Theatre Academy 2026
Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy provides multi-disciplinary training for all artists and performers and will host a series of workshops and events throughout 2026 with:
- Michael Keegan - Dolan, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Teac Damsa
- Corporeal Mime Training with Corinne Soum, former assistant of Etienne Decroux and Co-founder of Theatre de L’Ange Fou
- Voice Training with David Goldsworthy & Marianne Le Tron, senior tutors of the Roy Hart International Voice Centre
Michael Keegan-Dolan Workshop
Dates Friday 9th, Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th January
Tutor: Michael Keegan-Dolan
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : Fri: 18:00-21:00, Sat & Sun: 10.00 – 17.00
Fee: €200
In this workshop, Director and Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan will share ways of working, developed with dancers, actors and musicians over many years, that identify and celebrate practices that are useful for creative work in dance and in theatre. Through action and working together with elemental forces, energetic dynamics and the skilful application of the senses, we will play with story, rhythm, music and space to cultivate a lively and healthy group dynamic where creativity and imagination can flourish.
Please note: This workshop is designed for full-time or aspiring full-time performers in theatre, dance or music.
If you wish to place your name on the waiting list, please email academy@blueraincoat.com
Corporeal Mime
Wednesday 18th - Saturday 21th March 2026
Tutor: Corinne Soum
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 16.00
Fee: €200
This workshop involves training in the discipline of Corporeal Mime. Corinne Soum combines her experience as former assistant to Etienne Decroux and having taught, developed and directed Corporeal Mime for more than 30 years.
The training will include gestural grammar, body articulation, counterweights, walks and displacement in space, figures of style, mobile statuary, and musicality of movement. Extracts of the repertoire of Etienne Decroux will be taught during the workshop to fully experience this unique modern mythology of movement theatre. Participants will also explore the infinite possibilities of drawing from this repertoire to create personal work.
Voice
Date: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th June 2026
Tutors: David Goldsworthy & Marianne Le Tron
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 17.00
Fee: €200
Voice Training and Development are explored through the methodologies and techniques of the Roy Hart International Voice Centre, France. David Goldsworthy & Marianne Le Tron, senior teachers at the Centre, will conduct this 2-day workshop.
This workshop will introduce students to the techniques and exercises inherent in Roy Hart Vocal Training including diaphragmatic breathing, projection and breath control as well as focusing on the development of individual vocal range.
The pedagogic approach of Roy Hart Training begins with the premise that each individual voice is unique. There is no singular established method, rather the training is a disciplined exploration guided by the teacher releasing sources of energy and imagination to open the voice to realise its potential. Roy Hart teaching workshops have been developed based on a history of more than 80 years of research, study and practice of the human voice.
For enquiries contact John Carty at academy@blueraincoat.com
Please note: we maintain a non-refund policy on all workshops.