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Drama Studies at Queen's presents a Level 3 student production of

Mercury Fur

Written by Phillip Ridley

Directed by Hannah Kelly (QUB)

‘Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a
butterfly dreaming that I am a man?’ - Zhuang Tzu

The world of Mercury Fur is one torn apart by the arrival of
hallucinogenic butterflies; a world in which you’d do anything
to survive. Elliot and Darren, two brothers that survive by
arranging parties for wealthy clients in which they make the
darkest of fantasies come true, break into a derelict flat and
begin preparations for their latest customer. This time, it’s no
ordinary party.

The production will not be suitable for children under
the age of sixteen, due to extreme violence and strong
language.

Tuesday 27 - Thursday 29 March, 7.30pm
Tickets £3 and £5
To book tickets please call 028 9097 1382
To book tickets by email: studentshows@qub.ac.uk

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The School of Creative Arts, in conjunction with the Playhouse ICAN Project, presents NINE TENTHS UNDER - PERFORMING THE PEACE

Thursday 23rd March - Saturday 24th March 2012

The Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast

Drama Studies at Queen's presents a Level 3 Production of

How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found

Written by Fin Kennedy

Directed by Jack Drewry (QUB)

‘You are who you can prove you are. You are what people
think. And that is the easiest thing in the world to change.’

When the pressure on a young advertising executive gets
too much, he is forced to change his identity. Grieving at his
mother’s death and struggling with a drug addiction Charlie
had stolen a large sum of money but now he has the chance
to leave it all behind.

How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found explores
the nature of identity in a media driven capitalist society in
which success is everything. Is it possible to ever escape who
you really are?

Tickets £3 and £5
To book tickets please call 02890 97 1382
To book tickets by email studentshows@qub.ac.uk

Drama Studies at Queen’s Presents

The Leverhulme Trust Lecture Series

By Professor Scott Boltwood

The Ulster Group Theatre
1, 8, 15 March 2012

4pm, Room 101, No.9 University Square

Click here for further information

The Brian Friel Lecture 2012

4pm, Thursday 16 February 2012

Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast

The Irish Chekov?

This year’s Brian Friel lecture will be given by the distinguished theatre director, Mick Gordon, who has enjoyed a long association with Friel’s work, having directed Volunteers when Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, and The Home Place for the Lyric Theatre. This lecture coincides with his latest production for the Lyric Theatre, which is Friel’s version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Friel has had a lifelong interest in Russian drama and has also written versions of Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons and A Month in the Country, and Gordon’s experience of this latest rehearsal process will therefore be of special interest.

New MA in Arts Management

The School of Creative Arts is pleased to announce the launch of a new MA in Arts Management. Click here for further information.

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Paradise Lost

In February 2012 Drama students will produce John Milton’s poem Paradise Lost, Books1, II as part of DRA2004 Making Theatre 1.
In this production our students will be directed by the internationally respected actor, theatre director, teacher, painter, adjudicator and published author, Sam McCready.
For more information please click here.