Yerma kicks off new drama initiative

 The Spanish drama, Yerma by Frederico Garcia Lorca will run at the Mick Lally Theatre at Druid Lane from this Thursday and Saturday in a production from Core Theatre College, which will feature students from NUIG’s Drama course.

Its part of a new initiative called the NUI Galway Theatre Season which will run until April and will see university students working with Galway’s leading theatre companies and artists to stage classic and new plays. These will include the Greek tragedy Electra (adapted by Frank McGuinness) at The Cube Theatre, NUI Galway from March 9-11, and Irish premiere of David Greig’s Monster in the Hall at Nun’s Island Theatre from March 26-29. The season concludes on April 2 with a public street performance by first year students with Macnas.

The season also includes the inaugural NUI Galway Theatre Residency, an annual event that will see a major Irish theatre company visiting Galway for a week of workshops, public lectures, and performances. The first Theatre Residency will be conducted by Brokentalkers, the Dublin-based group whose Have I No Mouth is currently completing a successful run in New York, where it was described by The New York Times as “a chronicle of grief and healing”. Brokentalkers will give a public lecture at the Siobhán McKenna Theatre, NUI Galway on February 25 from 5pm-7pm.

• Tickets for Yerma from the NUIG Socs Box on 091 492852 or Town Hall Theatre, 091 569777. Tickets for Electra from the Socs Box, and tickets for The Monster in the Hall from Galway Arts Centre, 091 565886.