In 1986 an MA in European Theatre was launched, which has since become the MA in Drama & Theatre Studies. In 2001 the joint honours BA in Drama & Theatre Studies (CK112) was launched. Postgraduate Degrees offered by DTS include a one year MA and a Research M.Phil/PhD programme. Students regularly perform in the Granary Theatre.

PERFORUM

Tertium non datur; Merging Dance and Theatre in Performance

Wednesday 9th February 2011
Ms Cathy Walsh (Buion Collective)
The Granary Studio @ 6pm
Free Entry

Incorporating a performance of Conserve/Construct.

…to press, push, or thrust violently, into a confined space or against some object; to play in a freely improvised, swinging way; a difficult or embarrassing situation;

‘Jam’ is a lot of things to a lot of people.

But it must have a dark side, there’s so much sugar in it that nothing can survive.

A graduate of DTS at UCC and of the MA Dance Performance at the University of Limerick, Cathy Walsh is a recent alumnus of the Daghdha mentoring programme, and a member of the Buion collective. She tries to create using the range of skills she has and without worrying about compartmentalizing her work into ‘dance’ or ‘drama’, allowing the work to develop as it needs.

Making an Effort

Wednesday 16th February 2011
Dr Dick McCaw (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Granary Theatre Studio @ 6pm
Free Entry

Rudolf Laban (1879 – 1958) spent the last twenty years of his life in England and is remembered for his work his work in industry and his contribution to dance and movement education. One of his principal concepts he developed in this period was Effort, and this applied equally to his work in factories and when working with students of drama, be they members of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, or students at Esmé Church’s Northern Theatre School. This talk aims to examine the term in closer detail, thereby offering an introduction to Laban’s thinking.

Dick McCaw was taught Laban movement by Geraldine Stephenson, who in turn was one of the first intake at the Art of Movement Studio in Manchester. In 2006 Dick wrote With an Eye for Movement, about Warren Lamb, another of Laban’s students, who developed his work in industry.

Dick is a qualified Feldenkrais practitioner and a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London.

The Unanswerable Question: The Role of the Dramaturg

Wednesday 9th March 2011
Mr Jocelyn Clarke (freelance dramaturg and writer)
Granary Theatre Studio @ 6pm


Jocelyn Clarke has written numerous adaptations, and worked as dramaturgical advisor to a wide range of companies - from Blue Raincoat in Sligo to SITI company, New York, for whom he is currently working on a version of The Trojan Women. He has taught in TCD, Columbia NY and the Kennedy Centre, DC.

A Former Dramaturg at the Abbey Theatre, Jocelyn is currently an advisor on Theatre for the Arts Council of Ireland.

FOREGROUNDS

23 - 26 February @ 7.30pm

UCC Drama and Theatre Studies present Foregrounds 2011.
Foregrounds is the final outcome of Third Year DTS students final year project.
A collection of four different stories including, Markheim, The Red Shoes, Willa, and Letters from an Unknown Woman.
Foregrounds takes place from the Wednesday 23rd of February to Saturday 26th of February at 7.30pm in the Granary Theatre.