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WELCOME TO THE 2011 Synge Summer School 30 June to 3
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LATEST NEWS, 30
June 2011 The programme for the 2011 Synge Summer School is
online NOW Lectures (including the Colm Toibin event) are open to the public, but places are very
limited. Please email Patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie for
details of entry fees (at least 24 hours in advance if possible). Tickets for Una
McKevitt’s plays are available from The
Mermaid Arts Centre. Other events (seminars, book
launch, tour of Synge country) are not open to the
public. You can now download this year’s brochure from this website
– click
on this link Recommended
readings for seminars are now online. You can also read short
summaries of some of the papers here. We will also be launching the
second volume of essays from the Synge Summer School: Synge
and His Influences . We are proud to be working
again this year with the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray. They have some great
productions lined up during the coming months – see http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/ So Please feel free to email Patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie
or info@syngesummerschool.org
to register your interest. While visiting the Synge Summer School,
do consider visiting the Abbey Theatre
in ABOUT the 2011 SYNGE SUMMER SCHOOL Participants attend a series of
talks, seminars, and social events over the course of a long weekend (from
Thursday afternoon to Sunday evening) in the beautiful setting of Avondale
House in County Wicklow. Lectures are given by leading scholars of Irish drama. They
focus not only the works of J.M Synge but also on other Irish dramatists and
performances. Lectures usually last for between
45 minutes and an hour, and are followed by about 30 minutes of discussion,
which all participants are welcome to contribute to, if they wish. Lectures
are intended to be accessible to both academic and non-academic audiences. A
reading list will be provided: it is not essential to read any of the play on
the list in advance, but doing so may enhance your appreciation of the
lectures. Seminars This year, we are offering four seminars; participants
select one from that list. A seminar is a small group of people (usually no
more than eight), who will meet twice (on
Friday and Saturday mornings) to discuss a specific theme. The discussion
will be led for about 90 minutes by a dedicated specialist, who will ensure
that all participants have an opportunity to share their views with each
other. Seminar participants should read the recommended plays in advance
(again, a reading list will be provided). Seminars are intended to take place
in a relaxed, friendly and informal setting; as with the lectures, they will
prove rewarding for both academic and non-academic participants. Social
events . These include: A visit to the Mermaid Arts
Centre in Bray to see two plays by Una McKevitt, one of the most exciting
young theatre-artists currently working in Participants will also have a
chance to hear Colm Toibin deliver a memoir-style
lecture about Irish theatre in the 1980s. There will also be a tour of Avondale
House (the home of Charles Stewart Parnell and the venue for the School) and
of Synge country. We look forward to welcoming you
to Wicklow for what promises to be a stimulating and enjoyable weekend. If you have any queries, please
don’t hesitate to get in contact with the School’s Director |
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RECENT
NEWS The
Irish Times names the Synge
Summer School one of the 'top events' of summer 2010 We have recently added images to the Gallery Old Synge Summer School website now online in our ARCHIVE If you have queries about the programme, please feel
free to contact Patrick Lonergan,
the Director of the School at patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie VIEW OUR ARCHIVE |
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