Creative Arts

Creative Life Skills

Through drama, students learn many things- to work in a group, to work alone, to listen, to follow instructions and to use their creativity and imagination, to communicate through thought, action and words. They learn to explore their feelings in a safe and controlled environment.

Stage schools provide the opportunity to learn theatrical techniques. Learning to breather properly helps with voice projection and control. Warm up exercises ensure that the body and mind are focused on the challenge ahead. Characterisation, the art of developing characters and presenting them to an audience is an important skill for would be actors and improvisation enables students to develop flow and increase their creativity.

As you would expect singing and dancing also play a big part in a drama schools timetable and are also a great way of keeping entertained during their leisure time.

Music

Newpark Music Centre has been synonymous with quality music education in South Dublin for more than twenty-five years.  Now with over 1000 students, it is one of the largest private music schools in Dublin and offers a wide range of music courses for all ages and levels.

The Music Centre teaching staff is highly experienced in coaching students to realise their potential while focusing on the enjoyment of a musical education.

Classes are offered in virtually all instruments and styles.  All major exam syllabuses are covered, and there are many opportunities to perform both in and out of the Music Centre.  Ensembles include the Junior String Orchestra, Recorder Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, providing enjoyable and valuable group playing experience.

For younger children, the Gateway To Music programme is a pre-instrumental course where children are given an introduction to the world of music through such activities as song, storytelling through music, solfa and movement to music.

Let’s All Sing is a group singing class where the emphasis is on learning in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.  The course draws on material from Disney, musicals and classical song, and is showcased in concerts at Christmas and summer.  The Music Centre also offers musicianship classes, providing a valuable addition to instrumental tuition.

Drama

Stagecoach Dublin has some places for its Early Stages classes (suitable for children from 4 years up) in Wyvern National School in Killiney. Sessions run for 1 and half hours on Sundays, 12.15 until 1.45 with a maximum of 15 students

 Classes take a half hour lesson in each subject, learning to dance, to sing and to act.  The children are trained by experienced teachers, many of whom are professional educators, performers, choreographers or musicians.

The Irish Academy of Dramatic Art

Annual show for all students in the Pavilion Theatre at the end of April.

The Dionysus school of Speech and Drama in the Dundrum Family Recreational Centre caters for all age groups including adults. Students’ are given the opportunity to develop their creativity and confidence through speech and drama with an ethos of fun. Class sizes are limited to ensure that every child/adult gets the individual attention with fully qualified and experienced teachers.

Emma Coogan School of Speech and Drama Rathgar + Booterstown is committed to providing a high quality standard of speech and drama training for all ages, from their in-school Acting-Up programme for 3 - 6 year olds, to teaching and acting diploma level. During the class, students work on all aspects of Speech, Voice, Drama, Acting and Mime. Work includes; Royal Irish Academy and Trinity Guildhall Speech & Drama exams, Feis Maitiu and performances. The lively and imaginative basis of the classes ensures that students quickly lose inhibitions and eagerly participate in class. In this way, students gain confidence and have great fun in the process! They also provide one - to - one speech training classes for adults. 

Tabs Theatre Co Bayside, Castleknock, Donaghmede   + Killester holds weekly drama classes for children of all ages- focusing on teamwork skills, confidence building and fun through drama!

There are special skills workshops each term as well as occasional

visits to the theatre. All parents are invited to their Christmas and

Summer showcases. They also offer grade exams through the Royal Irish

Academy of Music. 

Stageright Donabate Portrane Mondays  & Firhouse Saturdays

This hugely successful school provides qualified tuition in Dance, Drama and musical theatre. To date Stageright performing Arts School students have appeared in various professional productions including “ The Wizard of Oz” and The Snowman at the National Concert Hall.