Irish Theatre Today: Origins and the

Contemporary Scene

Summer 2013

Elaine Murphy, Shush

Henrik Ibsen, Enemy of the People

Colin Murphy, Guaranteed

Mark O’Rowe, Howie the Rookie

THEATREclub, The Family and Heroin

Fabulous Beast, Rite of Spring /Petrushka

Confirmed Plays

You will be seeing:

Classic modern dramas

New Irish plays

The acclaimed star of RTÉ’s Love/Hate onstage in a one

man version of Mark O’Rowe’s

Howie the Rookie

Russian ballet reimagined as contemporary Irish dance

theatreIrish companies working at the

boundaries of form and practice in the contemporary arts

A play that actually tries to EXPLAIN the financial

crisis in Ireland

Most of the Galway

Arts Festival*

Galway Arts Festival The full

programme is not launched until May.

HOWEVER Fabulous Beast and….Glen Hansard live in concert (star of film) are booked.

Artists and other guests Ursula Rani

Sarma, playwright THEATREclub Louise Lowe, ANU Raymond Keane,

Barabbas Mark O’Halloran,

Playwright and Screenwriter

Thomas Conway, Druid Theatre Literary Manager

Aoife Spillane-Hinks, Director

Visit to An Thaibhearc na Gaillimhe (Ireland’s Irish-Language theatre)

More to come…

Some Special Events and Trips Tour of Abbey

Theatre Viking Splash Tour

(i.e. tour of Dublin) More to be

announced Priority remains

seeing as much theatre as possible and the GAF program is not fully announced.

Course Materials Required texts:

Uta Hagen, A Challenge for the Actor John Harrington, ed. Modern and

Contemporary Drama: Norton Critical Edition. London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2008. Will be available at Cal Bookstore and can be

bought online. Patricia Burke Brogan, Eclipsed Thomas Conway, The Oberon Anthology of

Contemporary Irish Plays Will be available at Cal Bookstore and can be

bought online.

Living in Dublin and Galway

General Topics Electronics

Adapters Cell phones

Clothes Money

Trinity College, Dublin(New Square)

Check-In You can check in to

your accommodations from Sunday morning, 6/23 at 8AM.

The Accommodations Office is right inside the Front Gate of Trinity. There are signs and there is also this arrow which identifies the location.

Your rooms Single bedroom with

shared living area and kitchen. Pots, utensils, basic

amenities provided. Right in City Centre You will receive lunch

Monday-Friday which is included in program fee and will be available on campus.

Internet available in rooms and throughout campus.

Medical Care on TCD Campus College Health ServiceAddress. House 47, Ground Floor, Trinity CollegePhone. + 353 1 896-1556 or +353 1 896-1591E-mail. health.promotion@tcd.ieWebsite. http://www.tcd.ie/College_Health/Primary Health and Psychiatric Care  Charge of €60.00 payable at the time of consultation. 

If medical attention is required outside normal hours, the Accommodation Office staff will contact a private on-call physician.

TCD Sports Centre http://www.tcd.ie/Sport/facilities/centre/

UC Berkeley students will be able to use the Trinity College Dublin, Sports Centre at the following rates: A daily rate of €10 A 10 day rate of €40 A monthly membership of €85. 

More information can be requested from this office on check in.

NOTE: Summer arrangement still being worked at NUIG.

Guests on campus… Please note that individuals need an ID card to

enter the Trinity College campus premises after 12midnight. This means that you can bring no unregistered friends or guests back to your rooms after 12midnight. You will need to keep your own ID card on you at all times.

If the students have a guest coming to stay at Trinity College for a number of days, an individual reservation should be made for this guest and payment should be made at the Accommodation Office.

The guest policy at Corrib Village needs to be confirmed, but you will have key card access to your building. Do not abuse this.

Your Space at New Square Clean towels are

provided. Linen is changed

every week. Guests are

responsible for cleaning the kitchen area, bathroom and removing rubbish (bin bags will be provided).

Don’t be this guy!

Living at National University of Ireland, Galway (Corrib Village)

Fast facts about Corrib Village: You will be housed in singles in a shared

apartment. Wireless internet available in rooms and

throughout campus. You will receive lunch Monday-Friday which is

included in program fee and will be available on campus.

Each apartment has a living area with T.V and the kitchen includes a dishwasher. Pots, utensils, basic amenities provided.

15-20 minute walk from town. Shuttle bus provided during the day.

Reception is open 24 hours daily.

Real Talk… These dorms ARE less centrally located than the

ones at TCD. You have a free shuttle service during the day

(for going grocery shopping in town or making the trip to the plays even though most theatres located closer to campus than far side of our small City Centre, where you would be dropped).

BUT the walk is more than manageable, and you will have no trouble finding and sharing taxis at reasonable rates if you are out late as it is not a long trip

Galway is safe, but becomes a party town at night especially during the summer, so exercise caution and stay together.

General Amenities in Corrib Village

Shop – open 7 days a week 08:30am – 22:00pm Basic needs. Limited Tesco (grocery store)

located at other far side of campus. Larger grocery stores such as Dunnes in town.

Launderette – Open 7 days a week 07.00am to 23.00pm - coin operated

Restaurant – serving Continental breakfast, open 07.00am – 11.00am (not included in program fee)

Your Space at Corrib Village Clean towels are

provided, beds are tidied, bins are emptied and bathroom is cleaned daily.

Linen is changed every third day.

Guests are responsible for cleaning the kitchen area and removing rubbish (bin bags will be provided). Don’t be this

guy this time either!

Food? For more

information on dining out and grocery shopping, see handout.

The “Irish Breakfast”

bSpace coming soon…All syllabi and course information will be posted here.

Check your e-mail! Due to our group meeting in Ireland for

the first time, there will be some vital e-mail communications before you land. Insure we have your correct e-mail.

More questions? Charlotte: charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie Christine: nicholsonjc@comcast.net

See you in Ireland!