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Department of Theatre Evening Classes

The Department of Theatre offers a range of evening classes in Adult Acting and Youth Theatre. Details for the individual classes below.

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PS: Please note that all courses will run subject to sufficient interest. Applicants will be informed accordingly as soon as possible. If you have additonal needs in order to attend classes please contact theatre@ucc.ie

 

Introduction to Adult Acting (18+)

Student's Feet in an acting class

Introduction to Adult Acting (18+)

Duration: 6 weeks on Tuesdays (Semester 1) & Mondays (Semester 2)

Location: In person in the Theatre Lab or Theatre Workshop

Time: 19:00pm – 21:00pm

Price:  €130.00 for UCC Staff/Students, recipients of Social Welfare Payments, Over 65’s. €150 for all other applicants.

Introduction to Adult Acting (18+). 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.

Discover the power of performance and learn to allow yourself to “be” fully in a public setting. Learn to engage with dramatic text and discover ways of bringing it to life on stage. 

Learn to have fun and experience excitement by exploring what is possible within the experience of yourself. The class is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.

Bio

Jack Healy has worked in theatre for over thirty years mainly as an actor and playwright. He has written scripts for the Everyman Palace, and RTE Radio. Most recently, under commission from Cork County Council, he wrote a stage adaptation of the novel, Glenanaar by Cannon Sheehan to celebrate the centenary of his death. Recently he played the part of Michael in the highly acclaimed production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Everyman Palace, Cork.

Registration and payment here - 

https://uccshop.ie/shop/introduction-adult-acting/

Youth Theatre (14+)

Staff and members of UCC Youth Theatre at Christmas workshopDuration: Tuedays during Semester 

Location: In person in the Theatre Lab

Time: 19:00pm – 20:30pm

Price:  €120 per semester.  

UCC Youth Theatre offers an introduction to theatre skills for young people aged 14+. Over 6 weeks of theatre-based workshops participants will gain an understanding of basic theatre techniques, developing creatively and working both independently and part of an ensemble. During workshops participants will experience different approaches to devising theatre - including physical theatre, improvisation, writing and character development. UCC Youth Theatre is open to any young person with an interest in building theatre skills, developing creatively and meeting like-minded people.

In Novembers 2023, members will take part in Playshare a national new play perfromance event hosted by Youth Theatre Ireland.

Bio

Julie O’Leary is a theatre practitioner based in Cork. With a strong emphasis on Physical Theatre and Applied Theatre, Julie has worked extensively as a facilitator and director for young people for a range of companies both nationally and internationally, including Graffiti Theatre Company, The Abbey, The Lyceum (Edinburgh) and The Citizen’s Theatre (Glasgow). Julie currently works as the Creative Learning Director in Graffiti Theatre Company and lectures in the Department of Theatre, UCC.

If you have any questions about UCC Youth Theatre, please contact Fionn Woodhouse on youththeatre@ucc.ie or see our page here.

Registration link here - https://forms.gle/Y9e8pGcCd3rMPNGC7

Adult Acting Advanced (18+)

Student reading a script in the advanced adult course

Adult Acting Advanced (18+)

Duration: 6 weeks on Mondays (Jan 2025)

Location: Theatre Lab

Time: 19:00pm – 21:00pm

Price: €130.00 for UCC Staff/Students, recipients of Social Welfare Payments, Over 65’s. €150 for all other applicants.

Adult Acting Advanced (18+).

If you already have some experience of acting this is the workshop for you. Return to and clarify the sense of joy and empowerment that the activity brings.

Come along and learn to develop on a practice that has already yielded results in terms of creative rewards

Learn to realise the actors art as a creative practice in its own right and to use the fabric of yourself and your own experience to pursue creative outcomes in theatre.

Bio

Jack Healy has worked in theatre for over thirty years mainly as an actor and playwright. He has written scripts for the Everyman Palace, and RTE Radio. Most recently, under commission from Cork County Council, he wrote a stage adaptation of the novel, Glenanaar by Cannon Sheehan to celebrate the centenary of his death. Recently he played the part of Michael in the highly acclaimed production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Everyman Palace, Cork.

 

Registration and payment here - 

https://uccshop.ie/shop/adult-acting-advanced/ 

Adult Acting toward Performance

Starts: Mondays - Sept 2024 - Booking - https://uccshop.ie/shop/adult-acting-towards-performance/Adult Acting towards Performance Flier - more info at www.ucc.ie/theatre

Duration: 12 weeks on Mondays

Location: In person in the Theatre Lab

Time: 19:00pm – 21:00pm 

Further developing on the Intro to Acting and Adult Acting Advanced courses, the Adult Acting towards Performance course explores with the group of participants the next steps in bringing dramatic text to life on stage. Through fun and practical experience, the group will find the right texts and formats that will lead towards a public performance.
 
This class is suitable for those with some experience ideally in the Intro and Advanced UCC Theatre Adult Acting classes.
 
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Bio
Jack Healy has worked in theatre for over thirty years mainly as an actor and playwright. He has written scripts for the Everyman Palace, and RTE Radio. Most recently, under commission from Cork County Council, he wrote a stage adaptation of the novel, Glenanaar by Cannon Sheehan to celebrate the centenary of his death. Recently he played the part of Michael in the highly acclaimed production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Everyman Palace, Cork.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Subject to a minimum no. for course to run.
 
*Subject to minimum number of participants
 
 
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