Tradition, Transition and Transformation: Performance and Cultural Dynamics The Institute of Technology, Tralee in association with the Irish Society for Theatre Research Friday 22nd May and Saturday 23rd May 2015 IT Tralee, Solás Building, North Campus, Dromtacker, Tralee, Co. Kerry This year, the ISTR Annual Conference will address …
The Performance Philosophy Working Group of ISTR will hold its first meeting of 2015 at the ISTR conference in the Institute for Technology, Tralee (22-23 May 2015) with the aim of developing a series of productive questions that “triangulate” between Performance ʻas a site of cultural tradition, transition and …
Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy examines the comic tradition of stand-up in and from modern-day Ireland. Using critical analyses of comedians including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins, Susanne Colleary’s engaging new book explores the role of stand-up in contemporary culture and examines the role …
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Performance Practices (CIR) at the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences (CACSSS) and Drama and Theatre Studies, School of Music and Theatre, University College Cork, Ireland In Collaboration with the Cork Midsummer Festival, 2015 present Perforum: A Conference on Research and Practice …
Christopher Collins Lisa Fitzpatrick Aoife McGrath Miriam Haughton Monica Insinga Melissa Sihra Ian Walsh Aoife McGrath Ondrej Pilny Siobhan O’Gorman
RTÉ would like to get in touch with cast members who appeared in the 1966 series Insurrection written by Hugh Leonard. In the case of deceased actors, their families are invited to contact us. Phone Etain on 01 2083119 or email Etain.Ryan@rte.ie This is part of the \’Road to …
From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Donald E. Morse | Flyer (pdf) | Sample (pdf) Irish Theatre in Transition celebrates the creative and richly vibrant Irish theatre which, since its inception, has always been in transition. Fifteen Irish theatre scholars, building on Christopher Murray’s foundational essay on …
The new deadline for proposals is Monday, February 23rd Tradition, Transition and Transformation: Performance and Cultural Dynamics Institute of Technology, Tralee in association with the Irish Society for Theatre Research Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd May 2015 This conference will address the notion of the stage as a site of …
Since its foundation in 1991, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company is Ireland’s only full-time venue-based professional theatre ensemble and has become renowned for its movement, visual and aural proficiencies and precision. This book explores those signatures from a number of vantage points, conveying the complex challenges faced by Blue …
The deadline for submissions is 1 March 2015. ISTR runs an annual essay competition for New Scholars. There is no set theme for this competition; rather, candidates are encouraged to submit work drawing on their current research. New research, or essays developed from papers presented at the preceding …
