Tag: Irish Drama

PHD SCHOLARSHIP: FOLLOWING CHARABANC THEATRE COMPANY – A TRADITION OF WOMEN’S THEATRE-MAKING IN NORTHERN IRELAND/THE NORTH OF IRELAND

Position Openings and Fellowships, Postgrad, Scholarships and Grants

Queen’s University Belfast | Supervisors Drs Shonagh Hill & Trish McTighe This project examines female creative labour in the theatre industry in Northern Ireland and a tradition of women’s theatre-making since the 1990s. Comprehensive overviews of women’s theatre-making in Northern Ireland are offered by Imelda Foley’s The Girls in the Big Picture: Gender in Contemporary Ulster Theatre (Belfast: The Blackstaff

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WEBINAR: Beyond the Barricades: Ireland at the Prague Quadrennial.

Events, General News

Irish Society for Theatre Research Webinar | October 12 | Online (zoom) Beyond the Barricades: Ireland at the Prague Quadrennial’ – Siobhán O’Gorman in conversation with Liam Doona, Niall Rea, and artists from the student exhibit at PQ23. The Irish Student Exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial was an All-Island approach, with student groups from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

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New Book: Irish Drama and Wars in the Twentieth Century – Wei H. Kao

New Publications

This book delves into how playwrights, whether canonical or less frequently discussed in the academic sphere, have critically and creatively engaged with the Anglo-Irish War, the Irish Civil War, the Easter Rising, the Northern Ireland Troubles and other conflicts. It not only approaches their plays―some of which have not been subject to much study―in relevant historical contexts, but also explores

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CFP: The Irish and the London Stage

Call for Papers, Events, Other Conferences

Please note the cfp for the conference on ‘The Irish and the London Stage: Identity, Culture, and Politics, 1680-1830’ to be held at Trinity College Dublin, 17-18 February 2017 is closing on 30 September. Keynote speakers: Professor Helen Burke (Florida State) and Professor Felicity Nussbaum (UCLA) Further details here:https://londonirishtheatreblog.wordpress.com/

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