Course
**POSTPONED**
**UPDATE (23 SEPTEMBER 2025): Due to unforseen circumstances, Ireland on Stage and Screen has been deferred to a later date. The new start date will be announced as soon as possible. Our apologies for any inconvenience.**
Join us at the James Joyce Centre where our lifelong learning instructor, Dr. Caroline Elbay, presents Ireland on Stage and Screen, a film and theatre course this autumn.
Starting on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 at 6pm, this six-week course investigates and challenges iconic representations of modern Ireland on both stage and screen. As a nation and a people oft represented as permanently oscillating between the poles of ‘Paddy Sad/Paddy Mad’ (Lady Morgan) in both musical and theatrical representation, this course invites participants to engage, experience, analyse, and discuss the multifaceted themes and issues (including, but not limited to, identity, language, war/conflict, the revolutionary period, sexuality, religion, the supernatural, friendship, family, music, and marginalisation) addressed by authors, directors, playwrights and screenwriters ranging from Brian Friel, Sean O’Casey, John B. Keane, and Marina Carr.
In addition to a wide variety of theatre masterworks, the course will also include and consider representations of Ireland and the Irish contained in Martin McDonagh’s award-winning film The Banshees of Inisherin, together with Enda Walsh’s masterful adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These. Guest speaker(s) from the world of Irish film/theatre will provide practical insights into the art and craft of drama and film.
For more information, please contact Caroline at [email protected].
Course Details:
-Location: Online & The James Joyce Centre (35 North Great George’s Street)
-Dates: TBD
-Time: Every Wednesday, 6-8pm Irish Standard Time
-Registration: €100
Each session will be livestreamed on Zoom, then recorded and available for viewing on Moodle until 31 December 2025. Recordings are done with the consent of the attendee in accordance with GDRP. If you do not wish to be recorded, you may still enjoy the class but your video and microphone will be disabled. Please email [email protected] for more information.
Spaces are limited so be sure to register soon.
The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.