Limerick School of Acting student Thomas O’Halloran makes a big impression with his TV debut in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Blindboy’s short story, Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty

 

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Limerick-born actor Thomas O’Halloran has just made his TV debut in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Blindboy’s short story, Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty, and for the 31-year-old actor, rapper, and Traveller advocate, it all comes down to “years of hard work and a dream.”

His battle with alcoholism was a pivotal turning point for the aspiring creative. “I used to be an alcoholic, but I’ve been sober for eight years now,” he explains. “After I gave up drinking, I was watching a movie and thought, ‘I could do that.’”

That spark led him to the Limerick School of Acting, where he honed his craft under the mentorship of Nigel Mercier.

A standout moment came early in his training when he performed a monologue that left his teacher and classmates in awe. “I got a standing ovation, and Nigel asked if I wanted to perform on stage in Dolan’s. That’s when I realized acting was my calling.”

The Limerick School of Acting is proud to work together with TUS and their Film & Broadcasting course. Our Adult Acting Database is used annually by the TUS students to cast actors for their assignments.

This year lots of work has been coming our way from this collaboration giving the LSA students invaluable film set and location experience.

Oct 2024

Big congrats to brothers Aaron and Noah who landed the role of siblings in a new short film, Fraternus, to be directed by an exciting new director (and former LSA student!) Ciara Kelleher. Another former LSA student, Simon Woods, is the writer and producer, and will be submitting the finalised film to international film festivals around the world.

Good luck to the two boys who will be filming next month.

Aaron and Noah were chosen from our Limerick School of Acting actors database.

UPDATE: Congrats to both LSA students, Jakob and Harry, who were cast!

Two more auditions this evening for a short film being shot in County Clare next month. Produced and directed by two members of a British acting dynasty, this half hour film sports a stunning script.

Jakob and Harry were chosen from our Limerick School of Acting Casting Database, that continues to be used by casting directors and producers internationally.

Good luck lads!

Huge kudos to Limerick School of Acting student Sadie Mooney who appeared in the Torch Players production of Marina Carr’s ‘By The Bog Of Cats’ at the Belltable Theatre, Limerick, March 5th – 9th 2024.

Sadie took on the substantial role of Josie with confidence, and displayed her acting talent to packed houses. Her voice projection, emotional range, facial expressions, etc were all on the mark, and she held her own among a very talented and experienced cast.

Well done Sadie and all the Torch Players!

Huge congratulations to Limerick School of Acting Student, 13 yr old Ailbhe O’Brien, who recently landed the lead role in a TV insurance commercial.

This weekend 4th November we submitted several of our 11-13 yr old actresses from our Casting Database for an insurance commercial.

Best of luck to the six girls who were chosen to submit self tapes.

Update: Best of luck to the seven boys who were chosen from the LSA Acting Database to audition for the same commercial!

This week (October 26th) we submitted several of our 13 yr old male students from our Casting Database to be considered for a role in a movie trailer for a film to be shot locally next summer.

We are delighted to announce one of them has been successful and will be on set at Bunratty next weekend

Update: Well done to Cooper who received fantastic feed back from the director for his superb acting skills gleaned at the Limerick School of Acting

First off, huge congrats to Cobhan O’Brien appearing as Young Cleon in Apple TV+ production of Foundation, and his sister Ailbhe who spent last weekend (16th Sept) shooting a commercial in Portugal.

We have been very busy the last few months putting students from our Limerick School of Acting Database forward for TV commercials, TV dramas, and movie roles. In September alone we have put students forward for several TV commercials and a TV series.

We will be renewing our database in October with updated photos and featuring some of our new enrolments.

Self taping can be difficult and time consuming with lots of rejection, but every now and again it pays off and is well worth it.

Keep going guys!

3rd March 2023. More calls today for children for a TV commercial. Good luck to all who have been asked to submit!