Teenagers’ Speech, Drama and Acting Classes

Creative self expression in a fun and supportive environment

We offer weekly Speech, Drama, and Acting Classes for teenagers in Rathmines, Dún Laoghaire, Booterstown and Castleknock, welcoming both beginners and advanced students.

Our classes are designed to build students’ confidence, support self expression, and nurture creativity. Throughout the year, students can participate in competitions, complete Drama Grade examinations and perform in a full scale production in a professional theatre. We also run a Youth Theatre for teens in Rathmines.

What’s covered in class?

Each weekly Teenagers’ Speech, Drama and Acting Class class is three hours long, and covers three main areas of performance studies:

  • 1 hour is focused on building clear and confident communication. We work on voice exercises, improvisation and team building.
  • 1 hour is focused on developing acting skills. Students work on monologues, duologues, poetry performance, and reading aloud.
  • 1 hour is focused on ensemble work, and includes devising and movement. This section of the class contains all of the group performance work, including scripted and student-devised material.

Additional Opportunities in Key School Years

Junior Cert:
Courses for Shakespeare plays, and poetry performance and analysis. Take part in Speech and Drama exams based entirely on Junior Cert English material to gain UCAS points. Communication and public speaking courses to work on CBAs.

Transition Year:
Why not take up Acting as part of the Gaisce president’s award?

Leaving Cert:
Poetry performance courses designed to teach the skills to analyse any poem from a performer’s perspective – learn all about rhythm, meter, rhyme, sound effects, structure, and style. Specialised workshops for individual poets, comparative study films, plays, and prose, as well as Shakespeare. Take part in Speech and Drama exams based entirely on Leaving Cert English material to gain UCAS points.

Diploma Options:
Many of our students complete associate level diploma exams (EQF level 5, equivalent to Irish level 6) before they have completed secondary school. These can be in either Speech and Drama performance, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts, Communication Skills, or Teaching Drama and Communication.

Teen Youth Theatre

We also run weekly Teen Youth Theatre workshops in Rathmines. These workshops provide a collaborative space where participants can explore different aspects of theatre making including performance, devising, directing and design.

We welcome participants aged 13 – 18, in 1st – 6th year of secondary school, whether you’re a beginner or advanced.

Join Our Acting School

You can enrol for your course of choice directly through our website. Click on your speech and drama course of choice. This will bring you to the booking page.