GRADUATE TESTIMONIALS

Donnacadh O’Briain (2002)

• Directed Shakespeare’s King Lear for Second Age Theatre Company, which opened at the new Wexford Opera House, toured to Galway, Cork and Dublin.

• Associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company since 2005, working with Artistic Director Michael Boyd on Shakespeare’s History Plays and Associate Director Gregory Doran on The Canterbury Tales (Stratford-upon-Avon and London).

• Won the Better Bankside Shakespeare Award for his production of Richard III at London’s Southwark Playhouse and also worked as Artist in Residence at Warwick University.

• On the DIT Drama course: “It was a very solid foundation in the theory and practice of theatre making and has fundamentally impacted on all my work since leaving.”

Clare Barrett (2003)

• Recent roles include: Maisy, Maisy Daly’s Rainbow (Tall Tales Theatre Company, Irish Tour); Dixie, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Corn Exchange Theatre Company, Dublin Theatre Festival/Tour); Clare Clown, 40 Songs of Green (Barabbas … the company, NCH Dublin); Blue haired Fairy/Flaming Nora, Pinocchio (PBM, Pavilion Theatre Dublin); "Power Point (Performance Corporation, nominated Best Actress Absolut Fringe Festival 2009)"

• TV work includes: Fallout (RTÉ/Frontier Films); Nurse, Fair City (RTÉ).

• On the breadth of the DIT Drama course: “It means you’re ready for anything, which I’ve noticed at auditions is definitely an advantage.”

Aoife Courtney (2007)

• Produced and performed in Jet Lag Waltz, a commission by her company Ready Fire Aim staged in 2008.

• Selected for The Next Stage 2008, an initiative for up-and-coming young theatre artists run by Theatre Forum, Dublin Theatre Festival and the Abbey Theatre.

• Performed in Heart of Darkness, Gavin Kostick’s hit for Dublin Fringe Festival 2007.

• On the DIT Drama course: “. . . the skills I Iearnt on my degree are to the highest standard . . . the actor training is exceptional . . .”

Gavin FullamGavin Fullam (2009)

  • Recent Theatre roles include: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (Gate Theatre, dir. Patrick Mason); Macbeth by Shakespeare (Abbey Theatre, dir. Jimmy Fay); Christ Deliver Us! by Thomas Kilroy (Abbey Theatre, dir. Wayne Jordan) ;
    Well of Dreams (Oisin Gallery, devised)

  • FILM & TV work include: The Take (Sky One, dir. David Drury); Reign of Fire (Buena Vista, dir. Rob Bowman)
  • On the DIT drama course: “The three years are really intensive . . . the course is indispensable for those looking to pursue a career in drama.”