By Vannessa Marovatsanga This issue SIN sat down with Áine Cooney and Mary Clare Tehan to get the inside scoop on our very own Dramsoc. What is your role in the society? Áine Cooney: I am the auditor of Dramsoc, which means I run the society with the Vice-Auditor, Mark Fitzgerald. We oversee everything that the society does, make all the decisions for the society … [Read more...] about Society Spotlight: Dramsoc
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Dramsoc play Carthaginians picked to perform at Irish Student Drama Awards
The Drama Society’s production of Carthaginians has been selected to represent NUI Galway at the Irish Student Drama Awards (ISDA) in April. The event which is being held at UCC this year features plays from across Irish college campuses that are then judged based on categories such as Best Play, Best Director, Best Actress and so on. The plays are selected by three … [Read more...] about Dramsoc play Carthaginians picked to perform at Irish Student Drama Awards
SIN meets NUI Galway student, actor and playwright Cathal Ryan
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
Curtain call: NUI Galway students ready for performance of The Bacchae
The Ancient Greek play The Bacchae will be performed by Final Year and Masters students of the Drama programme in NUI Galway in the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane from 14 February to 18 February at 8pm. This is the first time the play is being performed in Ireland. Under the steerage of director Max Hafler, the actors hope to give an eye-opening theatrical performance to … [Read more...] about Curtain call: NUI Galway students ready for performance of The Bacchae
Directing the dream: Robbie Walsh speaks about his upcoming production of The Lonesome West
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