Caoimhe Whelan
Caoimhe Whelan
Associate Producer
Caoimhe is a freelance theatre and dance producer, producing work for both young audiences and grown-ups.
She is committed to giving life to high quality theatre that is energetic, innovative, and meaningful. Caoimhe is currently producing work with MALAPROP, Jess Rowell Dance and Bombinate Theatre. Selected Producing credits include Malaprop’s HOTHOUSE (Dublin Fringe 2023) and Jess Rowell’s Making Waves (National Tour 2024). In 2023 Caoimhe participated in Branar’s Meitheal initiative as Emerging Producer in Residence at the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge. Previous to this, she lived and worked in Toronto, Canada (2018-2022) where she most recently held the position of People & Operations Manager with Luminato Festival. Before moving to Canada, Caoimhe worked primarily as a freelance stage manager with theatres and companies in Dublin such as The Gate Theatre, Smock Alley Theatre and Fishamble. She holds a B.A Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and is fluent in Irish (Gaeilge). Caoimhe is a native Irish Sign Language user and passionate about providing access in the arts.
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Jill Murray
Jill Murray
Independent Producer
Jill is a creative producer based in Galway, who works with artists across a range of disciplines, including theatre, dance and visual art.
She founded Brú Theatre with artist James Riordan in 2018 and has produced all of Brú’s work to date, including new productions with Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Galway International Arts Festival, Cairde Festival, Town Hall Theatre and Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture as well as touring nationally and internationally.She is currently working as Producer with Emma Martin/United Fall and is an associate producer with field:arts Jill managed the Galway Dance Project from 2017-2023. Jill has produced work for Galway Theatre Festival, Galway International Arts Festival, Cairde Arts Festival, Féile Traidphicnic, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children and the Mick Lally Theatre. Jill produced the schools performances of Tom Murphy’s On the Outside for Druid Theatre Company in 2020, this initiative was part of Druid’s Galway 2020 project, and was part of a wider education strand which went on to win a Business to Arts Award for Best Small Sponsorship. Jill is an alumni of Irish Theatre Institute’s ELEVATOR programme and was a participants on Agents of Change, a professional development programme funded by the Arts Council’s Invitation to Collaboration Scheme, and being managed by Irish Theatre Institute, Galway city and county councils and Roscommon County Council, which ran from 2019-20.
Cleite, a deceptively simple story, told beautifully and wordlessly by Philippa Hambly, backed by stunning sean-nós songs, in Irish and English from Caitlín Ní Chualáin was among the highlights of this year’s Galway Theatre Festival.
— Connacht Tribune (for Cleite by Brú Theatre)
…this innovative, talented company have won over audiences and critics alike.
— Connacht Tribune (for Cleite by Brú Theatre)
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1. Victoria McCormack, Anna Mullarkey & Stephanie Dufresne in Ar Ais Arís, Brú Theatre, Commissioned as part of the Aistriú project by Galway 2020, in association with NUI Galway. Photo credit: Paul Kinsella (2020)
2. James Riordan in Selvage, Brú Theatre. Photo credit: Julia Dunin (2019)
3.Stephanie Dufresne & Lewis Wilkins in After Love at Galway International Arts Festival. Photo credit: Declan Colohan (2021)
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Rachel Bergin
Rachel Bergin
Associate Producer
Rachel is Creative Producer of Dublin based theatre companies Brokentalkers and Chaos Factory.
Brokentalkers are a multi-award winning company, founded in 2001 by Feidlim Cannon and Gary Keegan. Brokentalkers make formally ambitious work that defies categorization and have built a reputation as one of Ireland’s most innovative and original theatre companies. Chaos Factory is an emerging experimental theatre company led by Rachel Bergin, Venetia Bowe & Fionnuala Gygax. Chaos Factory’s work is physically led, putting the body at the centre of their exploration in order to make theatre that is playful, strange and beautiful.
Rachel holds a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin. In 2018 Rachel was awarded a Bursary for Professional Development from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Rachel has recently been awarded an Arts Council Theatre Bursary Award 2020. Rachel was an Artist in Residence at Dublin Fringe Festival 2019-2021 and is an Associate Producer at field:arts.
Rachel’s recent producing credits include: Bellow (Brokentalkers, Project Arts Centre, The Everyman, Droichead Arts Centre), Manifest (Brokentalkers, Project Arts Centre), The Boy Who Never Was (Brokentalkers, Dublin Theatre Festival), Hotel Happiness (Chaos Factory, Dublin Fringe Festival), The Examination (Brokentalkers, National & International Tour 2022, 2023 & 2024), RISING (Brokentalkers, Algorithm & Dublin Theatre Festival 2021), MASTERCLASS (Brokentalkers & Adrienne Truscott, Dublin Fringe Festival 2021, International Touring 2022, 2023 & 2024), The Spider’s House (Project Arts Centre and Arts & Disability Ireland Co-Production), Gym Swim Party (A Co-Production with O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival 2019), A Different Wolf (Associate Producer, Junk Ensemble), MorphMe (BITE SIZE // SCRATCH, Live Collision 2019), WOMB (First Fortnight 2019), Son of a Preacher Man (Theatre Machine 2019), Kiss Kiss Slap Slap (Dublin Fringe 2018), LUNA (Galway Theatre Festival 2018), Fierce Notions (Dublin Fringe 2017, Winner: DFF Judges Choice Award).
Rachel has produced international tours of multiple works in Australia, Belgium, England, France, Norway, Portugal, Scotland and Turkey, presenting works at leading venues and festivals including Sydney Opera House, The Malthouse, Théâtre de la Ville and many more.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★
A stunning dissection of patriarchy, privilege and performance in a forceful work about sanctified male writers – The List
Inspired interrogation of ‘the great male artist – The Stage
No easy escapes…. an absorbing production. — The Irish Times (The Examination by Brokentalkers)
Superbly slippery piece of theatre. — The Stage (The Examination by Brokentalkers)
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1. Fionnuala Gygax, Danielle Galligan, Venetia Bowe and Michael-David McKernan in Kiss Kiss Slap Slap by Rachel Bergin, Venetia Bowe, Danielle Galligan & Fionnuala Gygax. Photo Credit: Anthony O’Connor (2018)
2. MASTERCLASS (Brokentalkers & Adrienne Truscott, Dublin Fringe Festival 2021, International Touring), Photo credit: Ste Murray
3. Willie White in The Examination by Feidlim Cannon & Gary Keegan. Photo Credit: Luca Truffareli (2019)
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Tilly Taylor
Tilly Taylor
Independent Producer
Tilly (she/her) is an Independent Producer working across theatre, dance, interdisciplinary live performance and festivals.
Her work playfully traverses form and genre, you’ll find projects spanning a diverse array of subjects and performance modes – what unites them all is a desire to connect audiences and artists through the intimate act of storytelling. She is Producer for Dead Centre, a Dublin-based theatre company presenting formally innovative theatre works and touring internationally. Recent projects with Dead Centre include To Be a Machine (Version 2.0) at Dublin Theatre Festival 2023, and the Beckett’s Room tour to Sejong Arts Centre and Seoul Performing Arts Festival, South Korea. In 2024 she will produce a new world premiere with Dead Centre as well as their international touring works. Tilly also creates new works as an Independent Producer with a slate of artists including Murmuration, a collective of theatre artists based in Dublin; dance artists Robyn Byrne and Rachel Ní Bhraonáin; writer and performer Emer Heatley; and Director Julia Head. Recent independent projects include the award winning MOSH (Project Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival, 2023); Queen of the Meadows (in development, previewed at Dublin Dance Festival, 2022); Glimmer (Live Collision International Festival, 2022); Heat Sink (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2022); and Your Still Here (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2021). Prior to returning to Ireland in 2020, Tilly worked at Headlong, where she was Assistant Producer across the company’s stage productions and short films, and toured across the UK’s main regional venues. Other companies she has worked with include Dublin Dance Festival, Landmark Productions, Headlong, TED Conferences, New York Live Arts, Live Collision International Festival, Amanda Coogan, and Dublin Theatre of the Deaf. Other companies she has worked with include Dublin Dance Festival, Landmark Productions, Headlong, TED Conferences, New York Live Arts, Live Collision, Amanda Coogan, Dublin Theatre of the Deaf, Sugarglass Theatre, Create Ireland (National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts in Ireland), and Trans Live Art Salon. In 2016 Tilly co-founded Bombinate Theatre, an award-winning collective of theatre makers creating work for young audiences in Ireland.
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1. Alex O’Neill, Ben Sullivan, Toon Theunissen and Jack Bain in MOSH by Rachel Ni Bhraonáin at Dublin Fringe Festival. Image Credit: Simon Lazewski (2023)
2. Susanne Engbo-Andersen in Queen of the Meadows development at Shawbrook Dance. Image credit: Gareth Byrne (2022)
3. Róisín Harten in Glimmer by Robyn Byrne and Rachel Ni Bhraonáin at Live Collision. Image Credit: Abigail Denniston (2022)
4. Róisín Harten in Glimmer by Robyn Byrne and Rachel Ni Bhraonáin at Live Collision. Image Credit: Abigail Denniston (2022)
★★★★
the five cast members (who are exceptional) explode on to the stage in a flurry of bodies, potent bursts of energy and passionate releases
— Irish Times (for MOSH with Rachel Ní Bhraonáin)
warm and loving spotlight that shines on a subculture, teasing out the many and varied personal and communal reasons for its existence.
—The Reviews Hub; 5.5 Stars (for MOSH with Rachel Ní Bhraonáin)
★★★★
tests expectations of reality and theatrical illusion; this compelling, paradoxical production asks questions about the construction of our identity
— Irish Times (for To Be a Machine (Version 2.0) with Dead Centre)
★★★★
They are entertaining and gripping, turning in unexpected directions and hitting suddenly dark, tender or heart rending notes.
— The Guardian (for UNPRECEDENTED by Headlong)
★★★★
Both earnest and true, and at just 10 minutes it offers a profound experience — The Guardian (The Ghost Caller by Headlong)
★★★★
They are entertaining and gripping, turning in unexpected directions and hitting suddenly dark, tender or heart rending notes. — The Guardian (UNPRECEDENTED by Headlong)
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www.tillytaylor.com
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Killian Coyle
Killian Coyle
Independent Producer
Killian (he/him) is an award-winning Creative Producer & Actor, working across theatre and film between Ireland and the UK.
With a focus on socially engaged storytelling, Killian is deeply committed to affecting change and making a difference through his work. He has worked on a diverse range of projects, from short films and site-specific performances to national and international tours, and artist development programs.
Recent Producing work includes Linda, George, & Gillian [Work in Development] (Run of the Mill, Dublin Theatre Festival, 2024), Real Life (Run of the Mill, Project Arts Centre, 2024), the Oscar Qualifying short film Turnaround by Aisling Byrne (Arcade Film, A Screen Ireland Focus Short – Winner Best Short Drama, Galway Fleadh, 2024), the Oscar-Qualifying Headspace (Run of the Mill & Arcade Film – Winner Grand Prix Best Irish Short at 67th Cork International Film Festival, European Film Awards Candidacy, 2023), This Solution by Shaun Dunne (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2023), Animals by Louise White (Dublin Theatre Festival 2022), Good Sex by Dead Centre with Emilie Pine (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2022, & International Touring 2023 – present), and Making a Mark by Shaun Dunne (National Tour, 2022, Dublin Fringe, 2019, Winner Judges Choice Award).
Killian is a part of Screen Ireland and the National Talent Academies’ EMERGE programme, which is aimed at a diverse network of new and emerging producers who want to increase their industry knowledge and upskilling, while growing their peer and industry network, & the Mentorship for Producers programme.
★★★★
“a wonderfully moving, politically challenging, and powerfully unsettling experience. Prepare to beshaken out of your comfort zone.” – The Arts Review (Iphigenia in Splott by Gary Owen)
★★★★
“Exhilarating… Choreography and carnality blend spectacularly.”
— The Irish Times, This Solution by Shaun Dunne
Aisling Byrne as writer and director and Killian Coyle, the creative producer, conjured from the entire ensemble “such stuff as dreams are made on” to quote the Bard.
— NoMoreWorkHorse, Real Life by Aisling Byrne & the Run of the Mill Company
image:credits 1. The Run of the Mill Ensemble, Lauren Larkin and Fionnuala Gygax in Real Life by Aisling Byrne and the ROTM Company. Photo Credit: Ste Murray (2024) 2. Luca Truffarelli, Jessie Thompson and Adam John Rircharson in This Solution by Shaun Dunne. Photo Credit: Ste Murray (2023) 3. Claire Rushbrook in Turnaround by Aisling Byrne. Photo Credit: Shane O’Connor (2023)
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