A poor Mans RTE to be sure. went to see a popular game show filmed here on Saturday night, its always a good night out going to see a TV show being filmed but this was the first one i had been to in these studios, i usually go to ones in RTE. this place must have been built way before RTE though because it is very tatty looking and the room that the audience members wait in before the filming is not a patch on the one RTE use. It was up an old carpeted stairs and into a room that was quite dirty looking with lots of chairs and tables with crisps on them. on a TV on the corner you could see the studio with all the preparations for the upcoming filming going on. the toilets were not too nice either with only one toilet available for all the ladies attending and the same for the men, that means big queues before you go into the studio! when we actually got to the studio however it was pretty much like RTE and it was great to see everything going on. they handed out bottles of water at a break which kept everyone happy too. All in all this is a different way to spend your saturday night and i would totally recommend trying to get tickets to see something like this if you can. Go to RTE though cause the experience is not as great in Ardmore studios. read more

Ardmore Studios - Mass Media Near Me - Bray, WW

Any of you who have ever worked as an extra will know that it is an enjoyable job, but not without it's occasional inconveniences, one of which is the canteen at Ardmore Studios. It is a not uncommon misconception that you get your lunch given to you when you're working as an extra. This is not strictly false, as when you are on location or if the canteen is closed on holidays catering will be provided, but otherwise you are given an allowance for your breakfast and lunch, which amounts to fifteen euro per day, five for breakfast, ten for lunch. This is yours to spend as you wish. If you wanna eat a big breakfast before you go to work and bring a sandwich with you from home, well more power to you, save your money. The proprietor of the Ardmore canteen does not take the same view, however. A haughty man with a beard, he views that fifteen euro as his revenue by right, and hates to see a penny of it unspent in his premises. If you go in and order one of the big lunches for ten or twelve euro, he would be pleasant and polite. If, however, you only ordered two euro chips to go with the sambo that you brought from home, he would be very arrogant and brusque. (The food was pretty shite, by the way. Who eats gammon or mutton anymore, anyway?) One of the lads went in and got chips and only chips every day without fail for the better part of two summers (contrary to your expectations, he's actually very thin). Every day, the snooty chef would practically snarl "Just chips again, hmm?", to which my friend would reply with a big grin and a nod. One day this self-same chap was in the queue with a number of other extras. "Try the chips, they're great", he said in a voice clearly audible to the chef, "you get some attitude thrown in for free". Shite food and awful service, but great memories. read more

I cannot let the two Reviews go by without a comment. I was one of the first people hired to work at Ardmore in 1958 after the studio Manager Mr. P. L. Kendrick. . The fact there was a canteen was an absolute miracle and most definitely appreciated by the workers. Otherwise one had to go down into Bray and that would have been a lot more expensive. In those days the fact of any employer provided meal facilities was almost unheard of. Incidently we still eat mutton, but now it is referred to as "lamb." We do not all eat hamburgers, fish and chips, crisps etc! Remember back then there was not the prevalence of all the fast food shops that are in abundance today, so we were very happy to avail of the canteen offerings. Granted things have probably changed at the Studios, however, why not speak to the Studio Management or the head of the Production Company rather than rant and rave on the site. This does not remedy the situation. E. B. Gavin-Ketchen Abilene, TX USA read more