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Students & Alumni

Some of our digital projects.

Alumni Success

We’re sending congrats to MA graduate Aoife Spillane-Hinks, whose show Holy Mary will play at the Gaiety Theatre next year.  https://www.gaietytheatre.ie/events/holy-maryCongrats also to MA graduate Cathal Cleary. He was the director of Furniture by Sonya Kelly for Druid Theatre last year – and it has just been announced that it has won the Stewart Parker Award http://www.stewartparkertrust.com/short-list-2019.html

We’re also sending best wishes to Moonfish Theatre as their Redemption Falls plays a sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre. It involves PhD graudate and Druid Theatre Artist in Residence Máiréad Ní Chróinín as well as MA graduate Zita Monahan.

 Also at the Abbey is A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, written and directed by NUI Galway BA graduate Dan Colley - https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/a-very-old-man-with-enormous-wings/

NUI Galway People at Dublin Fringe

This year’s Dublin Fringe has a particularly strong programme and we are delighted to see current and past NUI Galway Drama people making work for it.

PhD student JP McMahon’s Irish Food – A Play starts on Sunday 15 September. Originally developed as part of the MA Performance Lab module: https://www.fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/irish-food-a-play

MA in Drama graduate Aoife Spillane-Hinks is directing Megan Riordan’s new play, It’s Not About Love https://www.fringefest.com/festival/whats-on/its-not-about-love

 

NUI Galway Drama staff at Dublin Theatre Festival

This year’s Dublin Theatre Festival begins at the end of September and brings a strong blend of national and international work.

Director in Residence Máiréad Ní Chróinín’s company Moonfish are presenting Redemption Falls at the Abbey Theatre. An adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s novel, this show was a hit at this year’s Galway Arts Festival and looks likely to repeat that success in Dublin. https://dublintheatrefestival.ie/programme/event/redemption-falls

 On 2 October, Patrick Lonergan (Drama) and Barry Houlihan (Library) will join Melissa Sihra of Trinity College for a panel on Irish theatre history, held at the Royal Irish Academy.