This week we chat with filmmaker and animator Steve Woods about his new book on the history of Irish animation and the impact animation has had on Irish television. Steve also shares insights into his work on dance films, including collaborations with choreographers like John Scott of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre.
With a career in film since 1988, Steve’s work spans animation, documentaries, experimental films, and dance for camera. He co-founded the Galway Film Fleadh, has programmed Irish animation at festivals worldwide, and teaches at the National Film School, IADT.
His award-winning films include Ireland 1848, The Polish Language, ’Twas Terrible Hardwork, and After You. In 2023, Steve received the Jimmy Murakami Award at the Dingle Animation Festival, and the Galway Film Fleadh held a retrospective of his dance films.
Tune in for a fascinating conversation about creativity, collaboration, and the evolution of Irish animation and dance on screen.
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On this week's episode we chat to Marie Riley, who is a Yorkshire-born movement director and dancer who works in theatre. Having graduated with a Drama degree from the University of East Anglia, she combined acting with her movement and dance heritage to fuel her practice. She is fascinated in how movement work impacts character development and physical storytelling. The MA Movement: Directing and Teaching course at Central has been a crucial opportunity for Marie to investigate her movement heritage and gain experience working in the process of actor movement training. Currently, her research seeks to investigate deep mechanisms for inclusive and accessible movement training practice.
This week on the pod, we’re chatting with Deo Laguipo!Deo’s a photographer, videographer, tattoo artist, and freelance illustrator — basically a creative powerhouse. What makes her story even cooler is that she actually started out as a Mechatronics Engineer working in the semiconductor industry before deciding to ditch the 9–5 life to chase something more creative.We talk about what pushed her to make that leap, how she found her way into photography and videography, and what it’s been like building a career across so many creative fields. Deo also chats about her work as a freelance illustrator, including getting her art published in American comics (so rad!).Plus, we get into the hot topic of AI in the art world — from the risks of AI replacing illustrators to the challenges it’s already bringing for creatives like Deo.Connect with us:Instagram: / confession_boxcollective Website: https://confessionboxcollective.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...LinkedIn: / confession-box-collective Book a podcast recording with us: https://calendly.com/confessionboxcol...
On this week's episode we chat to Chen Ching. Who is an actor, dancer, and movement director from Taiwan, currently based in London. With a background in acting and over 15 years of professional dance training including Martial Arts, Contemporary Dance, and Chinese Dance-working across theatre and film. Recent credits include The Fishbowl Girl (Golden Horse-nominated, Clermont-Ferrand 2025)
and The Trio Hall (Berlinale Forum 2025).
In this episode, we sit down with Ingrid Nachstern, Artistic Director of Night Star Dance Company, to go behind the scenes of her new award-winning film PINS IN HER EYES (2025).
We chat about the importance of the Income for the Arts scheme, her creative process, and the journey that brought her from translator and classical ballet teacher to internationally acclaimed choreographer, filmmaker, and performer.
Ingrid has created 15 works and four films (Table Manners/Stopping at Red Lights, Freedom—to go!, Shoe Horn/Office, and Pins in Her Eyes), which have been screened in New York, Los Angeles, London, and beyond—earning multiple international awards.
As Director, Screenwriter, Choreographer, and Performer, Ingrid’s work bridges dance, film, and performance art. Her career highlights include performing at DTW (solo work), MoMA New York (in Steve Paxton’s work), the Lincoln Center (with Buglisi Dance), as well as projects in Barcelona (BIDE), Buenos Aires (BAIDE), and more.
She has also served on the Experimental Jury for the Brooklyn Film Festival (2020–2023) and for Ethnografilm Paris (2020–2024). Splitting her time between London and Dublin, she now plans to spend more time in Paris—while still taking daily ballet class.
Tune in for a fascinating conversation with one of the most dynamic voices in contemporary dance and film.
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On this week's episode we chat to Al Bellamy. Al Bellamy first became interested in challenging traditional direction methods with her debut production, Anne (Samuel Beckett Theatre, 2019) where she self-directed her foray into ethics and intimacy onstage. She spent some years engaging as Creative Producer and Production Manager for works such as DUBH (Dublin Theatre Festival, 2021), The Tolu & Feli Show (YouTube & Spotify, 2021), Tough Meat (YouTube, 2022). She first took the leap into Disability-Inclusive practice through Jody O’Neill’s What I (Don’t) Know About Autism (The Peacock Stage, The Abbey Theatre, 2021) as the captions operator, working closely with the cast and production team to ensure the production was fully captions-accessible. She followed this up as Production Manager on Aine O’Hara’s The Rest Rooms (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2022). She has also explored film mediums for her work, completing the X-Pollinator Elevator programme in 2021 with an honourable mention for her pitch, and was awarded the Project Arts Centre’s Short Cuts Award to produce and direct The Merrow in 2022. Al Bellamy’s directing credits include: The Amanda (Saoirse) Show (The DLR LexIcon Theatre, 2022) and Yellow written and performed by Jody O’Neill (Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas, 2022) and later performed by Eleanor Walsh (Draíocht Arts Centre in Blanchardstown, Granary Theatre in Cork, Neuroconvergence in Dublin, National Festival of Youth Theatres in Kilkenny, Bounce Disability Arts Festival in Belfast) from November 2022 to September 2024. She was Director and Co-Lead Artist with Jody O'Neill for Cork Midsummer & SUISHA Inclusive Arts Organisations' Be Part project in Cork Midsummer 2023, workshopping and creating a new script around the themes of disability justice with a group of disabled artists in Cork. She continued as Director of this production, Home Sweet Home, which premiered in the Granary Theatre Cork in Cork Midsummer Festival 2024. In 2022, Al Bellamy was funded by the Arts Council Agility Award for Mythics, creating a space for neurodiverse people to explore and discuss reworkings of Irish Folklore and Mythology. In 2023, she received the Arts Council Theatre Bursary to develop a holistic methodology for disability-inclusive productions. In 2024, she received an Arts Council Arts Participation Project Award for her project Home Sweet Home in Cork Midsummer Festival 2024. She also gave a Masterclass in Disability Inclusive Theatre to final year and MA Directing students in the Eduard Smilgis Theatre, Riga, Latvia, and created and led Embedding Access: A Workshop for Disability Inclusion in association with Draíocht Arts Centre for Dublin Fringe Festival 2024 and Cork School of Music. Recently, she has completed The Next Stage with Performing Arts Forum and Dublin Theatre Festival 2024.
On this week’s episode, we chat with Emma Browne – a ballet dancer, teacher, and the Founder and Principal of EmBrace Dance Academy.
Emma shares what it was like to move from Ireland to Russia to pursue ballet training after just two years of dancing, and the challenges and lessons that came with that experience. We also discuss the importance of creating a nurturing and supportive environment for students, and how that can shape their journey in dance.Trained in Dublin, St. Petersburg, and Brussels, Emma has toured with Swan Lake, performed on public stages and at private events, and even appeared on RTÉ television.
After facing ill health, she returned to Ireland where she qualified as a registered teacher with the Association of Russian Ballet & Theatre Arts.
Now, as a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor and Barre Fitness instructor, Emma is passionate about teaching through kindness, empathy, and encouragement — values that lie at the heart of her academy.
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On this week's episode we chat to Jools Gilson, a Cork based dance artist who has been doing professional work for dance / theatre venues, galleries and broadcast radio for thirty years. Her practice is knotted, knitted and woven between the disciplines of dance theatre, writing and textiles; choreographies linked to ancient bog bodies and their textiles; 30,000 sewing needles hung from a gallery ceiling; stories about wars waged through embroidery. Recent awards include an Arts Council Dance Bursary (2023) and Science Foundation Ireland (Insight) Awards (2023 & 2024). Her large scale textile work The Knitting Map (2005) toured the US as part of the Mapping Climate Change exhibition from 2021 - 24; The Art Museum, West Virginia (2024), Wriston Art Galleries, Wisconsin (2023) and The Berman Museum of Art, Pennsylvania (2021). Recent performances include Mary Wycherley's Weathering at Dance Limerick (2023) and extracts from Tempestries at Reach '24, Arts & Sustainability Festival, Queen's University Belfast. She is Professor of Creative Practice at University College Cork.
On this week’s episode, we chat with Inma Pavon, a Spanish multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and teacher based in Cork. We talk about her journey to Ireland—arriving first as an au pair before studying dance—and how her experiences shaped her creative path.
Inma shares how practices like breath work inspire her classes, and why she prioritizes letting each participant move at their own pace.
Her impressive background includes a BA in Physical Education (Granada), an MA in Contemporary Dance Performance (University of Limerick), and an MPhil in Creative Dance/Art Practice (UCC). She is a dance member of the International Dance Council UNESCO, an affiliate member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (UK), and the director of InmaPavonDanceCo, where she teaches contemporary dance to adults.
Inma has been widely recognized for her work:
Creative Dance Artist in Residence at the Rory Gallagher Music Library Cork (2023).
Commissioned by the Glucksman Gallery UCC to create Art Movements, now part of the UCC Arts Collection.
Selected for the Irish Choreographers New Work Platform (2007), mentored by Wendy Houstoun.
Participant in Daghdha Dance Company’s Year-long Mentoring Programme, directed by Michael Kliën.
Recipient of a Dance Ireland/Arts Council Bursary Award to develop new work with Amanda Coogan.
She has performed in major projects, including The Passing with Amanda Coogan at the RHA Dublin and Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre, and continues her collaboration with Robert Monaghan on Isolation, presented at LOOP Barcelona and CIACLA Los Angeles.
Beyond her solo practice, Inma has collaborated with a wide range of artists across disciplines, including Helle Helsner, Carolyn Collier, Mary Nunan, Brian Lane, Mick O’Shea, Danny McCarthy, and many more. Most recently, she created 24 Houses with the Quiet Music Ensemble, combining 24 A3 mixed-media artworks with a solo improvisation dance.
This episode is an inspiring look at how Inma blends performance, choreography, collaboration, and teaching into a deeply personal and community-rooted practice.
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On today’s episode, we chat to Patrice Bowler, a Canadian multi-disciplinary theatre artist from Salt Spring Island, located off the West Coast of British Columbia. Patrice brings a dynamic range of professional experience across numerous facets of performance and creation, including movement direction, puppetry, intimacy direction, choreography, performing, production management, and teaching. They are particularly passionate about consent-based practices in devising and collaborative creation, with a strong focus on ensemble building and empowering others through physical storytelling. Whether working on new works or supporting the development of others’ visions, Patrice is committed to fostering creative environments grounded in trust, agency, and embodied expression.
In today’s episode, we sit down with Macha Shewolf – a neurodivergent, queer, multi-disciplinary ritual artist from Cork – to talk about her journey through creativity, challenge, and resilience.
Macha opens up about navigating the difficulties of studying in college while living with ADHD and dyslexia, and how these experiences have shaped both her perspective and her art practice. She also shares how motherhood has become a powerful source of inspiration in her work, and what she believes the government could be doing better to support single parents.
Her practice spans performance, sound, and film, rooted in radical and eco-feminism, indigeneity, ecology, and the persistent structures of capitalism and colonialism. Guided by intuition and lived experience, Macha’s work is embodied – delivered through movement, voice, sound, words, and the environments they inhabit.
Drawing on a background in folk and contemporary dance, circus, and music medicine, she continues to create work that challenges perspectives and invites us to reimagine presence.
✨ One of Macha’s guiding philosophies: “Conception to Death, the in-between is for Living.”
Topics we cover in this episode:
Growing up and studying with ADHD and dyslexia
The role of motherhood in shaping creativity
The intersections of art, ecology, feminism, and ritual
What single parents need from government support
The challenges and resilience of being a neurodivergent artist
Why presence is at the heart of her practice
About Macha Shewolf:
Macha completed her Honours BA in Visual Art in 2024. Her multi-disciplinary practice bridges film, performance, and sound, exploring new ways of being and creating in resistance to colonial and capitalist frameworks.
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On this week's episode we chat to Susie Lamb. Susie is an actor, writer, singer and performance working from Kilkenny and Dublin. She has acted in Theatres all over Ireland in conventional and unconventional spaces in both English and Irish. Recent acting credits include Sanctuary, A Witches Tale from AMC TV (2024); The Local, The Big Chapel (Asylum); The M House, National Tour and Dublin Theatre Festival (Equinox); Holy Father Little Ghost, BAI/KCLR and playWildParty (Watergate Theatre/Asylum Productions), both by Jeffrey Gormly. She has acted in Gillian Grattan's Decade of Centenary Radio Dramas as well as Hooked, Gúna and many others of Gillian's plays.
She is an experienced bi-lingual Voiceover artist: Daphne, Scooby Doo (Warner Brothers); multiple shows on TG4; Cartoon Saloon's recently released Eriú.
Susie’s one woman performances, which she writes and produces, include The Waiting, scheduled to be performed in The Project Cube in 2026, and Horae performed in Complex Theatre, Carlow Visual and Nest Festival, Kilkenny. Songlines, written with longterm collaborator Jeffrey Gormly and performed with Kate Powell was presented in a work-in-progress stage for culture Night 2024.
Susie tailors her creative response to the needs of each performance context working with a diverse range of people, timelines, organisations and funding structures, to support both her own work and the development of the theatre eco-system in the SouthEast. In 2014 she co-created and co-produced NEST festival with Niamh Moroney to create space and dialogue for female-led work. In 2016 she co-created and produced HATCH in Visual Carlow which was a networking and performance platform for South East Based Artists.
This week, we’re joined by Martha Tribe, a contemporary dance artist whose work explores the intersection of movement, environment, and geography. Originally from South East England and now based in Dublin, Martha shares how their background in folk dance, classical ballet, and somatic practices has shaped their choreographic voice.We talk about:How Martha’s love for the environment influences their choreographyThe role of geography and philosophy in danceNavigating life as a freelance performance artist across the UK and IrelandThe importance of fair treatment and research in the dance industryHighlights from performing at venues like The Royal Opera House and The Linbury TheatreTheir upcoming 2025 return to Oxford University for a lecture-demonstration🎓 Martha graduated with First-Class Honours from the Rambert School and has performed in works by Adrian Look, Faye Tan, Jason Mabana, and Darren Ellis. They were part of the 2023 restagings of Class by Sir Robert Cohan and Entity by Sir Wayne McGregor.💬 Whether you're a dancer, choreographer, or simply curious about the creative process behind movement, this episode offers rich insights into how space, place, and practice come together in contemporary dance.
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On this week's episode we chat to Dr Tanya Dean, who is a Lecturer and Programme Coordinator for the B.A. (Hons) in Drama (Performance) in the Technological University Dublin Conservatoire. She completed her Doctor of Fine Arts with Yale School of Drama in 2016, where she also received her Master of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism in 2011. Tanya has worked extensively as a freelance dramaturg on numerous scripts, workshops and productions in Ireland, the UK, the USA, and Iceland. Tanya is a board member for Rough Magic Theatre Company, and from 2015-2017, Tanya served as a committee member for #WakingTheFeminists, and was a Research Associate on the report, Gender Counts: An Analysis Of Gender In Irish Theatre 2006-15. From 2020 to 2021, Tanya served as one of the judges for the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. She is currently the Script Associate for the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre.
This week, we’re joined by Holly Hughes — a writer, poet, actor, and multidisciplinary artist — to talk about her sharp, hilarious, and thought-provoking debut show:
I Want To Speak To Your Manager (How I Was Radicalised And Became...Karen).
Originally from West Cork and now based in Limerick, Holly’s work spans poetry, spoken word, creative nonfiction, and performance. She’s been published widely in Irish magazines and newspapers since 2019, and served as The Gloss Magazine’s eco-columnist from 2020 to 2025.
Her one-woman show premiered to a sold-out crowd at Scene + Heard 2025, and now she’s bringing it to the Dublin Fringe Festival. This year, she’ll also represent Ireland at the International Slam Poetry World Cup in Paris. A 2024 All-Ireland Poetry Slam runner-up and 2023 Australian Poetry Slam state finalist, Holly’s work walks the tightrope between outrage and absurdity — taking on patriarchy, ecocide, inequality, and dating culture with razor-sharp wit and compassion.
In this episode, Holly shares how she — once mild-mannered and people-pleasing — slowly transformed into someone who demands to speak to the manager. But as she asks: with billionaires wrecking the planet and systems failing us, is being a Karen really the worst thing you can be?
We chat about female rage, complaint emails as performance art, the politics of accountability, and how sometimes, being difficult is just standing your ground.
🎭 Catch Holly’s Show at the Dublin Fringe Festival
Venue: The Pearse Centre
Dates & Times:
📅 5 Sept – 18:30 (Preview)
📅 6–8 Sept – 20:30
📅 13 Sept – 13:30
📅 13–14 Sept – 20:30
🎟 €16 (Full) | €14 (Concession) | €12 (Preview)
⏱ Duration: 45 mins
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On this week's episode we chat to Vithoria Escobar. Vithoria is a Brazilian multidisciplinary dance artist based in Dublin, Ireland. Deeply rooted in community and collaboration, she actively contributes to the growth and diversification of the Irish dance scene. Her movement vocabulary is a fusion of diasporic street dance styles, including Dancehall, Afrodance, and Brazilian Funk. Vithoria's versatility has allowed her to gain experience as a researcher, artistic director, choreographer, performer, teacher, and battle dancer on both national and international stages.
Today we’re joined by Julie Lockett, a dance artist originally from Essex, England, now living and working in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary. We discuss how Julie’s work is deeply influenced by nature and the land around her, and how living in an ecovillage shapes her creative practice.
Julie shares her experience of raising children while working as a freelance artist, offering honest insights into the challenges and rewards of balancing motherhood and a creative career. She also gives thoughtful advice for other artists navigating similar journeys.
Julie is an independent dance artist and Artist-in-Residence at Instant Dissidence’s Eco Dance Space, where she works between the studio and the land. Her recent solo work, Her-acre—funded by The Arts Council and supported by Dance Ireland and Instant Dissidence—was presented both nationally and internationally as part of the Eadrainn/Between Us Residency (Dance Ireland & Dance Base, Edinburgh), and was performed at Spring Moves Dance Festival 2025 in Wexford.
Julie trained at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa in Cork and holds a BA (Hons) in Dance Performance from Middlesex University, UK, as well as a BA in Modern Languages & International Relations.
This episode offers a rich exploration of art, ecology, community, and the lived experience of a working artist and mother.
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On this week's episode we speak to Ciara Carroll, who is a rising Irish actor and multidisciplinary artist with a firm belief that art is for everyone. A 2021 graduate of TU Dublin's Conservatoire of Music and Drama, Ciara has already worked alongside some of Ireland's most celebrated talents, including Michael Fassbender, Robert Sheehan, Brendan Grace, and Pascal Scott. Most recently, she starred in Blindboy Boatclub's acclaimed short film 'Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty', which aired on RTÉ 2. Driven by curiosity and joy in the creative process, Ciara lives by the motto: "Do it for the craic and you will regret nothing!"
This week on the podcast, we speak with Ayesha Mailey and Kelly Quigley, ensemble members of Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company.
Following up on our previous episode with Echo Echo’s Artistic Director, Steve Batts, we dive deeper into the challenges currently facing the company and its members as the future of Echo Echo remains uncertain.
Ayesha and Kelly share their personal journeys—beginning in the company’s youth dance programme and growing into their roles as professional dancers and artists. They reflect on the impact Echo Echo has had on their lives and the wider artistic community, and what’s at stake in this critical moment.
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company is based in Derry, Northern Ireland, with its home studios located in Waterloo House on the city’s historic Walls.Founded in Amsterdam in 1991 by Ursula Laeubli and Steve Batts, the company toured extensively throughout Europe before relocating to Derry in 1997. Since then, Echo Echo has become a cornerstone of the region’s cultural life.Echo Echo operates as an ensemble, favouring collaborative and co-operative working methods. Its core group of artists is committed to long-term collaboration and mutual support.The company creates touring performances, site-specific and event-based productions, a festival of dance and movement, a vibrant programme of artistic residencies, performances by visiting artists and companies, and a wide variety of participatory projects.Echo Echo’s work defies rigid stylistic categorisation. Rather than adhering to a single aesthetic, the company approaches dance as the art of poetic movement—similar to how poetry relates to everyday speech. This broad, inclusive approach enables meaningful participation across a wide spectrum of communities and experience levels.Echo Echo is deeply committed to high-quality artistic practice and to making dance accessible. The company rejects a rigid distinction between “professional” and “participatory” work, instead fostering numerous ways for people to engage with the art form.Echo Echo works with diverse groups including pre-school children and parents, schools and youth organisations, people with learning or physical disabilities, older adults, professional dancers, and multidisciplinary artists.Connect with us:Instagram: / confession_boxcollective Website: https://confessionboxcollective.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...LinkedIn: / confession-box-collective Book a podcast recording with us: https://calendly.com/confessionboxcol...
In this week’s episode, we speak with Steve Batts, Artistic Director of Echo Echo Dance Theatre, about the latest—and deeply concerning—news that the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Echo Echo’s primary funder, has withdrawn 100% of its funding for the company after 20 years of support.
This devastating news has shocked the arts community not just in Derry and Northern Ireland, but across the entire island.
Steve shares his perspective on how this decision will affect Echo Echo, the wider arts sector, and what it means for the future of cultural life in the region.
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company is based in Derry, Northern Ireland, with its home studios located in Waterloo House on the city’s historic Walls.
Founded in Amsterdam in 1991 by Ursula Laeubli and Steve Batts, the company toured extensively throughout Europe before relocating to Derry in 1997. Since then, Echo Echo has become a cornerstone of the region’s cultural life.
Echo Echo operates as an ensemble, favouring collaborative and co-operative working methods. Its core group of artists is committed to long-term collaboration and mutual support.
The company creates touring performances, site-specific and event-based productions, a festival of dance and movement, a vibrant programme of artistic residencies, performances by visiting artists and companies, and a wide variety of participatory projects.
Echo Echo’s work defies rigid stylistic categorisation. Rather than adhering to a single aesthetic, the company approaches dance as the art of poetic movement—similar to how poetry relates to everyday speech. This broad, inclusive approach enables meaningful participation across a wide spectrum of communities and experience levels.
Echo Echo is deeply committed to high-quality artistic practice and to making dance accessible. The company rejects a rigid distinction between “professional” and “participatory” work, instead fostering numerous ways for people to engage with the art form.
Echo Echo works with diverse groups including pre-school children and parents, schools and youth organisations, people with learning or physical disabilities, older adults, professional dancers, and multidisciplinary artists.
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