Actors Lab Cork Launches Drop-In Professional Training in Cork City

Actors Lab Cork, founded by Paul Wilkins, launched in February 2026 at Civic Trust House, Cork. The initiative offers drop-in professional actor training through a mix of classes, workshops, and industry connection — designed to support both emerging and established actors working across stage and screen.

Contributors to date include:

• Paul Wilkins - Actor, Founder of ALC

• Leoni Kibbey - Agent at Capulet

• Des Kennedy - Artistic Director of Everyman Theatre, Cork

• Shauna Griffith - Casting Director

• Michael Young - Musical Director

• Omari Douglas - Actor (It's A Sin)

• Paul Bullion - Actor (The Witcher)

• Cathal Synnott - Musical Director

• Dawn MacAllister - Casting Director

• Daniel Power - Actor (Christy)

• Tom O'Brien - Director & Coach

• Danielle Tarento - Producer & Casting Director

  
  

“Having trained and worked in London before relocating to Cork, I became very aware of the difference in accessible professional classes for established and emerging actors. Dublin has a wealth of opportunity for adult actors, but Cork has far fewer consistent industry-facing spaces. I wanted to help create one — connecting Cork more directly to Dublin, London and beyond — so actors can keep their practice sharp and their careers moving without feeling they must relocate to do so.” - Paul Wilkins

Further information on upcoming sessions can be found here.