Junior Musical Theatre Company

Would you love to perform on stage, in a fully staged musical, in front of a live audience, surrounded by friends?

then, you should consider joining our Junior Musical Theatre Company! 

Every week we focus on rehearsing the scenes, choreography and staging of our chosen musical with a professional Choreographer, Director and Musical Director who are there to bring out the best in every single child.

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Our productions are especially chosen and often specifically written and adapted to allow every child to have their opportunity to shine.  With a limited company size there is the opportunity for every child to have plenty to do.

Our Musical Theatre training is among the best in the country and our students go on to perform professionally in theatres all over Dublin, Ireland and indeed the West End, including the shows staged by Festival Productions at the National Concert Hall every Christmas and the pantomimes at the Olympia, Gaiety, Abbey, Helix and Gate Theatres.  

A high level of commitment and enthusiasm is required for this class as we work to bring our students to performance level. Students audition for leading roles and chorus parts in our chosen musical and then work each week rehearsing every element of the show; acting, singing and choreography.

Nearer to show day we design and paint our scenery and organize costumes and props. Our productions range from in-house performances for friends and family to full-scale productions in a professional theatre. 

We are excited to be planning for our next production! The Little Mermaid JR!!

In order to join Junior Musical Theatre Company and be in the show you must be an ITW Member (taking dance and drama as a minimum each week) There will be auditions in early September so do select Musical Theatre on your registration form when re-booking for September classes to be considered for next years Company.

We will be looking for lots of roles so students from 4th class to 3rd year are welcome to audition.

Rehearsals are every Sunday during term time from 10-11.45am at ITW Studios, Clonskeagh there will also be 3 full days - (to be confirmed in advance of term 3 starting) Excellent attendance at all ITW classes and rehearsals is required in order to be allowed to remain in the Company.

Register interest NOW - The fee is €200 per term for all rehearsals including bank holiday and full day rehearsals. Performances will be in a theatre April 26-28th 2024.

Our cast will also have the opportunity to take part in the MTI Junior Musical Theatre Festival on May 18th in Birmingham, UK. (The festival is at an additional cost - approx €350 inc flights and accommodation further information below)

Recent ITW Junior Musical Theatre Company productions include Shrek Jr, Matilda Jr, Disney’s Peter Pan Jr, Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr, Guys and Dolls Jr, Annie Jr, The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, ITW’s Nightmare Before Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Our production for April/May 2023 has been revealed as THE LITTLE MERMAID Jr!!

Following on from a very successful trip to the MTI Junior Theatre Festival in Birmingham in May 2019, 2022 and 2023 and online in May 2021 we are thrilled to have been accepted into the Festival for 2024! We perform a 10 minute excerpt from our show for a panel of adjudicators who are West End performers/professionals and take workshops with cast members from top West End Shows - This year our Shrek Jr cast did workshops with cast members from Disney’s Aladdin and saw performances from cast members of & Juliet and Les Miserables! We were awarded with an outstanding Achievement Award for Music and two of our young performers were selected as ALL STARS and performed on the ICC stage in front of 1,500 people!. To wrap up an incredible weekend we spent the day at Cadbury World in Bourneville.

To get a feel for the MTI Festival have a quick look at the video below in which we feature a number of times! Our group were in the Orange Squad so we are all in Orange tee shirts!

Our graduates can be seen in leading roles and include the fabulous Al Porter, Ryan Andrews, George McMahon(Fair City, Limerick Panto), Ben Morris (Phantom West End, Beautiful, Commitments) Ciara Lyons (Legally Blonde, Gaiety Panto), Kathryn McKiernan (RTE, Freezin),Shane McDaid (Titanic, Madagascar West End), Clodagh Long (Commitments West End, Jeckyll and Hyde) Alison Dennan (Freezing, Cinderella), Ben Middleton (Matilda West End), David Crowley (Red Rock,Robin Hood) and more who star in the Olympia, Gaiety, Tivoli and Limerick Pantos and in the West End.

In 2021/22 Our Junior and Senior Musical Theatre Companies performed ALL TOGETHER NOW in the Sean O’Casey Theatre November on 12th & 13th 2021

This fantastic musical revue was be a Celebration of All things Musical Theatre and a joyous and exciting start to the year - you can watch it for yourself below!