At SB TheatreWorks, we believe that the process of creating drama is just as important as the product. Our aim is to nurture our students' interest in drama and the performing arts and provide them with an outlet for self-expression in a friendly and relaxed environment.
S T A F F
Suzanne Binley
Founder
Suzanne Binley is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, where she studied Drama and Modern Irish. She has been teaching drama for over twenty years. Suzanne spent her early years as a tutor at Young People’s Theatre. She then went on to become a director of Pygmalion Drama School for twelve years. She is currently course director of the Higher Diploma in Drama Education at Griffith College and lectures in Drama at St Nicholas' Montessori College Ireland.
Suzanne holds the position of drama teacher in a number of South Dublin schools, both Primary and Secondary. She also runs professional development days on behalf of the Leinster School of Music and Drama and has recently been appointed Development Manager for the LSMD. She is a former board member of the Speech and Drama Teachers of Ireland.
Sarah Brennan
Founder
Sarah Brennan is a graduate of the Samuel Beckett School of Drama, TCD.
She also holds an MA in Creative Writing from UCD.
Sarah has worked as a drama teacher for twenty years. During this time, she was a member of staff with Young People’s Theatre, as well as working as a professional actress with most of Ireland’s leading theatre companies including Rough Magic, B*Spoke, Landmark, Pan Pan, Lane Productions and Barnstorm. She has also worked extensively for RTE Radio.
In 2002, Sarah co-founded X-Bel-Air Theatre Company, producing and directing several successful productions as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival.
Her recent directing work includes, ‘Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About’ (nominated for the ‘Little Gem’ Award, Absolut Fringe Festival) and 'Walk for Me', Dublin Fringe 2017 (revived by Project Arts Centre, 2019)
Sarah is also a lecturer on the Higher Diploma in Drama Education at Griffith College.
V I S I T I N G T U T O R S
Kate Stanley Brennan
Actor, Singer, Dancer
Kate’s career in Theatre and Music has spanned over a decade, starting out as lead girl in the Gaiety Panto’s Mother Goose, to most recently touring the world with the Music/Dance/Drag/Spoken word/Acrobatic extravaganza that is This is Pop Baby’s RIOT. Kate’s other theatre work includes Walk For Me (Show In A Bag), Crestfall ITTA nomination Best Ensemble (Druid), The White Devil (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Plough and the Stars, Hedda Gabler, The Risen People, Terminus, Saved, Playboy of the Western World (Abbey Theatre), The Night Alive (Lyric /Gaiety), Wuthering Heights, Salome (Gate), Witness, Best Man, ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Irish Times Theatre Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Love and Money, ITTA nomination for Best Actress (Project/ Everyman), Yerma (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Sanctuary Lamp (Arcola Theatre London). Film/TV includes Float like a Butterfly (Samson) Fading Away (Filmbase), Inspector Jury (IJ Prods), Chasing Green (Hallmark), Doll House winner of Best Ensemble Acting Odessa Film Festival (Visit Films), Raw, Fair City (RTÉ), The Tudors (HBO). Kate released an EP in 2013 called ‘Miss Kate and the Higher State’
Eva Bartley
Actor, Singer, Dancer
Eva has worked as a professional actor, on both stage and screen, in Ireland and the UK. She has worked in most of the main house theatres in Dublin, including the Abbey and the Gate, and has toured nation wide. She has appeared in many TV productions including, On Home Ground and The Clinic for RTE, Trial and Retribution for ITV and has appeared in globally distributed shows, such as, Vikings and Titanic:Blood and Steel.
Eva trained in Speech and Drama with Ann Kavanagh at Young People’s Theatre, completing all Royal Irish Academy of Music exams in speech and drama.
She also trained in ballet, modern and jazz dance at the Debbie Allen school of dance, completing all Royal Academy of Dance exams in ballet up to elementary, and all Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing exams in modern dance up to elementary. She has also completed all 3 jazz awards in bronze, silver and gold in jazz ballet.