Director, Presenter, Voice and Drama Coach and Actor

Directing Experience includes:

June 2007: Devised and directed a showcase of Ruth Draper's work:
Vanity, Vapors and Dizzy Debutantes, currently on Tour.
Directed “Threepenny Opera” by Brecht for Young Cork Opera Company
in the Spiegeltent as part of Cork Mid-Summer Festival, June 2006.
Currently: artistic advisor to Kerry Records, Los Angeles , for their upcoming show “The Heart of an Irishwoman”
to be performed in Los Angeles in Spring 2006.
April, 2004: commissioned by Kerry Records to devise a show starring well-known Irish actor, Redmond Gleeson.
December, 2003: devised, narrated and presented “Christmas from a Celtic Table”, which was performed in Los Angeles
and Scottsdale, Arizona.
October, 2003: directed "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork.
September, 2003: Casting Director for Irish short film, "Razor Fish", directed by Helen Williams and starring Academy Award Winning Actress, Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot).
December 2002: devised, directed and presented "Christmas From A Celtic Table" for the Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles.
Summer 2002: directed "Translations" by Brian Friel, Everyman Palace Theatre.
1999: directed "Private Lives" by Noel Coward, Everyman Palace Theatre.
1997: directed "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. 1996: directed "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, Triskel Arts Centre.
1995: devised and directed "A Wilde Night" (a showcase of the work of Oscar Wilde, commissioned by the Irish Operatic Repertory Company), The Firkin Crane and later successfully transferred to Triskel Arts Centre.
1993: received Best Producer Award for directing "The Inside Trap" by Paul McCarthy, Cork Arts Theatre, Cork.
1993: directed "Same Time Next Year" by Bernard Slade, Cork Arts Theatre and later successfully transferred to Everyman Palace Theatre.
1993: directed “The Stanley Parkers" by Geraldine Aron, Triskel Arts Centre.
1991: directed “The Stanley Parkers" by Geraldine Aron, Cork Arts Theatre.
1991: directed "Bar and Ger" by Geraldine Aron, Cork Arts Theatre.
1991: received Best Producer Award for directing "The Galway Girl" by Geraldine Aron, Cork Arts Theatre.
1988: received Best Producer Award for directing "One Way Ticket" by John B. Keane, Cork Drama Festival.
1987: directed "Spreading the News" by Lady Gregory, Cork Drama Festival.
1986: devised "A Victorian Evening" for The Leeside Singers, Triskel Arts Centre.
1986: received Best Producer Award for directing "On The Outside" by Tom Murphy, Cork Drama Festival.

Presenting Experience includes:

November, 2005: will be presenting Opera 2005 in Cork City Hall.
April, 2005: presented Garda Concert in Cork City Hall. December,
2004: presented launch of Opera 2005 for City of Culture.
March, 2004: presented “Opera Gala Concert”, Cork Opera House.
March, 2004: narrated “Side by Side by Sondheim”, Everyman Palace Theatre.
December, 2003: narrated and presented “Christmas from a Celtic Table”, which was performed in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Arizona.
December 2002: presented "Christmas From A Celtic Table" for the Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles.
2002: presented "The Garda Choir Concert", Cork Opera House.
1997-2002: presented, "The Cork International Choral Festival, Cork City Hall.
1984-1989: presented, "On Wings of Song", The Ivernia Theatre and subsequently Triskel Arts Centre.
1984: presented, "Glamorous Nights", a tribute to Ivor Novello, Cork Opera House and Savoy Theatre, Cork.

Voice and Drama Coach Experience includes:

Currently and for past twenty-five years: has worked as voice and drama coach, both privately and publicly.
18 Feb 2006: gave Masterclass in classical voice delivery at the Aula Maxima in UCC.
17 Sept 2005: gave Masterclass in voice and speech production to Opera 2005 Company.
1999-2000: speech and drama coach with The Irish Institute of Performing Arts, Cork.
1998-1999: speech and drama coach with 3D Entertainments, Cork.
1994-1995: speech and drama coach with Irish Operatic Repertory Company, Cork.

Workshops given includes:

2001: participated with Tom Kilroy in a workshop of his recent adaptation of Ibsen's "Ghosts".
1998: theatre directors’ workshop, University College Cork.
1986: adult speech and drama workshop, Derrymore, Co. Kerry.
1984: adult workshop for Speech and Stage Direction, Tralee, Co Kerry.

1989: Best Actress award for "Agnes of God" by John Peilmeyer, Cork Arts Theatre.
1989: "The Man Who Fell in Love with His Wife" by Ted Whitehead, Cork Arts Theatre.
1973: "A Tribute to Stephen Foster", Dingle.
1973: "The Rose of Tralee" by John Caball, Tralee.
1972: "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, Tralee and Killarney.
1971: "Riders to the Sea" by J. M. Synge, Drama Festival Route.
1971: "An Trial" by Mair'd n' nGr'da, Tralee and Tipperary.
1971: "Marcaigh Chun na Mara" (as Gaeilge) by John Millington Synge, The Peacock Theatre, Dublin and Drama Festival Route.
1969: "The Mummy and the Mumps", Tralee.
1968: "Troubled Bachelors", Tralee.

Other Experience Includes:

March, 2004: composed lullaby, which was subsequently included in CD entitled “Silent Night” for Kerry Records, Los Angeles.
2001-2002: taught English in North Monastery Language Centre, Cork.
1985-1987: Chairperson of Cork Speech and Drama Teachers Association.
1982: worked backstage in "I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell", Cork Theatre Company.
1969-1971: Medieval banquet hostess, Ballyseede Castle, Co Kerry.