21st November 2006

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The first book to examine the relationship between theatre and violence in Northern Ireland was recently launched at the Magee campus. 

Making Theatre in Northern Ireland: Through and Beyond the Troubles, examines the relationships between theatre, and Northern Ireland's turbulent political and social context from 1969 to the present. 

Written by Dr Tom Maguire, lecturer in Theatre Studies and a Distinguished Teaching Fellow, the book explores key theatrical performances, and locates ways in which they are both distinct from, and connected to, wider cultural concerns and practices.  

Dr Maguire has published internationally on Irish and Scottish theatre including in Modern Drama, Theatre Research International and Performance Research. He teaches in the areas of post-colonial and post-modern theatre, dramatic theory, applied drama and contemporary Irish theatre and is currently supervising doctoral research in community drama, actor training in Ireland and working-class theatre.
 
Making Theatre in Northern Ireland: Through and Beyond the Trouble, Exeter Press, was  launched by playwright Martin Lynch at the Foyle Arts Building, Magee campus, on Friday 17 November. 

The launch took place as part of Acts Of Aggression: The Performance of Violence on the Contemporary Irish Stage, a two-day conference hosted by the School of Creative Arts.

For further information, please contact:

Trina Porter
Telephone: 028 71675511
Email: Trina Porter