our Flying Turtle Productions – End of Term Presentation Series for THREE DIFFERENT COURSES ON DIFFERENT EVENINGS from 7:30pm Tuesday-Saturday, June 25th-30th,2019 at the New Theatre in Temple Bar. (SEE DETAILS BELOW FOR WHICH GROUP PERFORMS ON WHICH EVENINGS).

Our advanced adult and teen courses have been working towards this week of shared work from our Advanced 6-month Actor Training ,  Advanced Adult Scene Study  , Teen Drama Production Week  While we cherish the beginner adult drama and youth options, this is the opportunity for those with some more serious intentions to share their work with the public. Many of our past alumni are working in the top levels of the film and theatre industry. See Our Alumni page.

6-MONTH ACTOR TRAINING PRESENTATION (Our most advanced course, director Kathleen Warner Yeates) TUES-WED, June 25th-26th @ 7:30PM, The end of a 6 month part-time acting course culminating in a series of dynamic contemporary scenes and an edited version of “Midsummer Night’s Dream: Lovers”. This will be an engaging and entertaining evening of theatre! FEATURING: Simon Cunningham, Fionnuala Cox, Anne-Sophie Delap, Charles Ferguson, Patrick Fogarty,  Kevin Koidl, and Helen Kelly.

ADVANCED ADULT SCENE STUDY PRESENTATION (directed by Ann Russell) THURS-FRI, June 27th & 28th @7:30pm This is the end of a 12-week Advanced course, and will feature selected dramatic contemporary scenes in the first act and an lighter improvisation series in the second act! FEATURING: Samuel Clarke, Colin Fitzsimons, Albert Gillick, Caoimhe O’Leary, Séan O’Regan, and Jane Tuohy

THE TEEN DRAMA PRODUCTION SAT June 29th, 7:30pm This is a devised theatre piece created in one week, then fully staged and performed under the direction of Kathleen Warner Yeates.

Lighting design by Cathy Ocarroll

Flying Turtle Productions was formerly The Abbey School of Drama

BOOK TICKETS THROUGH THE NEW THEATRE HERE: http://www.thenewtheatre.com/show-info/

 

FIRST LOOK 2019: Presentation of New Screenwriters May 9th!

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COME JOIN US at 7:00pm on Thursday, May 9th at Doyles Pub, Upstairs.

No reservation needed, no charge to enter, just come and enjoy!

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Featured writers include: James Dunne, Angelica Litsiou, Elaine O’Brien, Sarah-Kate O’Connor, Colm O’Neill, Jennifer Osborne, and Peter Salisbury.

The writers for this “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” course were selected from submitted writing samples or from “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants. Class size was limited to eight students maximum in order to provide the highest quality of tuition. Over the past 3 months, they have been writing under the inspired guidance of Barry. More than just a formulaic re-hashing of Hollywood writing advice, this course has creatively delved into the individual voices of these writers to bring original, dynamic and engaging scripts to fruition. 

Barry McEvoy has over 25 years professional experience in Theatre, Television and Film, collaborating with world renowned artists in the U.S., Ireland and U.K. He wrote and acted in the Barry Levinson, Dreamworks production An Everlasting Piece. As an actor or writer he has collaborated with renowned industry professionals including; Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad), Joel Schumacher (Veronica Guerin) Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon), Karel Reisz (The French Lieutenant’s Woman) and Oliver Hirschbiegel (Five Minutes of Heaven). He has written feature screenplays for Artisan/Summit and Dreamworks and, completed rewrites for Workhorse Films, Parallel Pictures and Touchstone. Variety Magazine awarded him Screenwriter to Watch (2000) and he carries an MFA in Playwriting from The LIR academy, Trinity College. His extensive theatre CV includes work by Harold Pinter, W.B. Yeats, John Osborne, Brian Friel, Wendy Wasserstein, Samuel Beckett, Conor McPherson and Vaclav Havel and, he is a founding member of Scena Theatre, Washington DC. His next film SHAM is being produced by Deadpan/Grand (Moone Boy) and Baby Cow (Philomena), to be directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty).

NEXT Screenwriting beginner course option begins May 16th (only two spaces left!). Next options begin finalized soon! To express interest or receive additional information click here to “Contact Us”

“Culture Night Noir” and “Saturday Night Noir” Performances Sept 21st & 22nd 2018

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Join us for a 30 minute immersive live performance involving trained actors in costume as Film Noir characters ala the 1940’s black and white films…detective, Femme Fatale, Gangsters etc. Conceived and directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates   and created in collaboration with the cast. We will bring small groups of 12-16 audience members at a time into the performance provided they know the password: “SPEAK EASY”

Ability to climb stairs is required, and it is recommended for adults or young people age 10 and older.

FOR CULTURE NIGHT SEPT 21st, THIS IS A TICKETED FREE EVENT! (Sorry Booked Out!)
FOR SATURDAY SEPT 22nd TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR A LOW PRICE OF €10. (Available)
These tickets book out very fast! Last year we had to turn dozens of people away, as the online reservations were filled.  However, sometimes people reserve but do not turn up for free Culture Night events, which leaves a lot of people on wait lists in hopes of admission which may or may not happen. We have added a second performance evening on Saturday, and we have found that charging a small price for this performance meant that people will have the option to see other Culture Night events on Friday, and see our performance with a guaranteed seat on Saturday evening.

See a glimpse of our performance and our Youtube testimonials from last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOjm9M0ZEM

TO RESERVE TICKETS CLICK HERE:
EVENTBRITE TICKET LINK

Friday Evening Sept 21st Culture Night Free Ticketed event promptly at 6:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:30, 9:15, 10:00
Saturday Evening Sept 22nd Ticketed Event €10 promptly at 7:00, 7:45, 8:45

Note: Performances will begin promptly as scheduled and this event is filling quickly. A place will be held for you in the performance time that you select, but if you are late your place will be given away to a wait list person.

For any additional inquiries contact info@flyingturtleproductions.com or 086 824 4826

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Margaret Pearse & Company Pilot Project 2018 – Illuminate Herstory Festival!

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As part of the Illuminate Herstory Festival 2018, Flying Turtle Productions is illuminating the front of the Ireland Institute at 27 Pearse Street and also facilitating two tiers of activity:

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