Personality Bingo with Tom Moran

The time has come for this chapter of Personality Bingo to close. In this episode, I provide a little context as to why now feels like the right time to end the podcast in its current state and move onto a new chapter.  While it's never nice saying goodbye, I hope this episode will give you a completely honest insight into the decision and please know that, should you ever miss your weekly dose of Personality Bingo, there are 139 other episodes to go back to, again and again.  Thanks for all your support over the years and stay in touch on Instagram and Twitter: tmoran93.

Hugh Travers is a Dublin-based screenwriter and playwright. His credits include the recent feature film, Your Mother Should Know, the TV miniseries Trial of the Century as well as Election 18 and Red Rock. His theatre credits include Lambo, Clear the Air and the upcoming play These Stupid Things (Smock Alley 16th to 21st of July).  He is a founder member of the White Label theatre collective and a former participant of Rough Magic SEEDS. His plays have been longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, the Verity Bargate Award and the Papatango New Writing Prize

Dan Duffy is a 23-year-old DJ and is currently one of the busiest DJs on the island of Ireland who seems to be involved across a range of different parties. Having featured on lineups in Dublin, Belfast, Ibiza, Amsterdam, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and many more ranging from hip-hop to dance music with some of the biggest artists in the world it seems like the sky is the limit!

Leah Moore has a degree in drama from DIT has been involved in theatre and film from a very young age. Screen projects include; The End of The Reel (Blinder Productions), Whole in the Head (IFB), Battle (Winner of best film at the Portland International Film Festival), Dub Daze (Story Creative Artists) which premiered in the Dublin International Film Festival and most recently shot Restoration by Shaun Dunne. Leah devised and directed her first original play 8 Chairs which debuted in Smock Alley Theatre in Spring 2014. Since then she has gone on to direct numerous productions in theatres such as Smock Alley, The Lyric Belfast and The MAC Belfast and is the Artistic Director of SQUAD Theatre Company. Most recently Leah assistant directed the touring productions of Rapids by Shaun Dunne. Leah wrote and performed as Casey in Wasting Paper in Smock Alley Theatre and as part of the DIGTF where she won the Oscar Wilde Award for New Writing.  Recent stage work includes Toilers (Painted Bird/Cork Midsummers/Dublin Fringe), Chris Brown Can Do No Wrong (SQUAD Productions), Everybody Sings (Shaun Dunne & Broken Talkers), My Son My Son (Veronica Dyas/Project Arts Centre) , I AM BABA (National Tour), Tiny Little Christmas (National Tour) and Jump (SQUAD/ Project Arts Centre), Dublin Will Show You How (Abbey Theatre)

John Bucchino's songs have been performed and recorded by renowned pop (Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins), theatre (Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald), cabaret (Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein), and classical (Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Voight, Nathan Gunn), artists as well as The Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, The Sydney Opera House, London’s O2 Arena and The White House. Among his honors are two Drama Desk nominations, The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, The Jonathan Larson Award, The Kleban Award, The Los Angeles Ovation Award (for the revue IT’S ONLY LIFE), The DVD Premiere Award (for the song “Better Than I”), and the first annual Fred Ebb Award. He has written music and lyrics for the Broadway musical A CATERED AFFAIR with a book by Harvey Fierstein (nominated for 12 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Tony awards, and winner of the New York Drama League Award for Best Musical), as well as the musicals URBAN MYTHS, LAVENDER GIRL, the new Danish musical ESAURA, the revue IT’S ONLY LIFE, and the Dreamworks animated film JOSEPH, KING OF DREAMS, and the lyrics for the children’s musical SIMEON’S GIFT with a book by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton and music by Ian Fraser. Some recordings of his work are: GRATEFUL, THE SONGS OF JOHN BUCCHINO (with companion songbook), SOLITUDE LESSONS, the Australian release DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO which reached number one on the Australian jazz chart, the PS Classics releases of the cast albums of IT’S ONLY LIFE (with companion songbook) and A CATERED AFFAIR, and two recordings of solo piano improvisations: ON RICHARD RODGERS’ PIANO (performed on the composer’s own Steinway, voted Best Instrumental CD by Show Business Weekly), and BEATLES REIMAGINED. As part of their Julie Andrews Collection, Harper Collins published a children's book, based on John’s song, called “Grateful, A Song of Giving Thanks” which was awarded the Parents’ Choice Gold Award. For more information, and to purchase CDs, songbooks or download sheet music or accompaniment tracks, please visit www.johnbucchino.com

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our Patreon. If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juliette Crosbie is a graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting . Juliette has just wrapped production on The Other Lamb, directed by international award winning director Malgorzata Zsumowska. She will appear at Farmleigh Estate on May 4th to present a scene, ‘A Paper Airplane’ from the Fighting Words Dublin Group. Stage Credits Include; National Tour with The Abbey Theatre in the one-woman play Me Sara (The Peacock Theatre, Mick Lally, Galway) Irish premiere of Geroid Humphreys Norah (The New Theatre, The Lyric, Watergate, Riverbank) Juliette received high praise for her performance in the titular role. The Shaughraun (Smock Alley), Half Light (Baboro Childrens Festival ’18, The Ark, Smock Alley, The New Theatre), True Pirates Never Die (Smock Alley), award winning Fierce Notions (Smock Alley), Measure for Measure (National Monuments), GIRLPLAY (Morrigu Productions.) Film Credits include international feature The Other Lamb, the award winning feature Writing Home, Daddy Issues (dir. Tony Kelly) and DIT short PITSTOP. She is a well known jazz singer in the Dublin scene, having performed and hosted The Dublin Burlesque festival, in ’16 and ’17, as well as being an accomplished musician, trained in several instruments. Juliette has also featured as the voice for ‘Anna Meyers’, the female heroine of the video game Murder in The Alps, which is now available on SmartPhone and Tablet for free. She has also voiced the character of Anna Banana on the Nickolodeon Childrens TV show Rainbow Rangers, which has just aired in the US.

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our Patreon. If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Gallagher is an accomplished stand up comedian, originally from Limerick, now based in Dublin. He is a regular in some of the top comedy clubs in Ireland and is the co producer of Riff Raff Comedy Club, which puts on weekly shows in Dublin and Galway featuring the best of Irish and UK stand up. Brian has performed at some of Europe's best festivals including a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe and he is a popular contributor to the hugely successful YouTube channel, The Try Channel.

Dylan Coburn Gray is a playwright based in Dublin. His sole authored work includes Boys and Girls (winner of the Fishamble Best New Writing Award, nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust award) and Citysong (winner of Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award 2017). Collaborative work with MALAPROP Theatre includes Love+ (winner of the Spirit of Fringe award 2015) and Everything Not Saved (winner of the Georganne Aldrich Heller Award 2017, The Guardian's Best Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2018). Both strands of his work play with form, and aim to challenge and delight in equal measure.

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David is the Artistic Director of the famous Bewley’s Café Theatre in Dublin. He is also a freelance director and an award winning writer for stage and screen. His play Class, co-written and directed with Iseult Golden, won Best Theatre Script, ZeBBie Awards from the Writers Guild of Ireland and an Edinburgh Fringe First Award in 2018. Other writing credits include Belonging to Laura, a contemporary film adaptation of Lady Windermere’s Fan (Accomplice/TV3) and The Importance of Being Whatever, an adaption of Earnest (IFTA Winner 2012). His directing credits include: Beowulf: the Blockbuster (Edinburgh Fringe Stage Award, IAC New York, NY Times Critic’s Pick), These Halcyon Days by Deirdre Kinahan (Edinburgh Fringe First Winner/DTF 2012), Moment by Deirdre Kinahan (Bush Theatre, London), Moll by John B Keane (Gaiety, MCD/Verdant Productions), Pineapple by Phillip McMahon (Calipo/DTF), Hue and Cry by Deirdre Kinahan (IAC New York Times Critics Pick, Bewleys), Macbeth and Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (Second Age), Anglo the Musical (re-envisaged for the Olympia), In The Pipeline by Gary Owen (Paines Plough/Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow), The Death of Harry Leon by Conall Quinn (Winner of the Stewart Parker Award for Best New Play 2009), Peter Pan (Pavilion Theatre @ Christmas), and the award-winning Tick my Box! (Inis Theatre).

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here.](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2) If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meg Healy graduated from DIT with a BA Hons degree in  Drama Performance. Upon graduating, she co-founded The Sad Strippers Theatre Company along side Ciara Smyth and Laura Brady.  Some recent credits are Reality:Check’s Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (Winner of the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Ensemble), Verdant Production’s ‘Trainspotting’ at the Olympia and Ciara Smyth’s ‘We Can’t Have Monkeys In the House’ at The New Theatre.  Meg is next appearing in ‘Arachnophilia’ which will run  in The New Theatre 16th – 20th April.

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  --------------------------------------------------------------------- Roxanna Nic Liam is an Irish actor who has worked in Ireland and the U.K. She has worked with many Irish theatre companies including at The Abbey Theatre; (The Passing, Perve, The Plough and The Stars), Druid (Be Infants In Evil), Brokentalkers (This Is Still Life, The Passion Project), THEATREclub (Rough, THEATREclub Stole Your Clock Radio) and AXIS Ballymun (Stór). In the U.K. she had worked at The National Theatre (Liolà, Broad Shadow), toured the UK with English Touring Theatre (Translations) and The Separation at Theatre 503. In film she has starred in Agnes Browne, Rat, Two Hearts and The Cherishing. For tv she starred in Love/Hate and is currently on Fair City. She is also a practising and trained drama facilitator. She writes and performs poetry.

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Erin McGathy is a comedian, podcast host, performer and writer newly relocated to Dublin. Irish audiences will best know Erin from Dreamgun Film Reads and Mob Theatre. As well as this, Erin has appeared on NBC’s Community, Comedy Central’s Drunk History, Seeso’s Harmonquest and can be heard on podcasts This Feels Terrible, Human Conversation and Harmontown. A regular at the UCB Theatre Los Angeles, The Nerdist Comedy Theatre, and iOWest, Erin has also performed at The Second City in both LA and Chicago. She has mounted several performances and plays in the U.S. and abroad. Raised on many an American Navel base around the globe, Erin studied comedy and writing at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles and acting at San Francisco State University.

**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our [Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauren Larkin is an actor from Dublin. Her recent work includes Split Ends at Bewley's Cafe Theatre, written and performed by Lauren as part of the show in a bag initiative with The Dublin Fringe festival, Shelter with Druid Theatre company (nominated for best actress at the Irish times Irish theatre awards), My Son My Son by Veronica Dyas at Project Arts Centre. Her work with THEATREclub includes HEROIN, The Game, HISTORY, The Family and Twenty Ten(nominated for best performer at Dublin Fringe) Her work with Shaun Dunne and Talking Shop Ensemble includes I am a Homebird (it’s very hard), Death of The Tradesmen, Advocacy (winner of best performer at Dublin Fringe) and Rapids. Her TV and film credits include, Love/hate, Humble brag (Sinead o’shea) and Everybody Sings (Shaun Dunne). This episode is ahead of Lauren's two week run at Bewley's (1st -13th of April) following a critically acclaimed, sold out run at Dublin Fringe etc etc. ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The reviews hub ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The arts review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The Sunday Times ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The Sunday independent

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at [our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liz Alper is a TV writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Credits include “Chicago Fire,” “Hawaii Five-0” and new show “The Rookie,” starring Nathan Fillion. She lives in LA with two living plants and about a dozen dead ones.

Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours!  As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kwaku Fortune holds a Bachelor in Acting degree from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin (in partnership with RADA). He is currently appearing in The Ark production of PEAT, directed by Tim Crouch. His most recent credits include the role of Julian in Sophie Hyde's forthcoming feature ANIMALS and the role of Eli in ASKING FOR IT by Louise Neill (Adapted by Meadhbh McHugh in collaboration with Annabelle Comyn) for Landmark Productions at the Abbey Theatre. Screen credits include the the role of Finn in Aoife McArdle's feature KISSING CANDICE (which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2017), Noel in Alan Dunne's short film IDLE, BIBLE STUDIES directed by Graham Bollard, in which he played the role of John, the role of Aden in Wu Tsang's TIED AND TRUE, Rob Clarke's DIT short THE DAY AFTER YESTERDAY, 13 STEPS DOWN directed by Marek Losey for ITV and the RTÉ series THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WHATEVER, directed by Rob and Ronan Burke, in which he played the lead role of Tobi.  Other theatre credits include the role of Dara Mood in Marina Carr's ON RAFTERY'S HILL, directed by Catriona McLaughlin at the Abbey and the lead role of Patrick in PLAYBOYZ, a re-imagining of JM Synge's Playboy of the Western World written and directed by Martin Sharry as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 2017.  Kwaku's credits with The Lír include THE SKRIKER and BUDDLEIA , both directed by Tom Creed, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK directed by Wayne Jordan,  GIVEN THE DAY, which he also co-devised with director Louise Lowe, BY THE BOG OF CATS directed by Selina Cartmell, AGAMEMNON directed by Wayne Jordan, AS YOU LIKE IT and THE PETTY BOURGEOIS both directed by Hilary Wood and UNCLE VANYA directed by David Horan.  Kwaku is based in Dublin.

**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at [our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You’ll best know Aine O'Neill from her work on Ireland’s most popular YouTube channel’s, TRY Channel and FACTS. A Carlow native, Aine graduated from Carlow IT with a degree in English and History, but now works as a producer on some of Ireland’s top shows such as Salon Confidential and The Rotunda. Aine is also a screenwriter currently working on a feature film as well as multiple projects for TV. Later this year, she plans to move to LA to develop these projects future.

Gavin Kostick is the literary officer at Fishamble theatre company in Dublin. There, he works with new writers for theatre through script development, readings and a variety of courses.  Gavin is also an award-winning playwright. He has written over a dozen plays which have been produced in Dublin, on tour around Ireland, the UK, New York, Philadelphia and Romania.  His most recent works are The End of the Road for Fishamble, This is What we Sang for Kabosh (Belfast and New York), The Sit and Fight Night on tour 2011 and An Image for the Rose outdoors for Whiplash Theatre Company. He is currently working on new plays for Fishamble and Whiplash, and an Opera with composer Raymond Deane for RTÉ Lyric.  As a performer he performed Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: Complete, a six hour show for Absolut Fringe, Dublin Theatre Festival and The London Festival of Literature at the Southbank.

Ann has just wrapped filming on a new feature film, Rose Plays Julie opposite Aiden Gillen and Orla Brady and due for release in 2019. Ann was most recently seen playing the female lead, Beth Winters, opposite Jamie Dornan in DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES, an adaptation of the novel written and directed by Allan Cubitt, the creator of THE FALL, for BBCTV and due to air later this year. Ann appeared in the title role of independent feature film KISSINGCANDICE (2017) directed by Aoife McArdle for which she was nominated for a Rising Star Award and a Best Actress In A Lead Role at the 2018 IFTA’s. Ann appeared as Annie Moffat in the BBC mini series LITTLE WOMEN. Ann appeared as the recurring role of Rachel Reid in the IFTA award winning serialised Irish drama, RED ROCK for TV3 produced by Element Pictures and Angel Station, sold into BBC & Amazon prime. Ann also appeared as Biddy Lambert in RTE Drama Rebellion. Ann appeared as Hannah Baylor in the Blackpills series Playground for Apple TV France, a series created by Luc Besson.

Patrick Flannery is an actor based in Dublin. Despite his absurdly Irish name, he was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. The son of an actor, Patrick was a collegiate athlete before he became involved in the arts himself. He moved to New York City to attend Fordham University where he majored in Political Science. However, just before graduating, Patrick made the decision to pursue a career as an actor. He took classes in the Meisner technique at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City and made perhaps the most impulsive decision of his life when he chose to move to Dublin after vacationing there. Patrick completed the full time course at Bow Street in Dublin. Since graduating from Bow Street, he has worked on screen in the BBC's Little Women as well as various short films. On stage he worked in the Edinburgh Fringe success Play On Words with the Tiger's Eye Theatre company, as well as Bash: The Latter Day Plays with the Out of Time Theatre Company. He is represented by the Nolan Muldoon Agency and intends upon staying in Europe at least until that guy with the orange hair and skin moves out of the White House.

**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at [our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nessa Mathews is an actor, writer and director. She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Recent credits include: Stage: INFINITY (Nessa Matthews & Eoghan Carrick, Dublin Fringe Festival '18) (Winner of First Fortnight Award and Best Design, Nomination for Best Performer), Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Rough Magic), Phillip Pullman’s Grimm Tales (Grimm Tales LTD, Philip Wilson), Hostel 16 (Raymond Keane), The Snow Queen (Sarah Finlay, Smock Alley Theatre), Gatecrashing (Theatre 503), Tactics (Sickle Moon Productions), Foxfinder (Louisa Sanfey, The Lir), The Playboy Variations (Sara Joyce), Way Beyond the Blue, Bob & Judy, Ashes to Ashes (Fast Intent). Film & TV: Inspector Jury (ZDF/IJ FOUR Productions LTD.), Hen (Janna Kemperman). Writing credits include: Infinity (Dublin Fringe Festival '18), Way Beyond the Blue (Theatre Upstairs '15). Nessa's upcoming stuff: INFINITY at VAULT Festival 2019 // 6th - 10th of February. Tickets at VaultFestival.com  Directing COLD READERS // Written by Keith Jordan // as part of Scene & Heard // 26th/27th February (with an absolutely gas and brilliant cast) And HEN directed by Janna Kemperman, written by Lauren Shannon-Jones to be hitting festivals soon.

**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seán Carey is an actor, currently touring the UK and Ireland with the hit play 'The Comedy about a Bank Robbery'. Seán's other theatre accolades include: The Play That Goes Wrong (West End), Borstal Boy (Gaiety Theatre), Tobias in Sweeney Todd (Cork Opera House), Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof (Gaiety Theatre), Malachy in GaelGORE: The Musical (Mermaid Arts Centre) and Celtic Tenor in Rhythm of the Dance (World Tour). He's also appeared in television productions Roy (CBBC), Fame: The Musical (RTÉ) , and voice recordings as Dave in The Clockmaker's Daughter (Studio Cast Recording), Bailey in Horseland (TG4), Kappa Mikey (TG4). Seán is originally from Meath.

Support Personality Bingo and [become a patron at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emily Fox is a Graduate of the three-year Bachelor in Acting at the Lir Academy Dublin. Her most recent work includes Peep by Jodi Gray directed by Gavin Kostick, No One Sees the Video by Martin Crimp directed by Samantha Cade and Vikings. You can catch Emily in Sistemic by David Donovan in this years Scene + Heard festival and also in Gemma Kane’s debut play ‘48’ directed by Claire Maguire, both in Smock Alley Theatre 1662. 

**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at [our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin performed his self-penned play CASSOWARY, directed by Aindrias de Staic at the Theatre Upstairs, Dublin. Kevin is also the host of Fireside, an Irish storytelling podcast on the Headstuff Podcast Network. He holds a Bachelor in Acting degree from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin (in partnership with RADA). He has appeared in numerous theatre productions with The Lír including SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE directed by Nona Sheppard, MARY STUART directed by Conall Morrisson, TWELFTH NIGHT directed by Hilary Wood and ANTIGONE directed by Annabelle Comyn. Kevin also appeared in a short film with the Lír, HOME MADE directed by Mark Sheridan. Kevin's most recent credits include the role of Adolph in C Company's production of August Strindberg's CREDITORS directed by Aoife Spillane-Hinks with the New Theatre, Anú production's PALS: THE IRISH AT GALLIPOLI directed by Louise Lowe, Lee Coffey's PERUVIAN VOODOO at Theatre Upstairs, Illustrated production's CIRQUE DU REVES, directed by Jeda de Brí and the role of Moritz in Ill-Advised Theatre Company's SPRING AWAKENING, directed by James O' Connor, both at Smock Alley Theatre. He is based in Dublin.

John is a creative producer and queer performer from Kildare. They trained as a producer with Red Bear Productions from 2015 on and was one of the first batch of creative producers to participate in Generator at Smock Alley, developed by Caoimhe Connolly & Cliona Dukes. They produced ‘How to be Angry’ (Brazen Tales) and ‘Dummy’ (MORB) at DFF 2017. Most recently they did an internship with THISISPOPBABY and will be returning as ASM for RIOT: Homecoming at Vicar St (May 1st-6th,[tickets here](https://bit.ly/2TtxkPY)). They have just set up a theatre company: Taking The Biscuit with Aisling O’Mara and Dani Galligan. Their first production: Nothing But A Toerag at First Fortnight 2019 is running the 7th-12th Jan at 8pm (2:30pm Sat) at Smock Alley. ([You can nab your tickets here](https://bit.ly/2RifbqU)). They are also working with Bitter Like A Lemon on ‘In Our Veins’ at the Peacock (April 10-20th, [tickets here](https://bit.ly/2BwOmqq)). In drag, they go by Avoca Reaction (cos that’s what drag should do). Avoca is an intergender drag entity who believes that drag is the expression of our oppression. You can catch Avoca at ‘Avocas Big Durty Queer Cabaret’ on January 17th at 8pm in Drop Dead Twice.

On Personality Bingo this week; Ali Hardiman, an actress of both stage and screen. Ali will perform in DISCONNECTED, a play she has written, which will run nightly @ 7.30pm in The New Theatre from January 21st to February 2nd inc. She plays 'Scarlett' in another one of her plays 'ELECTRIC' alongside fellow agency actress Ericka Roe who plays 'Joni'. It ran at several theatre festivals over the summer including the Electric Picnic in September having enjoyed a sell-out 2 week run in The Theatre Upstairs in Dublin earlier in 2018. 'ELECTRIC' is written by Ali and directed by Clare Maguire. Screen Acting wise Ali reprises her role of 'Professor X' (and other characters) in the second IFTA Award Winning series of "BERNARD DUNNE'S MYTHICAL LEGENDS" for RTE2 Television which is currently in post-production. Also in post-production is Jumper Productions Irish Film Board funded short "SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT" in which Ali plays 'Stacey'. The film is directed by Fergal Costello and produced by Fiona Kinsella. Ali also plays the supporting role of 'Miranda' in Treasure Entertainment's feature film "METAL HEART" directed by Hugh O’Conor, 'Becca' in the IADT graduation short 'BREASTFRIENDS' directed by Eleanor Rogers, a role in "LEAVE TO REMAIN" also for Treasure Entertainment/RTE Storyland, 'Ali' in the short film "A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY" directed by Maria Doyle Kennedy and 'Sarah Dunne' in Tile Films "ASSASSINS" for TV3. Her theatre credits also include "INSIDE THE GPO" (Fishamble), "FIZZY DRINKS WITH TWO STRAWS" (Theatre Upstairs), "PROCLAMATION" (Smock Alley Theatre) and "Re:THINK" which Ali wrote and performed herself (Smock Alley Theatre).

Stephanie is a dancer, actor and maker from the West of Ireland currently based in Dublin. Stephanie holds a BA in Dance from the Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. Since graduating she has worked for companies and choreographers in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland such as Protein Dance, Icon Dance, Chrysalis Dance, United Fall/Emma Martin, Dam Van Huynh, Marguerite Donlon, Theo Clinkard, Liz Roche and John Heginbotham. Stephanie spent two years in the full time programme at Bow Street, the Academy for Screen Acting in Dublin. While there she worked with Directors Shimmy Marcus, Lance Daly, Jim Sheridan and Cathy Brady among others. Stephanie has been featured in music videos for Talos, Galia Arad, Join Me in the Pines, Edel Meade and Crash Ensemble. Stephanie has appeared in national campaigns for Dublin Airport Authority and Bank of Ireland and was the face of the Galway International Arts Festival in 2017 and 2018. Stephanie's own choreographic work has been performed at the Clonmel Junction Festival, Galway Culture Night and Cork Midsummer Festival. She is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland and Galway Dance Project. Stephanie is a recipient of a 2018 Arts Council Artists' bursary to explore a dance work in conjunction with the work of poet Dani Gill.

Tara is an Irish actress and writer. She came to international attention for her satirical videos, Racist B&B, which earned her the title Satirist of the Year 2013 at the Swift Satire Festival, and Armagayddon – co-written with Kevin McGahern. She has written two satirical books – You’re Grand: the Irishwoman’s Secret Guide to Life and Giving Out Yards: the Art of Complaint, Irish Style (Hachette Books Ireland) and a book of essays, Rage In for Headstuff and Mercier Press was a 2018 best seller. Tara has worked extensively in Ireland and the UK as an actress in theatre, radio and TV. TV includes roles in Irish Pictorial Weekly, Line of Duty, Moone Boy, Doctors, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, The Omid Djalili Show, The Impressions Show with Culshaw & Stephenson, Hide & Seek(directed by Dearbhla Walsh) and she was part of the recurring cast on Thank God You’re Here UK. She played DI Tina Mahon opposite David Threlfall in season five of Baldi for Radio Four. Her own piece Fete Worse Than Death was recorded for the Radio Four Funny Bones series. Favourite theatre roles include Miss Fitt in Beckett’s All That Fall for Out of Joint Theatre Co. (drected by Max Stafford Clark), most of the female voices in Stewart Lee’s EdFringe production of Talk Radio, and Suzy Bernstein in I Do Not Like Thee Dr. Fell for the Abbey Theatre. She was a founder-member of comedy singing trio The Nualas and was a core member of Dublin Comedy Improv for over 15 years. In her past life as a stand-up, she performed at festivals including Edinburgh Fringe, Kilkenny Cat Laughs and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. You might have seen her on panel shows, including The Panel (Channel 10, Australia and the RTÉ version with Dara Ó Briain) and she’s a regular radio contributor. She is one of Ireland’s top voice artists, with numerous commercial and animation credits. She is a columnist for Irish Tatler, a contributor to the Irish Times, and wrote a weekly Rage-In for Headstuff. Her YouTube channel is [here](https://www.youtube.com/user/Flynnercom/videos). You can find her on Instagram at [@taraflynnirl](https://www.instagram.com/taraflynnirl/)

Most recently Michael-David wrapped a role on ‘Quantico’ for ABC Studios as well as the Irish feature film ‘The Comeback’. He will be seen in 2018 playing Shane Twomey for Element Pictures’ ‘Red Rock’. He performed in Reality:Check Productions’ ‘Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin’ which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Ensemble.  In 2017 he appeared in White Label’s production of ‘The Eurydice Project’ which ran at the Project Arts Centre, as Edmund in ‘King Lear’ at the Mill Theatre, as well as ‘The Voice Factor [X]’ at The New Theatre. Further screen credits include '3 Friends', ‘Summon Her Children’ and ’Bonsoir Luna’.  Previous theatre credits include Rough Magic’s ‘The Critic’ at the Dublin Theatre Festival, the premiere of ‘According To His Need’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as ‘HOSTEL 16’ at the Dublin Fringe Festival directed by Raymond Keane. He is a singer and a multi-instrumentalist proficient with piano, guitar, and mandolin.  Michael-David McKernan is a graduate of The Programme for Screen Acting at Bow Street Film Academy. He has previously trained in Physical Theatre at the London Academy of Dramatic Art and holds a First Class Honours degree in Drama & Theatre Studies at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College.

Aisling is an actor who graduated with a first from the LIR academy. Her theatre Credits include:   John in We can't have monkeys in the house ( The New Theatre) Gabrielle in The Grim Tales Of Cinderella (smock Alley)              Nothing But A Toe-rag (AxisTheatre)                                        Austericus (fringe festival 2017, Judges' choice award)                  Monster? (Theatre Upstairs)  Wall 24hour plays (Abbey theatre 2017)  Murder of Crows (Theatre Upstairs 2016 national tour in 2018) hostel 16 (Fringe festival 2016) Beyond Barricades ” (ANU) Hornet's Nest (ANU) "Into The Sun” (ANU)  Rebel Rebel Ireland/UK/New York (Show In A Bag fringe festival 2015)  Jack Duggan’s War (Colin's barracks) Contractions (Bewleys Cafe Theatre 2015) Film and Television credits include: Tinderface (short) and Full Circle (short) Rosie (Element productions) , Taken Down ( RTÉ ) Metal Heart (Treasure Entertainment)

Ericka is cast in the recurring role of 'ALANNAH SHOREY' in the BBC Television drama "THE DUBLIN MURDERS" which is currently in production in Belfast and Dublin. Later this month will see Ericka reprise her role of 'Charleigh' in The Breadline Collective's play "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD" which will run in The Project Arts Centre in Dublin's Templebar from November 26th to December 1st. This must see play is written and directed by Thommas Kane Byrne. She also plays 'TINA' in "TAKEN DOWN" which airs on RTE 1 on Sundays. "TAKEN DOWN" is directed by David Caffrey (LoveHate). Ericka's screen credits also include 'Shauna' in JELLY BABY directed by Naomi Fagan, and 'Erika' in “A DIFFERENT KIND OF DAY” directed by Maria Doyle Kennedy. Ericka performed in NASSIM acting alongside Soleimanpour reading a script that they were given at the beginning of the show in the Project Arts Centre Cube as part of this year's Dublin Theatre Festival. Early September saw her perform as 'Joni' in Ali Hardiman's play 'ELECTRIC' which ran at this year's Electric Picnic. Other theatre credits include "MY SON, MY SON" (Mary) which ran in Dublin's Project Arts Centre, The Axis in Ballymun, and The Mermaid Theatre in Bray, 'Ilse' in SPRING AWAKENING (Ill Advised Theatre Company), 'Paula' in THE BOY WITH THE HALOGYN HAIR written by Eddie Naughton and directed by Kieran McDonald, and 'Alma' in Derek Masterson’s QUEENS OF PIMLICO (No Tears Productions). Ericka is a founding member of The Breadline Collective and played the role of 'Charleigh' in their production “SAY NOTHIN’ TO NO ONE” written by Thommas Kane Byrne which has been recently nominated for The Stewart Parker Trust Award. Ericka is a graduate Bull Alley Theatre Training Company and is also a graduate of the full time programme at Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting.

Justine is a Meme Queen from Nobber (Yes, it is a real place) Co Meath. As social creative at JOE.ie since 2016, Justine works daily creating viral videos, sketches and meme content.    Outside of her work, Justine’s passion is comedy. Having began performing stand-up comedy in 2017, just regularly appears on the Dublin comedy circuit and this year banked herself a place at the Vodafone Comedy Festival in the Iveagh Gardens. Justine has recently began selling her ‘memes on seams’, (t-shirts) which you can view [here](https://www.redbubble.com/people/justinestafford/works/34087340-daniel-odonnell-pints?asc=u&p=t-shirt&rel=carousel&style=mens). You can find all her original Meme creations and jokes on her personal social accounts here:  [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/justinestafford_/?hl=en) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JustineStafford) [](https://www.facebook.com/JustsMemes/) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JustsMemes/)

Killian can now be seen on screen in Roddy Doyle’s brand new film Rosie, currently in cinemas and he is currently' producing Ciara Smyth's new play, We Can't Have Monkeys In The House which runs from November 12th-24th at the New Theatre, Templebar. A Dublin native Actor and Producer, Killian’s acting interest stems from his time at the Independent Theatre Workshop which led to him becoming a recent graduate of the full-time Professional Actor Training course at the Gaiety School of Acting 2015. Killian took on the role of Producer in a world premiere production of Donal Ryan’s virtuoso novel The Spinning Heart at Smock Alley Theatre 1662 in July 2016 and has been working in the field ever since. He has been Executive Producer at Reality:Check Productions since 2017. Most recently Killian reprised his role of Hackett for Michael Harnett’s The Boys, directed by Tracy Ryan, while also taking on the role of Producer. The show toured Dublin throughout Autumn 2017 playing to sell out audiences in The Viking, Smock Alley and the Dolmen. Recent film work includes Tak in the upcoming series Krypton for Warner Bros, DC Comics and Syfy; Dickie in Smithy & Dickie Boy, a documentary-short by Savage Films directed by Hannah Quinn; and Son in Man to Man, a short written and directed by Andrew Stevenson.

Ste is a photographer and an actor from Dublin. He studied Architecture in UCD, getting involved with the Drama Society during his time there. Since graduating, Ste has been a freelancing as a photographer at www.ste.ie, and as an actor on stage and screen projects. His recent work includes ‘BlackCatfishMusketeer’ at Camden People’s Theatre and Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe with Malaprop , ‘Sunder’ with Anu Productions, ‘Carmen Disruption’ at the Beckett Theatre, ‘Panned’ at Theatre Upstairs, a tour of ‘Angels in the Park’, ‘Cornerstones’ at Civic Theatre, ‘The 24 Hour Plays’ at The Abbey, ‘Fused’ at Project Arts Centre, ‘Tales from Briar Hall’ at Theatre Upstairs, and Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Dundrum. Previous work with WeGetHigh Collective includes ‘Narf!’ and ‘Sluts’ at Smock Alley and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, respectively. On screen, he has appeared in TV Series ‘Eipic’ and ‘Corp + Anam’, short films ‘Summon Her Children’, ‘A Long Shot’, as well as web series ‘The Goo’. His next appearance will be in Caitriona Daly's 'Panned' - a one man show that looks at mental health issues. It runs at Project Arts Centre from the 12th-17th of November 2018. ***

This week, Tom chats to actor John Doran. John holds a BA (hons) in Drama Performance from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Some of his theatre work includes HARBOUR and CARE with Willfred Theatre, FIGHTING WORDS and ME MICHAEL at The Abbey Theatre, ROMEO AND JULIET at The Gate Theatre, THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE which he wrote himself as part of ‘Show In The Bag’ with Fishamble and FORGOTTEN WORDS with Theatre Lovett. He often works with Devious Theatre Company, highlights which include SOME FLOOD, WAR OF ATTRITION and HELLFIRE SQUAD. John has also appeared in many commercials and has been in the short SWERVE with Microfilms. He plays guitar, ukulele , bass and percussion and is a very accomplished singer.

Caoimhe can now be seen on screen in RTÉ’s Fair City. Caoimhe most recently appeared in the feature film The Randomer written by Gerry Stembridge, which premiered in the Galway Film Fleadh in 2016. Onstage she recently appeared in The Constant Wife, in the Gate Theatre, directed by Alan Stanford. Recent theatre credits include Lisa in the highly successful Unmanageable Sisters at the Abbey Theatre, as well as Gloria in You Never Can Tell, at the Abbey Theatre, directed by Conall Morrison, and Mary Boyle in Juno and the Paycock, directed by Mark O’Rowe at the Gate Theatre. She recently completed filming on Soulsmith, a feature film, written and directed by Kevin Henry and The Wave, written and directed by TJ O’Grady Peyton and Oscar Winning director Benjamin Cleary. Caoimhe is from Dublin and graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting Full Time Acting Course in June 2011, and was awarded the Gaiety School Theatre Bursary in 2010. While at the Gaiety School she appeared in Macbeth and Twelfth Night directed by Liam Halligan and in Little Gem directed by Paul Brennan. On screen she has appeared in the role of Elizabeth in Reign a CW Network produced TV Series directed by Brad Silberling, in the award winning short film Whatever Turns You On (TimeSnap Production) and in Rent A Friend (Kite Entertainment) as part of RTE’s Storyland competition. Caoimhe appeared as Baba in two productions of The Country Girls, written and adapted for the stage by Enda O’Brien, and directed by Mikel Murfi for Red Kettle Theatre Company in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in Garter Lane Theatre and on tour. Other theatre work include Major Barbara, directed by Annabelle Comyn at the Abbey Theatre, and The Far Off Hills directed by Mikel Murfi for NOMAD productions at the Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo and on national tour. Caoimhe also appeared as Honor in Paul Howard’s hit play Breaking Dad directed by Jimmy Fay (Landmark productions) at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. In early 2015, she reprised her role as Honor, in the sell-out remount of Breaking Dad in the Gaiety Theatre Dublin and in Cork Opera House. Caoimhe appeared as Vera in Brien Friel’s version of A Month In The Country, directed by Ethan McSweeny, at The Gate Theatre.

Clare Dunne is an actress on stage and screen, starring in productions in the UK and Ireland since graduating in 2009. She also has enjoyed multiple accolades as a writer, and was awarded the IFB Screenplay Development fund for her feature film, called **Owned**. She also wrote and performed **Living With Missy** at Smock Alley and **Sure Look It FUCK IT** at Electric Picnic and Body and Soul.

Clodagh Mooney Duggan is an actress, artistic director and writer. She graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2013 and went on to co-found The Cup Theatre Company, for whom she is now Artistic Director. Most recently, their company produced 'Stella Full of Storms', a one woman play, in which she played the title role. It won Best New Play and was nominated for Best Female Performance in the IGD Theatre Festival. Clodagh’s other theatre credits include 'Tryst' ( Lir, Tiger Dublin Fringe), Second Age’s 'Hamlet' (Helix), 'Cirque de Reves' ( Smock Alley) and much more. Her film credits in 'Cumann na mBan' (TG4), which won an IFTA in the Specialist Factual Category, and the virtual reality film version of 'Joanna'.

Shannon Keenan is an actor, presenter and YouTuber. She presents Wave Culture on RTÉ Pulse, and has her own YouTube channel called Shannonigans, where she does challenges, Q+A's, collaborations and more. She also regularly appears on the YouTube's 'The Try Channel'.

Margaret graduated from the 2 year full-time acting course in the Gaiety School of Acting in 2010. Since then she has worked in many productions including Chris in Broadening directed by Ronan Phelan (Rough Magic – associate director) for the ABSOLUTE Fringe Festival in The Lir Studio 2 (2012), Emily in Digging for Fire directed by Matt Torney (Rough Magic – associate director) in the Project Arts Centre (2013), and as Robin in the touring production of Jezebel directed by Lynne Parker (Rough Magic) (2014).

Determined, captivating and Diverse are just a few words to describe Simon James a 22 year old Singer Songwriter, Vlogger, Performer & Actor. In late 2017 Simon joined forces with AbdulEntertainment his management. Simon James has released Two Singles (Mystery & Simple Terms which are getting great streams on spotify with a 5 track EP in the pipeline for 2018) He has also released a Documentary titled The Beginning which shows a viewer more about Simon James.  Simon is constantly producing 4 videos a week to keep up his Youtube Platform and is on a school tour promoting his original music and being an ambassador for Anti/Cyber Bullying & Online safety.

Aonghus is a graduate of the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin and also trained with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company in New York. His appearances at the Abbey Theatre include Big Love, The Burial at Thebes, Romeo & Juliet and The Plough and the Stars, which also toured to The Barbican, London as part of The Abbey’s centenary celebrations. Elsewhere, Aonghus has appeared in The Nose (Performance Corporation), W. B. Yeats’ CúChulainn Cycle (R.H.A. Downstairs, Dublin and Riverside Studios, London), Myrmidons (Ouroboros), The Tempest (Corcadorca), Macbeth, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (All for Second Age), One– Healing with Theatre (Pan Pan), An Triail (Aisling Ghéar), Buile an Phíce (Amharclann de hÍde), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Not a Moment to Lose (Torn Curtain). Recent theatre includes Serious Money (Seeds Project for Rough Magic directed by Aoife Spillane Hinks), and The Nose directed by Jo Mangan for Performance Corporation. He most recently appeared in his hugely successful one man show Fight Night which he co-created with writer Gavin Kostick as part of the Fishamble/Dublin Theatre Festival “Show in a Bag” initiative and which went on to tour across Ireland and to win a nomination for Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2012.

Manus Halligan is a graduate of the Trinity College Drama and Theatre department. His recent theatre work includes: Inside The GPO (Fishamble), The Poor Little Boy With No Arms (One Duck), She Stoops To Conquer and King Lear (Abbey Theatre), Before Monsters Were Made, Reckoners and The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle (15th Oak Productions), Five Minutes Later (Sugarglass T. C.), Shell-Shock (Gonzo T. C.), The Nightmare Before Christmas (Livin’ Dred), Human Child and MONSTER/CLOCK (Collapsing Horse Theatre Company), Heroin(e) for Breakfast (PillowTalk), The Making of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Project Arts Centre). His screen work includes Rebellion (RTÉ) and the short films, My Life For Ireland (Suitable Films), Not With a Bang But a Whimper (dir. Andy Stevenson) and Run (dir. Sam McMullen) which screened in London’s Short Film Festival 2014.

Áine trained as an actress at the BA in Acting Studies,The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College and as a screen actor at Bow Street. Áine most recently appeared in it’s getting harder and harder for me (Alice Malseed/Sarah Baxter) at The Mac in Belfast. She also appeared in Neon Western from Conflicted Theatre at Cork Midsummer Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival. She has appeared in numerous theatre productions of late. She starred in The Abbey Theatre’s one women show Mise, Mollser based on Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and The Stars. Other roles include Rebecca in Frank McGuinness’s Factory Girls for The Everyman Theatre and Zoe in Zoe’s Play at The Ark. Her screen credits include the upcoming webseries Long Dark Twenties, Ripper Street (BBC) Ros na Run (TG4) Standby (Rob Burke/Ronan Burke) Baróg Béir/Free Hugs (Gavin Fitzgerald), Live (Harbour Films), and Jane By the Sea ( Zanzibar Production ) As a voice-over artist, Áine regularly provides various character voices for Macalla Teo, and TG4. Shows include Dude, cá bhfuil mo phúca?, Dot and Peg Agus Chat among others. She also recently lent her voice to the Irish language version of Oscar nominated cartoon The Breadwinner by Cartoon Saloon. As a dancer/performer Áine has collaborated with Amanda Coogan on her RHA show I’ll Sing You A Song From Around The Town, dancer Meagan O’Shea (International Associate Artist, Dance House) and visual artist Ella De Búrca, most notably in Exercises for Seeing Stars #3 at the Vienna Art Fair.

Amilia can now be seen on stage at The Gate Theatre in The Snapper Amilia, a Dublin native, graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2013.  During her time there she played such roles as Edie in Heroine for Breakfast, Directed by Joan Sheeny, Lily in Punk Rock, Directed by Gene Rooney and Sherbet in Fastest Clock in the Universe, Directed by Paul Brennan. Her recent theatre credits include Murder of Crows, by Lee Coffey, Directed by Karl Shiels (National Tour 2018), From All Side, by Lee Coffey, Directed by Aaron Monaghan (Dublin Fringe Festival 2017), Inhabitance by Peter Dunne, Directed by Ronan Phelan (Project Arts Centre 2016), A Boy Called Nedd, by Emily Gilmor-Murphy, Directed by Karl Shiels (Stuart Parker Nominated 2015), Beauty and the Beast, Directed by Vivian Coates (The National Concert Hall, Festival Productions) and Lee Coffeys acclaimed Leper+Chip, Directed by Karl Shiels (National Tour, NI Tour and Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015, Broadway Baby Nomination, NYDT Nomination, NYDT Acting Excellence in performance Commendation 2015) Her film/tv credits include A Dangerous Fortune, Directed By Christian Schwochow (ADF Productions Ltd), The Monk (Short), Directed by David Crann (The Courtyard Studios), Outside, by Emmet Kirwin, Directed by Nicky Gogan (Still Films), Mc Donalds Advert, Directed by Lorcan Finnegan (This Is Butter Productions), Normanstown TV Pilot, Directed by Pierce Halpin (Cinetex Films) and the series regular Katy O’ Brien in RTE’s Faircity. Amilia is a founding member and Artistic Director of Bitter Like A Lemon Theatre Company.  She is a classically trained soprano with a level 7 diploma from The Conservatory of Music and Drama and has 4 badges for competitive gymnastics. Amilia will appear in the world premier of Roddy Doyles, THE SNAPPER, in The Gate Theatre this summer under the direction of Roisin McBrinn.

Paul Howard is an Irish journalist, author and comedy writer. He is best known as the creator of the cult character, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly a fictional rugby jock whose exploits have been the subject of eighteen novels and two other books that have sold over one million copies in Ireland. He was named National Newspapers of Ireland Columnist of the Year in 2013 for his weekly column in The Irish Times on Saturday written under the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly pseudonym. He is the author of four plays – The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger in 2007, and Between Foxrock and a Hard Place in 2010, and Breaking Dad in 2014 and Postcards from the Ledge in 2017 – as well as the hugely successful 2012 puppet-based Anglo the Musical and a second musical Copper Face Jacks: The Musical in 2018. His first non-Ross-related venture into fiction: Triggs – The Autobiography of Roy Keane's Dog – was a #1 Bestseller in 2012, and short-listed for an Irish Book Award. He is a four-time Irish Book Award winner, collecting the Best Popular Fiction prize in 2007 for Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, in 2010 for The Oh My God Delusion, in 2013 for Downturn Abbey (each parts of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series) and Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2016 for the biography of Tara Browne, "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy". He wrote comedy for radio and television and was part of the writing teams for two series of two RTÉ comedy sketch shows in the autumns of 2012 and 2013, Irish Pictorial Weekly and The Mario Rosenstock Show.

Caitríona Daly is a playwright from Dublin. She is a graduate from both The Lir's MFA in playwriting and the Royal Court's Young Playwright programme. Her plays have been produced in Ireland, England and Scotland. She was most recently nominated for the Fishamble New Writing Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival for Normal and an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play for Test Dummy. She also runs the theatre collective We Get High with her artistic partner Caitríona Ennis.