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The performance arts help us to foster creativity, communication, and collaboration while also providing a platform for self-expression and community building. We here in Ireland have a strong tradition in this space, and so Bobby wanted to get a sense of how the next generation of dancers, actors, and musicians are coming along.Joining Bobby to discuss is:Will Wollen, Director & CEO of Gaiety School of ActingAidan Curran, Music Director with the School of Rock Samantha Lyons, Artistic Director with The College of Dance

Limerick's Georgina Miller Georgina is an actress, writer and voice-over artist. She's also a graduate of the full-time actor training course at the Gaiety School of Acting. Georgina won the award for Best Actress from the Guinness ISDA Festival for her performance in "At the Black Pig's Dyke" (MIDAS). In this month's episode she talks to us about her debut play, a hybrid aerial show called "Freefalling". Freefalling is an autobiographic play about a backpacking trip in her 30s during which she developed the incredibly rare Guillain-Barre syndrome which left her paralysed, alone and fearing for her life on a hospital bed in Samoa. Spoiler: she lives to tell the tale. Hear and see it for yourself at the Limetree Theatre in Limerick City in September and at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival in Draíocht in Dublin in October.  Freefalling is a co-production between Rough Magic Theatre Company and Limetree Theatre in association with Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company.  In this episode we discuss the absolute dud that was the Grey's Anatomy musical episode; the creative process of turning your trauma into art and learning to distance yourself from the story; finding a team of collaborators you can trust to guide your work; the divide between the self as writer and the self as performer; and quieting the voice inside that says you can't do something.  https://x.com/RoughMagicIRL https://dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/freefalling/  https://limetreebelltable.ie/events/freefalling-2/  https://www.instagram.com/rough.magic  The Limerick Lady is a grassroots movement based in Limerick, Ireland, with a focus on promoting conversation around gender, visibility, gender balance and the arts. It was founded in 2016 by award-winning (and losing) singer-songwriter Emma Langford, who hosts the podcast alongside fellow award-winning (and losing) Limerick woman, theatre-maker and musician Ann Blake. Find the Limerick Lady Podcast on all your favourite streaming platforms. New episodes drop once a month, on the third Thursday (or Thirdsday, if you will). The Limerick Lady is supported by The Limerick Post Newspaper. Support the Limerick Post at www.limerickpost.ie 

Claire J. Loy trained at the Bow Street Academy in Dublin and the Gaiety School of Acting with practitioner Tom Kibbe.  Her credits include Casualty (BBC), Vikings Valhalla and Bodkin (Netflix), The Girl at the End of the Garden (Dyehouse Films), The Gates with Stephen Hall and John Rhys Davis, who some may know as “Gimli” in The Lord of the Rings, and many short films including “In Orbit”, written and directed by Katie McNeice.  For that she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award at the Underground Cinema Awards in Ireland. On top of that she won Best Actor at the Disappear Here Film Festival in 2022, and Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film at the South Film and Arts Academy Film Festival in 2019. Her performance was described as “intense and intelligent”.  Claire talks me through her career to date, and the best way to get an agent. She tells me about how important it is to find the agent that you click with and know from gut instinct that you can work with them and above all trust them to help you in your career.  We also discuss: Her training with Tom Kibbe How to say NO to jobs  Her book recommendation “Self-Management for Actors” by Bonnie Gillespie Her experience of working on Martin McDonagh's “The Banshees of Inisherin”  How to take ownership of of yourself and what you want to achieve in this business How actors have to trust and believe in themselves entirely Find Claire on Instagram: @claire_the_grey_ Her website: clairejloy.com Great chat for anyone who is looking for representation and how to get the best agent for you.  Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver Twitter: @GowerCritic For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like, Download and Subscribe! The Uncensored Critic Podcast was in the top 25% most globally shared podcasts of 2022 being heard in over 20 countries. In 2022 streams grew by 710%, listeners increased by 404%, and followers were up 379%. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped 2022.  Thank you for all your support! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message

Margaret Mc Auliffe : A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting, this award-winning actor has appeared on the stages of national theatre as well as in her own self-penned works. Deliciously playful, truly authentic, with a sharp intelligence.

Aidan Turner and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new TV series Leonardo, mystery and wonder, curiosity, nature versus nurture, solving puzzles, ego, painting the details and why humility is underrated.TrailerSynopsis:A compelling look at one of the most restlessly brilliant men of all time, Leonardo gets inside the mind of the genius, showing the drama behind his art, and exploring a tantalizing mystery left unexplained by biographers – the nature of his relationship with the model Caterina da Cremona.Caterina’s apparent murder – and the painting’s disappearance – make for a mystery full of twists and turns that takes us through the key years of Leonardo’s artistic life, leading to a thrilling climax nearly as ingenious as one of Leonardo’s own creations.About Aidan:Aidan Turner was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1983. After graduating from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2004, Aidan appeared in a number of stage productions, many with Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey. Such productions included The Plough & The Stars, Romeo & Juliet and A Cry from Heaven. In 2008, Turner made the transition to movies and television with a lead role in the film Alarm and a co-starring role in the popular Irish TV drama The Clinic.In 2009, Turner moved to the UK to take on a starring role in BBC's acclaimed Being Human. Aidan played the spellbinding Mitchell for 3 seasons during which time he also starred in BBC's Desperate Romantics and BBC's top rated TV movie Hattie. In 2011, famed director Peter Jackson cast Turner in the role of Kili in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. The highly successful movie trilogy filmed for approximately two years in New Zealand during which time Aidan also starred in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments.In 2014 Turner was cast as Poldark in the BBC remake. Poldark premiered to excellent rating in the UK in March 2015 and also in the USA in June 2015. The BBC series also aired across Europe and Australia and returned for a second series, aired during 2016.In 2015 Aidan took on a small role in The Secret Scripture so he could work with one of his favorite directors, Jim Sheridan. He also voiced a role in the first painted animation movie, Loving Vincent, co-starred in the dark comedy, Look Away and starred in the BBC mini-series, And Then There Were None.With thanks to IMDBImage Copyright and Credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some highlights from The Arts Show in 2020, featuring the following four artists; Singer Songwriter Carolyn Donnelly talking about recording her debut 4 song EP Clip My Wings,  and returning to education, in her case the Gaiety School of Acting. Poet Bríd Fitzpatrick recites from her collection Poem Drops, as well as her Fairy Tale Novel The Book […]

Danika 'Nika' McGuigan (4 January 1986 – 23 July 2019) McGuigan was born in 1986, to Barry McGuigan and Sandra McGuigan. She is deeply missed by Brothers Shane, Jake and Blane, Mother Sandra and Father Barry. **FNI would like to note that this podcast was recorded before Elliot Page made his announcement. The point Wiebke makes in the context of Nika McGuigan's career referring to Elliot's former identity as Ellen Page felt important to include. There was no disrespect intended. The daughter of former WBA Featherweight champion Barry McGuigan, Nika, Nika battled childhood leukemia from the ages of 11 to 13. The disease sadly then returned when she was an adult, claiming her life in 2019 at age 33. She was known for her starring role as art student Danielle Mullane in Can't Cope, Won't Cope (2016–2018). She appeared in several films and TV shows, including The Secret Scripture, Mammal (2016) alongside Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor. Traders, Stay opposit Aiden Quinn Directed Wiebke von Carolsfeld. Her last film was Cathy Brady's Wildfire. Which will be released in 2021. McGuigan was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 11 in 1997, but recovered from the illness after two years of treatment. However, she died on 23 July 2019, from a cancer-related illness. Remie Michelle Clarke is an Author, Screenwriter and highly regarded Voiceover artist. Remie joins the ongoing team at Wrapchat and we're delighted to welcome Remie as a new co host on the Show. http://www.remiemichelleclarke.com/ for more info. Joining Remie in tribute to the wonderful light that was Nika is Director Imogen Murphy (Dead Still, Can't Cope, Won't Cope) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002634/ Wiebke von Carolsfeld is a German/Canadian film director, writer and editor. Originally from Germany. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902092/ Cathal Quinn is one of the most in demand voice coaches in Ireland today – and is currently the Head of Voice and Speech in The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin. He was formally Head of Voice and speech at the Gaiety School of Acting where he taught Nika for two years. He is the artistic director of both Mouth on Fire Theatre Company and Guthanna Binne Sioraí. We also have also some great snippets of some of Nika's Class mates.  If you'd like to make a donation in honour of Nika please visit  https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/ MERRY CHRISTMAS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danika 'Nika' McGuigan (4 January 1986 – 23 July 2019) McGuigan was born in 1986, to Barry McGuigan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuigan) and Sandra McGuigan. She is deeply missed by Brothers Shane, Jake and Blane, Mother Sandra and Father Barry. The daughter of former WBA Featherweight champion Barry McGuigan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570095?ref_=nmbio_trv_1) , Nika, Nika battled childhood leukemia from the ages of 11 to 13. The disease sadly then returned when she was an adult, claiming her life in 2019 at age 33. She was known for her starring role as art student Danielle Mullane in Can't Cope, Won't Cope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Cope,_Won%27t_Cope) (2016–2018). She appeared in several films and TV shows, including The Secret Scripture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Scripture_(film)) , Mammal (2016) alongside Rooney Mara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Mara) and Jack Reynor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reynor) . Traders, Stay opposit Aiden Quinn Directed Wiebke von Carolsfeld (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902092/?ref_=tt_ov_dr) . Her last film was Cathy Brady's Wildfire. Which will be released in 2021. McGuigan was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_lymphoblastic_leukemia) at age 11 in 1997, but recovered from the illness after two years of treatment. However, she died on 23 July 2019, from a cancer-related illness. Remie Michelle Clarke is an Author, Screenwriter and highly regarded Voiceover artist. Remie joins the ongoing team at Wrapchat and we're delighted to welcome Remie as a new co host on the Show. http://www.remiemichelleclarke.com/ for more info. Joining Remie in tribute to the wonderful light that was Nika is Director Imogen Murphy (Dead Still, Can't Cope, Won't Cope) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002634/ Wiebke von Carolsfeld is a German/Canadian film director, writer and editor. Originally from Germany. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902092/ Cathal Quinn is one of the most in demand voice coaches in Ireland today – and is currently the Head of Voice and Speech in The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin. He was formally Head of Voice and speech at the Gaiety School of Acting where he taught Nika for two years. He is the artistic director of both Mouth on Fire Theatre Company and Guthanna Binne Sioraí. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danika_McGuigan#cite_note-6) We also have also some great snippets of some of Nika's Class mates.  If you'd like to make a donation in honour of Nika please visit  https://www.clicsargent.org.uk/ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

On this week's Episode of FNI Wrap Chat is one of Ireland's hardest working and most dedicated actors of stage and screen. Ian Lloyd Anderson. Ian is an Actor's Actor, with a great sense of humour, Ian is a brilliant example of grit, talent and determination. From his brilliant turn in Dublin Old School (stage and screen) to his latest film, working with Clare Dunne on Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, Iron Lady). PBL and Seán T. Ó Meallaigh had a very Frank chat about all things daddy bedtime stories with his kids, the importance of staying sharp, fighting for parts and dealing with rejection and the downside to Acting and the creative life. ****This is an unmissable podcast for actors in particular. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting; Ian was recently awarded best supporting actor at the Irish Times Theatre awards for his performance in Druid Theatre's Beacon at The Gate Theatre. He can now be seen on screen in season 2 of Blood opposite Adrian Dunbar and Grainne Keenan on Virgin Media One. Film/TV credits include: Herself (Element Pictures, Dir: Phyllida Lloyd), Wastewater, Headcases (RTÉ), Honest (IFB Short Film), Dublin Old School (Element Pictures, Dir: Dave Tynan), They Shoot People (Short), Leave (Short), Game of Thrones (HBO), Love/Hate (RTÉ, Dir: Dave Caffrey), Standby (Black Sheep Productions), Scratch (Short), Raw, The Clinic (RTÉ) & Dorothy Mills (Octagon Films). Theatre credits include: The Cherry Orchard (Druid Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Beacon (The Gate Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Evening Train (Everyman Theatre, Dir: Annabelle Comyn), In Our Veins (The Peacock Theatre), Dublin Old School (The Project Arts Centre), Come on Home (The Peacock Theatre), Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Gaiety Theatre), Common (The National Theatre), Sive, The Risen People, Major Barbara, Shibari, Alice in Funderland, Macbeth, The Rivals and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The Abbey Theatre), Every Doris Has His Day, Big Ole Piece of Cake, Bruising of Clouds (Fishamble: The New Play Company), Richard III (Fast and Loose Theatre Company), Ride On Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin' Dred Theatre Company), End Time (Project Arts Centre), Danti Dan (Galloglass Theatre Company), The Colleen Bawn (Bedrock Productions and Project Arts Centre), Bad Sunday (TILT Theatre Company), Ferry Tales and 50 Ways to leave Dun Laoghaire (BDNC and Carpet Theatre Company). FNI Connect (funded by ScreenSkills Ireland) continues this OCT with former head of development at British Screen Stephen Cleary for a world-class workshop on development for producers and directors. Also, our Very own Wrap Chat host, IFTA nominated and award-winning documentary director, Paul Webster for his course 'Finding the Story: Documentary. ' And it's free. Thanks to Screenskills Ireland. www.WeAreFni.com/connect to register for tics. Applicants will be emailed code for classes afterwards.  We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. *Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!! https://hopin.to/events/fni-s-hopin-work-the-virtual-room-a-night-of-networking-for-writers-directors-producers Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Please share with a friend or colleague and Share/Subscribe for more content. Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. #WeAreFni #YouAreFNI #StaySafe #StayInformed #StayPositive WWW.WEAREFNI.COM for all things FNI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Episode of FNI Wrap Chat is one of Ireland's hardest working and most dedicated actors of stage and screen. Ian Lloyd Anderson. Ian is an Actor's Actor, with a great sense of humour, Ian is a brilliant example of grit, talent and determination. From his brilliant turn in Dublin Old School (stage and screen) to his latest film, working with Clare Dunne on Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, Iron Lady). PBL and Seán T. Ó Meallaigh (https://www.facebook.com/seantomeallaigh?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCSb0gSte-r45ggqvVrJ8QC-AXbw-OtiNdjMvs8ioiiblNe4UMlrPe8UaAs-alSNHHKKYw3WhUCxQmV&fref=mentions) had a very Frank chat about all things daddy bedtime stories with his kids, the importance of staying sharp, fighting for parts and dealing with rejection and the downside to Acting and the creative life. ****This is an unmissable podcast for actors in particular. A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting; Ian was recently awarded best supporting actor at the Irish Times Theatre awards for his performance in Druid Theatre’s Beacon at The Gate Theatre. He can now be seen on screen in season 2 of Blood opposite Adrian Dunbar and Grainne Keenan on Virgin Media One. Film/TV credits include: Herself (Element Pictures, Dir: Phyllida Lloyd), Wastewater, Headcases (RTÉ), Honest (IFB Short Film), Dublin Old School (Element Pictures, Dir: Dave Tynan), They Shoot People (Short), Leave (Short), Game of Thrones (HBO), Love/Hate (RTÉ, Dir: Dave Caffrey), Standby (Black Sheep Productions), Scratch (Short), Raw, The Clinic (RTÉ) & Dorothy Mills (Octagon Films). Theatre credits include: The Cherry Orchard (Druid Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Beacon (The Gate Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Evening Train (Everyman Theatre, Dir: Annabelle Comyn), In Our Veins (The Peacock Theatre), Dublin Old School (The Project Arts Centre), Come on Home (The Peacock Theatre), Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Gaiety Theatre), Common (The National Theatre), Sive, The Risen People, Major Barbara, Shibari, Alice in Funderland, Macbeth, The Rivals and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The Abbey Theatre), Every Doris Has His Day, Big Ole Piece of Cake, Bruising of Clouds (Fishamble: The New Play Company), Richard III (Fast and Loose Theatre Company), Ride On Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin’ Dred Theatre Company), End Time (Project Arts Centre), Danti Dan (Galloglass Theatre Company), The Colleen Bawn (Bedrock Productions and Project Arts Centre), Bad Sunday (TILT Theatre Company), Ferry Tales and 50 Ways to leave Dun Laoghaire (BDNC and Carpet Theatre Company). FNI Connect (funded by ScreenSkills Ireland) continues this OCT with former head of development at British Screen Stephen Cleary for a world-class workshop on development for producers and directors. Also, our Very own Wrap Chat host, IFTA nominated and award-winning documentary director, Paul Webster for his course 'Finding the Story: Documentary. ' And it's free. Thanks to Screenskills Ireland. www.WeAreFni.com/connect to register for tics. Applicants will be emailed code for classes afterwards.  We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. *Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!! https://hopin.to/events/fni-s-hopin-work-the-virtual-room-a-night-of-networking-for-writers-directors-producers Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Ffni%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0kD26R2Tl0YB1WDhfTcIk2kaxFGtra86l3Xn0H5jRead4ww-duXIwz0CY&h=AT3uA2oZ5jDFvi92seoFmEO8IoWlVgC2C8FDMiyt456_btk9OP4WtC3wseLJ8RyjRZdhdZ9U4BZ_E6jetVxgHrB_W1KlESGGuASgTO8wH2H9mpPIRPoC6JA4ijDM22CznS1Vx2QZ1CSwue35GUMSNrqZPSyL) Please share with a friend or colleague and Share/Subscribe for more content. Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. #WeAreFni (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wearefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #YouAreFNI (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/youarefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StaySafe (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staysafe?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayInformed (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stayinformed?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayPositive (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staypositive?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) WWW.WEAREFNI.COM (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FWWW.WEAREFNI.COM%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3O86-JGARQ-lEhbDk1tI4iPs-IveYXswBmtrbLFxlCQR87TtNfcUt7IEU&h=AT3aoqXPN-Ji0hWcR7b1U8F1WKOD6ksGhmepWBN4J4fN1fd4U_ZxOnvRmBah-5hEK2uiv1f-OEJzyYl4lIqzYHUv3plISZZxaS3s6YeRNhnBStz1ainqVe67it4j8FxV7BrNOVGO6U51IWACerTgSVYiAaU9) for all things FNI

All this week, we've teamed up with Concern Worldwide to help them raise awareness around their campaign "Walk in their Shoes" and they are asking you to take 10,000 steps each day between September 21st and 27th and raise funds to the millions that were forced to flee their homes to find safety every year. Kieran Cuddihy stepped out of the studio to speak to Donal Courtney, actor, Playwright and tutor at the Gaiety School of Acting at the Smock Alley Theatre. To sign up to Concern’s "Step in their Shoes" and help raise much needed funds head to www.concern.net/step

Rachel Lally is an actor, writer, model, director, street theatre performer, poet and drama facilitator who trained with Crooked House Theatre Company and Kildare Youth Theatre before going on to obtain her MA in Theatre from The Gaiety School of Acting and NUI Maynooth. Rachel has toured as an actor (and briefly, folk metal singer with Cruachan) both nationally and internationally as well as appearing in a number of films, theatre productions, music videos and TV commercials over the years. She is passionate about accessibility to the arts for people of all ages. Most recently she has performed her poetry in the Axis Theatre, performed with Giant Wolf Theatre (of which she is a member) in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, toured Ireland with the Moat Theatre production of 'Push Up' as well as directing a number of community and youth productions and is currently developing a new piece of work for stage. During the COVID crisis, she has created the Podcast '6 of 1 and Half a Dozen of the Other' which asks a panel of Irish Artists to discuss thought experiments and is working on some writing and other creative projects for streaming.

Research is one of the keys to Alex Barclay’s incredible success, with ideas developing from chance conversations with experts. Sam Blake quizzes her on her unique process, character building and how she tackled her first stand alone. Finding out how she writes and why isolation is so important to her,  Alex Barclay is a former Irish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland) journalist turned crime (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction) writer who was the first Irish female crime writer to get a significant deal that spawned No 1 bestsellers in multiple territories, with her debut novel Darkhouse. Darkhouse was the first of two novels featuring NYPD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYPD) detective Joe Lucchesi. The book, set in Texas, New York and County Waterford, achieved strong reviews and was translated into 18 languages. After two novels in the Joe Lucchesi series, Barclay created Ren Bryce series, a bipolar FBI detective who took her through six more books. She has also branched out into YA fantasy and more recently has written the standalone I Confess plus a new YA novel. Barclay studied journalism with French at Dublin City University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_City_University) , graduating in 1996. Her course included a period of study in France, at Nanterre University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanterre_University) in Paris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris) , when she lived and worked part-time. Subsequently she also trained at the Gaiety School of Acting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiety_School_of_Acting) , afterwards appearing, for example, on television with Podge and Rodge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podge_and_Rodge) . Barclay worked for magazines including U Magazine and the RTE Guide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTE_Guide) before turning to crime writing. Behind the Bestseller is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network (https://www.headstuff.org/behind-the-bestseller) Theme Music by Tim Nerney  

I sit down with Sarah at the Tara Building to chat about her experience with Acting, Writing, Theatre and Spoken Word. We then move into chatting about feminism, consent, sexual experiences and empowering female conversations surrounding that.   Sun Bear, Sarah's one-person-show will be on in Smock Alley as part of the Scene & Heard Festival on the 18th and 19th of February. Tickets are available here: https://smockalley.ticketsolve.com/shows/873612032   Sarah Richardson is a spoken word poet from London, currently living in Dublin. She came to Dublin in September 2016 to study at The Gaiety School of Acting. Having never performed at any open mic’s or shared her work before, she started performing her poetry at the Circle Sessions in May 2017 and Ireland has really been the catalyst for her work. Since then she has performed across Ireland as a featured artist at many events, tours and festivals such as KnockanStockan, All Together Now Festival, EP and many more. She has also won a number of slam poetry competitions including Dublin’s Slam Sunday, The Inter-Varisty Slam 2018, The Leinster Heat of the All Ireland Slam and came 2nd in the All Ireland Final. Sarah’s work also expands into theatre, with her first show GirlPlay, which combined spoken word and theatre, premiering at Dublin Fringe Festival 2019. GirlPlay is now heading for a tour in 2020 including runs in Dublin, Galway and London. Sarah is currently working on her second show, a one-woman piece that has been programmed in this years Scene and Heard festival. As well as writing spoken word and theatre, Sarah is the resident sex columnist at Hot Press.    With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

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.

Liam O Mochain and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his delightful new film Lost and Found, true stories, real people and real conversations, the little things, and how everything might be connected. Trailer Synopsis: Lost & Found is 7 interconnecting stories set in and around a lost & found office of an Irish train station. Daniel tries desperately to hold onto his newly acquired job in the lost & found office. Eddie spends most days in the train station begging, every day he has a different story, which one is his? Gabriel plans to surprise his girlfriend by proposing up in the air, but airport security has other plans for him. A Grandmother asks her grandson to retrieve a mysterious bracelet that she buried as a child in the garden of her childhood home in Poland. Moya visits a funeral home and signs the book of condolences not realizing the consequences of signing it. Paudge, a cranky pub owner keeps redecorating his bar hoping to attract customers, but no matter how many grand openings he has the locals stay away. Sile has set a date for her wedding, not having a groom, won’t stop her. All segments are inspired by true stories, share a theme of something lost or found and characters that come in and out of each other’s lives. About the Director: Liam originally from Galway, now lives in Dublin, Ireland. He trained in theatre with The Gaiety School of Acting, Geasog Theatre Co. and The Galway Youth Theatre. He wrote/produced and co-starred in the short film ‘Fortune’, it screened at the 1997 Dublin Film Festival and won best short at the 1998 Houston int. film festival. Liam made his feature debut as a writer/director/producer with ‘The Book That Wrote Itself’. The film world premiered at the 1999 Galway Film Fleadh and int. premiere at the 1999 Vancouver int. film festival. The film screened at numerous internaitonal film festivals and won a critics prize at the 1999 Austin film festival. ‘WC’ Liam’s second feature film as writer/director/producer won best foreign film at the 2009 Las Vegas Int. Film Festival. The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Dublin Int. film festival, int. premiere at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival and screened at amongst others the 2008 Cairo int. Film Festival. In 2010 as a director/producer Liam made the short film ‘Slip Up’, it screened in competition at the 2010 Foyle Film Festival, the 2010 Cannes Short Film Corner and the 2011 Arizona Int. film festival. In 2011 he made the short film ‘Grand Opening’ which he wrote, directed and co-starred with Donncha Crowley (The Runway) and Brendan Conroy (Kings) it screened in competition at the 2011 Foyle Film Festival, 2012 Cork Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and 2013 Dingle Film Festival. Liam has worked as a writer, producer and presenter for amongst others RTE Radio 1, BBC Radio Ulster, 2FM, RnaG, Anna Livia FM , WDAR 96FM and Dublin South FM. As an actor he has performed in theatre, radio, tv and film. He has served on the jury, as well being a panelist, guest speaker and selector of films for int. film festivals. He is a founding member of Irish Film and Television Academy for whom he served on the jury for the 2007, 2016 and 2018 awards, he is also a member of the Irish Screen Writers Guild, Irish Actors Equity and the Directors Guild of Ireland. He has written on film and digital distribution for amongst others: Film Ireland, Indiewire, D-side, Metro, In-Dublin, RTE, FHM and IFTN. Liam with his producing partner Bernie Grummell set up the film and TV production company Siar A Rachas Muid Productions in 1996 and Hyper Films in 2005. Image: Copyright, Liam O Mochain and Hyper Films. Used with permission. Theme Music: Copyright, David Peck & Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet our new Eason Book Club Panel. Caroline Foran - Separate to her journalist and branded content and entrepreneurial endeavours, Caroline Foran is also a published author; Owning It was her first book, chronicling her experiences with anxiety and offering her ‘Assess and Address Approach’. James Alan Kavanagh is an Irish social media personality, influencer, entrepreneur and television presenter. He rose to prominence on Snapchat in 2015 doing vlogs and parodies. He has since gained a large following online, amassing over 110,000 followers across Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Claudia Carroll - Born in Dublin where she still lives, Carroll was educated in University College Dublin, the College of Music in Dublin and of the Gaiety School of Acting. She became best known as the character of Nicola Prendergast on the Irish TV soap Fair City. She worked in the role for fourteen years. While she was working Carroll was also writing her first novel in her dressing room. That book was published in 2004. Eventually she left the show in 2007 and focused on her writing although she has made guest appearances of her character.

On this Stars and Stripes ep of Fni Wrapchat is Roger Gregg. Roger Gregg is a playwright, musician, Actor and voiceover artist from Ohio in the good old Us of A. But he's one of us as he's been living here since the 1980s . He has written plays for Dublin Youth Theatre, the Gaiety School of Acting, TEAM Theatre Company, and Graffiti Theatre Company. In 1998, he founded Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, whose productions have twice won the American Mark Time Award for Best Audio Science Fiction Production, in 1999 and in 2000. He has created music and soundscapes for many companies including Barabbas, The Company and Graffiti Theatre Company. Roger has written for Rte on a number of productions and is frankly the coolest Yank you will ever meet. You can find WrapChat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, The HeadStuff Podcast Network and wherever you get your Podcasts. Be sure to Check out our previous podcast with Ferargal Ward and don't forget to subscribe and review. #WeareFni #MakeANameForYourself If you want to support FNI in our non Subsidised work head on over to www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Stars and Stripes ep of Fni Wrapchat is Roger Gregg. Roger Gregg is a playwright, musician, Actor and voiceover artist from Ohio in the good old Us of A. But he's one of us as he's been living here since the 1980s . He has written plays for Dublin Youth Theatre, the Gaiety School of Acting, TEAM Theatre Company, and Graffiti Theatre Company. In 1998, he founded Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, whose productions have twice won the American Mark Time Award for Best Audio Science Fiction Production, in 1999 and in 2000. He has created music and soundscapes for many companies including Barabbas, The Company and Graffiti Theatre Company. Roger has written for Rte on a number of productions and is frankly the coolest Yank you will ever meet. You can find WrapChat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, The HeadStuff Podcast Network and wherever you get your Podcasts. Be sure to Check out our previous podcast with Ferargal Ward and don’t forget to subscribe and review. #WeareFni #MakeANameForYourself If you want to support FNI in our non Subsidised work head on over to www.buymeacoffee.com/fni

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.

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.

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'.

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).

The physical embodiment of a triple threat, TKB has exploded onto the Irish Theatre scene in the last year. Here we talk about growing up in Dublin’s North inner city, his love of dance, training at both Bull Alley and The Gaiety School, and his prolific career as a playwright. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 46 – Enjoy!

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.

 Karl Harpur is a professional Actor, Writer and Director from Dublin Ireland. Having returned from LA, Karl has just finished directing the summer smash hit Copper Face Jacks: The Musical by Paul Howard. He has worked professionally in Ireland over the last 16 years and has performed in the country’s most prestigious theatres in comedies such as I, Keano – the most commercially successful show in Irish theatre history – to the World Stage Premier of Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption where he starred alongside Reg E. Cathey (House of Cards), Keir Dullea (Golden Globe Winner – 2001 A Space Odyssey), Kevin Anderson (Tony Nominee) and John Earl Jelks (Tony Nominee). Not just a theatre actor, Karl has also appeared numerous times on Irish television in various drama’s and commercials including the award winning Love/Hate and Ireland's longest running TV Show - Fair City. As well as being an established actor, Karl is also the leading writer and director of the family entertainment genre of Panto. He has written and directed over 10 professionally produced shows for both Theatreworx Productions and the UK based Jendagi Entertainment Ltd., with whom his critically acclaimed productions have played to over 100,000 people. He also has a number of original titles he has penned that have been staged by numerous Youth Groups and Stage Schools as well as the hilarious play 'The Golden Gang' and the heart-warming One Act, 'Doris'. In Los Angeles Karl has attended the world renowned UCB Theatre where he studied Improv and Sketch Comedy. He has worked with acting coaches Margie Haber, Tess Kirsch and Myra Turley as well as the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. Currently Karl has been commissioned by a London based Producer to write Men? – The Musical. A large scale production to be staged in London’s West End.

Thommas Kane Byrne (TKB) graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting last year. He was awarded The 2017 Gaiety Theatre Bursary. Thommas is artistic director of The Breadline Collective. The first part of his St Mary's Mansion Trilogy, SAY NOTHIN' TO ONE was nominated for this year's Stewart Parker Trust Awards and won the first ever Stewart Parker Special Development Award. The second part of the trilogy WELL THAT'S WHAT I HEARD premiered at Theatre Upstairs in June to critical acclaim. As an actor Thommas' screen credits include Conor McMahon's 2013 feature film STITCHES (Tailored Films, Netflix). His theatre credits include Kian Harris in SAY NOTHIN' TO NO ONE and Otto Lammermeier in SPRING AWAKENING. Thommas will next appear in THE FATTEST DANCER AT ST. BERNADETTE'S in Dublin Fringe and SAY NOTHIN' TO NO ONE (Project Arts Centre). He is currently in development for Wayne Jordan's THE HAIRCUT (The Ark)

Camille Lucy Ross was last seen on stage at Smock Alley as Margaretta in The Grimm Tale of Cinderella and recently appeared in Coast by Tracy Martin with Red Bear Productions at Dublin Fringe 2016/Project Arts Centre. She can also be seen in Bridget & Eamon (RTE) and regularly appears in sketches for Republic of Telly (Jason Butler/RTE) and Callan’s Kicks (James Cotter/RTE & Catchy Title). Camille is Artistic Director of Brazen Tales Productions and recently co-wrote & performed her one-woman show Big Bobby. Little Bobby at Dublin Fringe 2015, First Fortnight festival & Brighton Fringe 2016 (Winner First Fortnight Award* Best Performer & Little Gem Nominee). Camille is a graduate of LA’s iO West Improv school (where alumni include Amy Poehler & Tina Fey), The Gaiety School of Acting, has an honours degree from UCD and completed Play On (a Playwriting programme with Dublin Theatre Festival). Camille is part of a Long-form improv group called Tiny and is also developing her comedy writing for stage and screen.

Shane most recently appeared in the remount of The Boys at Smock Alley and appeared in The Spinning Heart in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Shane recently appeared in the critically acclaimed one man show Private Peaceful in theatres across Ireland, produced by Verdant Productions. Shane Trained at The Gaiety School of Acting, where in 2013 he was awarded the Gaiety Theatre Bursary. Upon graduating in 2014 Shane has been cast in a variety of Roles including; Shaggy Callaghan in Borstal Boy directed by Conall Morrison, The Fool in King Lear with Mill Productions and Brennan in The Boys directed by Patrick Sutton. Shane played the lead role of Mark Renton in Reality:Check Productions Critically acclaimed run of Trainspotting directed by Tracy Ryan. In 2016 he played the title role in *Hamlet *at the Mill Theatre, directed by Geoff O“Keefe. Shane is the co founder and Artistic Director of Reality:Check Productions.

With one of the most fascinating routes through the business, Louise Kiely has a unique perspective on performing. Here, we chat about growing up in South Africa, studying Law in Cork, training at the Gaiety School, taking the leap into Casting, and how she collaborates with directors to assemble the perfect cast. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 28 – Enjoy!

Lee Coffey  is a writer from Dublin. His shows include Leper + Chip in Theatre Upstairs, Project Arts Centre, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Nominated for the Broadway Baby 5 Star Award and the National Student Drama Award for best play) Electric Picnic, The Lyric Belfast, The Axis, Cork and an American production by Inis Nua in Philadelphia. Peruvian Voodoo in Theatre Upstairs, 24 Hour Plays in the Abbey Theatre, Slice, the Thief in Smock Alley and The Axis. Murder of Crows in Theatre Upstairs, Project Arts Centre, Garter Lane and the Lyric Belfast, From All Sides in The Dublin Fringe Festival and a radio play The Matron for Dead Air as a part of the Bram Stoker Festival. Lee was a participant in Rough Magic Theatre Company’s SEEDS programme 2016 - 2017 and he will be a participant on Irish Theatre Institute’s Six in the Attic programme 2017 - 2018. He has also written plays for Inchicore College, The Gaiety School of Acting and is currently under commission for Dublin Port Company. He is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of Bitter Like A Lemon Theatre Company. Credits Follow Tom Moran on Twitter and join like Personality Bingo with Tom Moran on Facebook  If you're interested in more podcasts, join The HeadStuff Podcast Network on Facebook Personality Bingo original artwork by Conor Nolan

Download: The Listening Stage Each year, legendary radio dramatist Roger Gregg teaches a unique intensive course in radio drama. The Listening Stage follows students of The Gaiety School of Acting’s radio drama course, as they pursue their hopes and dreams of fame. This fly on the wall doc embeds us in Roger’s annual weeklong workshop, … Continue reading The Listening Stage →

An actor with an enviable CV, and an award-winning writer, Ian Toner's career is in rude good health. Here he chat's about his time at DramSoc and the Gaiety School of Acting, his work on screen, his writing process, and the challenges in tackling difficult parts. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 21 – Enjoy!

A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting’s Full Time training, Eimear is known for her role as Tracey Rooney in the RTE2 comedy drama Damo & Ivor. She will reprise the role in the feature film Damo & Ivor: The Movie which will be released in 2018. She has also appeared in Fair City playing Social Worker Emily Mahon. She has appeared in many short films and was nominated as Best Actress at The Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival for the role of Sonya in The Ballsbridge Poisoner, directed by Clive Arnold. Eimear also has substantial stage experience working with theatre companies throughout the country, with her versatility evident in roles such as the one-woman show And then there was…Me, Grandma Eva in Jumping on my Shadow for TEAM Educational Theatre Company, Pool (No water) at the Granary Theatre Cork and the acclaimed multi-role production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle with Bruiser Theatre Company NI. Eimear has considerable experience in musicals and pantomime; she has an excellent ear for accents, a strong singing voice and is an extremely well established Voiceover Artist. She is also a Resident Facilitator with D15 Youth Theatre in Draíocht Blanchardstown.

Madi is an actress, writer, musician and singer about to appear in Punk Rock at The Granary Theatre, Cork. Madi is a graduate of Gaiety School of Acting full-time course 2015. Recent screen credits include the role of Stella Lyons on RTÉ’s Fair City and Goneril in WarTank Production’s King Lear for Shakespeare Unwrapped. Madi […] La entrada Madi O’Carroll plays Personality Bingo with Tom Moran se publicó primero en Headstuff.

Katie McCann is a freelance writer, actor and producer based in Dublin. Katie studied English and Drama at UCD and acting at the Gaiety School of Acting, Temple Bar. She is currently a participant on the Rough Magic SEEDS Programme 2016/17 as a producer. Writing credits include; Cirque des Rêves, Hollow Ground, Tales from Briar […] La entrada Katie McCann plays Personality Bingo with Tom Moran se publicó primero en Headstuff.

A superstar of stage and screen, Clare Monnelly has been making waves at home and abroad. Here we chat about her route into the business, working a 9 to 5, training at the Gaiety School of Acting, the worldwide success of Moone Boy, and her burgeoning career as a writer. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 4 – Enjoy!

Louise Kiely has a Degree in Law from University College Cork. She went on to train at The Gaiety School of Acting. She was an Actor for a period before setting up Louise Kiely Casting in 2005. Since then, Louise has been casting some of Ireland’s biggest TV, Film and Commercial projects including What Richard […] La entrada Louise Kiely plays Personality Bingo with Tom Moran se publicó primero en Headstuff.

In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin chats to Geraldine McAlinden. Originally from County Armagh, Geraldine trained originally as a solicitor and worked in the UK and Ireland. She trained and worked part-time as an actor and director for theatre until 2012 when she left law to take up a place in the first one year Screen Acting programme run by the Factory now Bow Street Academy. During that time she trained with Kirsten Sheridan, Shimmy Marcus, Lance Daly and Maureen Hughes during the one year Screen Acting Programme in The Factory (now Bow Street) and with the Gaiety School of Acting and the Focus Theatre. She is a member of The Actor’s Studio in Bow Street. Film credits include the features The Secret Scripture, The Truth Commissioner, How to be Happy, ANTON and Portrait of a Zombie (Winner of the 2013 Underground Film Festival’s Best Independent Feature award). Geraldine’s performance in Portrait of a Zombie led to her being long listed for an IFTA for Best Actress in a leading role in a feature film in 2013. Geraldine’s TV acting credits include the IFTA winning Red Rock and Cumann na mBan 100 as well as Scup and RTE’s children’s show Spooky Stakeout. Geraldine’s recent theatre credits include One Day by Dick Walsh, Remember to Breathe (Dublin Fringe 2015), Friendly Fire, Mary Stuart, Beyond Therapy!, Philidelphia Here I come!, and various characters in the longplay improv Spoonfed (Dublin Fringe 2005). Geraldine’s directing credits include the plays Orphans, The New York Monologues and The Cripple of Inishmaan and the short film Helmets and Thorny Island. Her writing credits include the tiny play Knowing (which was published and produced by  Fishamble’s Tiny Plays for Ireland) and the short films The Crack and Any Given Night (which she co-wrote). Her film production credits include Enough (selected for screening at the 2015 Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival). Geraldine is one of the two founding members of Alchemy 8 Productions whose production of Orphans was highlighted as one of the theatre highlights in Dublin for 2015. Geraldine can be seen soon in the new season of Striking Out   on Rte and in the upcoming feature films Zoo, Dark lies the island and Black 47. Currently she can be seen playing Jennifer in the web-series Fix Me by Tom Moran. http://filmireland.net/ http://filmireland.net/category/the-actors-room/

Fast becoming the go-to leading man of his generation, Ian Lloyd Anderson is on a serious roll of late. We talk about breaking into the business, his time at the Gaiety School of Acting, his love of the Abbey Theatre, and how he's now beginning to make waves internationally. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2, Episode 2 – Enjoy!

One of the brightest stars of her generation, Kate Gilmore can do it all. We talk about breaking into the business, her time at the Gaiety School of Acting and how she turned down TCD to be there, winning awards for both acting and writing, the importance of music in her work and the differences between acting for stage and screen. It’s the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast, Series 2. Episode 1 – Enjoy!

Thursday 9 February 2012A true rock star of Irish Theatre, Karl Shiels has done it all. Here he discusses leaving his job as a qualified sparks to follow his dream of being on stage, his journey from being almost kicked out of the Gaiety School of Acting to currently serving on its board, the huge successes of his own company Semper Fi, his extensive working relationship with Mark O’Rowe, and his recent world tour with the renowned Druid Theatre Company, not to mention all his upcoming screen roles for 2012. Hell, we even get in a naked Tadhg Murphy story! It’s Episode 14 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!

Thursday 3 May 2012It’s the 6 month anniversary of the podcast, and we’re celebrating it with the brilliant Frank Laverty. We chat about discovering his love for the business in rural Donegal, his time training at the prestigious Gaiety School of Acting, being offered a year-long contract at the Abbey Theatre by Garry Hynes, his role in hit RTE drama “On Home Ground,” recent successes at the Old Vic in London, and the Abbey’s forthcoming production of Tom Murphy’s “The House.” It’s episode 26 of the Rise Productions: Irish Theatre Podcast – Enjoy!

Hi folks,In this episode, I have a great conversation with Lorna Quinn. Lorna is an Actor (I’m going with Actor not Actress – we clarify why on the show) that has a built up a great portfolio of work over the last number of years since graduating from ‘Drama and Theatre Studies’ in UCC. She has been in Theatre (‘Private Lives’ most recently at the Gate), on TV (‘Fair City’ & ‘Love Hate’) and even on the big screen (‘Dare to Be Wild’). She’s also from Longford which is how I know her and how I was able to entice her to come on to the 1% Better Podcast We talk about her career, growing up, being in Longford girl-band AS3 (which is due a re-launch in the near future we hope– make it happen, Lorna). She was also voted Best Actress at the ‘Stellar Shine Awards’ in 2016.Just some of the areas we talk about include:Starting drama classes quite late, growing up in Longford & having great fun which helped Lorna grow in confidenceJoining the Longford Musical SocietyBeing in the Longford Girl Band, AS3, at 16 which gave Lorna another taste of performingApplying for and getting a place on ‘Drama and Theatre Studies’ in UCC and bit by bit finding her feet in the class and the groupThe monkey on the shoulder and keeping Matilda in controlFirst stand out/break through moment getting cast in the role of ‘Olive’ in ‘The Odd Couple’ in first year in UCC and again in second year, being cast in the role of ‘Margarethe’ in ‘Copenhagen’ by Michael Frayn. How this started to make Lorna believe there could be a career in thisAdvice on reaching out to support services in College or in any stage of your life where you might need to chat to someoneDealing with reviews and feedback and working on taking this onboardSpending two years at the ‘Gaiety School of Acting’ in Dublin and learning lots!Landing her first big lead role as ‘Jo’ in ‘Little Women’ at the Gate which Lorna sees as a huge breakthrough momentThe ‘Fair City’ role journey and the differences in acting for camera v theatreWorking at the Gate again under Michael Colgan and learning so much on the job therePlaying the role of ‘Eve’ in ‘Dare to Be Wild’ in Lorna’s first feature filmThe story around winning the ‘Stellar Award’ for Best Actress beating competition that included Saoirse RonanWorking with and learning from different directorsThe importance of team work when on stage and with the crew at the Gate to create the team ensemble feelingLorna’s approach to preparing for a new role and how to get comfortable with the character through researching what was happening around the time the play or movie was setPlaying different roles and pushing herself outside the comfort-zoneHow Lorna sets goals, plans ahead & makes decisionsGetting satisfaction ticking things off the to-do list and journalingWe talk about Advice and Core Values and what Lorna’s stand out values areWhat Lorna would pursue if not in actingHow Lorna views SuccessRecommendations on Books:About Acting by Peter BarkworthThe Law of Attraction by Abraham HicksActors Voices by Patrick O’Kane You can connect with Lorna by the following:www.lornaquinn.comTwitter – @lornamquinnTHANK YOU Lorna for your time, story and help in making the episode such a great one.

http://thecomedycast.com/ Today you'll be hearing from Irish stand-up comedian Anna Clifford. We kick off the interview speaking about Anna's day job and how being a vegetarian doesn't exactly help We recorded this before St Patrick's Day so we had a chat about the day, what it means for Irish people and what we get up to. We get onto comedy then and we speak about how and why Anna got into comedy and we talk about Anna studying at The Gaiety School of Acting and how she knew from an early age that she always wanted to entertain, we also speak about a comedy course she took while living in Vancouver, Canada. We natter then about how since getting into stand-up comedy and performing Anna has taken a real academic approach to it, reading up and studying the craft behind the art. We have a chat about what it's like to be on stage and I ask Anna if she can put it into words the feeling of knowing an audience is loving your set I ask Anna then about what she does if it goes wrong on a particular night and what she does to pick herself up. This leads us on to speaking about how she works on her sets, watching back recordings but also how she hates doing it and where she needs to be to do it. We talk about Anna's comedic influences growing up and the kinds of TV programmes she was watching We speak about Anna's first comedy gig, in a massive theatre in Canada following completion of her comedy course in Vancouver. We talk then about the stand-up community in Dublin, how it's such a close-knit community and how easy to ask for help with material and how even people often give advice even when unwanted Anna's got a strange hobby; well, I think it's strange, wearing vintage swimwear, so we had to natter about that. Finally then we talk about sex, because why not.

Louise has a Degree in Law from University College Cork.  She then trained at The Gaiety School of Acting. She was an Actor for a short period before setting up Louise Kiely Casting in 2005. Louise Kiely Casting provides an efficient and innovative service combining our creative and administrative talents. Louise has worked on the following projects over the years include: 32A, Death of a Superhero, Parked, and Redwater for the BBC. Her more recent projects include: What Richard Did, Sing Street, Irish casting for The Lobster, and the upcoming Handsome Devil. 

The Internationale: Closing song for the rally for Marriage Equality recorded at the Abbey Theatre on 13 May 2015 with The Risen People cast members Kate Stanley Brennan, Hilda Fay, Phelim Drew with Ranae von Meding, Eric O’Brien, Fra Fee, Peter Coonan, Manus Halligan,Terry O’Neill, Janice Byrne and the Students from The Lir Academy and The Gaiety School of Acting. Along with the great and the good that contributed to the wonderful day's event. The Internationale taken from The Risen People directed by Jimmy Fay from a version by Jim Sheridan. Composer and Musical Director Conor Linehan.

Louise Kiely is one of Ireland’s leading casting directors. She graduated from University College Cork with a Degree in Law. Lousie then trained at The Gaiety School of Acting. She was an actor for a short period before setting up Louise Kiely Casting in 2005 and has since cast a number of up-and-coming Irish actors in successful films, including Jack Reynor in What Richard Did, the BBC series Quirke as well as the Irish casting on Ripper Street and The Sea.

Just because we don't feel that we get quite enough spooky programming during the month of October, we're continuing our tradition of re-upping the spooky tales for the month of November. This week, it's our esteemed friend Roger Gregg, who produced a spooky ghost number with the Gaiety School of Acting's 2010 class (a Dublin, […] The post Episode 251: A Scene from the Horror Hotel appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week on the show we welcome back the work of Roger Gregg with a piece created in cooperation with the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. Morgan O'Brien hangs in limbo between life and death, and finds the afterlife a much wilder place than he imagined. Confused, frustrated, and alone, he is forced […] The post Episode 116: Digging Deep Into the Heart of Morphine appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.