February 2025
I have just finished a wonderful remount of Lúminaria by Fionnuala Gygax and produced by Backstage Theatre. We were fortunate to get to bring the show to the relatively new, but rapidly expanding Longford Lights Festival, and then to have the pleasure of bringing it to Dublin to The Ark Cultural Centre for Children. We had sold out houses and hugely enthusiastic audiences throughout the run and it was a fantastic experience.
I have several new theatrical projects in development, so hope to be able to share more news of those soon.
I continue to work as Lead Artist /Mentor for the Baboró Children’s Panel now in its 3rd year and with a new group of members this year, it continues to be an inspiring and rewarding group to work with. In October of last year I also had the pleasure of working with some of the children who had just finished on the panel and artist Aoife Delany Reade to create a video about the importance of children’s rights in solidarity with children throughout the world.
I am delighted to continue my work as Mentor and coordinator of the Young Curators Network. Now in its 4th year as a national programme, it is really beginning to make an impact. It is such a brilliant programme that gives young people a fantastic insight into programming and curating an arts programme.
I’m also enjoying working with the University of Galway Drama Department and Creative Schools programme.