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General Registration for New Students Will Open on 10 June.
ITW offers classes for pre-schoolers, children, teenagers and young adults in Clonskeagh, Ranelagh and Drumcondra.
Our classes are age appropriate and designed to teach and prepare students in all aspects of the performing arts. We have after-school and weekend classes as well as intensive courses during the school holidays.
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Summer Camps 2026 bookings are open 🤗
Have a look at our different options for all ages and book here.
See who won the Short Play Competition Finals on Sunday 8th February in this post ! Everyone was amazing. Congrats !!🎭🎉
Why wait for the 14th to celbrate your friends. After the HUGE success of our Cool Christmas Party 🎄❄️, we are SO excited to invite you to our next big night of fun…
What an incredible weekend of Shakespeare as our ITW Shakespeare Company performed for their peers and Parents and Friends!
An incredible achievement as eight ITW Students are highlighted in the top 20 nationally in the Leinster School of Music and Drama Excellence Awards Finals
An exciting day spent on a whirlwind trip to Shakespeares Globe Theatre in London for our ITW Shakespeare Company!
Our Dance Companies were on fire showing off their moves at 5,6,7,8 Elite Dance Competition recently
our theatre and dance companies
Young Dramatic Arts Theatre Company is the high quality Theatre Company established by ITW some years ago to identify talented young actors, directors and technicians and give them the opportunity to develop their skills. We are auditioning in September for our next production! To find out more... click here
Our Senior Musical Theatre Company is open to ITW students in 3rd through 6th year. Book your place today to be sure of your role in this years Musical - watch this space for this years production!
Would you love to perform on stage, in a fully staged musical, in front of a live audience, surrounded by friends? Click here to find out more
Our ITW Shakespeare Company have been awarded Gold School Status having taken part in The Shakespeare School Festivals for over 10 years. We have performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet in recent years and we are delighted to have been selected again to participate in the Schools Shakespeare Festival 2023 - this time invited to perform in London.
ITW Recitals take place twice a year. Our singing and speech and drama students perform the pieces the pieces they have been working on in our recitals at our inhouse recitals at Christmas and May.
Testimonials
Jack Gleeson (Batman Begins, Game of Thrones) - I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that my life would be a lot different if it wasn't for ITW. All those moons ago when my mother told me that she had signed me up for some drama classes on a Saturday morning, i'm sure my thoughts were initially reluctant and skeptical. However, I still remember walking out of my first drama class and feeling on top of the world, wanting more. ITW allowed me hone my acting ability in a friendly and creative environment.
My son, Jake, was 6 when he asked to go to Drama so I signed him up for Drama and Dance classes in ITW. He has since added classes in Speech & Drama, Stage Combat and Singing to his weekly Drama and Dance sessions and there are great workshops and camps that he can participate in throughout the year. Drama school has opened up a world of excitement and opportunity for Jake, who is now 10. Jake describes ITW as being like a family which speaks volumes as to the level of enthusiasm, skill, warmth and interest of his teachers. Jake has made great friends through the school over the years and it has given him a lasting love of the arts. He has also been able to gain amazing experience through the very active ITW agency working across TV, theatre, online and TV commercials, features, short films and voice work. Jake has developed valuable skills for life through his classes which provide a fun, creative, encouraging and supportive environment to grow as an individual and as a performer.
PHENOMENAL!!! Honestly it is a Theatre school unlike any other. From the moment I first joined, I was welcomed with such love & enthusiasm that I knew I had found someplace truly special.
I have spent some of the best years of my life there, made some of the best friends I will cherish forever & created/shared many of my best memories. Having gone full circle through the school, first as a student, then as an Assistant & finally a Teacher I got to see the ins & outs of what makes ITW so incredible. The staff are fully dedicated to what they do, the students are some of the nicest/most amazing people you can meet & the parents are just such an awesome support for the school. It's more than a school actually, it's a family at least it is for me. Many Theatre schools are great, but ITW just has that edge that set it worlds apart from the rest. I would not hesitate in sending anyone to the place that gave me the stepping stones in my life, cause I know it will do the same for them too!
As Dorothy says at the end of "The Wizard of Oz";
"There's no place like ITW, There's no place like ITW, There's no place like ITW" Roy Grimson
Patrick has been attending ITW for two years. He attends singing and drama classes. He has blossomed in terms of his confidence and singing ability. He truly loves the whole ITW experience and has made a whole group of new friends from all over Dublin. He has participated in a wide variety of musical shows and has been throughly prepared by Gillian and her team for the auditions.
I would highly recommend ITW for any child.
Miriam Ryan
"I love going to ITW for drama and dance. The teachers are brilliant and I have made lots of new friends in my classes there."
My Daughter Romilly joined ITW 2 years ago and she has had so much fun! I sent Romilly as she was a very shy child who each time at school plays and concerts would just breakdown and cry. She has made such great strides at conquering her nerves. This is due to the great work and efforts by the brilliant team at ITW. Romilly was part of the snowman production at the NCH last Christmas. The skills that Romilly has learned by being part of the singing and the dance and drama at ITW have surprised us all. Learning to be part of a team and giving commitment to something is brilliant for children. Whether you want to be a star or just have a love for the performing arts, you will find its all catered for at ITW.
"I just loved being in Annie Jr! I learned so much from my brilliant drama teacher, Gillian, and from the amazing dancing and singing teachers, Nina and Sian. Everyone helped to put the show on: Jordan, Ciara and all the older kids who became my friends who were in the cast. It was fantastic to perform at Smock Alley theatre for my family. I was so sad on Saturday morning when I realised - no more Annie! I can't wait for my next ITW Show!' Catherine Leahy age 7 ‘Molly’
🕺Dance competition coming 9th-12th April