Lecturer in Drama

Email: ciara.murphy@tudublin.ie

Dr Ciara L. Murphy is Lecturer in Drama, teaching on the B.A. (Hons) in Drama (Performance) programme.   

Ciara completed her PhD in Drama, Theatre, and Performance in 2020 at the University of Galway. 

Her monograph Performing Social Change on the Island of Ireland: From Republic to Pandemic was published by Routledge in 2023 and she has published extensively on modern and contemporary Irish performance practice.

You can view her full publication profile here.

Ciara is currently the Vice President of the Irish Society of Theatre Research (ISTR) and the Co-Convenor of the International Federation of Theatre Research Performance in Public Spaces Working Group.

Ciara has worked extensively on research that informs Irish arts policy and practice.  She is currently the Lead Researcher for the national Safe to Create project which aims to impact change on the culture and practices of the arts and creative sectors in Ireland to provide safer working conditions for all workers.