Short Courses
Intermediate Acting: Summer School
Fully Booked, Applications Closed. This week-long course, a continuation from the Introduction to Acting course, will concentrate o...
Screen Acting Intensive - Summer School
Lead by filmmaker David J. Evans, this course will workshop the nuances of working on screen and in front of a camera. Through workshops and discussions, ...
Musical Theatre Intensive
During this course, students will work with a singing tutor/musical director, core Lir teachers and leading musical theatre directors and choreographers, to devel...
I A Clown
Join us for an immersive week, where I A Clown will bring you on a journey to uncover the clown inside you. ...
Summer Acting Camp - August
The course is designed for young actors aged 13-15 who have a passionate interest in performing and would like to have an early start in acting training. Partici...
Youth Ensemble
Youth Ensemble is taught by leading professionals, many of whom also teach on the Foundation Diploma in Acting and Theatre and the Bachelor in Acting undergraduat...
Fundamentals of Acting
The Fundamentals of Acting programme mirrors the work on our short course acting and screen acting courses with additional work on audition technique and self-tap...
Actors' Ensemble, Actor Training
APPLY NOW Actors' Ensemble is a six-...
Youth Academy - Acting (15-17)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Director of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team these Saturday acting classes will...
Youth Academy - Musical Theatre (15-17)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Director of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team these Saturday acting classes will...
Youth Academy - Acting (12-14)
Designed by Roger Evans, The Lir Academy’s Director of Short Courses and delivered by The Lir Academy’s Short Course tutor team these Saturday acting classes will...
Armed Combat
This armed combat course will cover all the essential rapier and dagger techniques, their safety principles, and how to perform them so they are believable to an ...
Stage Combat
This course is suitable for complete beginners and those actor-combatants looking to improve their unarmed fighting skills for film and theatre. Unarmed is probab...
Individual Coaching Class
Tuition is available from The Lir Academy's resident tutors including: Cathal Quinn – ...
Introduction to Set Design
This practical weekend workshop will give you an introduction to the stages of set design, from reading the script and creating a concept, to understanding what i...
Introduction to Lighting Design
During the course of five days, participants will learn about different lighting technologies and learn the terminology used in the industry, becoming familiar wi...
Introduction to Costume Design
This 5-day course offers an insight into the creative process behind designing costumes for theatre. Participants will be taught by top industry professionals who...
One-Day Dialect: US Accents Intensive
We will focus mainly on General American, but will also explore the accents of New York and the American Southern States. Over the course of the day, we...
The Beckett Weekend
The Beckett Weekend will explore some of the best of Samuel Beckett's poetry, prose and drama, as well as his dark humour, musicality and the stark beauty of his ...
Storytelling through Movement
This new two-day weekend course is led by tutor Arudhra Krishnaswamy and will introduce participants to a variety of tools, techniques and processes of performanc...
Intermediate Screen Acting
This ten-week course, a continuation from the Introduction to Screen Acting course, will concentrate on further developing your acting skills for film and TV work...
Intro to Acting - Sligo Weekend Workshop
This course is designed to give you a taste of The Lir Academy's actor training through our ever-popular Introduction to Acting course over an intensive weekend. ...
