Theatre Practice and Production at the University of Galway (2020 - 2021)

Nochtaithe (2021)

This theatrical production was devised by students in the Drama and Theatre Department of University of Galway and led by Dr. Miriam Haughton. This project is a creative response as part of the University of Galway curriculum to the Tuam Oral History Project, led by Dr. Sarah-Anne Buckley and Dr. John Cunningham. More information on the project and the archive can be found here. I was involved in helping the students devise and direct their own scenes, and was fortunate to have my scene “My Body Remembers” selected as a part of this piece.

Nochtaithe premiered at the Bealtaine Festival in May 2021 and later that year at the Liverpool Irish Festival for the strand In:Visible Women. The full video can be found here.

Cornered Waves (2021)

Waves of feeling. Waves of crisis. Waves of motion. The Selkie searches for their coat in every corner of the house.

This piece was a part of my practice-as-research dissertation at NUI Galway on performative movement and stillness in 360-degree videos using the myth of the Selkie in a contemporary COVID-19 setting. Ultimately my thesis dissertation focused more on defining and questioning the methodologies of practice-as-research, but this was still an interesting experiment in digital technology and performance practice.

Cooking with Dolly (2021)

What does the clone mean to women? What do women mean to the clone?

In this performance, I utilize different aspects of "cloning", from reproduction, repetition, and mimesis, to explore constructions of womanhood through psychoanalysis and performance. An experiment in Live Cinema, which I would one day like to return to further explore this unique medium.

I Hate This Digital World (2020)

I curated a digital art exhibit for a class at University of Galway focusing on curation and the archives. The piece is about experiencing a new city during a pandemic using the UoG Macnas Archives and images from Saolta Arts. Featured in the special online issue of the journal European Capitals of Culture: The Art of Reimagining published in March 2021. The online journal with links to my work can be found here.