Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

Culture Night Sept 18th 2020: Midsummer Night’s Dream Escapes!

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This year Culture Night is on Friday September 18th, and in the year of COVID-19 restrictions, we have been pushed to “evolve” to a different kind of event!

Watch our performance event online, a one-hour version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with eight actors. Previously filmed live in St Anne’s Park. See options for home activities below!  Viewable here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8gzRG7nUiM&t=1s

Our advanced actor training course could not perform on stage due to COVID-19, so we re-imagined the performance. We escaped from the theatre to film the actors in the park, running through fields, over castle bridges and into the lush forest where fairy magic and madness takes over.  This edited version of Shakespeare’s classic focuses on the fairies and the mixed-up lovers.

Drama activities at home are suggested around the event for anyone at home who feels like getting  dressed in their Fairy Best and participating in their own gardens!

DOWLOAD the fairy home activities documents below. We strongly encourage you to share your discoveries with us as per the instructions!

Flying Turtle Fairy Activity Pack:   CultureNight2020FlyingTurtlesandFairies 

Flying Turtle Fairy Colour Page:   CultureNight2020FlyingTurtleFairyColorPage

VIDEO LINK TO WATCH Midsummer Night’s Dream Escapes on Youtube (will remain viewable any time):  

Genres: Literature / Performance / Theatre

Features: Family Friendly

No Booking Required. This video will remain viewable.

There are many options to engage in the arts throughout Ireland on Culture Night with more details here: https://culturenight.ie/

Culture Night Noir! Live Encounter with Film Noir Characters Sept 22nd & 23rd, 2017

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As part of Dublin Culture Night 2017 come see our FREE TICKETED EVENT on Friday Evening September 22nd, PLUS A BONUS SECOND PERFORMANCE night on Saturday Evening, September 23rd – since we sold out last year and so many of you missed it! See ticket reservation times below.  [Read more…]

“Between the Cracks” – Performance March 13th & 14th, 2017

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“BETWEEN THE CRACKS” is an original devised theatre piece involving 13 actors playing 26 characters, under the direction of Kathleen Warner Yeates, and performing March 13th & 14th 8:00pm. The performance is one of the productions in the Advanced 6-Month Part-time Actor Training course with Flying Turtle Productions and the Abbey School of Drama.

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Margaret Pearse & Co – Performance Event Saturday January 7th 8:00pm

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As part of the Illuminate Herstory Festival events around Nollaig na mBan, we have created a site-specific theatre event inspired by the life of Margaret Pearse, mother of Patrick Pearse.  It is part of a larger movement to bring the forgotten women of history into the light of public awareness.  [Read more…]

More Alumni Flying High!

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Abbey School of Drama alumni John Connors and Tristan Heanue are among the latest winners with their film, “Today” in the Sky Road TV and Film Festival. See quotes from the IFTN.ie  article below….

Tristan Heanue’s film ‘Today’ starring John Connors won two awards at Sky Road.

‘Today’, ‘Dead Dogs’ and ‘One Million Dubliners’ among Sky Road Winners     (13 Oct 2015 : Seán Brosnan)The Sky Road TV & Film Festival took place 9-11 October with ‘Today’, ‘Dead Dogs’ and ‘One Million Dubliners’ all picking up awards.Tristan’s Heanue’s powerful short film ‘Today’ picked up to awards at the festival – Best Short Film as well as Best Short Film from a First Time Director. Today’ is a hard hitting drama about a man who wakes up one morning in his car, disorientated, with no recollection of how he ended up parked in the middle of nowhere. The harsh reality soon comes flooding back once he gathers his thoughts. The short is produced by Paddy Slattery and stars John Connors.”  More details on the article at IFTN.ie website.

Our Advanced 6-Month Part-time Actor Training course is auditioning now. For more info click here: Advanced 6-Month Actor Training  or email kwyeates@gmail.com.

Irish Film and Television Awards 2015 – Our Alumni!

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Huge congratulations our friends nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards – but Especially our Abbey School of Drama alumni: John Connors nominated for “Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama” for Love/Hate and Matthew Daragh for his animated film ‘Ode to Love’, with Brown Bag Films. In this tough business, we are so happy to celebrate when talent is recognised!

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