The holiday happens in SLEMISH BARN - an exciting new custom-built residential holiday venue in the gateway to the famous nine Glens of Antrim, between Glenann and Glencloy and within the shadow of Slemish Mountain, the first home of St Patrick in Ireland, where he was held as a slave. Slemish Mountain, clearly visible for miles around, is really not a mountain at all - it is the central plug of a long extinct volcano! It also offered protection to the Dothraki's camp when the nearby bog was used as a location for Game of Thrones.
The holidays are both residential and non‑residential and we generate a friendly family holiday atmosphere. Children sleep in comfortable en‑suite dormitories, and staff and children eat together in a dining room with views across to Slemish. Rehearsals, singing, dancing, filming, and improvisation are generally indoor activites but the spacious surroundings and the mountain behind us give terrific opportunity for taking the filming 'on location', as well as informal outdoor activities - and we get to the beach - which we have visited every year, in spite of the Irish weather! Onwards and upwards... as the famous Northern Irish song nearly says - '...from glen to glen and by the mounain side...' to Slemish Barn - and this year's fabulous Summer Drama Holiday.
The holiday is run by ROMA TOMELTY and COLIN CARNEGIE, both of whom come from a professional theatre background, with credits in film and television as well. Staff are drawn from the same background, and the holidays have been running for over 35 years, so we've a pretty good track-record of providing the right mix of fun and hard work! It's not unusual to see some faces return year after year, such have been their experiences each summer!
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