Expression of Interest: Hair Upstyles Through the Centuries

Expression of Interest: Hair Upstyles Through the Centuries

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Please note by registering your interest you are NOT applying for a course.  This is to gauge the interest of crew in attending this type of course.

Proposed Course: Hair Up-styles through the centuries

Proposed months of delivery: TBC

Duration: 2 day in-person workshop

Cost: Free

Venue: In-person, eastern region venue tbc.

Course Tutor: Sandra Kelly

Course Profile:

This course would run over 2 consecutive days. 

This course would be run by the National Talent Academies: Film & TV Crew Academy East,  developed in collaboration with the Irish Hair Guild. The aim of the course would be to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to create period up-styles using hairpieces, as required by the Film & TV Drama industry.

Participants would be required to bring the following tools and materials to attend the course; Hairbrushes, tail-comb, heated rollers, hot-sticks, hair tongs (various sizes). Participants would also need to supply a model for themselves for both days – the model should have shoulder length hair. The same model can be used for both days.

Course Content:

  • The history of up-styles down through the centuries.
  • How to prep hair for doing an up-style.
  • Learn how to use the tools and materials needed to create up-styles.
  • How to create up-styles the easy and quick way.
  • Learn about and how to do 18th/ 19th /20th Centuries up-styles.

Course Outcomes:

Participants would come away with a broad knowledge of the history of period up-styles through the different centuries.  They would be familiar with the techniques, products, tools and materials used to do period and modern up-styles.

Participant Profile:

This 2 day period & modern up-style course would be aimed at Junior Hairdressers & Hairdressers working in the Film & TV Drama Industry, plus aspiring new entrant qualified Hairdressers who want to start working  in the Film and TV Drama Industry.

Expression of Interest Procedure:

Please register your interest online at this LINK by 12 pm, Wednesday 21st Jan 2026.

For technical difficulties with the online system, please email brian.murphy@nationaltalentacademies.ie

Film & TV Crew Academy East courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability.

Tutor Profile:

Sandra Kelly has worked in the TV & Film Industry for over 29 years . She trained in Peter Mark Hair Creation on Grafton Street, Dublin. Sandra travelled for 4 years in which she worked in salons all over the world doing fashion, TV, commercial and magazine work, returning to Ireland start a career in the Hair Dept in Film & TV - Braveheart was her first feature film.

Sandra has worked on many Film & TV Productions;  LoveHate, Raw , Sing Street, Little Women, King Arthur, Winx Club Saga, and Normal People - to name a few.

Sandra has been expertly  trained in every aspect of hair, especially textured hair, wigs, extensions, hairpieces/wefts,  and up-styles. She is a qualified Hairdresser and also teaches Level 6 Junior/Senior Trade.  She is looking forward to passing on these skills.