Artists, business and independence
Bryony Kimmings is a Performance Artist. She creates full-length theatre shows, cabaret works, homemade music, sound installations and documentary films.
Keynote fragments
Zoë Seaton is a founder member and Artistic Director of Big Telly Theatre Company. trained at Kent University, Canterbury before returning to her native town of Portstewart.
Annette Nugent is an independent communications consultant.
Marc Mac Lochlainn is the Artistic Director of Branar Téatar do Pháistí.
Dan Colley is a director, dramaturg and facilitator.
In conversation: Enda Walsh & Mikel Murfi
Enda Walsh is a multi-award winning Irish playwright.
Loughlin Deegan is Director of The Lir, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College.
Mikel Murfi is from Sligo and trained in École Jacques Lecoq, Paris. He acts, directs and writes mostly for theatre.
Growing audiences and fostering experimentation
Emma Gladstone was invited to become Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Dance Umbrella in spring 2013, and her first festival celebrating 21st century choreography takes place October 2014.
Produced by the House
Louise Donlon is manager of the Lime Tree Theatre at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
THEATREclub is a young Dublin based theatre collective formed in November 2008
Matt Fenton is Artistic Director/Chief Executive at Contact.
Jimmy Fay is Executive Producer of Lyric Theatre.
ArtsPool on sharing resources
Max Dana is a Brooklyn-based performer, director, and mask designer.
Sarah Maxfield investigates contemporary performance, and its history, through practice, discussion, and critical theory
Young Philanthropists
Ger McNaughton is Retail Director of TileStyle, Ireland’s Largest Tile and Bathroom Retailer with offices in Dublin and London.
Anne McReynolds is Chief Executive of the MAC (Metropolitan Arts Centre), Belfast’s new multi-million pound arts centre in the Cathedral Quarter.
Sinead Ní Mhuircheartaigh is a Director in Accenture's Strategy practice, focusing on the oil and gas industry.