The Institute’s BA in Performing Arts ( Hons) goes from strength to strength with some recent showcases on display here at IT, Sligo.
The students recent performances of Swedish playwright, Par Lagarkvist’s little known 1919 play ‘ The Difficult Hour‘ at IT Sligo’s Black Box Space set real challenges for its cast.
In a liminal space between sleep and waking, life and death – the protagonists endeavour to make sense of the profound alteration of consciousness that their new circumstances force on them as they come to terms with being ‘dead’.
Group work scene from 3rd Year Peformaning Arts Showcase
‘ As the workmen repair the telegraph line, a ghost from the past tries to ascertain the whereabouts of his sweetheart…’
Linda Grant, Frank Farrell , Kieron Smyth, Sheila Moylette, Eunice Moran, Lisa Stanley, Kathryn Reynolds, Geraldine Foy, Enia Lopez
Performing Arts Lecturer and Director of ‘Difficult Hour’ Declan Drohan comments: ‘ This sort of work calls for a total immersion in the given circumstances of a character’s life and situation… The students embraced the learning opportunity with rigour and commitment‘.
Kieron Smyth, Kathryn Reynolds, Stephen Slowey, Geraldine Foy, Enia Lopez
‘ The recently deceased try to come to terms with the new environment they find themselves in‘.