Price: €130.00 for UCC Staff, Students, recipients of Social Welfare Payments, Over 65’s. €150.00 for all other applicants.

Starts: Monday 12th May 2025 from 19:00 – 21:00 in the Theatre Lab*

Classes will run for 6 weeks on the following dates: May 12th, 19th, 26th; June 09th, 16th, 23rd 2025. No classes on June 2nd (June Bank Holiday).

If you have a hunch about acting, this is the class for you. Discover the joy of playing with voice, gesture and emotion to create character pictures. Discover the power of performance and learn to allow yourself to “be” fully in a public setting. Learn to engage with dramatic text and discover ways of bringing it to life on stage. Learn to have fun and experience excitement by exploring what is possible within the experience of yourself. The class is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.

Bio

Jack Healy has worked in theatre for over thirty years mainly as an actor and playwright. He has written scripts for the Everyman Palace, and RTE Radio. Most recently, under commission from Cork County Council, he wrote a stage adaptation of the novel, Glenanaar by Cannon Sheehan to celebrate the centenary of his death. Recently he played the part of Michael in the highly acclaimed production of Dancing at Lughnasa at the Everyman Palace, Cork.

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.*

Please contact the course organisers at theatre@ucc.ie if you have any other questions.

IMPORTANT: By making the payment for our Introduction to Adult Acting classes, you are consenting to the collection of images, video materials, and sound files of your work in class and the subsequent use of these in communication, social media, and marketing for the Department of Theatre, UCC. If you do not consent, please do not proceed with payment.

*Subject to minimum number of participants. The Theatre Lab is upstairs and there is no lift access. Please let us know if this will cause any difficulty and we may adjust the location.

PLEASE NOTE: Withdrawal from the programme will be refunded at the following rates:
30 days + prior to the start of the class: 75% Refund
14 to 29 days prior to the start of the class: 50% Refund
7 to 13 days prior to the start of the class: 25% Refund
Less than 7 days prior to the start of the class: No Refund, participants will be offered the option to join a class taking place at a later date.

Please note the Department of Theatre will receive your contact details so as to email you with any necessary information regarding the course.