New degree course at NUIG for students with passion for stage
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An exciting new four-year degree programme at NUI Galway is designed for students with a keen interest in all aspects of drama and performance.
The BA degree in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies is a world-class programme, providing a unique opportunity to study drama, theatre and performance from a practical, theoretical and historical perspective.
Students will benefit from the partnerships forged by NUI Galway with arts organisations including Druid Theatre Company, the Galway Arts Festival and Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe.
In addition, the campus is a hot-bed for drama productions and related performance events throughout the year. NUI Galway has an annual week-long theatre festival and regular performances by the popular DramSoc take place in theatres on campus, as well as in Galway’s Druid Theatre, and Black Box. Students also perform at the Galway’s Town Hall Theatre.
Teaching on the new programme will include lectures and seminars as well as practical workshops, performances and internships. The emphasis will be on putting learning into practice, through seminars in acting and directing and workshops with professional theatre companies. Third-year students will also have the option of internships with arts organisations and professional placements.
“This new course is a wonderful opportunity for students to explore all aspects of performance from theatre to film, storytelling and new media”, says programme director, Patrick Lonergan of NUI Galway.
Head of the School of Humanities at NUI Galway, Dr Lionel Pilkington, says the new programme will build on the range of performance traditions available in Galway, including theatre, sean-nós dancing, and storytelling and dance traditions.
“Our programme builds on this diversity and aims to show that theatre takes a variety of forms –all of which expand our conception of what is possible in the world.”
The link between the city’s best-known theatre company, Druid and NUI Galway go back a long way. Druid was founded by Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and the late Mick Lally, all graduates of the college.
For more, read this week's Galway City Tribune.