FeisMaitiuDublin

UNFORTUNATELY,DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL,FEIS MAITIÚ 2023 IS CANCELLED.WE HOPE TO RETURN IN 2024.

GREAT NEWS
WE WILL BE BACK
IN THE MILL THEATRE
MAY 9th-May 13th 2023

Feis Maitiú 2022
It is with regret that we have to cancel the Feis this year.Although the Covid situation has improved -Teachers & Classes have been very disrupted this year -leading to uncertainty in number of entries.Please bear with us as we plan for a bumper Feis in 2023.

Good News!
Feis Maitiú will return next year:
The Mill Theatre
April 25th-29th 2022.

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Betty-Ann Norton.She was a Tour De Force in the Drama world and her talent was outstanding.
Thank-you Betty-Ann -you set the standard.
Condolences to her brother Jim and all her family and many friends.R.I.P.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE ARE SORRY TO LET YOU LET YOU KNOW THAT FEIS MAITIU 2020 DUE TO RUN IN MAY IN THE MILL THEATRE IS NOW POSTPONED UNTIL AUTUMN 2020.

THIS IS DUE TO THE CURRENT COVID 19 HEALTH CRISIS.

WE WILL LET YOU KNOW A FIRMER DATE AS SOON AS WE HAVE ONE.IN THE MEANTIME TAKE CARE EVERYONE AND STAY SAFE AND STAY HOME.

REMINDER-Closing Date is close of play tomorrow-if anybody has any queries or needs any entry cards please call Or text Deirdre on 086 8214004.

We are looking forward to receiving your entries for 2020.CLOSING DATE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 29th.

REMINDER
Closing date for entries is Sat Feb 29th.Please read Syllabus carefully(see post below)-as there are some rule changes and some adjustments to competitions.Also please note we had to introduce our first price rise in 10 years due to public liability insurance cost rise.We tried to keep this increase as small as possible,we hope you understand.We will be issuing blank cards for entries in the next week-please contact us if you have any queries.Thank-you for your continued support.

Happy New Year Everyone-Here is our 2020 Syllabus-if you have any questions you can email or message us.Looking forward to seeing you all.

2020 Feis Dates Announcement!
Great news Feis Maitiú will return to the Mill Theatre From May 11th-17th inclusive-save the Dates!

Feis Dates: 11th-17th May 2020

Sunshine and drama-Feis Maitiu Dublin begins today.

Please check all cards against the timetable below:

FEIS MAITIÚ 13th to 18th MAY 2019


MONDAY 13th MAY 2019

THEATRE

Competition 34 9:00-10:30 Group Improv U/10 Part 1

Competition 38/39 10:30-10:50 Summit Cup U/14

Competition 24 10:50-12:30 Duo U/12 Part 1

Competition 19 12:45-2:15 Solo U/12 Part 1

Competition 22 2:15-3:45 Solo O/16

Competition 20 3:45-5:15 Solo U/14 Part 1



Competition 25 5:45-7:15 Duo U/14 Part 1

Competition 49 7:15-7:45 Padraig Pearse Cup

Competition 48 8:00-10:00 Apprentice Shakespeare Cup


STUDIO


Competition 11 9:15 -10:30 Mixed Poerty U/11 Part 1

Competition 8 10:30 -11:30 Boys Poetry U/9 Part 1

Competition 9 11:30-12:45 Girls Poetry U/10 Part 1


Competition 6 3:30-4:30 Boys Poetry U/8 Part 1

Competition 41 4:30-5:00 Brendan Kennelly Cup

Competition 15 5:45-6:45 Mary Burchael Cup





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TUESDAY 14th MAY 2019

THEATRE

Competition 34 9:00-10:30 Group improv U/10 Part 2

Competition 18 10:30-12:00 Solo U/10 Part 1

Competition 24 12:00-1:30 Duo U/12 Part 2

Competition 35 1:30-3:00 Group Improv U/12 Part 1

Competition 18 3:00-4:30 Solo U/10 Part 1

Competition 23 4:30-6:00 Duo U/10 Part 1

Competition 31 6:00-6:45 Solo Mime O/14

Competition 37 6:45-8:15 Group Improv O/14 Part one

Competition 26 8:15-9:45 Duo U/16 Part 1



STUDIO


Competition 2 9:00 -10:00 Mixed Poetry U/6 Part 1

Competition 5 10:00-11:15 Girls Poetry U/8 Part 1

Competition 11 11:15 -12:30 Mixed Poetry U/11 Part 2


Competition 12 2:45-4:00 Mixed Poetry U/12

Competition 3 4:00- 5:15 Girls Poetry U/7 Part 1

Competition 14 7:00-8:15 Mixed Poetry U/15






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WEDNESDAY 15th MAY 2019


THEATRE

Competition 35 9:00 - 10:15 Group Improv U/12 Part 2

Competition 25 10:15-11:45 Duo U/14 Part 2

Competition 19 11:45-1:15 Solo U/12 Part 2


Competition 17 1:30-3:00 Script Writing

Competition 20 3:00-4:40 Solo U/14 Part 2

Competition 26 4:40-6:10 Duo U/16 Part 2

Competition 30 7:00-8:00 Solo Mime U/14

Competition 21 8:00-9:30 Solo U/14 Part 1

Competition 27 9:30-10:00 Duo O/16


STUDIO


Competition 1 9:00 - 10:00 Mixed Poetry U/5 Part 1

Competition 4 10:00 - 11:00 Boys Poetry U/7 Part 1

Competition 5 11:00- 12:15 Girls Poetry U/8 Part 2

Competition 7 2:30-3:45 Girls Poetry U/9 Part 1

Competition 10 3:45-5:00 Boys Poetry U/10

Competition 13 5:00-6:15 Mixed Poetry U/13









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THURSDAY 16th MAY 2019

THEATRE

Competition 18 9:00 - 10:30 Solo U/10 Part 3

Competition 24 10:30-12:00 Duo U/12 Part 3


Competition 35 12:0-1:15 Group Improv U/12 Part 3

Competition 36 1:30-2:00 Group Improv U/14

Competition 19 2:00-3:30 Solo U/12 Part 3

Competition 25 3:30-5:00 Duo U/14 Part 3

Competition 44 5:00-6:15 Sean O'Casey Cup

Competition 23 6:15-7:45 Duo U/10 Part Two

Competition 43 8:00-9:30 Lily Kavanagh Cup




STUDIO


Competition 1 9:00 - 10:00 Mixed Poetry U/5 Part 1

Competition 9 10:15-11:15 Girls Poetry U/10 Part 2

Competition 2 11:15-12:15 Mixed Poetry U/6 Part 3


Competition 6 12:15-1:15 Boys Poetry U/8 Part 2

Competition 3 2:45-3:45 Girls Poetry U/7 Part 2

Competition 11 3:45-5:00 Mixed Poetry U/11 Part 3








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FRIDAY 17th MAY 2019

THEATRE


Competition 19 10:30-12:00 Solo U/12 Part 4

Competition 23 12:00-1:30 Duo U/10 Part 3

Competition 45 1:30-2:45 Ena Mary Burke Cup

Competition 18 2:45-4:15 Solo U/10 Part 4

Competition 46 4:45-5:45 Junior Shakespeare Cup

Competition 37 5:45- 7:00 Group improv O/14 Part two

Competition 21 7:00-8:30 Solo U/16 Part 2

Competition 42 8:30-10:00 Joan Cuthbert Cup




STUDIO

Competition 2 9:00 - 10:00 Mixed Poetry U/6 Part 3

Competition 12 10:30-11:45 Mixed Poetry U/12 Part 2

Competition 7 12:30-1:45 Girls Poetry U/9 Part 2

Commpetition 4 1:45 -2:30 Boys Poetry U/7 Part 2

Competition 29 2:30-3:30 Mime U/12

Competition 16 3:30-4:30 Storytelling

Competition 28 6:00-7:15 Mime U/10









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SATURDAY 18th MAY 2019

THEATRE

Competition 19 9:00 -10:30 Solo U/12 Part 5

Competition 32/33 10:30-10:50 Group Mime O/14

Com 40 10:50-11:15 Summit O/14

Competition 52 11:15-1:30 Musical Theatre

Competition 47 2:30-4:00 Senior Shakespeare

Competition 20 4:00-5:30 Solo U/14 Part 3

Competition 50 6:30-7:30 Michael Cunneen Cup

Competition 51 7:30 - 10:00 Father Leonard
Coughlan Record Cup

Closing Date for 2019 Entries is this Saturday March 2nd.Please don’t hesitate to contact us with queries.Looking forward to a wonderful Feis.

Feis Maitiu week is fast approaching(May 13th-18th in The Mill Theatre).Are you ready to perform for us on a real working stage?We can’t wait to see you all.
Remember CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS SATURDAY 2nd MARCH.

To be or not to be in a Shakespeare competition?Feis Maitiú have loads of options if your students wish to dabble in the rewarding world of The Bard-check out our Apprentice,Junior and Senior Shakespeare Cup competitions (for solo performances) and our new Duo or small group Shakespeare competition -The Michael J. Cunneen Memorial Trophy.All the world is your stage....

Have you noticed some of our fantastic new competitions-Check out our Group Musical Theatre Competitions for Junior,Intermediate and Senior levels on our 2019 Syllabus.

If any of you would like 2019 Syllabus and Poetry selection in PDF format please message us and we can email it to you.

Minor amendments

Here are this year’s poem options(note some minor amendments will follow in next post).

The 2019 Syllabus-If you have any queries please let us know.

Happy New Year to all our Teachers,Competitors and Patrons.
Feis Maitiú will return to the Mill Theatre in 2019 from May 13th-18th.
Syllabus And Poetry selections have been emailed-if you haven’t received or would like to receive please DM us here(or comment below).Entry closing date is March 1st.
We are looking forward to another exciting year.

Grace Doyle-Flaherty-Winner of this year’s Lily Kavanagh Cup.

Matthew Price-Winner of this year’s Senior Shakespeare Cup.

Michael Lucey-Winner of this year’s Joan Cuthbert Cup.

Sinead Gormally & Laura Walshe-winners of Duologue Under 16 this year.

Column Aherne achieved this year’s highest mark awarded in Drama.

Erica Howard & Molly O’Grady-Winners of this year’s Under 12 Duologue.

Some very happy pupils of The Moore School of Performing Arts (MSPA)-who enjoyed their participation in Feis Maitiú Dublin last week.Well done all.

So lovely to see Betty Ann Norton and Jim Norton who attended on Saturday to support the new Shakespeare Competition -The Michael Cunneen Cup-which Betty Ann has kindly sponsored in memory of her late husband.

What a fabulous night on Saturday with the festival culminating in The Prestigious Father Matthew Record Cup.The winner this year is Paul Storrs from the Gwynneth Murdock School.

Bronze medal winners in u/10 Duo Milie Langford & Juliette Byrne from The Liz Dorman school.

Kate Langford & Alexandra O’Connor-winners U/14 Duo with their teacher Liz Dorman.

THEATRE TIMES FOR SATURDAY 12th MAY

9am-10.30am. SOLO U/10 PART 4

10.30am-12 noon. MUSICAL THEATRE

12noon-1.30pm. SOLO U/14 PART 4

2.30pm-4pm. SOLO U/16 PART 2

6pm-10pm. RECORD CUP.

Say hello to the welcoming faces of Deirdre McGuinness and Monica Bolger who help all our young competitors check-in before their competitions.

A big shout out to Will and Sarah members of our backstage team who so patiently help all the children set up their scenes on The Mill Theatre Stage.Thanks Guys.