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MTU Theatre & Drama Studies, CIT Cork School of Music, Cork (2026)

This is a four-year programme that centres on theatre performance training, with supporting modules to facilitate wider career options. This honours degree course centres on theatre performance training, with supporting modules to facilitate wider career options. The course aims to produce artists that are physically and vocally flexible and intellectually alive and curious. Alongside core discipl

ines of voice, movement and acting studies, you will develop a range of creative and practical techniques and transferable skills that will encourage you to be an independent thinking and motivated artist, an articulate and reflective practitioner equipped to succeed in a competitive profession. Where timetables and resources permit, you may have the choice of studying a module of your own choice. This gives you access to a wide range of electives from other disciplines, such as Music, Fine Art, Mathematics or Sciences. The synergy with the Music Degree offers particular opportunities for musical theatre specialists.

26/08/2026

📣 NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📣

We are always very excited when our graduates and students work together on new projects so we’re thrilled to see Sídh coming to the Cork Arts Theatre tomorrow!

Sídh is a new theatrical storytelling performance that weaves together a collection of stories of mythological Irish women navigating power, war, resilience, desire, love, loss, and transformation.

Performed by BATDS grad Úna Ní Bhriain, the work draws on her lifelong connection to traditional Irish storytelling as the daughter of a seanchaí. This piece marks a new step in her practice, bridging storytelling and contemporary performance.

Developed in collaboration with director Jenny Whyte (BATDS grad and lecturer), whose scenographic approach elevates and enriches the sensory and visual world of the piece, Sídh blends the intimacy of the seanchaí
tradition with theatrical design.

In this shared space between storyteller and audience, tales of ancient goddesses, warriors, queens, and otherworldly beings feel both timeless and strikingly present today.

Other CSM graduates and current students in the creative/production team are:

Michael-Anthony Greene - Producer & Production Manager
(BATDS alum)

Emily Naughton - Sound Designer
(BAPM alum)

BATDS Year 4 Interns:

Aishling McKeon - Assistant Director

Flora Agotha - Stage Manager

Aaron Ganly - Production Assistant

Ava Manning - Social Media Manager

Sídh runs Cork Arts Theatre this week from Thursday to Saturday at 8pm, with lunchtime shows on Friday and Saturday at 1pm.

Tickets at cork arts theatre.com.

Go support!!

MTU Cork School of Music
Sídh: Stories of Women from Irish Mythology

27/06/2026

📣 GRADUATE NEWS 📣

🥳 We’re THRILLED to see BATDS grad Malua Ní Chléirigh perform in her second production at The Abbey!

Having made her Abbey debut last October, this summer Malua is performing the role of Delia in The Whiteheaded Boy by Lennox Robinson.

Huge congrats on this fantastic achievement
👏🤩🙌

Directed by Annie Ryan, this production of Robinson’s classic family comedy is a riotous revival re-imagined in a 1970s/80s setting.

On the main stage at The Abbey Stage until 25 July.

Go and support if you can!

MTU Cork School of Music
Abbey Theatre

23/06/2026

‼️GRADUATE NEWS‼️

🥳Congratulations to BATDS alum Shane Daniel Corcoran, who will be appearing in the Cork Opera House production of The Sound of Music this summer, alongside many other MTU Cork School of Music! 🎉👏🙌

Shane will be playing the role of Baron Elberfeld, as well as featuring in the ensemble.

The Sound of Music runs from July 23. Many shows are already sold out, so get booking!

Break a leg Shane Daniel Corcoran!

12/06/2026

‼️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! 🌞

06/05/2026

🥳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!

kyle.english music

27/04/2026

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!

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CIT Cork School Of Music
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Tuesday	8am - 10pm
Wednesday	8am - 10pm
Thursday	8am - 10pm
Friday	8am - 10pm

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Website

http://csm.cit.ie/

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