Act Out Youth Theatre is delighted to announce they are now accepting New Registrations for Weekly Workshops for the 2026/2027 year:

• Dunshaughlin – Monday evenings starting from 14^th Sept – 18:00-19:30 @ St Seachnall’s NS
• Previous Performance Experience is useful but not essential.
• Registration open to new members in the Meath area of secondary school age.
• Email actoutmeath@gmail.com to express interest.
• Facilitators: Anthony Kinahan, Artistic Director (Actor/Theatre-maker)

If you’re a young person in the Dunshaughlin area of secondary school age, and you’re interested in learning more about theatre, performing or expressing yourself in artistic ways, then email actoutmeath@gmail.com with your name, DOB, and your parent/guardian’s email and contact number.

For more information, email actoutmeath@gmail.com or check out the Act Out Youth Theatre Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ActOutYT/ & Insta @ActOutYT

Quote from AOYT AD Anthony Kinahan:

“We are very excited about the upcoming year here at Act Out Youth Theatre.

Off the back of a very successful show (“reSolutions” in at the Solstice Arts Centre in April) & a Musical Theatre Summer Project … our plans for this upcoming year are just as ambitious.

For young people in the Dunshaughlin area aged 13+ that are interested in theatre, performance or expressing themselves artistically, it’s a great place to come along, meet like-minded friends & have a bit of fun while also being creative.”

More about Act Out Youth Theatre:

Established in October 2017, Act Out Youth Theatre’s remit is to create quality theatre experiences with young people (13+) in the Meath area.  We are a not-for-profit charity, partnered with Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath & partnered & supported by Meath County Council Arts Office. 

We are also a proud member of the Irish youth theatre community and affiliated to Youth Theatre Ireland. 

In the last few years, the members of Act Out have produced original, acclaimed plays (Inception (2018); PROJECTions (2019), Grandma’s Reindeer Games (2019) deLIBERATIONs (2022); Explorations (2023); Innovations (2024); Relfections (2025) & most recently reSolutions (2026)) in the Solstice Arts Centre; Created online videos & had an online showcase of screen talent (Screen Scenes 2021); Stormed the Púca Festival; Had workshops with national experts, like Meath’s own playwright Deirdre Kinahan (The Unmanageable Sisters; Rathmines Road) & Casting Director Louise Kiely (Sing Street; Normal People); Participated in week-long residentials in Kilkenny with youth theatres from all around the country; the national youth theatre symposium; Had members involved in the Youth Theatre Ireland Young Critics programme; Had our own weekend residentials to Carlingford; Had various theatre-trips and much more … & all this on top of usual weekly workshops.

We provide an annual programme of activities, responding to the needs & interests of the young people, & we pride ourselves on our ethos of accessibility, diversity & inclusion.

Our main objective is to nurture the education, social & personal competencies of our young people ensuring our activities are of benefit to the community, in so far as our work reflects local issues & community needs.

We aim to foster partnerships within the community & to advance the arts, culture & heritage of the area with young people at the helm.

Usually our workshops run every Monday at 6pm in Dunshaughlin & every Tuesday 2 workshops in the Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, at 6pm & 7.30pm.

Artistic Director, Anthony Kinahan (Actor/Theatre-maker; Harry Wild; The Woman in the Wall; Conversations with Friends)