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HOME ADDRESS: Berlin, Germany

AGE: 28  

HAIR: Dark Brown        

EYES: Green/Brown

HEIGHT: 5’6”

PLAY RANGE: 25-40

TRAINING:
2001-2004
Bachelor in Acting Studies (Professional Actor Training Programme), School of Drama, Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

SPECIAL SKILLS&INTERESTS:
Improvisation and physical theatre (strong mask & movement skills and clowning).
Devising and Drama Facilitation.
Dance (Contemporary, African, Ballroom and Belly Dance).
Voice (strong Alto, Chansons and Cabaret). Singing lessons with Opera singer Adina Valeti in Berlin.
Languages: German (Native), English (Proficient), French (Advanced).  A good ear for accents.
History and Philosophy.

PRODUCTIONS/PROJECTS____________________________________________________

YEAR/PLAY                                        CHARACTER      DIRECTOR          THEATRE

2011

LESLEY                                                  Ensemble                 Collective                MDT, Stockholm

TRASH                                                   Diverse                    Liam Halligan          Back Loft, Dublin

2010

FEST IS WHAT REMAINS                  Diverse                    Collective                Bitef theatre, Belgrade

2009

FILTH                                                     Sad                          Liam Halligan           Project Cube, Dublin

CHAOS                                                   Various                   Martina Marti          Hebbel-am-Ufer, Berlin

ZAZDENA                                             Eva Zach                 Schlegelova               Svandova, Prague

A DAY IN THE LIFE                            Ensemble                 Helen Hunt               Wheatfield, Dublin

A WHISTLE IN THE DARK                Betty Carney           Helen Hunt              Wheatfield, Dublin

SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN                Ensemble                 Bairbre Ni Chaoimh  New Theatre, Dublin

100 MINUTES                                       Various                    Louise Lowe             Samuel Beckett, Dublin

DON GIOVANNI                                  Ghost/Maid             Jean-Louis Grinda    Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

2008

WAYS OF MAKING YOU….             Ariana                      Will Irvine                Pod Pomolvko, Prague

CALIGULA                                           Mrs. Mucius           Conor Hanratty        Project Cube, Dublin

* nominated for « Best Production » at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2008

ARABIAN NIGHT                               Franziska                  Neil Pearson          Goethe-Institute, Dublin

2007

WAYS OF MAKING YOU….             Ariana                     Logue/Irvine            International Bar, Dublin

* own play, nominated for the « Fishamble New Writing Award » at the Dublin Fringe Festival 

2006

OTHELLO                                            Desdemona              Helen Hunt               Wheatfield, Dublin

REVISIONS                                          Ensemble                  Megan Riordan         Project Cube, Dublin

* »Jane Snow Award « at the Dublin Fringe Festival Awards 2006

2005

WOYZECK                                            Doctor                     Matt Torney           Smock Alley, Dublin

*nominated for « The Spirit of the Fringe Award » at the Dublin Fringe Festival Awards

COMPANY OF WOLVES                   Ensemble                 Andrea Ainsworth   Town hall Arezzo, Italy

SURVIVING A                                     Medea                      Kate McLoughlin     Project Cube, Dublin   
           

2004       

H                                                             Black Chorus          Jason Byrne            Smock Alley, Dublin

*nominated for the « Special Judge’s Award » at the Irish Times Theatre Awards

THE STRIP                                            Kate Buck               Annabelle Comyn   Samuel Beckett, Dublin

ARABIAN NIGHTS                             Ensemble                 Karl Wallace            Samuel Beckett, Dublin

2003

THE MAIDS                                          Madame                 Phillip Zarrilli          Samuel Beckett, Dublin

2002

DANDY DOLLS                                   Doll                         Conall Morrison      Samuel Beckett, Dublin

SCHOLARSHIPS:______________________________________________

2010                                      
European Network of Performing Arts, chosen by the Biennale Venice to participate in the Enparts
Campus „Body is what remains“ in Belgrade, Serbia.

2008                                      
Theatertreffen, International Forum for young theatre makers, Berliner Festspiele.

2007                                       
Next Stage Programme, selected as one of Ireland’s sixteen emerging theatre artists, Ulster Bank Dublin
Theatre Festival.

2003                                      
Summer programme at the British American Drama Academy, Oxford, UK.
Tutors: Ben Kingsley, Michael Bogdanov, John Barton and Jane Laportaire.

FURTHER TRAINING:__________________________________________

2008-2009                              
Honors in Acting Studies (Distinction), Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Modules: Solo Performance, Playwriting, Performance and Technology, Theatre and Nationalism.

2007-2008                              
Diploma in Community Drama Facilitation related to conflict resolution and peace reconciliation by
Smashing Times Theatre Company and University College Dublin.

Summer 2007                        
Physical Theatre (based on Grotowski and Barba), Dah Teatar Centre for Research, Belgrade,
Serbia.

Master Classes :                    
Anne Bogart and Will Bond (Suzuki and Viewpoints), Narachami (Suzuki), Phillip Zarrilli (Kalarippayattu),
John Barton, Jane Laportaire, Ben Kingsley (Shakespeare), John Dawson (Acting for Camera), Corn
Exchange (Commedia D’ell Arte), Sue Mythen (Laban).

DRAMA FACILITATION:_______________________________________

2008-2011                                            Children’s House, Potsdam/Germany.
                                                               
                                                                St. Joseph Primary School, Dublin, Ireland.

Sticks and Stones Theatre Company, Anti-Bullying Drama workshops in both primary and secondary schools in and around Dublin.

Wheatfield Prison, Dublin. Assistant director and performer devising a physical theatre piece with the inmates titled “A day in the life”

.

Wheatfield Prison, facilitator and performer on  the production of “A Whistle in the Dark”.

             

2006                                                       Wheatfield  Prison, facilitator and performer on "Othello".

2004-2006 Schools Across Borders, Development Education Organisation linking schools in Ireland, north and south, with Israeli and Palestinian schools.

Three-month long project in five Israeli secondary schools in Jerusalem and five Palestinian secondary schools in Hebron, the West Bank in 2006.