Theatre Studies end of year showcase

At Garter Lane Arts Centre, join SETU Theatre Studies students for their end of year showcase on Wednesday, 14 May 2025.

Tickets for this event are free but booking is essential.

Third year students

The Light at the End of the Tunnel showcases the year-long efforts of our third years on selected works from Suzan Lori-Parks' 365 Days/365 Plays.

Suzan-Lori Parks was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 for her play, Topdog/Underdog. Parks is known for her ground breaking work that pushes the boundaries of theatre in the way it challenges conventional approaches to dialogue and performance. 

365 Plays/365 Days is an experimental piece that Parks wrote over the course of one year. Each play is distinct, but interconnected, with themes of death, identity, race, and politics evident. This amateur production of “365 Days/365 Plays (One-Act)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. 

Second year students

The second years will be presenting Ungrounded (+ one), originally devised by the ensemble for the Waterford Gallery of Art in April 2025 in response to Susan Connolly's exhibition Ground (Two-unfold).

Year 2 students present Ungrounded (+ one), a piece of physical theatre originally devised by the ensemble for the Waterford Gallery of Art in April 2025 in response to Susan Connolly's exhibition Ground (Two-unfold). Connolly's paintings and processes are reimagined and regenerated with, through, and on the body in this performative reiteration. Ungrounded (+ one) takes inspiration from Sarah Long's essay, 'Carving Out a Space', Naomi Replansky's poem, 'Housing Shortage', and the Garter Lane Theatre site.

First year students

The first years will perform Tiny Worlds, a selection of duologues and monologues.

Accessibility and content information

• The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please let Garter Lane know at time of booking.
• The performance is Irish Sign Language interpreted. Audio description and captioning are not available.
• Texts contain strong language and reference death, suicide, and war.
• Performances directed and produced by Deirdre Grant, Dr Kate McCarthy and Dr Helena Walsh-Kiely.