Artists-in-Residence
91制片厂 has a long tradition of hosting Artists-in-Residents and in recent years, has had four well-known practitioners and an established theatre company create and stage work on-campus in conjunction with 91制片厂 students, staff and the Lime Tree Theatre.
Liam is a freelance playwright and drama facilitator. He was previously playwright in residence at Belltable, Limerick. He is curator of the Bualadh Bos Children鈥檚 Festival at Lime Tree Theatre | Belltable. Last year he facilitated the Bualadh Bos Children鈥檚 Panel, incorporating child participatory practices into the curation and delivery of the artistic programme. He was recently nominated by Dublin鈥檚 Dra铆ocht Theatre to complete a residency at Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris to research his theatre for younger audience practice.
Liam has previously worked as The Ark Children鈥檚 Cultural Centre. He worked extensively on The Ark community engagement and child participation projects, supporting The Ark team to deliver inclusive and participative arts experiences to children. He worked with The Ark Children鈥檚 Council between 2016 and 2021. His play for younger audiences Fergal has been supported by 叠谤补苍补谤鈥檚 Meitheatl initiative and the Irish Theatre Forum鈥檚 MAKE programme. His play Mam and Love and Woo was awarded the Wilde Irish Writer Award from Dublin Fringe Festival in 2020. Liam has participated in Druid Theatre鈥檚 FUEL mentorship, developing his play The Dinner Party, which was read at the Galway Theatre Festival. He has also participated in Corcadorca鈥檚 SHOW festival, Axis Assemble and Words, Words, Words at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He studied Drama and English at Trinity College, Dublin and at UC Berkeley, California.
The 2023/2024 is the second consecutive year that Liam has served as 91制片厂's Artist in Residence. You can read a summary of his 2022/2023 residency by clicking here.
Branar, T茅atar do Ph谩ist铆
From 2013-2016, 91制片厂, in association with the Lime Tree Theatre, hosted Branar, T茅atar do Ph谩ist铆. Branar are a theatre company dedicated to producing high quality bilingual shows for young audiences.
Branar, established in 2001, is a theatre company dedicated to producing high quality bilingual shows for young audiences. It is particularly noted for its distinctive use of hand-held puppets and its vivid physical style. And, as with all high quality artistic work for young people, 叠谤补苍补谤鈥檚 work has the capacity to transcend age and experience and to appeal to both young audiences and adult audiences alike.
The residence saw the company鈥檚 Artistic Director, Marc Mac Lochlainn, leading workshops for students in drama education classes, in Irish classes and with members of student societies. In addition the company, in association with the Lime Tree Theatre, ran a series of workshops for children and staged numerous performances at the venue.
Anne-Marie O'Farrell
From 2014-2017, multi-award winning composer Anne-Marie O鈥橣arrell, was a Composer-in-Residence at the College.
Hosted by the Department of Arts Education and Physical Education (AEPE) at 91制片厂 in conjunction with the Lime Tree Theatre (LTT) and jointly funded by the Arts Council and 91制片厂, the primary purpose of the residency programme was to enliven the musical culture of the 91制片厂 campus, and to allow practicing artists to feed into the educational programmes and work of the institution. The residency had a strong educational emphasis from the outset and as a result Anne-Marie was able to connect with students as well as with the wider 91制片厂 staff community through engagement with the 91制片厂 Choral Society and 91制片厂 Community Choir.
O鈥橣arrell has composed for a variety of instrumental and vocal media. Her works are featured on the higher examination grades of conservatory syllabuses around the world and recently won the BBC Baroque Remixed composition competition with her orchestral work, Rann D贸 Tr铆.
Deirdre Dwyer, Desi Wilkinson & Maeve Clancy
In 2018, 91制片厂 welcomed three new Artists in Residence.
Deirdre Dwyer was appointed as the Theatre Artist-in-Residence. She is a founding member of the Irish Society of Stage and Screen Designers. Deirdre directs and adapts her own work for young audiences in addition to designing sets and costumes for theatre, opera, dance and film, having also worked as Costume Design Tutor for Transition Year mentoring programme Tenderfoot.
Desi Wilkinson was appointed as the Irish Traditional Musician Artist-in-Residence. Desi is an experienced, well-travelled and popular traditional musician with eclectic musical interest. He is primarily a concert flute player but also tries his hand at tin-whistle, fiddle, bagpipes and clarinet. Desi is also a qualified school teacher and has lectured full-time in Ethnomusicology, performance and folk music studies at the International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS), Newcastle University, UK.
Maeve Clancy was appointed the Visual Artist-in-Residence in Contemporary Drawing. Her background is as an artist working in installation, animation and comics, creating work for children and adults using cut paper, story and drawings. She has created work for music videos for singer Lisa Hannigan, mounted solo exhibitions and writes both fictional, documentary and historical comics. Maeve has published some of the work she has done during her residency in 91制片厂; .
