Northern Irish stage and screen actor Fra Fee returns to Ireland to deliver an Acting Through Song workshop to aspiring young actors in Cork. At the top of both theatre and musical theatre industries in the West End and Broadway, Fra’s studio session will focus specifically on developing the actor, and working with text.

Fra most recently played Owen in the National Theatre’s production of Translations (London). Other credits include: Courfeyrac in Tom Hooper’s 2012 Les Misérables motion picture, Michael Carney in The Ferryman (Royal Court, West End and Broadway; 2018 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supportying Actor in a play), As You Like It (Nataional Theatre, London), The Last Five Years (Lyric Theatre Belfast), Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory) and On the Town (BBC Proms).

IYMT aims to find, nourish, and showcase exceptional Irish talent in musical theatre, and provide young Irish actors with the opportunity to opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in the profession and experience the professional musical theatre industry here, in our own country. This new initiative is run in partnership with The Royal Irish Academy of Music, under the Artistic Direction of Séimí Campbell and the patronage of Colm Wilkinson.