Flying Turtle Productions and The Abbey School of Drama Showcase Come to the New Theatre

This week The New Theatre is delighted to welcome Flying Turtle productions at The Abbey School of Drama back to The New Theatre for their annual showcase. Featuring a range of talent and skills from the Advanced Actor Training Programme and The Advanced Adult Scene Study Programme, this showcase is a culmination of the course work for these two different classes, both directed by Kathleen Warner Yeats. For full schedule and further details, please see below.

Running next week is a production of 'My Name is Rachel Corrie', a powerful piece of documentary thetare edited by Alan Rickman & Katherine Viner. This fresh interpretation is directed by Megan Carney and features Shannon Ferber. For details, please see below.

Abbey School of Drama Showcase Presented by Flying Turtle Productions

Dates: June 26th - July 1st Tickets: €10

About the Showcase:
A series of presentations for 3 different advanced courses from Flying Turtle Productions and the Abbey School of Drama. Flying Turtle Productions was founded by Kathleen Warner Yeates and it is a company that engages writers, directors and actors for the purpose of tuition in the performing arts, film and theatre production, corporate training, wellness, and sharing methodologies. See our website at www.flyingturtleproductions.com

This weeks events are as follows:

June 28th-28th Monday-Wednesday 7:30pm"Advanced 6-Month Actor Training"an evening of Contemporary Scenes and Midsummer Night's Dream under the direction of Kathleen Warner Yeates.

Featured performers: James Falconer, Cara Ferguson, Ciara K. Joseph, Ollie Kinane, Sadhbh Malin, Martina Mccormack , Thomas McGovern, Sinéad Rowan, Bryan Smith, Hilary Smith, Rachel Walshe and Sean Walsh

June 29th & 30th Thursday-Friday 7:30pm "Advance Scene Study"evening of Contemporary Scenes and Improvisation under the direction of Kathleen Warner Yeates.

Featured performers: Sophia Cadogan, Tiernan Doherty, Kevin Hare, Amoreena Mann, Gerard McKenzie, Tad Morari, Sarah A. Murphy, Justin Ó Gliasáin, Ciarán Ó Murchu, Louise O'Toole, Kevin Quigley and Stephen Tuck.
For details, click here.

My Name is Rachel Corrie Compiled from the letters and writings of Rachel Corrie
Presented by The New Theatre Directed by Megan Carney

Dates: July 3rd - 8th, 7.30pm Tickets: €16 (€12.50 concession)

About the Show:
My Name is Rachel Corrie takes the audience on a gritty, heart-breaking and humorous journey through the writings of Rachel Corrie, a young American activist who was killed in Palestine in 2003, at the hands of the Israeli Defence Forces, when she stood between a bulldozer and a civilian home.
Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner have compiled her letters, diaries and emails, presenting a piece of documentary theatre which brings to life her passion and believe in the ability to create change. With the writings of an artist and determination which can only be found in the most idealistic of youth, allow Rachel to bring you on a whirlwind journey of childhood memories, poetry, warzones and cigarette smoke.
For more information, click here.

The Confirmation Suit by Brendan Behan adapted for stage by Peter Sheridan

Dates: July 24th - Aug 5th, 7.30pm Tickets: €16 (€12.50 concession)

About the Show:

Brendan Behan is twelve years old and about to make his confirmation. It is a coming of age moment for all Catholic boys, full of excitement and promise. That's how it is for Brendan until he learns that his suit is to be made by an elderly seamstress, Miss McCann, who lives upstairs in their tenement house.

Miss McCann specialises in making shrouds for the dead. As Brendan's father Stephen remarks,"people are only dying to get into one of her creations." It is not a good omen. Brendan is terrified that his suit will be anything but fashionable and he lives in dread of what he may be forced to wear on his big day.

As the story unfolds, the young Brendan becomes more and more agitated. In the end we know that something has to give. The question is whether Brendan will hold it all together or implode.

Written in 1962, just two short years before his own passing, the Confirmation Suit is filled with humour, insight and pathos. It is a story that still resonates today, more than fifty years after its composition.

This is a stage adaptation not to be missed.

Adapted for the stage by Peter Sheridan
Performed by Gary Cooke (Après-Match, I Keano)

For more information, click here.

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