Discover Drama
Inspire Passion

Discovery Drama is here to inspire individuals and businesses, to transform thinking and deepen understanding of ourselves and each other.

Who is Discovery Drama for?

Whether you’re a business leader who wants to create transformation within your company or a person who is passionate about drama and wants to go further or, we’ve got a range of courses for you.

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Hi, I’m Gabrielle!

Founder of Discovery Drama

My passion for drama began in childhood. I was always interested in people and their stories, and as a child, spent many hours in my imagination acting out stories and characters.

This journey has taken me via drama classes in Youth Theatre and then to professional acting training at Trinity College and later a postgraduate degree in Drama in Education.

I have been facilitating drama workshops with a range of groups for over 30 years and have witnessed countless times the transformative power of drama to build teams, foster innovation and spark creativity.

We are confident that we can help discover your potential too. So, sit back, switch off your busy life and step into the world of your imagination.

I invite you to work with the very best experts to help you or your organisation discover your very best potential.

Testimonials

  • Michael Egan-Founder

    Director of RADE

    “Gabrielle worked with me in RADE (Recovery through Art, Drama, Education) She is an inspired, imaginative and hardworking drama trainer and has always been scrupulously well prepared when facilitating classes. In my opinion, Gabrielle is one of the most energetic and enthusiastic drama trainers that I’ve worked with in RADE.”

  • Michael Luigi

    Student

    “Thanks a mil for the awesome course and the contagious passion that you put into your work!

    Again, thanks a lot for the extraordinary experience!”

  • Vincent Breheny

    Student

    “I loved working with Gabrielle, I did my first ever acting course with her in 2006 and continued onto her per performance course and am still acting! Such a pleasure training with her.

    She provides a safe place to explore, learn and have fun.”

  • Ester Sanz

    International Affairs Manager UCD

    Discovery Drama's communication training workshop offered a great platform to learn some really effective communication tips and techniques in a fun and innovative way. The facilitators, Karl and Gabrielle, were superb.

  • Sydney Blaine

    Principal - Church of Ireland College of Education

    “Though I was keen for the students to put on a show of some kind, I never dreamt that such a high standard would or could be achieved. You were simply terrific with the students: motivating, encouraging, reassuring, explaining, leading, and comforting.

    You have an impressive array of personal and professional skills from which our students benefitted enormously.”

  • Professor Carmel O'Sullivan

    Head of school of Education at TCD

    ”Gabrielle is an extremely creative, inquisitive, thoughtful and passionate woman. She has an innate desire to improve the quality of people’s lives, particularly in relation to employing creative practices, at all levels of society.

    Her work was impressive and demonstrated her ability to plan, deliver and evaluate creative teaching and learning episodes, which both challenged and enthused her learners.”

  • Kinkini Chaterjee

    Research Careers Manager UCD

    I attended a workshop conducted by Gabrielle and Karl. The workshop was well structured and the experiential learning approach adopted in the workshop made the concepts easy to understand and enjoyable. Highly recommend them !

  • Sarah Allen

    Business Analyst UCD

    I found Discovery Drama's communications course a fun and informal way to learn practical communication tips and tools based on drama techniques. It covered areas such as how to use body language to your advantage, how to manage an audience in meetings and presentations, how to use story telling to deliver your message clearly. I highly recommend Discovery Drama as a refreshing way of learning! goes here