COLLABORATORS
Italy
Florence
IC CovercianoIC Lastra a Signa
IC Montagnola Gramsci
IC Pelago
IC Rufina
IC Verdi
Live Institute Scuola di Lingua
Grosseto
IC DanteIC Grosseto 5
IC Grosseto 6
IC Manzi
IC Ungaretti
ISIS Fossombroni
Istituto Chelli
Aforisma, Agenzia di Formazione
Associazione In Itinere, Orbetello
IC Aldi, Manciano
IC Civinini, Albinia
IC Milani, Orbetello
IC Pitigliano
IC Roccastrada
IC Vannini-Lazzaretti, Castel del Piano
ISIS Da Verrazzano, Porto Santo Stefano
ISIS Zuccherelli, Sorano
Liceo Scientifico Fermi, Castel del Piano
Lucca
IC MassarosaMilan
Associazione VerdeacquaRome
Brittania International SchoolIC Don Milani, Cerveteri
IC Matteo Ricci
Istituto Murialdo, Albano Laziale
Liceo Classico Virgilio
Teatro Furio Camillo
Siena
IC Cecco AngiolieriIC Lorenzetti, Sovicille
ISIS B. Ricasoli
Treviso
IC Da Ponte, Vittorio VenetoIC Toti dal Monti, Mogliano Veneto
IC Villorba e Povegliano
Istituto Cavanis, Possagno
Cooperativa La Bussola
Cooperativa Comunica
Viterbo
IC CaprarolaIC Monalto di Castro
IC Sacconi, Tarquinia
ISIS V. Cardarelli, Tarquinia
Ireland
Ballyvourney Primary School
Cahir Primary School
Carrick-on-Shannon Gaelscoil
Clonakilty Library
Middleton Gaelscoil
Nenagh Gaelscoil
Walterstown Primary School, Cobh
Germany
Gymnasium, Achern
Gymnasium, Kelheim
Helena Lange Schule, Wiesbaden
IGS, Landau in der Pfaltz
Montessori Schule, Potsdam
THEATRE
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My first introduction to performance was through an intensive theatrical-clown course as part of the circus training course in Belfast Circus School in the North of Ireland in 1999/2000.
I was immediately addicted to performance and went on to study theatre full-time in Kinsale FEC in Cork with Belinda Wild. In my time I have performed in a wide variety of settings from physical theatre ensembles and improvised plays to Shakespeare.
I was immediately addicted to performance and went on to study theatre full-time in Kinsale FEC in Cork with Belinda Wild. In my time I have performed in a wide variety of settings from physical theatre ensembles and improvised plays to Shakespeare.
SNATCH COMEDY IMPROV
I performed on a weekly basis with Snatch Comedy Improv for 5 years at festivals and events all over Ireland.
In that time Snatch focused on Short Form improvisation and, while they took much inspiration from the writing of Keith Johnstone,
they were also inspired by the work of many other national and international groups.
In the summer of 2008 the company took on the task of creating a long-form improv show. After researching the work of other groups in Australia and America (as there was no one else in Ireland performing long-form at the time) Snatch developed a unique style of Long Form improv and performed to acclaimed response at The Cork Midsummer Festival in June of that year.
I officially left the group when I moved to Italy in May 2009.
In the summer of 2008 the company took on the task of creating a long-form improv show. After researching the work of other groups in Australia and America (as there was no one else in Ireland performing long-form at the time) Snatch developed a unique style of Long Form improv and performed to acclaimed response at The Cork Midsummer Festival in June of that year.
I officially left the group when I moved to Italy in May 2009.
Circus
I first entered the world of performance when training at Belfast Circus School in the North of Ireland in 1999/2000.
As part of the course, I trained in juggling, trapeze, clown, acrobatics and circus teaching techniques.
The tutors on the course were all highly qualified and respected in their fields and hailed from the UK, Australia, America e Canada.
In my professional career, I specialised in slackrope, creating shows that were heavily influenced by my theatre background with which I performed at numerous festivals around Europe.
These are some of the more notable festivals I performed at:
In my professional career, I specialised in slackrope, creating shows that were heavily influenced by my theatre background with which I performed at numerous festivals around Europe.
These are some of the more notable festivals I performed at:
- Dubai Food Festival, UAE
- Mirabilia Festival, Italy
- Passagefestival, Denmark
- Festival of Fools, Northern Ireland
- Imaginarius, Portugal
- Brighton Arts Festival, England
- Halmstad Street Festival, Sweden
Teaching
Throughout my career, I have taught circus and theatre to young people and adults in Ireland, Germany, Italy and beyond.
I have worked on a wide variety of projects from socially disadvantaged communities in Belfast to experimental school projects in Germany where the value of theatre as a teaching tool is recognised.
I worked at the Helene Lange Schule, a project school in Wiesbaden, which is part of a Ministry for Education initiative where new and innovative teaching techniques are tested for use in the general teaching system.
I have worked on a wide variety of projects from socially disadvantaged communities in Belfast to experimental school projects in Germany where the value of theatre as a teaching tool is recognised.
I worked at the Helene Lange Schule, a project school in Wiesbaden, which is part of a Ministry for Education initiative where new and innovative teaching techniques are tested for use in the general teaching system.
Training
I have trained in all manner of performance techniques with some really great teachers from all over the world.
- Discipline
- Teacher
- Advanced Circus Training
- Belfast Circus School, Northern Ireland
- Theatre Studies
- Belinda Wild, KFEC, Kinsale, Ireland
- Clown
- John Lee
Pete Cooper
John Towsen - Slackrope
- Laurent Barboux
Arian Miluka
Jenny Rombai
Stefano di Renzo - Improvisation
- Keith Johnstone
Matt Jennings - Contemporary Dance
- Wolfgang Hofmann, Potsdam, Germany
- Voice and Accents
- Jill Dowse
- Physical Theatre
- Theatr Biuro Podrozy, Posnan, Poland
- Acrobatics
- Amani Acrobats
Tammi Brown - Commedia Dell'Arte
- Corn Exchange Theatre, Dublin
Pegasus Teater, Weisbaden, Germany - Storytelling
- Brian Desmond
- Stage Combat
- Donal Courtney
- Juggling
- Jay Gilligan
