Welcome to the St Louis Grammar School Shame Academy Mini-Site

Shame Academy is a spoof talent contest that was set up in 2004 by a group of 6th year pupils to raise finance for the chest, heart and Stroke foundation. The show was such a success that it was decided that it would be a great idea to run it again. This time the money would be donated to local charities such as the Southern Area Hospice and the St Louis Missions.


It was the brainwave of a number of upper 6th pupils along with some teachers. This year's show was "the best show ever" and "a bag of laughs" - some comments from the audience. There were a number of 'talented' and 'entertaining' acts in this year's line-up from Britney Spears to Queen, all providing a bag of laughs for the packed venues audience. As with last years show there were four judges - all of whom had something to say about each act - whether it be good or bad!

Total Raised

The current total for the event stands at an excellent £988.21, and there are still a large number of sponsor cards to be returned. The show was recorded both on video and audio, just to ensure everyone gets ‘named’ and ‘shamed’. These ‘entertaining’ clips can be shown on the images link on the top of this page

The Organisers

Director - Patrick Mackin

Technical Support - Mr Brown, Sean Haughian, Damian Mc Veigh and Alexander Wright

Stage Crew - Hannah Brant, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Deidre Ireland, Marie Louise Barter, Patrice Mc Kevitt

Admissions - Charlene Higgins

Teachers Involved - Mr Murray, Mr Morgan, Mr Brown, Mr McKinney and Mrs Cunningham

Group Of Upper Sixth Students who organised the event – from back left Marie Louise Barter, Cara O’ Rourke, Deidre Ireland, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Hannah Brant, Front Charlene Higgins and Patrick Mackin

Students and teachers who organised the show

Alexander Wright and Marie – Louise Barter who organised the music

Patrick Mackin (Head Boy) who directed and organised the show

Cara O’ Rourke, Deidre Ireland, Hannah Brant, and Joanne Fitzpatrick who formed part of the Stage Crew