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UCC Youth Theatre
Midsummer Meet UP 2020 Hosted by UCC YT

UCC Youth Theatre is delighted to host Midsummer Meet UP 2020 with the Cork Midsummer Festival. Memebers from 5 local Youth Theatre will meet to share skills, make friends and leanring about theatre. Workshops facilitated by Maxine Acton-Carey, Julie O'Leary, Barry Whelan and Fionn Woodhouse.
Outline of events as follows:
Weds 17th
17:00 - Meet UP kicks off with a Theatre Skills workshop introducing participants to each other
18:00 - DINNER TIME - participants are asked to join us in one of our online breakout rooms to eat and chat with YT members and leaders.
18:30 - Young Critics workshop introducing ways of thinking about theatre and how we watch it.
19:30 - Social Time and Wrap up for the night including exclusive access to an online performance of ‘One Day’ by Richard Walsh as part of Cork Midsummer Festival
Thurs 18th
17:00 - Day two kicks off with Workshop on Performance Response
18:00 - DINNER TIME - participants are asked to join us in one of our online breakout rooms to eat and chat with YT members and leaders.
18:30 - Workshop discussion with guest Richard Walsh, creator of ‘One Day’.
19:30 - Social Time and Wrap up for Midsummer Meet UP 2020
The event will take place Online - ideally participants have access to a quiet room, a laptop/tablet (phone also works!), a stable internet connection, and a pen and paper!
For more on this story contact:
youththeatre@ucc.i