The NPAS Agency 

 

The NPAS Agency, which started life 25 years ago in Digges Lane, the original Dance Centre, is still an integral and important part of our school. The NPAS Agency represents our students in Film, Theatre, Television and Modeling work. Our school is contacted regularly by Casting Agents and Directors and we will source suitable students for various projects. If we decide to send a student to an audition, we will get in touch with the child’s parents / guardians and discuss the brief for the particular project. If they decide to allow their child attend the audition, and if the student is successful, The NPAS Agency will look after contracts, chaperones and any other requirements there are relating to the project. We will charge a commission of between 10% and 15%, depending on the project, this is inline with common practice. All photos taken in Agency Photo shoot will be kept securely on file, and may be used by us in castings. Our Agency has always been a popular source of talent, with many of our students appearing in successful television, film and advertising campaigns.

 

The Photo  shoot

 

The NPAS Agency Photo shoot takes place once a year, and is the time when we invite students to ‘come on the books’. This does not guarantee that you will get a part, or even that you will be sent for an audition. Each Casting Brief is different, and we can only send our most suitable students. The Photo shoot consists of a 1 hour Agency workshop, when we will workshop audition procedure and talk through what is expected in going for various projects. Your photo will then be taken by Chris Power Smith, one of Ireland’s leading Portrait Photographers. You will receive a copy of your photo, and we will keep a digital copy on our files for the year. The cost for The Agency Photo shoot day is €25. This year the Photo shoot takes place on Sunday the 13^th of November. Please book your place at reception in The Factory.

  

NPAS People

  

Some young people choose never to audition for anything, and some choose to audition all the time. We are as proud of the ones who go on to be bank managers and waiters as we are of those who go on to be famous actors and stars of the west end stage. All are wonderful, and all are the same in our eyes. Happily, they tend to feel the same about us. We meet past pupils all the time who have realized, and tell us, that their time in our school and their time on the stage in the Olympia Stage were the Best of Times. They tell us how NPAS has provided them with the most special memories of their childhoods and teenage years, as well as with confidence, self assuredness and belief in themselves which has made them amazing people. And many also found some excellent friends for life along the way!!

 

Actors

 

Colin Farrell (Intermission, In Bruges)

 

Jessie Kamm (Alexander)

 

Devon Murray (the Harry Potter Movies)

 

Gary Farrelly (Raw)

 

Eve Hewson (This Must Be The Place)

 

Mary Murray (The Abbey, The Peacock)

 

Sorcha Furlong (Fair City)

 

Ruari Conroy (Into the West, Harts Wart)

 

Singers

 

Laura O’Neill (X Factor 2011, The Firm)

 

Romey Farrelly (All Ireland Talent Show)

 

Danny and Mark (The Script)

 

Alan Kelly (We Will Rock You)

 

Alan O’Neill (Chicago, West End)

 

Claire Malone (The Commitments)

 

Laura O’Neill (X Factor 2011, The Firm)

 

Keavy and Edel Lynch (Bewitched)

 

Carly Hennessy Smithson (American Idol)

 

Directors

 

Lance Daly (Director, Writer)

 

David Gilna (Director/Producer, The Gift of Lightning)

 

Dylan Tighe (Director / Actor)

 

Neil Watkins (Director / Actor)

 

Luke Leslie (Director)

 

 

 

Brian Ormond (RTE TV)

 

Sarah Jane Tobin (98FM)

 

Courtney Smith (TV3)

 

Darren Dixon (Scrooge, Grand Canal Theatre)

  

This is a small selection of students, past and present, who have worked in our industry. There are hundreds more, over the last 20 more who have made us proud as NPASer’s!!

 

Ballet: RAD Uniform.

Regulation uniform is required for those children taking RAD Ballet and Examinations.

The uniform consists of:

• Royal Academy Pink Leotard with sleeves (Amy style), for Beg, Pre-Primary to Grade 2,
• Navy sleeveless leotard (Angela style), for Grade 3 to 5.

The Royal Academy of Dance

The RAD is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organistaions in the world. The organisation promotes knowledge, understanding and practice of dance internationally. The RAD seeks to accomplish these goals through educating and training teachers and students and providing examinations to reward achievements.

This year we will be having a Major Ballet Examination Session with The RAD.

The RAD uniform can be purchased in:

DANCE WORLD:
16 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
Tel: (01) 497 6128

DANCE WORLD:
163 Parnell Street, Dublin 1.
Tel: (01) 874 4894
Phone Mail Order Line – 24 Hour Tel: 1850 543 198

Dimension Dancewear

124 Upper Dromcondra Road

Dublin 9

The Irish Board of Speech and Drama

In March Each Year our Drama Students take exams with The Irish Board of Speech and Drama.

Speech and Drama is about communication, confidence, skill, talent and creativity. And we at the Irish Board of Speech and Drama want to encourage it.

The Irish Board is an independent body which provides an objective assessment of achievement in communication skills and dramatic arts through its progressive examination system, catering for all age groups.

We publish a syllabus which encourages and facilitates the development of important communication and dramatic skills.

Irish Board exams with NPAS take place in March. Students can choose your poems, prose and drama pieces. Your teacher will choose suitable pieces with you and work through the exam syllabus with you.

Our examiners are encouraging and friendly, and generate a relaxed atmosphere so that candidates can perform to their best ability. We affirm progress through written reports and certificates.