Irish Board Drama Teaching Resources

See you on www.irishboard.ie

2011-09-05T10:17:00.001+01:00

We've launched a brand new website at www.irishboard.ie which incorporates a news section and a resources blog, together with links to our Facebook and YouTube pages and our Twitter feed. So there's no longer any need for a separate resources blog here.

Please join us on www.irishboard.ie, bookmark it and visit us throughout the year for updates and useful information.

See you there.

Regards

David Meredith
Director

Syllabus and Fees 2011-12

2011-08-11T19:18:00.001+01:00

Click on each item to enlarge and browse:

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011-12

Stand Up and Be Heard

2011-07-22T11:11:00.002+01:00

Sorry. It's been a while. Busy year!

Interesting review from the Irish Times of a voice workshop in the Abbey Theatre:

CLICK HERE

Sets Available (FREE)

2011-01-12T14:32:00.000Z

A TV company has 2 portable sets available to anyone who wants them - for FREE.

The sets are made from a very light, spring-loaded wire frame which supports magnetic sheets on the front onto which a graphic is printed (should new owners of these sets wish to print new facades the company which supplied them will do that (Applied Signs Ltd.)

Each set is about 5 metres wide and about 2 metres high. They come in two heavy duty custom made wheel-able cases and there are two full sets available.

If you're interested in one or two of them, please email me or give me a ring at the Irish Board. First come first served.

Here are some pics:

TEACHER WANTED

2011-01-11T14:44:00.001Z

TEACHER WANTED (Musical Theatre and Singing) pretty well immediately: Saturdays, Blessington, Co Wicklow, 11.30am-1pm. Please contact us (01-2164270 or mail@irishboard.ie) with your details and we'll pass them on.

The Mower by Philip Larkin

2010-12-28T12:16:00.002Z

The Mower
by Philip Larkin

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found
A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,
Killed. It had been in the long grass.

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world
Unmendably. Burial was no help:

Next morning I got up and it did not.
The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful

Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.

The final two and a half lines of this poem were quoted by Joseph O'Connor in the Irish Times yesterday. Seems to me to be a pretty good New Year's wish.

A FREE Play!!

2010-12-13T12:08:00.005Z

Yep. That's right. A free play.

Carmel McKiernan, a speech and drama teacher in Trim, Co Meath, very kindly sent me a copy of this play and suggested that I make it available to speech and drama teachers looking for a suitable play for teenagers.

Here's an extract from her email to me:

'My students performed in their November showcase last week which was a great success. One of the pieces which was performed on the night was a short scene called Think Twice. I had written this a while back and thought it would be an excellent piece for my older students (i.e. over 12s) to perform on stage. The piece is mainly about a group of teenagers who have been out at a party and foolishly take a lift home with another teenager who had also been drinking.

'My students gave a wonderful portrayal of these characters and it evoked so many thoughts and discussions throughout the rehearsal process. The parents and also my younger students who watched the scene on the night were overwhelmed with sadness at the end of the play. The cast got a standing ovation. The teenage drink culture is pretty terrifying these days, hopefully planting little seeds like this in the minds of students may help to change their perception of drinking at such a young age.'

Thank you Carmel!

And here it is: Think Twice by Carmel McKiernan

Another Poetry Resource

2010-11-19T11:35:00.003Z

Browsing the internet this morning looking for a copy of some brilliant poems I heard at an exam a few days ago, I came across this site:

oldpoetry.com

There are 5585 poets represented and most of tham are not THAT old. You can browse by poet and category and the site also has essays and a forum.

Useful resource - have a look.

Irish Theatre Institute

2010-11-12T11:51:00.001Z

I've been neglecting this blog. Sorry.

Anyway, just a quickie today. If you have any spare time, have a little browse of the Irish Theatre Institute's website. It's got loads of links to intesesting (and hopefully, useful) theatre-related resources. Its General Manager is Claire O'Neill, qualified speecha nd drama teacher and Secretary of IDAC. I'm sure she wouldn't mind you giving her a buzz if there's something you need to know.

Irish Board Library Catalogue

2010-10-07T10:24:00.003+01:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More speech

A Truckload of Poetry Links

2010-09-25T14:16:00.000+01:00

Some clickable links to poetry resources:

From the blog archive:

http://theirishboard.blogspot.com/2010/03/poetry-for-children.html

http://theirishboard.blogspot.com/2010/02/michael-rosen.html

http://theirishboard.blogspot.com/2010/02/jack-prelutsky.html

http://theirishboard.blogspot.com/2009/12/poetry-some-ideas-and-resources.html

And here's some more poetry links (mixed quality):

http://www.poemhunter.com/

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

http://poem-a-day.knopfdoubleday.com/

http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

'To be or not to be ...'

2010-09-23T13:29:00.000+01:00

An interesting piece from the BBC website on Hamlet and, in partiicular, how to say those lines!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11370834

Solos/Monologues for Download at dramabooks.ie

2010-09-16T15:59:00.000+01:00

We've just put 7 (yes, SEVEN) of our Solos/Monologues books on dramabooks.ie for downloading. By downloading our books from the site, you get them cheaper, you avoid p&p charges and you get them NOW! Go on. Have a browse.

Solos/Monologues for Downloading

More Junior Play Books for Download from dramabooks.ie

2010-09-15T10:14:00.000+01:00

You can save on postage and packing costs by purchasing books for download from dramabooks.ie.

We've knocked a few bob off the cost of downloaded books too, as an extra little treat.

Here's the link to the new ones: Junior Play Books

Here's a link to the full range of books for download: Books for download.

We'll have more on the site soon.

NEW BOOK OF MONOLOGUES

2010-09-14T08:02:00.003+01:00

There's a new book of monologues available from dramabooks.ie. 17 newly adapted monologues for young actors and actresses. You'll find a list of the contents on the site.

Here's a link to the book: Monologues

Browse the Syllabus, exam fees and Newsletter on screen

2010-09-03T20:32:00.009+01:00

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011-12

Open publication - Free publishing - More speech

A New Year Approaches

2010-08-26T18:17:00.000+01:00

Sorry. It's been quiet on here but things are mad busy in the office at the moment.

Here are some NEW things for you to have a look at:

dramabooks.ie - a brand new website for the Irish Board's publications. Here you'll find plays, solos, duos, handbooks, books on mime and improvisation, books of teaching exercises and CDs, to mention just a few things. Please have a look. Click on things and see how we can give people far more information online than we can in a paper publication.

Irish Board of Speech and Drama Syllabus 2010 - 2013: Yep. That's not a typo. It's a three-year syllabus. The printed version will be out next week and will be posted to everybody on our extensive mailing list over the next few weeks. Most of the changes we've made are to make it a bit clearer to students and teachers what is required of them. That being said, we've radically overhauled our Musical Theatre syllabus and we've introduced a Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance. If you want a copy and you think you might not be on our list, please email us by clicking here.

On our main website (www.irishboard.ie) you'll also find

Entry Forms
a list of exam fees for 2010-11
free theory books
a list of Lyric poems
past papers for the Associate Diploma (Teaching) and the Licentiate Diploma
and other useful things to make your life easier.

OK. That's all for now. Bye!

DM

IDAC Summer School

2010-08-08T09:29:00.000+01:00

The IDAC Summer School is coming up soon. 4-5 September 2010 in Ely House, Dublin.

Looks interesting. The director of Boss Grady's Boys (opening in Gaiety on 31/8), Jim Culleton, will give an extended workshop on the production and direction of the play, with assistance from other production staff.

The Summer School programme also includes a visit to the play and (optional) dinner in Bentley's.

(For those who don't know, IDAC is the speech and drama teachers association).

Click here for a link to the relevant page on the IDAC site which contains a link to the Application Form

TCD Dublin Shakespeare Festival

2010-05-30T15:53:00.000+01:00

For those in Dublin (or within easy reach) who like their Shakespeare in bite-sized chunks, have a look at the link below.

The Festival runs from 7 - 12 June, has a range of free events each afternoon and headline shows in the evenings.

Here's the link: TCD Dublin Shakespeare Festival

(Thanks to Imelda Byrne for alerting me to this)

Mime

2010-04-16T20:54:00.000+01:00

This week's delight is a selection of mime videos on YouTube. There are several clips of Marcel Marceau and some fascinating ones of Etienne Decroux (termed by some as the Father of Modern Mime).

Here's the clips(from the Irish Board's YouTube channel): YouTube Mime Clips

Here's the Wikipedia entries for Etienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau. Lots of links from each of these articles for those wishing to explore more.

I'll do another post on mime soon.

10 Top Tips for Theatre Directors

2010-03-29T19:54:00.000+01:00

It's been a while. Sorry. I've done a lot of travelling, adjudicating and examining over the last few weeks. It's been very enjoyable though. I've met a lot of teachers, seen lots of confident young people perform, and written hundreds of report sheets. I've seen some of the results of very creative and skillful teaching and some mature and talented performances from very young people.

Anyway. this is more a filler than anything else. It's something I came across on the Guardian website, and here it is: 10 Top Tips for Theatre Directors

Do have a look at the 'Stage' section of the Guardian. Some excellent blogs, news and guides. Here's the general link: Guardian website: Stage

Costumes

2010-03-19T10:49:00.000Z

I well remember my Mum's 'costume room'. It was the box room in her house and was piled high with costumes for any solo, duologue or play that she had ever put on or even thought she might put on sometime in the future. She had made and/or customised many of the costumes herself. I'm sure there are many such costume rooms in existance throughout the country. Time passes and I think that many speech and drama teachers now buy costumes for their productions.

At our recent drama teachers' workshop in Limerick, Mary McCoy-Rudden, during her session on putting on plays with children, referred to a company in Britain called IDS. IDS stands for International Dance Supplies but they supply, according to Mary and others, a wide range of durable, washable and, most importantly, reasonably-priced costumes to suit most productions. She said that they are also very reliable, easy to deal with and send costumes well-packed and promptly. (I know this sounds like an ad but it's not!)

I've just been on to IDS to see how to access the catalogue. A very helpful woman called Jan told me the following:

As IDS is a wholesale company, any body wishing to purchase from them needs to register their school/ academy/ group name with IDS (they won't sell to individuals). Once this has been done, IDS will give you a password which you can use to view the full catalogue on-line and make purchases (you can also purchase by phone). Once registered they will also send you a hard copy of the catalogue and email you with updates and special offers. There is no minimum spend, by the way. They say that they understand that many drama groups are small.

So here are the contact details:

IDS, Harlequin House, Forde Court, NEWTON ABBOT, Devon, TQ12 4BT, UK

The person I talked to (Jan) gave me her direct line and said that anyone reading this who is interested in registering could contact her. So, Jan's number is (from Ireland) 00.44.1626.882206.

The website is www.ids.co.uk

If anyone has other suppliers, please let me know at mail@irishboard.ie

Poetry For Children

2010-03-17T08:48:00.000Z

Anyone who teaches speech and drama to children will have heard of Kenn Nesbitt, author of such poems as 'My Hamster Has a Skateboard'.

Well, yesterday I was examining in Killygarry National School in Cavan (nice school, great atmosphere), and the Resource Teacher there, Paula O'Neill, referred me to Kenn Nesbitt's website. I don't remember coming across it before, but I'm glad I know about it now. It's got loads of free poems on it, most of which are more than suitable for classroom, exams and feiseanna.

It's called Poetry4kids. Have a look: Poetry4kids

Click on the Poems tab at the top of the site for the free stuff.

While you are there, take a look at the Links page. Lots of links there for other childrens poetry sites.

Em ... Happy St Patrick's Day, by the way.

Complicite

2010-03-05T10:21:00.001Z

Complicite is a theatre company based in Britain. As well as doing the usual stuff that theatre companies do, Complicite also has an education and resource programme which looks pretty interesting.

Two things stood out for me:

A Workshop on Commedia D'ell Arte.

Some FREE devised drama resources, with loads of exercises for your drama classes: Teacher's Notes on Devising Drama

The 'About Us' page to their website is here: Complicite

(Link thanks to David Farmer: http://www.dramaresource.com/)

Some Wikipedia resources

2010-02-26T16:50:00.000Z

There's lots of drama-/ theatre-related material on Wikipedia, and while I know that Wikipedia can be a bit unreliable at times, most of the drama stuff looks pretty good.

Here's a few links to get you started:

Theatrical Genres (Remarkably varied material. I spent hours clicking on the links!)

Drama (Ostensibly a potted history of drama [useful for diploma students] but also great for exploring through the huge number of links, especially those on the right hand side of the page in the blue boxes)

Enjoy!

A poem for Valentine's Day

2010-02-12T09:27:00.001Z

A few days early, but here's 'Valentine' by John Fuller.

It's a bit risque. Enjoy.

Michael Rosen

2010-02-11T09:26:00.003Z

OK. I'm on a children's poetry thing here, with Jack Prelutsky a few days ago and now Michael Rosen. Michael Rosen is well known to speech, drama and communications teachers as a talented children's poet and also as an editor of children's poetry books. I found him on Twitter (Michael Rosen's Twitter account) and followed the link to his website (Michael Rosens's website).

His website is definitely worth exploring. You'll find poems, videos and so on. Click on the 'For Adults' and 'Links' tabs and see what you come up with.

I followed the 'For Adults' tab, clicked on 'For Teachers' and came to this site: http://www.childrenslaureate.org.uk/poetry-friendly-classroom which has activities and video tips for teachers working with children. They are aimed at primary school teachers but I'm sure speech and drama teachers will find something useful there.

Browse and enjoy.

Jack Prelutsky ...

2010-02-09T16:06:00.002Z

... has a website. It's http://www.jackprelutsky.com/

So ... click on the artwork, wait for the flash screen to load, click on Grownups and then on Classroom Activites. There's a few ideas for a class or two in the Poetry Activities from Jack's Booklet download.

(It's my birthday today, so I've taken a few hours off. Hope nobody minds. DM)

Irish Theatre Magazine

2010-02-05T20:29:00.003Z

I was following a link from Facebook today and I came across this publication - Irish Theatre Magazine (click on the link and you'll be taken to the site). It looks pretty useful for anyone interested in theatre, with theatre news, interviews, reviews and a blog.

I've subscribed which means (I think) that an edition will pop into my email inbox each week.

Worth a try I think. One can unsubscribe at any time.

(The link I followed related to Off Plan, a forthcoming play at The Project in Dublin, which is the next play I'm planning to attend. It's based on The Oresteia and is directed by Rachel West. Rachel directed Splendour a few years ago in The Project. One of the most memorable productions I've seen. Imaginative, creative and very thought-provoking. I loved it and I'm looking forward to being challenged by Off Plan.)

Sligo Feis Ceoil

2010-02-04T22:53:00.002Z

The Sligo Feis Ceoil will run from 5-8 April this year. The closing date for entries is 26 February. Two of the Irish Board's most experienced examiners are adjudicating: Eileen Fitzgerald and Patricia Reynolds.

Click here for the web page, syllabus and further information.

Accents on stage ...

2010-02-01T22:58:00.007Z

... interesting article/ blog in the Guardian: here

From my experience examining and adjudicating, I do find that many children and young people, when performing a solo drama piece set, for example, in the US, concentrate so hard on creating and sustaining an accent that it interferes with other aspects of their performance, which suffers as a result.

Most times it's the character, and the content of the drama rather than the location that's important. So why not locate the piece locally, even though it's originally set somewhere else. By simply changing the location to Ireland, the young actor can concentrate on his or her performance and making the character believable, without having worry about the authenticity of her/ his accent.

This is just a personal opinion, not Irish Board policy or anything like that.

I'd welcome views and comments ...

Shakespeare: a pocket guide

2010-01-20T10:52:00.002Z

I bought 'A Pocket Guide to Shakespeare's Plays' by Kenneth McLeish and Stephen Unwin through Amazon.co.uk FOR A PENNY. Yep, that's ONE PENNY STERLING (plus postage of course).

It's great. For each play (and they do them in alphabetical order too) they provide the story of the play, a pen picture of the main characters, a short analysis of the plot and its context, and a history of its performance.

So, if you have a student preparing a Shakespeare monologue for an exam or a feis performance, this will be invaluable for providing some of the character context.

There's a few more going for a penny. Here's the Amazon link: click.

Improvisation: a useful tool

2010-01-15T10:07:00.003Z

I feel sometimes students need reminding that Improvisation is more than just an activity - it's a useful tool.

In this link - here - from www.backstage.com, some acting teachers speak about how improvisation can be used in character creation.

This will be useful for diploma students too.

Stage Make-up

2010-01-13T08:15:00.005Z

There's a very simple introductory guide to stage make-up on the website of The Stage, a UK-based theatre magazine. You'll find it here.

Here's a link to the eHow series of videos on applying stage make-up: eHow

And here's a link to a quick text guide to stage make-up to children: children

Perhaps of more value, The Stage's piece above contains a link to a publication, available through Amazon, entitled: Stage Make-up: step by step.

Just a quick note about buying through Amazon. Many of the more recent purchases for the Irish Board's resource centre have been bought through Amazon.co.uk. I would rarely buy them directly from Amazon, however. Quite often you'll see, just under the Amazon quoted price, 'Available from these sellers' with a link. Following this link will bring you to other on-line sellers who will quite often have the same book at a much cheaper price. Sometimes, they'll have a second-hand copy available for as little as 1p + postage. I've bought several of these, and the quality has been excellent.

Some of these sellers don't ship to Ireland but those that do usually have 'International delivery available' in their description. Always choose a seller that has a good number of ratings and a high (in the 90%) rating.

As an example, here's the 'other sellers' link for the book mentioned above: link

Don't hesitate to contact me if you want any clarification on how this works ... 01-2164270

Happy New Year

2010-01-13T08:14:00.001Z

The Irish Board of Speech and Drama wishes you a creative, fun-filled and successful 2010!

IDAC AGM

2010-01-09T17:20:00.002Z

The IDAC AGM and New Year's Lunch has been postponed 'til Sunday 31 January 2010. It's that pesky weather again. Grrr! Brrr!

In London for the New Year?

2009-12-30T16:51:00.001Z

Some suggestions from Lyn Gardner (Guardian's Drama Critic) for what to see ... here

Poetry: some ideas and resources

2009-12-06T09:48:00.004Z

Here's an interesting webpage I came across by accident. It's 100 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month, from April 2009.

Anyway, forget about the National Poetry Month bit. The page comprises 100 links, ideas and activities which variously lead you to a huge variety of poems, give you ideas for writing poems, encourage you to think about poetry and so on.

I'm linking to it here mainly because it should give speech and drama teachers some new ideas about how to increase the interest of young people in poetry and poems. And because I don't like to think that poems are just for exams ...

Have a look. It's pretty good.

100 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month

Inside the Actors' Studio

2009-11-27T15:37:00.004Z

Inside the Actors' Studio is a US TV programme in which a guy called James Lipton conducts in-depth interviews with actors of note. The wikipedia description of the show, containing a list of all those interviewed is here.

The interviews are about 50 minutes long and, although I've only seen a few of them, are fascinating because they go into significant depth about the craft of acting, preparation for roles and so on.

Here's a link to a YouTube clip of a section of an interview with Jodie Foster. I picked Jodie Foster because ... erm ... (blush) ... I ... erm ... think she's great!

If your appetite has been whetted, here's how you find more: click on this link - sham420 - and scroll down the right hand side of the page. There are loads of great actors here (and then there's Sylvester Stallone!)

I'm going to pick out a few over the next while and I'll link them directly to the Irish Board's You Tube Channel which, if you haven't visited it yet, is here

Irish Board's Library

2009-11-20T09:43:00.003Z

We have a pretty good library, you know.

Over 550 books including 150 poetry books and 130 drama books.

Also books on acting, costume, make-up, drama games, improvisation, mime, production/direction, public speaking, drama teaching, theatre, the voice and so on.

Here's the catalogue: IBSD Library Catalogue, November 2009

While we don't lend, visitors and bowsers are more than welcome. Just call first (01-2164279 or 086-8232317) to make sure we'll be there and that we have some biscuits in.

The Irish Board Offices are at D11 Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Lots of parking nearby.

Another Drama Teaching Resource site

2009-11-13T11:12:00.005Z

The indefatigable Mary Moore has found another drama teaching resource site.

It's here: http://www.dramaresource.com/.

I've signed up for the newletter so I'll review that in a few weeks. In the meantime, have a browse and see what you come up with.

Any suggestions for other sites to feature are most welcome. Please email me at mail@irishboard.ie.

DM

Musical Theatre Backing Tracks

2009-11-06T12:48:00.006Z

We get quite a few queries about where to get backing tracks for musical theatre numbers.

Here's a few sources:

If you have iTunes, visit the iTunes store and browse around. Tracks are 99cent or so.

Other places to visit:

www.ameritz.co.uk/
http://www.dresscircle.co.uk/
www.musicbackingtracks.co.uk/
www.musical-backing-tracks.co.uk/

IDAC Workshop: Jim Culleton

2009-10-16T11:55:00.004+01:00

IDAC (the speech, drama and communicatons teachers' association) is holding a workshop on 22 November 2009, in Ely House, Ely Place, Dublin 2.

The facilitator will be Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble Theatre Company. It's going to be hugely practical and stimulating.

More details from the IDAC website: click here

Masks

2009-10-10T19:23:00.003+01:00

Here's a set of (very) brief videos on how to make and use theatre masks. It's a fascinating topic and while an interesting introduction, the videos don't really do it justice. They're worth a browse though. I'm hoping to post more mask-related material soon ...

How to Make and Use Theatre Masks: eHow

How to turn on the waterworks ...

2009-10-04T17:14:00.000+01:00

Read this.

Backstage

2009-10-02T15:42:00.003+01:00

BACKSTAGE is a US publication and website which acts as a resource for actors and aspiring actors. It contains news, views, ads and so on. The website is here.

The reason I'm highlighting it here is that its website contains some pretty useful advice on what they call 'The Craft'. There's stuff here about improvising, crying on cue, playing drunk and so on. Browse at will.

When you've finished with this section, have a look at 'Ask a Professional'. Here you'll find advice on stage nerves, make-up and so on.

Tell your senior students about this.

DM

(Click on the underlined words to get to the sections referred to)

Creating a Character

2009-09-23T13:16:00.002+01:00

I have to confess that I didn't know about 'Role on a Wall' until a little while ago.

I suppose the best way to describe it is as a more visual take on a character chart, with which we're all familiar.

I suppose that the advantages of the 'Role on a Wall' technique are that it IS visual, and that can help young (and not so young) people who think that way. And also, because it is stuck up on your studio wall, it can encourage a collaborative effort at working through a character. What more could you ask for?

Well, I found something on the BBC website which explains the whole concept rather well. Here it is (just click on the link): Role on the Wall

DM

Drama Lesson Ideas

2009-09-18T10:42:00.000+01:00

Mary Moore, one of our teachers in Newcastle West, told us about this site.

It's from the Norfolk County Council website in the UK, under the heading of Drama for Learning and Creativity (D4LC).

When you click on the link below, it will bring you to a page with some further links. Clicking on each of these will bring you to a list of Word documents, each of which has a drama lesson plan. These were written for primary schools but, from a quick glance at a few of them, you might be able to use them to glean some ideas for improvisations, creative writing exercises and even short plays.

Take a look and see what you think.

Here's the site: D4LC

Irish Board of Speech and Drama Essentials

2009-09-17T22:12:00.000+01:00

First things first, here are some links to some Irish Board essentials. (Best to right-click on each of these and open each in a new window or tab):

Syllabus 2009-10

Entry Forms

Publications Order Form

September 2009 Newsletter

We're Up and Running

2009-09-17T21:14:00.000+01:00

Hi. I'm David Meredith, Director of the Irish Board of Speech and Drama.

This blog is intended to be a resource for speech, drama and communication teachers. On it we'll put things that we find on the internet (and in other places) that we think will be interesting and useful for teachers.

We're going to try to update it at least once a week but please forgive us if we miss a few. It won't be because we've lost interest. It'll be because we're out and about examining, or in the Irish Board office buried under a mound of certificates.

Talking of the office, please visit us. We're located in D11 Nutgrove Office Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. Our phone number is 01-216-4270 and our email address is mail@irishboard.ie. (Just give us a buzz before you plan to visit so that we can get biscuits in.)

We're on Google Maps. Just type in Irish Board of Speech and Drama Dublin and it'll pop up.

We have a small library of about 500 books, with poetry, plays, solos, duologues, books on drama techniques, drama teaching, play production, public speaking, mime and so on. You can also browse through our own publications and, of course, have a chat.

See you soon.