Theatre Studies Performance - Advanced
This two year full-time acting course is focused on further developing your con-fidence, initiative and performance skills along with your academic development.
| Award Name | Associate Diploma UK at Level 4 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Trinity College London |
| NFQ Level | |
| Award Name | Level 6 Advanced Certificate (Level 6 NFQ) |
| NFQ Classification | Major |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| NFQ Level | Level 6 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Diploma UK at Level 4 | Trinity College London | ||
| Level 6 Advanced Certificate (Level 6 NFQ) | Major | QQI | Level 6 NFQ |
Duration
2 years full-time.
Entry Requirements
Minimum Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements for Level 6 can include QQI Level 5 in Theatre Performance or other performance related qualifications. Entry is also possible where a candidate, such as a mature student, has relevant practical/ professional experience.
Interview and Audition
All candidate who have not progressed from our QQI Level 5 course will be asked to perform two monologues from published plays and a song at an audition/interview. Candidates may also be asked to participate in a workshop.
Careers / Further progression
Academic Progression and Employment
Academic Progression
Progression includes 1 year top – up BA’s through colleges such as Coláiste Dhúlaigh and the MGA Academy of Performing Arts, Edinburgh.
BA’s, Higher Diploma and MA progres-sions are possible through University College Dublin; NUI Galway, Maynooth University; Central School of Speech and Drama, London; Kingston College, London, Trinity College, London; Swansea University and Glasgow University. Some UK Universities offer advanced entry.
Employment
Our graduates have developed professional careers in many areas of the profession. Our actors have in productions at The Abbey Theatre, The New Theatre, The Project Arts Centre, Smock Alley Boy’s School as well as venues all over Ireland and abroad.
TV and film appearances include The Good Wife, Fair City, Ripper Street, Penny Dreadful, The Clinic, Moon Boy, Roy, The Sacred Scriptures, Third Rock, Peaky Blinders, Vikings, Game of Thrones, Bridget and Eamon. High profile ad campaigns include The National Lottery, Cadbury’s, and Alliance Insurance.
Inchicore College graduates have careers as award winning writers for theatre and film, stand – up comedians and directors. Many have started their own companies, stage schools, and agencies.
Further information
Start Date: September 2024.
All our courses have had the charges reduced to a €50 registration charge which you will need to pay to accept your offer. This charge covers your full course costs for the year.
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Apply Online
You apply online (see "Application Weblink"). You can apply at any time.
When you complete your application, you will receive an acknowledgement email with login details, username and password, for your new account on our college applications system, MIT. You will log into the college applications system regularly to manage your application to ICFE. If you have any problems logging in please contact our Admissions office at info@inchicore.cdetb.ie
Can’t decide which course?
Our system only allows you to apply once, but you can change your mind any time. If you are interested in applying for more than one course, please contact our admissions office at the email address above and they will advise you on what to do.
About This Course
This two year full-time acting course is focused on further developing your confidence, initiative and performance skills along with your academic development.
In 1st year Level 6 you will present a full-length Shakespeare play as the main-stage production. You may also travel to Padua, Italy on a fully funded Erasmus+ Programme to study the music, mask and movement of Commedia Dell’Arte, followed by your performance in a Commedia production in Ireland devised with the director Matteo Destro, in Italy.
Further performance experiences follow at the end of year 1 with the Trinity College London Grade 8 examinations in both Acting and Musical Theatre.
Diploma students in year 2 perform two mainstage productions during the final year, an Expressionist show in the first term that showcases your acting and musical theatre skills. The final graduate production is staged in Smock Alley Theatre. Potential employers such as casting directors, casting agents and industry professionals are invited to attend.
Finally, you will complete your QQI Level 6 award and prepare for the Solo Acting and Musical Theatre Associate Diplomas for Trinity College London
Head of Theatre Studies: Sharon O’Doherty
On Stage – Recent Productions
• Love and Information – by Carly Churchill. Dir: Liam Halligan. Musical Director Helene Montague, Choreography Diane Richardson – Smock Alley Boys' school.
• Macbeth – Dir: Paul Meade
• Lysistrata – by Aristophanes Dir Paul Brennan- Smock Alley Boys’ School
• Willlkommen – Dir: Paul Meade, Musical Director Helen Montague, Choreography –Diane Richardson. Inchicore College
• Peer Gynt – Dir: Liam Halligan (Smock Alley Boys School)
• Measure for Measure – Dir: Paul Meade Inchicore College
• April Bright – by Dermot Bolger Dir: Paul Brennan Smock Alley Boys’ School
• The Clerks Tale – Joshua Manly and the Battle of Mount St Bridge, Writer/Dir Sharon O’Doherty. Pembroke Town Hall.
Subjects:
Acting – Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov
Voice – Fitzmaurice, Roy Hart, Cecily Berry,
Acting for Camera – Short films in a variety of genres and Scriptwriting for film and television
Musical Theatre Performance Skills – Singing and Dance
Movement and Mime
Improvisation
Text Analysis
Mask – including Commedia dell’Arte
Stage Combat
Music – Basic score reading, general musicianship, scene underscoring
Design Skills – Combined Materials
Directing
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
6M3566 - Drama
Certification Year 1:
QQI Drama 6M3566 components
Trinity College London: Grade 8 Acting and Grade 8 Musical Theatre
Certification Year 2:
QQI Drama 6M3566 components completed
Associate Diploma Trinity College London, (ATCL) in Solo Performance
Associate Diploma Trinity College London, (ATCL) in Musical Theatre
Inchicore College of Further Education,
Emmet Road,
Dublin 8,
Ireland
t: 01 453 5358
e: info@inchicore.cdetb.ie