While we’re waiting for the BIG review of Ghetto in the Ulster (AUDF) Drama Finals on Saturday night coming, here’s a review of The Trial Of Thomas D’Arcy McGee in Wexford Arts Centre on Friday last: wexfordartscentre.ie/reviews/

The boul Sean Kearns does it again!! A ‘masterclass’ no less…

Off we go!

With the All-Ireland & Canadian tours behind us, our attention is on the Youth Summer Show. We invite young directors with a great idea to submit them esp a grad. from the group who knows the work ethic. A £ commission 15Jul to 29Aug. Apply [email protected] by Fri30May.

We have a new Pope, we'll soon be searching for a new Dalai Lama, could YOU be the new Newpoint Youth Director. Send an email to [email protected] TODAY!

David Pearse David Pearse getting his monk on in Shardlake on ITV.

Please click & nominate Newpoint Players. Great cause - our summer youth scheme- and great funding source! youth.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1…

Lots of work going on behind the scenes to prepare our Summer Show. All the ducks are lining up & will be revealed soon. We start the 3rd week of July & concentrate then to prepare for the show! Application form link available tomorrow - email [email protected].

A light on the Newpoint Stage has dimmed tonight with the death of Peter Ballance, who matured under the eye of Sean Hollywood into a superb professional. He lit every room he entered & there was no finer raconteur, wit & mimic. There was sooo much more he might've achieved.

Day 3 of our 3 week theatre skills course with Anne-Marie McAleenan taking a workshop on Set Design. Design an opening set for To Kill A Mockingbird. Newpoint Players Youth Group on their 44th Summer scheme.

Masterclass in acting today from Caolan Byrne - star of stage, screen & now video game! Much learned and much still to come. Many thanks to our hosts The Quays, Newry. Day 4 of 3 weeks. The Quays

Great practical informative day Fri with Newpoint babe, Mary-Ellen O'Hara, Casting Director & sidekick Natalie Murphy, Casting Associate Advice on entering the industry & workshops on issues of auditions & self-taping And much fun! Thanks The Quays for having hosted us this week.

One day with Johnny Depp at their premiere, next with Newpoint Youth on the stage what rared him! Ryan McParland put ‘em all straight on the up & down of an acting career. David Pearse led them in ripping text apart to build a character. Here he’s a shady monk in the Shardlake.

🎭 Play performance by Newpoint Players as part of the D’Arcy McGee Festival: It’s Morning Now – a powerful drama on the assassination of McGee. 🗓️ Tues 2 Sept 2025 | 🕡 6:45PM 📍 Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford

Utterly transformative workshop with opera singer Ben McAteer today [ex-Newpoint Youth too, of course]. Next stop for Ben is Vienna but he was most generous with his time and advice. Never critical, always constructive. Ta, Ben! ...here, tall, isn't he?

Rehearsed reading of the Thomas D'Arcy McGee story It's Morning Now by Dermot Nolan performed in Carlingford Heritage Centre, 2nd September '25. Talent here: Pat Mooney, Mark Hughes, Mickey Branigan, John Shannon, Donal O'Hanlon, Lowry Hodgett, Eithne Bell. youtu.be/ic7r0AGibLs?si…

Very sad news about the astonishing Tom Stoppard. We were privileged to perform his Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead back in 2013.