Theatre and Performative Practices

The Theatre and Performative Practices course offered atUniversity College Corkis ideal for those who have acquired theatre-related skills in previous years, for example in a youth or community theatre setting, and now wish to build on that experience and advance it to professional levels with the potential for a career in the professional theatre.

The Theatre and Performative Practices course offered at University College Cork is a conversion course to Theatre-related studies for students with degrees in subjects other than Theatre or with Theatre as a minor subject.

Careers Information

Occupations associated with a HDip in Arts (Theatre & Performative Practice)

Graduates can move directly into careers as: actors/performers, directors, writers, producers, technicians, educators, practitioners in various fields of applied drama and theatre.

Career sectors include theatre, film, television communications, education and arts and cultural management.

What are our graduates doing?

Stefanie Preissner is a screenwriter, playwright and actor. Her six-part comedy-drama series, Can’t Cope/Won’t Cope (RTE, Northern Ireland Screen, Deadpan Pictures) was broadcast in 2016: “A series so well written it was hard to watch” Irish Times Oct 17, 2016. Stefanie graduated with a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies & Spanish in 2008.

Julie Kelleher was the Artistic Director of the Everyman Theatre in Cork. She was one of the youngest venue producers in the country and was responsible for dynamically raising the profile of the Everyman. Julie was among the first cohort of students to study Drama & Theatre Studies at UCC, graduating with a BA in 2004, and an MA in 2007.

Courses include:

• Theatre and Performative Practices

• Cultures of Voicing

• Cultures of Movement and Place

• Performance Technologies

• Applied Drama and Theatre

• Performative Writing

• Practical Internship Work Placement