Join Flying Turtle Productions (Formerly The Abbey School Of Drama) for their next FIRST LOOK sharing of SCREENPLAY EXTRACTS starting at 7:00pm (Doors open 6:30) on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at Doyles Pub, Upstairs, 9 College Green, Dublin 2.
No reservation needed, no charge to enter, just come and enjoy dynamic new writing with fantastic actors reading!
Writers will be sharing a reading of selected scenes from 7 new screenplays from the Experienced Level Screenwriting course taught by Barry McEvoy. Additional writers from recent alumni. Professional actors will be performing the roles!
FEATURED WRITERS INCLUDE:
Carolin Stein, Alisa Kuzmina, Eoghan Cosgrove, Nicholas Redmond, Carlos Day Pomar, Sherman O’Neill and James Butler!
Admission into the “Screenwriting- Experienced Level” courses is by submitted writing samples or from previous “Introduction to Screenwriting” course participants. Class size was limited in order to provide the highest quality of tuition. Over the past 3 months, they have been writing under the inspired guidance of Barry.
“More than just a formulaic re-hashing of Hollywood writing advice, this course has creatively delved into the individual voices of these writers to bring original, dynamic and engaging scripts to fruition. ”
Barry McEvoy the course facilitator, has over 25 years professional experience in Theatre, Television and Film, collaborating with world renowned artists in the U.S., Ireland and U.K. He wrote and acted in the Barry Levinson, Dreamworks production An Everlasting Piece. As an actor or writer he has collaborated with renowned industry professionals including; Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad), Joel Schumacher (Veronica Guerin) Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon), Karel Reisz (The French Lieutenant’s Woman) and Oliver Hirschbiegel (Five Minutes of Heaven). He has written feature screenplays for Artisan/Summit and Dreamworks and, completed rewrites for Workhorse Films, Parallel Pictures and Touchstone. Variety Magazine awarded him Screenwriter to Watch (2000) and he carries an MFA in Playwriting from The LIR academy, Trinity College. His extensive theatre CV includes work by Harold Pinter, W.B. Yeats, John Osborne, Brian Friel, Wendy Wasserstein, Samuel Beckett, Conor McPherson and Vaclav Havel and, he is a founding member of Scena Theatre, Washington DC. His next film SHAM is being produced by Deadpan/Grand (Moone Boy) and Baby Cow (Philomena), to be directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty).
See more about Barry McEvoy and his work doing individual screenplay coverage in his website here: Out Come the Knives
WHAT’S NEXT?
A beginner 6-week INTRO TO SCREENWRITING course option begins January 8th, 2025 – only a few spaces left!
Next options for EXPERIENCED SCREENWRITING being finalized for late spring 2025
To express interest or receive additional information click here to “Contact Us”
About Flying Turtle Productions
The Flying Turtle Productions acting / drama school (formerly Abbey School of Drama), is an independent studio providing part-time courses for all levels of adult and youth students from Drama Sampler, Adult Drama for Fun, Improvistion, and Public Speaking for Non-Actors, Customized Corporate Training, Learn English Through Drama & Drama for Language Teaching, Screenwriting, Acting for Camera and the advanced performance course options including the 6-Month Part-Time Actor Training course.
Flying Turtle Productions acting / drama school features an international team of specialized instructors, all with extensive cross-over experience in teaching, acting, directing, writing and producing. The organisation was established in 2003 by Kathleen Warner Yeates; it engages the skills of performing artists directors and writers for the purpose of courses, tuition and training in the performing arts, acting, drama, theatrical and film production, corporate training, wellness and sharing methodologies.
Flying Turtle Productions has recently re-located to the Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 See our website at: www.flyingturtleproductions.com
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