Theatre Practice & Production (MA)

The MA in Theatre Practice and Production at the O’Donoghue Centre prepares students for professional-level work in the theatre and other creative industries. Students take modules in many different aspects of theatre practice, which focus on performance, direction, dramaturgy, theatre business and production, and more. An internship (by application) with an Irish theatre company forms part of the course. During the summer months, students complete a minor dissertation project, which may involve practice-as-research, under the supervision of a member of staff.

As a student at the O’Donoghue Centre, the world-leading centre for study and research in Irish theatre and performance, you will benefit from being immersed in a supportive, invigorating community of world-class practitioners and scholars, whilst also being based in Galway, home to a vibrant arts and theatre scene.

Subjects in this course are:-

• Required DT6104: Portfolio
• Required DT6130: Critical Methods in Drama, Theatre and Performance
• Required DT6123: Playwright's Workshop I
• Required DT6133: Playwrights' Workshop II: Special Topics
• Required DT6113: Applied Dramaturgy
• Optional DT6102: Irish Drama and Theatre from Wilde to O'Casey
• Optional EN6118: Digital Literature, Arts, and Creative Practice
• Optional DT6127: Producing 1
• Optional DT6131: Curation 1
• Optional DT6101: Irish Drama and Theatre from Beckett to the Present
• Optional DT6109: Applied Theatre
• Optional DT6108: Exploring Michael Chekhov Technique
• Optional DT6120: Ensemble Acting and Devising
• Optional EN6136: Thinking about Books/Thinking about Theatre
• Optional DT6121: Fieldwork And Theatre Business
• Optional DT6122: Performance Lab