MTU Theatre & Drama Studies

‼️Cork Midsummer Festival kicked off today‼️

And what a programme it is this year! 👏👏👏

🤩We’re particularly excited for the projects involving our graduates, students and staff. 🤩

Break a leg to all! 🥳🎉💪

Constellations
by Nick Payne

Cork Arts Theatre | 17 - 20 June

Featuring the work of . . .

BATDS graduates:
Al Dalton - Director
Aoife Byrne - Stage Manager

BATDS students:
Chloe Walsh - Assistant Director
Ava Manning - Assistant Stage Manager
Aneta Zbinova - Costume Assistant

BATDS lecturer:
Valentina Gambardella - Costume Designer

AND
CSM Conservatoire alum Julie Maguire, performer

Double
A new play by BATDS graduate Tommy Harris.

The Everyman | 21 June | 3.30 pm

Part of Everyman Up Front | Readings of new plays on The Everyman fore stage.

Fingerprints

Triskel Christchurch | 21 June

Musicians: Ioana Petcu-Colan & Alex Petcu (BMus graduates and CSM lecturers)

Dance/Movement: Davide Marinelli (BATDS student)

Movement Director/Producer: Amy Prendergast (BATDS lecturer)

Assistant Producer: Flavia Martac (BATDS student)

Stimphony

The Granary Theatre, UCC | 12 & 13 June

Featuring the CSM Inclusive Music Ensemble, led by Hugh McCarthy and Andy Ingamells (CSM Music lecturers)

Conductor: Aoife King (MA in Music graduate)

Captions Operator: Áine Falvey (BATDS graduate and MA by Research student)

Pool (No Water)
by Mark Ravenhill

The Metropole Hotel | June 17 - 27

Stage Manager: Michael Anthony Greene (BATDS graduate)

Costume Designer: Valentina Gambardella (BATDS lecturer)

Offspring
by Emily Terndrup

Dance Cork | Firkin Crane | 11 - 13 June

Stage Manager: Molly Foley (BATDS graduate)

Festival intern: Masha Bezrukava (BATDS student)

Festival assistant: Niamh Woseman (BATDS graduate)

For tickets go to corkmidsummer.com.

Have a great festival! 🌞

🥳We can’t wait for the Cork Fringe Festival this weekend! This is the second year of this wonderful initiative and, once again, LOTS of BATDS folks are involved! 👏🙌💪

Check out the details below and GO SUPPORT!!!

Tickets (very reasonably priced at €5/€12.50) from:
cork fringe.com.

Break a leg to . . .

- Regina Crowley, James De Burca (performers), Michael-Anthony Greene (performer and producer) and Flora Agotha (stage manager) with The Weight of a Body

- Kyle English (co-creator and performer) and Wike Schippers (composer and friend of BATDS!) with SeeThrough

- Alison McCormack (performer) and Sinéad Crowley (producer and designer) with The Girls’ Room)

- Ellie Doris Fogarty (performer) with PlayRoomPlay

. . and again to Michael-Anthony Greene, who is also taking part in a panel discussion “What is fringe?! The Place of Fringe Art in the Arts Ecosystem”, which is a free but ticketed event!



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We love it when our graduates collaborate as professionals!

Best of luck to BATDS grads Aoife Byrne (stage manager), Molly Foley (assistant stage manager) and Mollie Savage (audio describer) as they head off on a national tour with ‘s production of Grace, written by Jody O’Neill and directed by Niall Cleary. The show was originally produced by our own with .

All four graduates have been consistently working in various roles in the areas of production and stage management, as well as directing and performing since finishing their studies at CSM.

Grace is a play for young people and families and explores the universal themes of grief and communication.

In a wonderful example of inclusive theatre, all performances are relaxed and audio described, and contain creatively-embedded access including captions.

Break a leg to all involved!

🚨BATDS ALUMNI NEWS! GO SUPPORT! 🚨

We are thrilled that show The Scent of a Mock Orange is coming to next week as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations!

Written, produced AND performed by BATDS graduate Ciara NÍ Tuathaigh, directed by fellow BATDS alum Sinéad Crowley, with current BATDS 1 student Yasmin as assistant director, and featuring the voices of graduates Ellie Fogarty, Oisín Carroll and Mikey Murphy, The Scent of a Mock Orange tells the story of a young woman navigating the emotional aftermath of her mother’s su***de. Blending dark humour with unflinching honesty, the work explores grief, rage, sexuality, and the complexities of modern womanhood.

Tickets from corkartstheatre.com !

🤫 Students, please check your email for a surprise! 😉

Hoping to see you all there! 🎉

This Wednesday our Year 3 students take to the stage of the Stack with their Acting Platform Showcase! 🙌🥳🙌

Join us as they bring a wide array of characters to life!

Admission is free but advance booking on Eventbrite is advised. See the link in the comments below!

Warning: Adult content and sensitive subjects will be explored throughout the evening; not suitable for children.

Please note that the show starts at 7pm!

This week our Year 3 students take to the stage of the Stack with their Acting Platform Showcase! 🙌🥳🙌

Join us as they bring a wide array of characters to life!

Entry is free but advance booking on Eventbrite is advised! See the link in the comments below!

Warning: Adult content and sensitive subjects will be explored throughout the evening; not suitable for children.

Our next show in the Stack Theatre is on this coming Thursday at 7 pm, when our final year students will showcase their work from our Actor Performance Platform modules.

Join us for what promises to be an engaging and entertaining evening, with solo and duo scenes by an array of writers - from classical to contemporary!

Tickets are free but booking through Eventbrite is advised. Booking link in comments below!

Please note that the show starts at 7pm.

We can’t believe the semester is nearly over and we haven’t officially welcomed our new first years 😔😬!

Here they are with second years during a mixer session early in the semester and also in our lovely foyer.

A very warm welcome to you all. We hope you enjoy your time with us and being a part of the BATDS Community!

🚨We want to wish everyone involved in ALSA Production’s MISTERMAN the very, very best for a wonderful opening night TONIGHT at Cork Arts Theatre! 🚨

The team behind this show includes so many BATDS creatives (graduates, lecturers and current students) that we are BEYOND excited to see it!!

ALSA Productions was founded by BATDS graduates Al Dalton and Sadhbh Barrett Coakley in 2016.

In the first Cork production of MISTERMAN by Enda Walsh in 25 years, they and James De Burca unite to bring this dark, dangerous and blisteringly funny tale to the stage!

Thomas is on a journey. Where did it begin? What voices does he hear? And what will they tell him to do? Inishfree might seem like a quaint Irish town, but fierce evangelist Thomas Magill knows better. Just how far will Thomas go in his quest for salvation?

MISTERMAN was first performed by Enda Walsh in a Corcadorca Theatre Company production in 1999. This revised version was produced by Landmark Productions at the Galway Arts Festival and the National Theatre, London, directed by Enda Walsh, starring Cillian Murphy.

MISTERMAN runs from 13 - 22 November
Tickets: corkartstheatre.com

Don’t miss what promised to be a very special show!

CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Al Dalton
Producer: Sadhbh Barrett Coakley
Lighting Designer: Hanan Sheedy
Sound Designer: Arran MacGabhann
Set Designer: Jenny Whyte
Costume Designer: Valentina Gambardella
Assistant Director: James Barrett
Graphic Designer: Martha Hegarty
Production Photographer: Celeste Burdon

CAST
Performer: James De Burca

Featuring the voices of: Fionula Linehan, Ciarán Bermingham, Regina Crowley, Tommy Harris, Úna Ní Bhriain, Niall Cleary & John McCarthy

HUGE congratulations to the BATDS Class of 2025!!! 🎓🙌🥳👏

We hope you enjoyed your time with us and cannot wait to see what you do next! Stay in touch and keep us posted.

The very, very best of luck to you all! 🎭