Foireann Chruthaitheach / Creative Team
Alyson Cummins - Dearthóir Stáitse / Stage Designer
Is dearthóir seit agus feisteas í Alyson a bhfuil duaiseanna buaite aici. Thosaigh sí trí staidéar a dhéanamh ar an ailtireacht i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath áit ar bhuaigh sí bonn óir AGA (Cumann na gCéimithe Ailtireachta) as céim a bhaint amach sa chéad áit.
Tar éis intéirneacht in Amharclann na Mainistreach agus cúnamh a thabhairt do dhearthóirí éagsúla san amharclannaíocht agus sa teilifís, bronnadh deontas ón gComhairle Ealaíon uirthi chun oiliúint a fháil i Motley Theatre Design School i Londain agus bhí sí sa bhabhta ceannais i nDuais Dhébhliantúil Linbury don Dearadh Stáitse. Chuaigh sí isteach ina dhiaidh sin chun páirt a ghlacadh i gclár SEEDS de chuid Rough Magic. Bronnadh gradam amharclannaíochta an Irish Times uirthi don dearadh seit is fearr as a cuid saothair ar Pentecost agus Volcano.
Chuidigh sí le roinnt dearthóirí, ina measc tá: Rae Smith, Es Devlin, Monica Frawley, Tom Pye agus Eileen Diss. I measc na ról a bhí aici tá comhlach dearaidh ar The Goat in Theatre Royal Haymarket; The Prince of the Pagodas de chuid Birmingham Royal Ballet agus Les Troyens in La Scala.
Rinne Alyson staidéar ar an ailtireacht i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, agus chuaigh sí faoi oiliúint ag Motley Theatre Design School. Bhí sí sa bhabhta ceannais i nDuais Dhébhliantúil Linbury don Dearadh Stáitse i 2007.
I measc na ndearaí a rinne sí, tá: Static (Amharclann na Mainistreach); Scorched Earth, Volcano – Best Set Design, Irish Times Theatre Award (Luke Murphy / Attic Productions); The Lodger (Oper Wuppertal); Breaking, In Two Minds (Fishamble); Yeoman of the Guard, Acis and Galatea, L’Amico Fritz, L’Arlesiana, Così Fan Tutte, Zaza (Opera Holland Park); The Pull of the Stars, Our New Girl, Medea, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris (Amharclann an Gheata), Last Orders at the Dockside, Heartbreak House, The Risen People, Quietly, Perve, No Escape (Amharclann na Mainistreach); Thick As Thieves (Clean Break & Theatr Clwyd); Tosca (Icelandic Opera); Pentecost (Lyric Belfast) – Best Set Design, Irish Times Theatre Award; The Nest (Lyric /Young Vic), The Lighthouse (Royal Opera House), The Night Alive (DTF/Lyric Belfast), Be Infants in Evil (Druid)
Is dearthóir feisteas í Sinéad, a rugadh i mBaile Átha Cliath. D’oibrigh sí do go leor compántais amharclannaíochta thar na blianta. Bhí Sinéad ina ball den chompántas amharclannaíochta, Ouroborous agus bhí sé de phribhléid aici a bheith ina Dearthóir Feisteas do cheolchoirm chomórtha RTÉ ‘Centenary’ sa bhliain 2016.
D’Amharclann na Mainistreach: Youths the Season le Mary Manning, The Long Christmas Dinner le Thornton Wilder, The Remains of Maisie Duggan le Carmel Winters, Dublin by Lamplight le Michael West (comhléiriúchán le Corn Exchange), Calvacaders le Billy Roche.
I measc na léiriúchán eile le déanaí tá The Ferryman le Jez Butterworth, Hangmen, The Lonesome West, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Cripple of Inishmaan le Martin McDonagh do léiriúcháin Gaiety ag Amharclann an Gaiety, Map of Argentina le Marina Carr i gcomhar le Compántas Amharclannaíochta Decadent, Laethanta Sona (Happy Days), Company, Beckett in the city: The Women Speak le Samuel Beckett do Company SJ, In Two Minds do Fishamble, The Price le Arthur Miller ag Amharclann an Gheata.
Is déantóir scannán, dearthóir físe agus léiritheoir cruthaitheach é Kilian Waters a bhfuil duaiseanna buaite aige agus a bhfuil breis agus 15 bliana de thaithí aige le stiúradh, scannánú, eagarthóireacht agus léiriú ar fud raon leathan tionscadal. I measc na dteideal creidiúna atá aige tá Turnaround (Gearrscannán is Fearr, Fleadh Scannán na Gaillimhe 2024 – Cineamatagrafaí), Misread (Gearrscannán RTÉ/Ardán – Léiritheoir), Headspace (Gearrscannán is Fearr, Féile Scannán Chorcaí 2023 – Cineamatagrafaí), Lamb (Gearrscannán is Fearr, Féile Scannán Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Cliath 2023 – Eagarthóir), an clár faisnéise Writing Home le hÉigse Éireann (Stiúrthóir), agus A Burning Tide le hÁras Scríbhneoirí na hÉireann (Comhléiritheoir/Stiúrthóir). Tá Kilian ar cheann de na dearthóirí físe agus ealaíontóirí is fearr in amharclannaíocht chomhaimseartha na hÉireann chomh maith. Tá a chuid saothar bunaithe ar an scéalaíocht, tarraingteach ar an tsúil, agus deartha chun meascadh gan stró le léirithe beo. Is comhoibrí é le fada an lá le compántais amhail Brokentalkers, ANU, agus Company SJ, ag cur le cuid de na léiriúcháin is nuálaí in amharclannaíocht na hÉireann le déanaí. Leanann a chuid saothair de bheith ag nascadh scannánaíochta agus léirithe ar bhealaí dinimiciúla tarraingteacha.
Alyson is an award winning set and costume designer. She began by studying architecture in University College Dublin where she was the winner of the AGA gold medal for graduating in first place. Following an internship in the Abbey Theatre and assisting various designers in theatre and television, she was awarded an Arts Council grant to train at the Motley Theatre Design School in London and was a finalist in the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design. She went on to participate in Rough Magic’s SEEDS programme. She has won the Irish Times theatre award for best set design for her work on Pentecost and Volcano.
She has also assisted several designers including: Rae Smith, Es Devlin, Monica Frawley, Tom Pye and Eileen Diss. Roles include design associate on The Goat Theatre Royal Haymarket; Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Prince of the Pagodas and Les Troyens at La Scala.
Alyson studied Architecture at UCD and trained at Motley Theatre Design School. She was a finalist in the Linbury biennial prize for stage design in 2007.
Designs for stage include: Static (Abbey Theatre); Scorched Earth, Volcano – Best Set Design, Irish Times Theatre Award (Luke Murphy / Attic Productions); The Lodger (Oper Wuppertal); Breaking, In Two Minds (Fishamble); Yeoman of the Guard, Acis and Galatea, L’Amico Fritz, L’Arlesiana, Così Fan Tutte, Zaza (Opera Holland Park); The Pull of the Stars, Our New Girl, Medea, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris (Gate Theatre), Last Orders at the Dockside, Heartbreak House, The Risen People, Quietly, Perve, No Escape (Abbey Theatre); Thick As Thieves (Clean Break & Theatr Clwyd); Tosca (Icelandic Opera); Pentecost (Lyric Belfast) – Best Set Design, Irish Times Theatre Award; The Nest (Lyric /Young Vic), The Lighthouse (Royal Opera House), The Night Alive (DTF/Lyric Belfast), Be Infants in Evil (Druid).
Sinéad Cuthbert - Dearthóir Feisteas / Costume Designer
Is dearthóir soilsithe amharclannaíochta, damhsa agus ceoldrámaíochta é Stephen Dodd atá lonnaithe i mBaile Átha Cliath agus i gCorcaigh. Chuaigh sé faoi oiliúint in Ionad Samuel Beckett, Coláiste na Tríonóide. Bronnadh Gradaim Amharclannaíochta an Irish Times 2022 air don Dearadh Soilsithe is Fearr do Volcano, Luke Murphy/Attic Projects agus ainmníodh é do Ghradaim Amharclannaíochta an Irish Times 2023 do An Octoroon, Amharclann na Mainistreach.
I measc na ndearaí soilsithe a rinne sé le déanaí tá The Cave, Youth’s The Season, The Quare Fellow, An Octoroon, The Long Christmas Dinner (Amharclann na Mainistreach), Illness as Metaphor, Good Sex, To Be a Machine 2.0, Beckett’s Room, Hamnet, Chekhov’s First Play, LIPPY (Dead Centre), Scorched Earth, The Prometheus Project, Volcano (Luke Murphy/ Attic Projects), A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jesus Trilogy, Earth Sonnet (Once Off Productions), Darks Days Need Ceremony: King / Shrine, Night Dances, Birdboy, Girl Song, Dancehall (United Fall), A Thing I Cannot Name, Orfeo ed Euridice (INO), The Here Trio, I/Thou, Wrongheaded (Liz Roche), The Examination, The Circus Animal’s Desertion (Brokentalkers), Company (Company SJ) agus riverrun (TheEmergencyRoom).
Is comhlacht léirithe scannán é Arcade Film Ltd a bhfuil duaiseanna buaite aige, ina bhfuil Dan Keane agus Kilian Waters; cineamatagrafaithe, eagarthóirí agus léiritheoirí cruthaitheacha ag a bhfuil blianta fada taithí acu mar aon le go leor ratha i réimsí amhail gearrscannánaíocht, teilifís, cláir faisnéise agus dearadh físe. Mar chomhlacht, creideann Arcade i gcumhacht chruthaitheach an chomhoibrithe agus is é ár bpaisean oibriú le tallann seanbhunaithe agus tallann atá ag teacht chun cinn chun scéalta éagsúla agus dúshlánacha a fhorbairt. I measc cuid de na tionscadail is déanaí tá Turnaround le hAisling Byrne, a bhuaigh an Gearrscannán is Fearr ag Féile Scannán Idirnáisiúnta na Gaillimhe 2024; agus Is Olc an Ghaoth, dráma teilifíse a stiúir Tom Sullivan do TG4 a ainmníodh do Ghradam Drámaíochta Fhís Éireann 2021 de chuid an Royal Television Society. Tá Arcade Film tar éis a bheith ag obair i gcomhar le Brokentalkers, Company SJ, ANU agus go leor gairmithe amharclannaíochta eile le fada an lá. Tá a gcuid oibre deartha físe le feiceáil ar ardáin agus scáileáin ar fud an domhain, lena n-áirítear The Tate Modern i Learpholl agus dhá shuiteáil bhuana i 14 Sráid Henrietta (Músaem na dTionóntán).
Sinéad is a Dublin born costume designer and has worked for many theatre companies over the years, Sinead was a member of Ouroborous theatre company and was privileged to be Costume Designer for the RTE’s commemoration concert ‘Centenary’ 2016.
For the Abbey Theatre: Youths the Season by Mary Manning, The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder, The Remains of Maisie Duggan by Carmel Winters, Dublin by Lamplight by Michael West (co-production with Corn Exchange), Calvacaders by Billy Roche.
Other recent productions are The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth, Hangmen, The Lonesome West, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh for Gaiety productions at the Gaiety Theatre, Map of Argentina By Marina Carr with Decadent Theatre company, Laethanta Sona (Happy Days), Company, Beckett in the City: The Women Speak by Samuel Beckett for Company SJ, In Two Minds for Fishamble, The Price by Arthur Miller at the Gate Theatre.
Stephen Dodd - Dearthóir Soilsiúcháin / Lighting Designer
Stephen Dodd is an award winning Lighting Designer for theatre, dance, and opera based in Dublin and Cork. He trained at The Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College. He won Best Lighting Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2022 for Volcano, Luke Murphy/ Attic Projects and was nominated for Best Lighting Design Irish Times Theatre Awards 2023 for An Octoroon, Abbey Theatre.
Recent lighting designs include The Cave, Youth’s The Season, The Quare Fellow, An Octoroon, The Long Christmas Dinner (Abbey Theatre), Illness as Metaphor, Good Sex, To Be a Machine 2.0, Beckett’s Room, Hamnet, Chekhov’s First Play, LIPPY (Dead Centre), Scorched Earth, The Prometheus Project, Volcano (Luke Murphy/ Attic Projects), A Streetcar Named Desire, The Jesus Trilogy, Earth Sonnet (Once Off Productions), Darks Days Need Ceremony: King / Shrine, Night Dances, Birdboy, Girl Song, Dancehall (United Fall), A Thing I Cannot Name, Orfeo ed Euridice (INO), The Here Trio, I/Thou, Wrongheaded (Liz Roche), The Examination, The Circus Animal’s Desertion (Brokentalkers), Company (Company SJ) and riverrun (TheEmergencyRoom).
Kilian Waters - Dearthóir Scannanaíochta / Film Designer
Kilian Waters is an award-winning filmmaker, video designer, and creative producer with over 15 years of experience directing, shooting, editing, and producing across a wide range of projects. His screen credits include Turnaround (Best Short, Galway Film Fleadh 2024 – Cinematographer), Misread (RTÉ/Ardán Short – Producer), Headspace (Best Short, Cork Film Festival 2023 – Cinematographer), Lamb (Best Short, Dublin International Film Festival 2023 – Editor), the documentary Writing Home with Poetry Ireland (Director), and A Burning Tide with the Irish Writers Centre (Co-Producer/Director). Kilian is also a leading video designer and artist in Irish contemporary theatre. His work is narrative-driven, visually compelling, and designed to blend seamlessly with live performance. He has been a long-time collaborator with companies such as Brokentalkers, ANU, and Company SJ, contributing to some of the most innovative productions in recent Irish theatre. His work continues to bridge film and performance in dynamic and engaging ways.
Arcade Film
Arcade Film Ltd is an award-winning film production company comprising Dan Keane and Kilian Waters; cinematographers, editors and creative producers with years of experience and success across short film, TV, documentary and video design. As a company Arcade believes in the creative power of collaboration and our passion is working with established and emerging talent to develop diverse and challenging stories. Some recent projects include Turnaround by Aisling Byrne, Winner Best Short Galway International Film Festival 2024; and Is Olc an Ghaoth, a TV drama directed by Tom Sullivan for TG4 which was nominated for the Royal Television Society, Screen Ireland Drama Award 2021. Arcade Film have been long-time collaborators with Brokentalkers, Company SJ, ANU and many other leading theatre professionals. Their video design work has been seen on stages and screens across the globe including The Tate Modern Liverpool and two permanent installations in 14 Henrietta St. (The Tenement Museum).
Dearthóirí Ceoil agus Fuaime / Music and Sound Designers: Matthew Martin agus Fiona Lucia McGarry
Is dearthóir fuaime agus léiritheoir ceoil as Baile Átha Cliath é Matthew Martin, a oibríonn i réimsí amhail cumadóireacht thimpeallach, fuaimdhreacha teibí agus foirmeacha leictreonacha ina bhfuil an rithim chun cinn. Tá dioplóma in Ardléiriú Ceoil Leictreonaigh ag Matthew ó SAE Institute i Londain. Tá saothar eisithe aige faoin ainm cleite Martello Give ar roinnt lipéid ceoil leictreonaigh, lena n-áirítear Snap ar HRLA na hÉireann agus Memento Mori ar albam díolama ón lipéad turgnamhach Goodness sa Ríocht Aontaithe. Is leath de These Are Not Love Songs é freisin, dís chomhoibríoch a dhéanann ceol timpeallach atá lonnaithe in Vancouver, Ceanada, dís a chruthaíonn agus a sheinneann meascán d’fhuaim bheo agus d’fhuaim ullmhaithe.
Matthew Martin is a sound designer and music producer from Dublin, working across ambient composition, abstract soundscapes, and rhythm-forward electronic forms. Matthew holds a diploma in Advanced Electronic Music Production from SAE Institute in London. He has released work under the alias Martello Give on multiple electronic music labels, including Snap on Ireland’s HRLA and Memento Mori on a compilation album from the experimental UK label Goodness. He is also one half of These Are Not Love Songs, a collaborative ambient duo based in Vancouver, Canada, creating and performing a blend of live and prepared audio.