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UCC Department of Theatre alumni shine at Cork Midsummer Festival
The Cork Midsummer Festival is in full swing, with many multidisciplinary arts events underway. We are delighted to see so many Department of Theatre alumni of past and present programmes creating and presenting work at the festival this year.鈥
, one of two productions in the festival from BrokenCrow Theatre Company, was written by Gavin McEntee and directed by Deirdre Dwyer, graduates of the Theatre BA degree. The production ran in UCC鈥檚 Granary Theatre until 22nd June with a cast that included Raymond Keane, Katie Honan, and George Hanover.
Over in Blackpool鈥檚 Graffiti Theatre,鈥, 鈥疊rokenCrow鈥檚 other Midsummer Festival production is described as a 鈥渏oy-filled night of theatre, traditional storytelling, and music鈥. The production is written by Aideen Wylde and directed by Julie Kelleher, both Alumni of the Department of Theatre鈥檚 MA programme.
Graduate company Oh! Scare Wilde Productions presented鈥The Pigeon Factory,鈥痺ritten by Aaron O鈥橬eill and directed by Dee Finn, to packed houses in the Cork Arts Theatre last week. The company formed as part of the BA degree Final Year Performances module in 2017 and has been consistently creating original work since then, taking part in the Scene and Heard festival in Dublin in 2019, 2020 and 2022.鈥
For the duration of the festival, Theatre Alumna, Eszter N茅methi鈥檚 exhibition鈥痺ith Claire Murphy and a group of young Traveller artists is open to the public in St. Peters, North Main Street. This exhibition is described as 鈥楢n installation built to hold a space for play; this workshop-world was co-created with children and their adults as a document of a creative laboratory exploring artistic play.鈥欌
鈥痜rom Loom Theatre Company, opened in the Crypt, St Luke鈥檚 on 21st June. Loom is a new company founded by graduates of BA Theatre degrees, 脡adaoin Fox, and Rosa M盲kel盲 (also an alumna of MA in Creative Writing). Loom has also recently presented鈥疶he Future is Clean and Round鈥痑t PQ Studio Stage at the Prague Quadrennial funded by Culture Ireland.鈥