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About Us
We've came on the scene since 2017 to level the playing field, make things happen, and raise the game for team players of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Founded in Keith Johnstone’s Impro, we bring Naturals, Rituals and Originals to audiences as Ireland’s leading member of the International TheatreSports™ Institute.
our name
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'Grand Stretch' is inspired by a quintessential Irish-ism. "There’s a grand stretch in the evenings" echoes 'round the country as Spring breaks — with Winter is at your back, and Summer on your doorstep. It’s a boring, obvious and unoriginal 'go-to' opener that creates an honest platform for meaningful conversation. It's a bright-sided, c
'Grand Stretch' is inspired by a quintessential Irish-ism. "There’s a grand stretch in the evenings" echoes 'round the country as Spring breaks — with Winter is at your back, and Summer on your doorstep. It’s a boring, obvious and unoriginal 'go-to' opener that creates an honest platform for meaningful conversation. It's a bright-sided, clear skies outlook on light triumphing over darkness, and times of positive change, and sport, and play, and taking risks, and making things happen. And, well….that’s us!
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The tagline is a favourite in sports stadiums and rural Irish Bingo Halls. It's the thrill of the gamble, its all-inclusive, its a leap-of-faith, its a sky's-the-limit values, and reinforces what "Grand Stretch" ignites in us — and also, we say it literally all the time.
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Our logo is tribute to our spirit animal, Nanny Mac — Darren's grandmother (and personal favourite human) Rita McDermott. She was a National Treasure. Never one for an RTE weather report, Nanny Mac made her own assessment of the sky over her head. Forever in the moment (and never a moment wasted), Nanny Mac had "The Spirit" in spades.
Workshops
Newcomers, Old-timers, Dabblers, and Dab-handers —
You’ll find Spirited Players in all walks of life.
Regardless of your background, or how much experience you have in the game, this workshop levels the playing field to foster the irresistible and irrepressible qualities of Spirited Players…
Being bold, taking risks, benevolence, misbehaviour, supporting, valuing, openness, honesty, making positive choices, and failing happy!
In one fail-safe, fun-fuelled, and fearless day, we’ll reconnect with our inner child, rediscover ourselves through play, reignite your passion, and rekindle the craic in playground games, “Absolute Scenes!”
In a world damned by perfectionism and firmly held beliefs,
An Open Mind is a river that freely flows both ways.
Being Here, Distracting Your Ego, Surrendering Your Agenda, Playing with Intelligence; Idleness, Openness, Receiving, Response; The Law of Least Effort; Not Trying Your Best; Noticing What’s There, Taking It Somewhere; Boring and Obvious Choices, Truth; Information Gaps, Making Assumptions, Automatic Writing, Letting Go, Editing; “What Happens Next?” Logical steps, Lateral Leaps, Happy Accidents, Side Quests.
In one effortless, curious, incidentally genius day, we’ll learn to trust our intuition and follow our impulses—triumphing over Brain Freeze with Cognitive Ease.
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We publish articles, reviews, and features on a wide range of topics related to arts and entertainment. From classical music to contemporary art, we cover it all. Our content is designed to inform, entertain, and inspire our readers.
We publish articles, reviews, and features on a wide range of topics related to arts and entertainment. From classical music to contemporary art, we cover it all. Our content is designed to inform, entertain, and inspire our readers.
We are more than we are when we are one, in Team Spirit.
"Leap, and the net shall appear" — Robin Williams
what happens
Spirit Guides is a play-centred, game-oriented adventure in spontaneous theatre and improvisation. In six special workshops, we'll let ourselves be carried away in the spirit of play. Charting undiscovered playing fields of the mind, heart, body, and soul, we'll yield to instinct, impulse, and intuition, and run it into fearless play, with team spirit.
let's mix things up!
Playing Fields (formerly Spirit Guides) and Making Senses workshops were developed in the Incubation Space awarded by Dublin City Council in 2023. Pictured here is the fabulous mix of first-timers, dab-handers, and game-raisers that came on this adventure with me. Thank you all for your part in making this possible.
Grand Stretch® is here to level the playing field, make things happen, and raise our game. We believe in what team players with mixed abilities and diverse backgrounds have to offer and learn from each other. Variety fuels our vitality—in who we are and how we play.
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