Useful sources and places of interest
The links on this page cover a range of places, organisations, sources of information and technical references that may be helpful to your interest in theatre and amateur drama. Scroll down through the full list or use the following links to go directly to one of the sections.
- Theatres
- Event Listings
- Other Drama Groups
- Associations and Representative Bodies
- Other Links (scripts, references, notes etc)
- Rehearsal Venues
- Reading PDF files
- Playing Flash Videos
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Links Table
| Theatres |  |
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| The Abbey Theatre | www.abbeytheatre.ie |
| Bewley's Café Theatre Grafton Street |
www.bewleyscafetheatre.com |
| The
Gaiety Theatre South King Street |
www.gaietytheatre.com |
| The
Gate Theatre Parnell Square |
www.gate-theatre.ie |
| The
Mill Theatre Dundrum Town Centre |
www.milltheatre.ie |
| The
Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire |
www.paviliontheatre.ie |
| Smock
Alley Theatre Lower Exchange Street, Dublin (near Parliament Street) |
www.SmockAlley.com Map showing Smock Alley location |
| Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, Co Wicklow |
www.mermaidartscentre.ie |
| Teachers Club (T@36) Parnell Sq, Dublin 1 |
Google Map of Parnell Square area |
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| Listings | |
| Entertainment.ie theatre section An all-Ireland guide to what's on in the theatre |
http://entertainment.ie/theatre |
| Dublin Events - Theatre Section A guide to what's on in the theatre around Dublin |
http://www.dublinevents.com/events/theatres/ |
| Dublin Theatre Online provides details about upcoming theatre shows around the city of Dublin |
www.dublintheatre.ie |
| The Irish Times Online -
Culture Section Discussion and review of cultural events, topics and issues in Ireland |
www.irishtimes.com/culture |
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| Other Drama Groups | |
| Bradán Players | www.bradan.org |
| Dalkey Players | www.dalkeyplayers.ie |
| Dublin Shakespeare Society | www.dublinshakespearesociety.ie |
| Dun Laoghaire Musical and Dramatic Society (DMDS) | www.dmdsonline.net |
| Ennis Players | www.ennisplayers.com |
| Leeson Park Players | www.leesonparkplayers.com |
| Lucan Drama Society | www.lucandrama.com |
| Rathfarnham Theatre Group | www.rathfarnhamtheatre.com |
| Sandyford Little Theatre Company | www.sandyfordlittletheatrecompany.ie |
| St
Patrick's Dramatic Society Dalkey |
www.stpatsdramsoc.com |
| Stillorgan Musical Company | www.stillorganmusical.com |
| Taney Drama Society | www.taneydramasociety.com |
| Newtownstewart Drama Festival | www.newtownstewartdramafestival.com |
| Mid-Ulster Drama Festival | www.midulsterdramafestival.com |
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| Associations and Representative Bodies | |
| Drama League of Ireland National representative body for amateur drama groups, societies and individuals. |
www.dli.ie |
| The Amateur Drama Council
of Ireland Federation of amateur drama festivals for the whole of Ireland - North and South. A.D.C.I was founded in 1952. |
www.adci.ie |
| The Association of Irish Musical Societies - Eastern Region | www.aims.ie/displayregion.asp?region=Eastern |
| Association of Drama Adjudicators Formed in 1989, ADA draws members from all over Ireland (North and South). Members of the association provide adjudication for drama festivals each year. |
www.ada.ie |
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| Other Links | |
| Samuel
French, London. Agents for the collection of performing royalties. They handle more than 2,000 titles for amateur performance covering all aspects of theatre. |
www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk |
| Internet Theatre Bookshop Comprehensive catalogue of plays. |
www.stageplays.com |
| Irish Theatre Institute The 'Irish Playography' is a database of Irish plays since 1904. |
www.irishplayography.com |
| Spark
Notes Created by Harvard students, these study guides contain summaries and critical analysis of English literature, Shakespeare, History and Science. |
www.sparknotes.com |
| Cliff Notes Student resource for drama, Shakespeare, Literature. |
www.cliffsnotes.com |
| The Complete Works of
William Shakespeare The HTML versions of the plays provided here are placed in the public domain. |
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ |
| Mr William Shakespeare
and the Internet An annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet. |
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ |
| Absolute Shakespeare A resource for his plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre. |
www.absoluteshakespeare.com |
| Amateur Stage magazine The UK’s only national monthly magazine aimed at the amateur theatre community. Founded in 1947. |
www.asmagazine.co.uk |
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| Rehearsal Venues | |
| St Tiernan's Community School, Parkvale, Dundrum, Dublin 16 |
www.tiernans.ie Link to Google Map off Sandyford Road, between Dundrum and Sandyford |
| Queen of Angels Primary School, Wedgewood, Dublin 16 |
www.qoa.ie Link to Google Map on Blackthorn Drive, near the Beacon Hotel, at the entrance to the Sandyford and Stillorgan Industrial Estates |
| St Olaf's GAA Club Gaelic Athletic Association grounds , Holly Avenue, Stillorgan Industrial Park, Co. Dublin. |
www.naomholaf.ie Link to Google Map Located at the end of Holly Avenue in Stillorgan Industrial Park, which is beside Sandyford Industrial Estate. |
| Methodist Hall Wesley College, Ballinteer Road, Dublin |
Link to Google Map |
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| Reading PDF Files | |
| Foxit
Reader An alternative to the large Adobe Reader for viewing Portable Document Format (PDF) files. This small programme is fast and free. As new features are added, its size grows: version 2 was 1.5MB, v2.3 is 3.38MB and version 3.3 is 6.69MB. |
www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php Foxit download page with latest and older (smaller) versions. |
| eXPert
PDF Reader Another alternative to Adobe Reader. This one has some more features, but is a larger file to download (v3.5.90 is 8.63MB). |
www.visagesoft.com/products/pdfreader/index.php |
| Adobe
Reader The original (and some would argue the best) programme for reading PDF files. However, the Adobe Reader application is very large. You can get the latest or an older (smaller) version from this link. |
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html |
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| Playing Flash Videos | |
| Adobe
Flash Player To see some animations on the web and to view video clips on sites such as Google Video and You Tube, your browser may need this Plug-In. |
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ |
