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Second place for first-ever original GUMS musical at Intervarsity level

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They wowed us earlier this year with their week-long run of The Producers in the Blackbox Theatre, and last month Galway University Musical Society (GUMS) did it again, nabbing the runner-up spot at Musical Inter-varsities. The event held in UCD over 23 and 24 March saw musical societies from across Irish universities compete to be crowned the best in all the land, with NUI … [Read more...] about Second place for first-ever original GUMS musical at Intervarsity level

West Works Theatre Company presents Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis

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Two NUI Galway Drama students will perform in new theatre group West Works Theatre Company’s production of 4.48 Psychosis in Gallery 126 this month ahead of Mental Health Month in May. Aoife Delaney and Anna Doyle will take to the stage in Sarah Kane’s controversial and poignant mental health drama which runs from 16 – 21 April. The play aims to tackle taboos that still … [Read more...] about West Works Theatre Company presents Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis

SIN meets NUI Galway student, actor and playwright Cathal Ryan

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The theatre in NUI Galway has always been a real treat, be it the GUMS musical productions or the various plays and projects produced by the students, particularly the annual Theatre Week. One person who has been involved in pretty much every part of theatre in NUI Galway that you could name is Performing Arts student Cathal Ryan, writer and director of Dead Set, which … [Read more...] about SIN meets NUI Galway student, actor and playwright Cathal Ryan

Directing the dream: Robbie Walsh speaks about his upcoming production of The Lonesome West

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Robbie Walsh arrives an hour before his rehearsal is scheduled in Áras na Mac Léinn’s Art Room, a secluded calm contrasting to the foyer’s graduate-brimming storm. He awaits his actors, cool and composed, a seasoned director for NUI Galway’s Dramsoc. This Semester, Walsh is assuming the director’s chair again for his favourite play, The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh; a … [Read more...] about Directing the dream: Robbie Walsh speaks about his upcoming production of The Lonesome West