Flying Turtle Productions

at the Abbey School of Drama, Dublin

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

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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 Green, Dublin 2.

No reservation needed, no charge to enter, just come and enjoy dynamic new writing with fantastic actors reading!

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from several new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Additional writers may be added from our recent alumni. Professional actors will be performing the roles!

FEATURED WRITERS  FOR MAY 7th INCLUDE:
Fiona Mulhern, Greg Tierney, Emily Forkin, Evan Byrne, Fiona Price and Paul Hussey.

Admission into the  “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” courses is by submitted writing samples or from previous  “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants.  Class size was limited 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

OUR PROFESSIONAL ACTOR CAST FOR May 7th FEATURES:
Laoisa Sexton. Sharon Coade, Niamh McAllister, Emilie Hetland, Brian Mallon, Steve Gunn, Liam Heslin, Barry McKiernan

 

 

 

FEATURED WRITERS FOR OCTOBER MAY 14th INCLUDE: (More info to be added this week with actors names!)
Joe Bradley, Catriona Coyle, Caroline Quinn, Aisling Tedders, Dylan Bresnahan, Florenta Fugasin

 

 

 

OUR PROFESSIONAL ACTOR CAST FOR May 4th FEATURES:
Laoisa Sexton, Sharon Coade, Niamh McAllister, Georgina Mckevitt, Steve Gunn, Aaron Katambay, Liam Heslin and Arlo McEvoy!

Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, 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.

See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives

WHAT’S NEXT?
Our beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins June 9th, 2026 – only a few spaces left!
Next option for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING   (For those who have completed the 6-week course) reserving for September 2nd. (Nearly filled!)

To express interest or receive additional information click here to    “Contact Us”

FIRST LOOK! November 27th Sharing of New Screenplay Extracts!

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COME JOIN US for our next FIRST LOOK sharing of SCREENPLAY EXTRACTS starting at 7:00pm (Doors open 6:30) on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College Green, Dublin 2. 

No reservation needed, no charge to enter, just come and enjoy dynamic new writing with fantastic actors reading!

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from 7 new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Additional writers from our recent alumni. Professional actors will be performing the roles!

FEATURED WRITERS INCLUDE: 
Carolin Stein, Alisa Kuzmina, Eoghan Cosgrove, Nicholas Redmond, Carlos Day Pomar, Sherman O’Neill and James Butler!

Admission into the  “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” courses is by submitted writing samples or from previous  “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants.  Class size was limited 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. ”

OUR PROFESSIONAL ACTOR CAST FEATURES: 
Sharon Coade, Niamh Mcgrath, Niamh McAllister, Hazel Doupe,
Brian Mallon, Enda Oates,, Rory Dignam, Liam Heslin 

Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, 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).

See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives

WHAT’S NEXT?
Our beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins January 8th, 2025 – only a few spaces left!
Next options for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING   being finalized for late spring 2025

To express interest or receive additional information click here to    “Contact Us”

An image from our 2022 First Look below!

8 Screenwriters share some of their work!

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

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

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from 8 new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Additional writers from our recent alumni. Professional actors will be performing the roles!

Featured writers include:  Paula Bello, Stephen Boland, Lisa Allen, Mike Foley, Enya Dunphy, Alisa Kuzmina, Conor Purcell and Joshua Manuel-Oni.

Admission into the  “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” courses is by submitted writing samples or from previous  “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants.  Class size was limited 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. ”

 

 

 

OUR PROFESSIONAL ACTOR CAST FEATURES:   Ann Russell, Georgina McKevitt, Niamh McAllister, Gail Brady, Brian Mallon, Enda Oates, Rory Dignam and Liam Heslin

 

Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, 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).

See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives

 

WHAT’S NEXT?
Our beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins August 7th, 2024 (only a few spaces left!  The June 19th course is filled).
Next options for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING    just finalized to start September 18th, 2024/

To express interest or receive additional information click here to    “Contact Us”

An image from our 2022 First Look below!

8 Screenwriters share some of their work!

FIRST LOOK! Sharing of Screenplays November 16th at Doyles

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COME JOIN US for our FIRST LOOK sharing of screenplay extracts starting at 6:00pm on Thursday November 16th, 2023 at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College Green, Dublin 2

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

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from 11 new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Professional actors will be performing the roles (See below).
Featured writers include:  Eoghan Cosgrove, Padraig Murphy, Alisa Kuzmina, Jamie Doyle, Jane Nolan, Clare Fox, Ryan Gould, Jane Mitchell, Martin Wynne, Brendan Kielty and Gemma Bovenizer. 

The writers for these two groups from “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” courses were selected from submitted writing samples or from “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants. Class size was limited  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. 

OUR CAST for November 16th…
Very grateful for this top notch professional cast reading the screenplays on the night:    Georgina McKevitt, Clare O’Malley, Emelie Hetland, Gail Brady.
Brian Mallon, Steve Gunn, Rory Dignam and Liam Heslin

Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, 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).

See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives

WHAT’S NEXT?
Our beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins January 10th,2024 (only a few spaces left!).
Next options for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING being finalized soon for spring 2024/

To express interest or receive additional information click here to    “Contact Us”

An image from our 2022 First Look below!

FIRST LOOK! Presentation of New Screenwriting Feb 9th. Join Us! Free Admission.

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COME JOIN US for our FIRST LOOK sharing of screenplays at 7:00pm on Thursday February 9th 2023 at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College Green, Dublin 2

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

We will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Professional actors will be performing the roles. Featured writers include: Martina McGrath, Michael Anthony McKiernan, Tommy Hughes, Ian McCall, Conor Purcell, Shelley Coleman and Sinead Ralston.

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  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. 

OUR CAST FOR FEBRUARY 9th
Very grateful for this top notch professional cast reading the screenplays on the night:
Georgina McKevitt, Lynette Callaghan, Johanna Thea, Megan O’Donell, Brian Mallon, Steve Gunn, Rory Dignam and Aaron Katambay.

 

Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, 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).

See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives

WHAT’S NEXT?
Our beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins February 21st (only a few spaces left!).
Next options for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING course by application begins April 4th!

To express interest or receive additional information click here to    “Contact Us”

An image from our 2022 First Look below!

Our Kind of ZOOM…

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Barry McEvoy and the Screenwriting class on ZOOM

This past year we have spent a LOT of time creating projects on ZOOM  working collaboratively with actors, directors and writers in locations all over the world to create new characters, plays and films for ZOOM along with one-to-one coaching for on-camera presentations.  That all said, I am a chronic techno-phobe and could not imagine how this could all work. But it did!
I personnally have been acting, directing and writing for ZOOM collaborations exploring new ways of telling stories for projects like TransAtlantic Tales with AboutFACE Theatre / Origin Theatre Festival / Bluefish feature film with Stacey Keech and about 30 other actors in 8 time zones/ original monologues and stories with LipZinc theatre … and more projects!  There is even a TV series on Netflix inspired by ZOOM called “Staged”.  Auditions and callbacks are now happening on ZOOM, with directors and producers based in other countries.
People are using ZOOM for corporate and artistic meetings, and while we may miss face-to-face connections, we are recognizing that we can work internationally, we can save on commuting time and resources, and we can discover NEW ways of working.  ZOOM is here to stay as an option in the creative and corporate industries, so this is a great opportunity to hone your skills!
Our ZOOM classes have been designed to keep you completely engaged. We have observed others around the world, explored new teaching practices and re-imagined the way that we facilitate so that each class will keep you challenged and inspired.
We miss the theatre and live performance, as there is nothing like it. But until we can gather safely, we will continue sharing stories and building connections on ZOOM.  We hope to see you soon!
Have a look at our home page for the latest options on course listings at www.flyingturtleproductions.com

 

FIRST LOOK! Presentation of New Screenwriting March 19th, 2020

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SORRY – CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 CORONA VIRUS

COME JOIN US at 7:00pm on Thursday, March 19th, 2020 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 new screenplays from our Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Professional actors will be performing the roles. Featured writers include: Yolanda Hellmanns Carvajal, Carlos Day Pomar, Evan Byrne, Marian Ryan, Wendy Jacobs, Martin Wynns, Sinead O’Riordan and Adam McGarry Byrne.

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 March 24th (only a few spaces left!). Next options for Experienced Level and Beginners are begin finalized soon! To express interest or receive additional information click here to “Contact Us”

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”