Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

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

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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 moving story.

This experienced level Theatre Performance Creation course brings together seven different actors in this collaboratively created production. Using the creative writing skills and character-based ideas from the actors, we weave together a series of situations taking place over one day. Inspired by the saying, “when it rains… it pours”, these quirky, colourful and moving characters will give you a glimpse into how they respond when plans fall apart.

Performances:

7:30pm Monday, March 9th, 2026

7:30pm Tuesday, March 10th, 2026

Running time approximately 90 minutes.
At the Pearce Centre Theatre, 27 Pearse Street, D02K037

DOWNLOAD PROGRAM HERE: 2026ProgramTheatreCreationWhenItRains

TICKET LINK HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/when-it-rains-tickets-1984292006808?aff=oddtdtcreator

FEATURED ACTORS:

Emanuela Choppin, Roberta D’Antone, Annie Tobin Dunne, Tanja Karita,

Ruchi Hemani Kashiwala, Michael Keegan and Eithne Ní Dhubhghaill

Directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates

Lighting Design and Op by Cathy O’ Carroll

Front of House and Box Office by Ells Mooney

EMERGENCE an Original Devised Theatre Performance Nov 13th & 14th

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Join us for a moving and humorous performance, collaboratively created to explore the challenges of eight interlinked and struggling characters in Dublin.

What forces oppress us, internal or external, and how to we emerge through all of the challenges? Developed in our Theatre Performance Creation course, we observed various random humans to begin the exploration of what would become our story. Through improvisation, collaboration, writing and singing, we created a fully staged original peformance with music. Each actor performs two physically contrasting characters in this funny and poerful play about what we do to survive.

Running time approximately 70 minutes.   Tickets €10 plus handling

FEATURED PERFORMERS:  Kevin Maher, Greg Marks, Emily McAlinden and James Ronan.
Conceived and directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates
Lights by Cathy O’Carroll

TICKET LINK TO PURCHASE: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/emergence-tickets-742222977907?aff=oddtdtcreator

YOUTUBE PREVIEW INTERVIEWS: 

Actors  Kevin Maher, Greg Marks, Emily McAlinden and James Ronan.

Showdown at Hickory Gulch Sept 23rd & 24th 2022! Culture Night and Saturday Night

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On Friday Sept 23rd Culture Night 2022! (SORRY CULTURE NIGHT BOOKED OUT)
+ SATURDAY OPTION   Saturday Sept 24th – SOME LIMITED SPACE FOR SATURDAY PERFORMANCES AT A SMALL TICKET PRICE. SEE LINK BELOW.

We hope you will join us for our CULTURE NIGHT event!   Back after a sold out production last year.
Our site-specific live 35-minute outdoor performance with music, will take you back to the world of the wild, wild west! Welcome to the world of cowboys and cattlerustlers, Sheriffs and Deputies, outlaws and ladies of ill repute. If you think it could all end in a gunfight, you can be darn tootin’ sure it will!

Please read full details below before booking.

LOCATION: OUTDOORS at Flying Turtle Productions, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin D02K037 in the Ireland Institute.

Building on our previous years of presenting genre styled performance (Culture Night Noir, Midsummer Night’s Dream Escapes!), we now celebrate the classic westerns. The audience will pass briefly through a building corrider then will view the performance from an outside atrium area which has an overhead shelter. Some limited seating will be available for those in need.  See you there, partner!

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED – SEE BOOKING LINK BELOW. There will be some limited folding chairs available for those unable to stand for the length of the performance.   This is a “MOST WEATHER” performance, so we will go on if there is mild rain. Umbrellas available for temporary use!

CULTURE NIGHT  FREE TICKETED EVENT FRIDAY Evening September 23rd– (SORRY BOOKED OUT )  Performance times for this FREE Culture Night event performing promptly at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30:

WE HAVE A BONUS PERFORMANCE night on SATURDAY Evening, September 24th – RESERVING NOW for a small ticket price of €10 per person (plus transaction charge) and must be purchased in advance through the link. This can be purchased NOW and selling fast. Performances start promptly at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30. All proceeds go to the performers and creative team.

CLICK THE TICKET LINK BELOW, SELECT A PERFORMANCE DATE AND TIME, AND RESERVE FOR YOUR FREE (Friday) OR PAID (Saturday) PERFORMANCES TIMES:  

BOOKING LINK :
Eventbrite Showdown At Hickory Gulch

NOTE: Performances will begin promptly as scheduled and this event is fills quickly. A place will be held for you in the performance time that you select, but YOU MUST BE IN LINE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING 5 MINUTES BEFORE PERFORMANCE OR YOUR PLACE WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE WAIT LIST PEOPLE. NO LATE ADMISSION.

IF you are experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or have had contact with anyone known to have COVID-19 please do not attend this performance. A reminder of this will be sent prior to the performance.

Ability to climb 5 steps is required, and it is recommended for adults or young people age 10 and older. There will be some limited folding chairs available for those who cannot stand for the performance length of approximately 35 minutes.

SEE OUR YOUTUBE TESTIMONIALS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS FILM NOIR PERFORMANCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bOjm9M0ZEM&t=6s

FEATURED CHARACTERS AND ACTORS:  

SHERIFF JOSEPH OBADIAH HICKMAN (Michael Keegan)

JIMMY-JOE JOHNSON (Simon Cunningham)

REVEREN SAMUEL CARTER (Alan Buckley)

DOC CARAWAY (Stephen Kelly)

JESSIE STEED (Ella Mooney)

RUBY SADLER (Julie Dean)

LILY MARTIN (Kate O’Donnell)

ROSEBUD EUSTICE CARTWRIGHT (Sophia Cadogan)

MISS MARY JONES (Phoebe Moore)

JANE WILDER (Louise O’Toole)

DAVY SAWYER (Richard Sweetman)

WILD BILL MacGINLEY (Bill Paton)

TWO-GUN TOMMY AUSTIN (Philip Dillon)

JOHNNY LEVI (Simon Mombrun O’Neill)

DAISY DILLINGTON (Deirdre Grant)

Conceived and directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE IRELAND INSTITUTE.

@culturenightdublin @culturenight

Flying Turtle Productions provides part-time evening courses in Drama, Screenwriting and Public Speaking, as well as film and theatre production and corporate training. Please see more details on our website for full details at www.flyingturtleproductions.com.

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

#CultureNight #LOVECulture @CultureNight @CulturenightDub

“They Dream” Our Original Devised Performance March 7th & 8th, 2022

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We hope that you will join us for our orginal devised theatre performance of “THEY DREAM” involving 5 actors playing 10 characters. Under the direction of Kathleen Warner Yeates, the performance is one of the productions created in the Advanced 6-Month Part-time Actor Training course with Flying Turtle Productions in 2022.

In this performance we will explore one day in the life of these varied and struggling characters as they pursue their hopes and dreams.

FEATURING: Sam Coll, Tony Cosgrave, Eva McCartney, Maggie Murphy and Joe Stalford.

Conceived and directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates

Lighting design and operation by Al Bellamy

Monday, March 7th 7:30pm

Tuesday, March 8th 7:30pm

Performance will have a running time approximately 70 minutes with no interval. Starts 7:30pm SHARP! SORRY NO LATE ENTRANCE DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE THEATRE BUILDING.

LOCATION: The Pearse Centre Theatre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin D02K037.

ADMISSION:  €10
BOOKING HERE:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/they-dream-tickets-281983178277

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 0868244826 or email info@flyingturtleproductions.com