Christina Matthews
Drama Techniques, Theatre Making
Locations
Dublin, Kerry, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow
In-person workshops?
Yes
Online workshops?
Yes
Contact details
Website
Skills and workshops
Skills and workshop facilitated
Acting
Ensemble Work
Improvisation
Shakespeare
Devising
Directing
Stage and Production Management
Workshops as Gaeilge?
Yes
Age range facilitated
15-18, 18+
Artist biography
Christina has 15 years of youth theatre experience, including as artistic director of Droichead YT and chairperson of Cabinteely YT. She offers masterclasses and short programmes in Shakespeare, Murder Mystery, Stage Management, and directing, as well as acting techniques for stage. She is also available for longer directing projects.
Her work is characterized by being participant-led and socially conscious. She has explored several different theatrical forms including promenade, site-specific, ensemble, musical theatre and verse, and worked with a mix of classical texts, contemporary writing, and devised work.
Her work strives to create artistically diverse and well-polished theatre performances, while asking questions of the world around us and interrogating our role as citizens of that world.
Her work is characterized by being participant-led and socially conscious. She has explored several different theatrical forms including promenade, site-specific, ensemble, musical theatre and verse, and worked with a mix of classical texts, contemporary writing, and devised work.
Her work strives to create artistically diverse and well-polished theatre performances, while asking questions of the world around us and interrogating our role as citizens of that world.
Education and qualification
07/12- 05/14 University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Post Grad Diploma in Drama in Education
• Relevant Coursework: Community Theatre; Drama and Special Needs; Theatre in Education and Drama in Education; Youth Theatre; Drama and Language teaching
07/11-08/11 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art London, UK
Diploma in Stage Management
• Relevant Coursework: Blocking; Prop Making; Scene Change design; Marking up; Prompt Copy; Paperwork (rehearsal reports, incident sheets, etc); Calling shows and Prompt Desk; Sound and Lighting Operation; Technical Theatre; West End Backstage Tours
10/07-04/11 University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
B.A. Drama & Theatre Studies
• Relevant Coursework: Stage Management; Advanced Community Drama, Applied Theatre Management, Theatre-making, Performance Analysis, Outdoor Performance; Devising, Directing, Contemporary Irish Theatre in Context
Post Grad Diploma in Drama in Education
• Relevant Coursework: Community Theatre; Drama and Special Needs; Theatre in Education and Drama in Education; Youth Theatre; Drama and Language teaching
07/11-08/11 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art London, UK
Diploma in Stage Management
• Relevant Coursework: Blocking; Prop Making; Scene Change design; Marking up; Prompt Copy; Paperwork (rehearsal reports, incident sheets, etc); Calling shows and Prompt Desk; Sound and Lighting Operation; Technical Theatre; West End Backstage Tours
10/07-04/11 University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
B.A. Drama & Theatre Studies
• Relevant Coursework: Stage Management; Advanced Community Drama, Applied Theatre Management, Theatre-making, Performance Analysis, Outdoor Performance; Devising, Directing, Contemporary Irish Theatre in Context