You are invited to step inside Ira’s world, where humour, heart, and adventure unfold in a unique way. Among Dragons, a beautifully crafted show for 4th Class and up, blends playful storytelling, audience engagement, and sensory, rich visual design to explore the magic of memory, the bonds we share with loved ones, and the comfort we find in the stories they leave behind.

Ira is strong. Pretty strong. Ira has built a den – a special hideout where memories spark stories, big emotions roar, and imagination takes flight. But most of all, Ira’s den is where she remembers her grandad Mate— how they would arm-wrestle with his best friend Pedro, fly and rescue kites from trees, and reflect on the unexpected wonder of… snail poo. Through Ira’s memories, audiences are drawn into a world where the past meets the present, and where anyone can be the hero of their own story.

Directed and translated by Em Ó Ceallaigh, and starring Aoife Sweeney O’Connor as Ira, Among Dragons is designed for a small audience (one class group per performance), offering an intimate experience, where you get to sit inside Ira’s den. Lights, video and music come together to heighten and explore their memories and emotions.

This is a new production of the German language play Unter Drachen by Patricija Bronić, Hanna Röhrich, and Nadja Rui.

Drama workshops and resource packs are available as part of the production.

Suitable for 4th-6th Class.
Runtime: 45 mins
Performances at 10:30am & 12pm

To find out more about this school event or to make a booking for your class, contact theresa@riverbank.ie

Creative Team
Set and Costume Design: Medb Lambert
Lighting Design: Zia Bergin-Holly
Video Design: Eoin Robinson
Composer and Sound Design: Jenny O’Malley
Creative Producer: Fiona Keller

This production touches on themes of memory, love, and loss. While sensitively handled and age-appropriate, it may be emotionally challenging for audience members who have experienced a recent bereavement.

We ask that school groups come with a minimum of 2 adults per group. Free follow-up creative drama workshops and a resource pack are available as part of the production.

Optional Follow-Up Drama Workshop
The Among Dragons creative drama workshop encourages students to create joyful stories through performance. Young people will complete exercises that develop storytelling, performance and collaboration skills.

The workshop will take place in your classroom after you have attended Among Dragons. It will last one hour and fifteen minutes. Each workshop will be run by a skilled, experienced drama facilitator. Our workshops encourage young people to question what they know and how they’ve come to know it; surprise and delight them with their natural curiosity, creativity and humour; and create space for them to lead their learning, creative ideas and to come together to connect in a new way. Workshops will be allocated to schools who have attended the production on a first-come-first-served basis, if this is something you are interested in discussing for your school please contact us for more information.

Funded by The Arts Council with additional support by dlr Mill Theatre, Riverbank Arts Centre and axis:Ballymun.