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It's been a wonderful week for our MA in Arts Management & Creative Producing students:
Thank you Jon Pearson (Islander) for sharing your vast knowledge of music producing with the cohort... (1/3)
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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🎭 Introduction to Adult Acting

If you have a hunch about acting, this is the class for you. Discover the joy of playing with voice, gesture and emotion to create character pictures. Learn to engage with dramatic text and discover ways of bringing it to life on stage...

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November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Share the gift of theatre this Christmas 🎄🎭

Our Evening Theatre Classes are returning next semester, with some Introduction to Adult Acting and Adult Acting Advanced classes available! Check out the UCC Shop for more information.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Excited to see so many UCC Theatre alumni and friends in the SHOW showcase of Cork Theatre Collective today 🙌

Featuring the work of department alumni Gavin McEntee, Rosa Mäkelä, Sinéad Gallagher, Sadhbh Barret Coackley, as well as our inaugural Theatre Artist in residence John McCarthy. 🎭
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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What a night!

Yesterday night we invited all UCC Theatre students to @corkoperahouse.bsky.social to see the production of "Dancehall" by Ireland's newly formed National Dance Company, @luaildance.bsky.social

An exciting opportunity for students to see this beautiful work 👯
A group of UCC theatre students standing in the hall of Cork opera house before the performance of Dancehall by Luail
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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UCC Open Day 🙌🎭✨

We are so excited to see you tomorrow! Join us in Devere Hall for a presentation of our course, immediately followed by a tour of our department facilities! We are meeting at the end of the talk in front of the Honan Chapel and will walk to UCC Theatre from there.

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October 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Our evening classes - Adult Acting Towards Performance and UCC Youth Theatre (14+) - are starting this week! There are a few spots available for both classes, head to our website for more information: www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/theat... 🎭
September 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Culture night is in full swing at UCC Theatre! Up next: our Theatre BA taster workshop at 18:30 🎭
September 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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UCC Department of Theatre Workshops at The Granary Theatre 5 - 6pm UCC Youth Theatre Open Workshop (Fionn Woodhouse) Dive into the realm of theatre with an immersive introductory workshop with UCC Youth Theatre. Through group exercises, drama games and storytelling, participants will gain drama skills, meet new people and have fun! Designed to offer a taster of what happens in a youth theatre workshop, we will explore performance, develop theatre capability, and unleash your creative potential! Suitable for 13-18 year olds. 6.30 - 7.30pm UCC BA Theatre Taster Workshop (Professor Jools Gilson) Ever wondered what it’s like to be a student in the Theatre Department at UCC? Now’s your chance to find out! Come and join us for a playful introduction to devising theatre performance and collaboration. This is a one hour workshop which will start with a gentle warm-up, move on to small group exercises and explore how to make theatre with just what we’re standing up in. No experience necessary. Suitable for 18 + year olds. Student Shorts 5-6pm, Film & Screen Media Auditorium, Kane B10b A showcase of fresh voices in cinema: short films created by the students of Film & Screen Media at UCC. This exciting selection spans documentary, fiction, experimental, music video, and more, highlighting the creativity, craft, and storytelling talents of the next generation of filmmakers. Over 16s. UCC Music Live Performances 7pm, Music Building, St. Vincent's, Sunday's Well Road, T23 HF 50 Live music performances at UCC's Department of Music in St. Vincent's, Sunday's Well Music at UCC invites you to the Music Building in Sunday’s Well, to enjoy a series of short music performances by students and staff of the Department of Music. Come along to experience a range of music styles, traditions and genres taking place throughout the beautiful building. Shuttle buses will depart from outside the Honan Chapel on the main UCC campus from approximately 6.45pm, bringing attendees to the Music department. Cork Opera House, 4pm-6pm Hear, Here! This installation is the result of UCC’s Masters by Research Studentship and the UCC | Cork Opera House Creating Together Partnership. 2024-25 recipient of the UCC-Cork Opera House MRes Studentship: Joshua Dyson A New Way of Listening to Cork Hear, Here! is an immersive sound installation that harnesses the unique technological infrastructure and acoustic character of Cork Opera House to redefine how we listen to, and experience space. This is the culmination of extensive research into spatial audio, site-specific acousmatic composition, and auditory world-building. Audiences can actively engage with the familiar venue in an unconventional and exploratory way. More information on the Cork Opera House website.
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Culture Night at the UCC School of Film, Music and Theatre 🎥🎶🎭🌜

Join us on Friday, 19 September to celebrate a night of screenings, performances, installations and workshops! All details of the UCC Culture Night events can be found on our website: www.ucc.ie/en/discover/... (1/2)
Culture Night at the UCC School of Film, Music and Theatre. One night for all
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM