shawbrook.org - Residential retreat & rehearsal space

Shawbrook as residential retreat or rehearsal space.

From time to time Shawbrook invites companies from Ireland and abroad to use their facilities as a residential retreat or rehearsal space.

Previous paying guests include:
        Coisceim,
         Fidget Feet
         Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Company.

Facilities:

Residential dormitories and apartments

Fully equipped catering space

Summer house

Meditation room ( tree house)

Sauna

Power showers

Forest walks

Michael Keegan-Dolan's renowned Fab Beast company use Shawbrook as their spiritual home. They have spent long periods residing there and have developed and rehearsed their last three major productions at Shawbrook.

Giselle (2003),
The Bull (2005)
Flowerbed (2006)

(photo of Olwen Foure in The Bull)