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
Theatre
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
End of Semester Drama Festival
Theatre students from various courses will present a range of exciting work over the next two weeks beginning on 19 November... … [Read more...] about End of Semester Drama Festival
GUMS plan ahead for this year’s production: The Drowsy Chaperone
GUMS is one of the biggest societies on campus and they have already started work on their new show, The Drowsle Chaperon. Freya Carroll of GUMS has more... … [Read more...] about GUMS plan ahead for this year’s production: The Drowsy Chaperone
Former NUI Galway student’s musical praised by Andrew Lloyd Webber
It's a proud time for NUI Galway as one of it's former students has caught the attention of none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber. Órla Ryan reports... … [Read more...] about Former NUI Galway student’s musical praised by Andrew Lloyd Webber