Dynamic weekend of musical theatre workshops at Watergate in Kilkenny

A weekend of musical theatre workshops will take place at The Watergate Theatre from July 14 to 16 for people aged 16 and over.

The workshops are inspired by the music and theme of Six The Musical and Heathers The Musical. The weekend promises to be fabulous choreography and song from the dynamic, boundary-pushing Six The Musical and cult classic comedy, Heathers The Musical with one of Ireland’s leading directors of Musical Theatre – Christine Scarry and the amazing choreographer, Thérèse O’Sullivan.

Be it a Royal Queen or a Teen Kween, the event organisers promise the perfect weekend of Musical Theatre workshops. Christine Scarry is a theatre director, creative producer, vocal coach and educator, with over 25 years’ experience across the cultural, corporate and education sectors.

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As a theatre director and performer, she has worked with national and international casts on a wide range of productions at home and abroad, and has directed work in New York City as well as in theatres all over Ireland.

Scarry is Artistic Director of Red Alchemy Theatre Company & Voice Studio, Musical Director of the female vocal six-piece, Alchemy, and a recent Writer in Residence at the Watergate Theatre.

In September 2022 she joined the faculty at MTU Cork School of Music, where she lectures in Acting and Acting Through Song on the BA Musical Theatre programme. In 2022 Christine founded The Sondheim Festival – the first festival in Ireland to celebrate the life and work of the legendary musical theatre writer, Stephen Sondheim. This year’s festival will take place from October 7 to 9 – another fabulous addition to Kilkenny’s cultural tourism calendar.

Thérése O’Sullivan trained at Bird College in London. She is a performer, choreographer and dance teacher, and has taught at many colleges and studios in London, Ireland and Dubai, including the BA Musical Theatre degree at MTU Cork School of Music. She most recently showcased her choreography in The Addams Family at The Everyman, Cork.

Her theatre credits Include: Ensemble in ‘Elf: The Musical’ (The Lowry, Manchester and The Theatre Royal, Plymouth) Mrs Darling and Ensemble in ‘Peter Pan’ (The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford), Ensemble/Dance Captain in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (The Corn Exchange, Newbury) and Ensemble/Dance Captain in ‘Nanny Nellie’s Adventures in Pantoland’ (Cork Opera House), Ensemble/Cover Maleficent in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (Cork Opera House).

For more see watergatetheatre.com