Posts by Celeste Ellen
Fishamble: The New Play Company Presents KING A New Play Written & Performed By Pat Kinevane
Pat Kinevane is coming back to The Millbank Theatre with his latest production “KING”. We are so excited to bring this to our Theatre as Pat has proven very popular with our Theatre goers. A new play written and performed by Pat Kinevane – Coming to The Millbank Theatre Stage 16th & 17th June. About…
Read MoreRush Drama Festival 2023 Results
What a fantastic festival run we had at the Millbank Theatre. We had a variety of plays on our stage from groups across the country. We would like to thank all the groups for coming to Rush and a special thank you to Sarah Purcell for being our adjudicator. We are delighted to be able…
Read MoreRush Drama Festival 2023 Tickets
It’s back for it’s 19th year – Rush Drama Festival runs from 3rd to 11th March. This year features adjudicator Sarah Purcell. Sarah Purcell currently teaches acting technique at Michael Chekhov Studio, Berlin, is a Freelance Acting Coach, and teaches weekly acting classes at Tanzraum, Berlin. Some seasoned Festival patrons may remember Sarah from a…
Read MoreJunior Drama at The Millbank Theatre
Phase 1 of our new Junior drama section will start at the beginning of September 2022. Classes will be for building confidence, creativity, imagination, clear speech, communication and team building skills taught through mime, storytelling, acting, puppetry, poetry, movement, characterisation and fun activities with a further option to enter annual competitions in Feis Maitiu, grade…
Read MoreTrad
Rush Dramatic Society presents: Trad Trad, a short but epic voyage, follows the relationship of a one hundred year old Irishman and his father, in a surreal comedy that looks at the value of tradition. Da, an ancient widower, berates his son Thomas for failing to provide a son to continue the family line. But…
Read MoreRush Drama Festival 2022 Results
We were lucky enough to get our 2020 Festival completed just before lockdown. We never got to do a Festival in 2021. So it’s been 2 years since we had our 9 night festival of Theatre. We are thankful to Fingal County Council for funding the Rush Drama Festival 2022. To open on our first…
Read MorePat Kinevane
Due to covid we had to post pone Pat coming to the Millbank Theatre. But great news – he’s back! Think it’s safe to say we are all delighted and very excited about this. He comes to us with two of his shows over 3 nights. First up on March 24th is “Silent“ “Hopeless, helpless,…
Read MoreDrama Dudes
Junior Drama has played a big part of of the community in Rush for the last 34 years. Hundreds of children have taken part in classes and got to experience their first time on stage in our Theatre. Celebrating the art of theatre and drama in the community through showcases, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 events…
Read MoreMillbank Minis Premiere
Earlier this year, our members were invited to take part in a play writing course. When we reached out to Fishamble about arranging this, they suggested that we do the format of a Tiny Play. This allowed us to have a number of online classes which our members could get tips, submit work in advance…
Read MoreRIP Bob Browne
It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our great friend, the President of Rush Dramatic Society, Bob Browne. Originally from Portumna in Co Galway, a welder and metal worker by trade, Bob worked in Dublin in the 1960s, where he found himself employed on the site of the new Abbey Theatre.…
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